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D.J. Scholten

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The Indonesian government has set a target to increase new and renewable energy sources in the energy mix by 23% in 2030 and 31% in 2050, which are to be met by investing in hydropower and geothermal energy capacity mainly. However, Indonesia has abundant other renewable energy p ...
This research examines the possible pathways and available technologies that will help the shipping sector to achieve the climate goals set by the IMO. Reaching these goals will require financial incentives and policies regarding sustainability. These policies need to describe re ...

Politics in frugal innovations

Assessing the relationship between political risks and the market diffusion of frugal solar-PV systems

Thirteen percent of the world’s population currently does not have access to electricity. This lack of access to electricity limits the overall development. Having access to clean energy can provide education access, productivity and possibilities for economic growth. Frugal inno ...
As global climate change concerns intensify, the European Union aims towards the decarbonization of its Member States. Over the last decade, hydrogen has received increasing attention as a vital element to achieve this decarbonization. However, the diffusion of hydrogen in the Eu ...
How well spent is public money concerning sustainability goals? How effective and efficient are these policies? Even though it is widely acknowledged that actions against climate change are urgently needed in the near future, policy makers little insight in how potential policies ...
Comparative study on the necessary upgrade in European interconnections to sustain solar and wind sources uptake in the energy mix. Grid Development for most difficult borders, and planning recommendations, to reach Paris compatible scenario by 2040.
The city of Rotterdam must find a way to transition away from natural gas for heating the built environment before 2050. Among the alternatives for future spatial heating is district heating, as residual heat is abundantly available in the Rotterdam harbour. Currently, a small pa ...
The concept of a hydrogen economy has gain renewed attention as a way to enable a cost-effective transition to a low-carbon society. The adoption of hydrogen as an energy carrier beyond its current non-energetic use is however faced with deep uncertainty, making decision-making o ...

Consumer-facing companies contributing to decarbonize the heavy-industry

How and to what extend demand of consumer-facing companies could incentivize a hydrogen-based decarbonization in heavy-industries

Most countries have shown their concern towards global warming and made commitments to decrease carbon emissions. Energy usage will have to become more efficient and generated by an increasing amount of sustainable resources. Hard-to-abate industries will require incentives to de ...

Sector coupling and batteries as flexibility options in the 2050 renewable power system

An assessment of North West Europe and the Netherlands with the IRENA FlexTool

To meet the goal of the European Union of becoming climate neutral in 2050, the Netherlands and North West Europe will integrate more and more variable renewable energy sources (VRE) into their power system. The uncertain weather conditions on which the VRE are dependent, will in ...

Maintaining the project financing opportunity for Dutch offshore wind parks

When Corporate PPAs take over from the SDE+ subsidy

This thesis describes the identification and cost calculation of WACC1 stabilizing support mechanisms for new Dutch offshore wind parks, which are funded with PPA2 based project financing facilities, in a non-SDE+3 and electricity price volatile market.
To comply with the 2020 targets for reducing greenhouse gas GHG emissions, the government of the Netherlands ordered to close the coal-fired power plant at Hemweg 8 by the end of the year 2019 and Vattenfall aims to utilise this valuable location in the harbour of Amsterdam for p ...

Crossing the chasm of hydrogen electric vehicles to new technology dominance in the automotive industry

A stated choice experiment to forecast alternative fuel vehicle market diffusion in the Netherlands

In this thesis the Dutch consumer’ trade-off between hydrogen fuel cell technology and battery electric vehicles has been studied and identified which policy factors are effective to enable a FCEV breakthrough in the Netherlands. The consumer trade-off between different vehicle a ...
The Netherlands aims to reduce GHG emissions by 95% by 2050 compared to 1990. Hydrogen is seen as a potential energy carrier in the Netherlands by 2050. To what extent hydrogen will be implemented is unknown, because many applications are possible. Hydrogen shows potential for (1 ...

Positioning of operating responsibility of electrical energy storage

Case study: EES implementing in the Dutch electricity system

The exponential growth of variable renewable energy sources creates technical challenges in the electricity networks. An innovative solution for these problems is, implementing electrical energy storage into these networks. The liberalised energy system in the Netherlands gives t ...

Exposing the Complexity of GHG Reduction

Validation of a multi-criteria emission abatement curve built with the Y-factor to support sustainable energy strategies

Marginal Abatement Cost (MAC) curves rank emission abatement options according to their marginal implementation cost and are an extremely popular tool to draft energy strategies. Although relevant and elegant, MAC curves are often insufficient to justify the implementation of aba ...