Decarbonising Electricity Made Simple [Paperback]

This book assesses how low-carbon generation, the advance of energy storage and consumer-based models can help decarbonise electricity supplies at a national level.

This book is built around developing a decarbonised electricity mix for Britain which reduces fossil fuels from 50% of supply in 2018 down to levels within 2030 carbon targets. Crossland explores the idea of a future energy storage mix which blends domestic batteries, vehicles, thermal stores and pumped hydro to provide a flexible, responsive electricity system. He then goes on to look at how much storage can contribute to decarbonisation in a multitude of contexts  from domestic to national electricity. This book also discusses how efficiency and self-sufficiency can bring about a decarbonised electricity use within our homes today. Britain is used as the main example, but the themes and conclusions are applicable to a global audience, and each chapter draws on practical case studies from around the world to illustrate key ideas.

Drawing on the authors experience in delivering and analysing low-carbon energy projects in the UK, Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and Oceania, this book will be of great relevance to students, scholars and industry specialists with an interest in energy technology, policy and storage.

1 Introduction; 2 Britains evolving and decarbonising electricity system where change is nothing new; 3 Designing a low-carbon electricity system; 4 Welcome to the store-age: the energy storage mix and its role in flexible electricity; 5 New energy is very different; 6 A vision for decarbonising British electricity; 7 A vision for lower-carbon domestic electricity; 8 Continuing the decarbonisation of energy; Epilogue; Appendix; Index

This book assesses how low carbon generation, the advance of energy storage and consumer-based models can help decarbonise electricity supplies at a national lelsC