• Background

  The expected increase in the use of power for heating in Northern Europe and increased shares of intermittent renewable power generation will make the demand, supply, and price of power more sensitive to weather and an increasing need for solutions that provide energy system flexibility over longer and shorter periods.

• Objectives

  • Quantify how variations in weather affect the future largely-electrified energy system.
  • Assess techno-economic potentials and barriers for solutions that provide long-term flexibility, with particular emphasis on flexible heating systems, as well as public perceptions of technical solutions for a decarbonized energy system.
  • Identify solutions that ensure a future low-carbon energy system that is affordable, socially acceptable, and capable of handling future variations and disturbances in energy supply and demand.

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