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Knowledge exchange

2022 - Webinar: innovative generating- and storage techniques in the Energy Transition Model

During this webinar, we will be looking at the results of the research conducted by Quintel of innovative techniques in the Energy Transition Model (energietransitiemodel). This model is an accessible and open sourced model, which can be used to explore scenarios for the equipment and operation of our future energy system.

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2022 - Webinar: innovative generating- and storage techniques in the Energy Transition Model

During this webinar, we will be looking at the results of the research conducted by Quintel of innovative techniques in the Energy Transition Model (energietransitiemodel). This model is an accessible and open sourced model, which can be used to explore scenarios for the equipment and operation of our future energy system.

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2022 - Video: Semi-autonomous energy system

Our energy system is, traditionally at least, centrally set up and quite adjustable. With the increase of the amount of sustainable sources, our energy system grows more complex. This asks more from our infrastructure and the space that is needed. The big question is: how do we make sure that our new sustainable energy system can function in a reliable, affordable and safe way while it is publicly supported? Semi-autonomous energy systems that follow a Holarctic system model may be the answer to that question.

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Publications

  • 2022 Inventory phase fundamental choice questions on the energy system (NL)
    The development of a sustainable, trustworthy, affordable and publicly supported energy system ideally needs some leading principles. This report is a discussion paper on the subject of fundamental technical choice questions in the energy transition. In the report, fundamental choice questions are identified and possible outcomes to this question are presented. The insights are based on literary research and conversations held with stakeholders and experts
  • 2022 Indicators for system integration: Design proposals to monitor the level of system integration (NL) - This exploratory study has defined possible indicators to measure system integration. The monitoring of system integration can contribute to exposing and dissolving current bottlenecks, in preventing future bottlenecks and to give direction to the policy to thus support a succesful energy transition. Partners: Berenscho
  • 2022 Innovative generating- and storage techniques in the Energy Transition Model - End report of the project that serves to take a few innovative generating- and storage techniques explicitly to the Energy Transition Model. With this, the possible role and the interest of these innovations can be investigated. Partners: carried out by Quintel, in order of RVO requested by TKI Urban Energy and Holland Solar.
  • 2022 Development of the importance of energy for the Netherlands - The report features an analysis of the historical development of the usage and production of (fossil) energie in the Netherlands, and its role in the Dutch economy. In the investigation, an equation of the energy usage in 2019 and 2010 is central. Partners: Ecorys
  • 2021 Making arrangements: From data to information. Informational needs, data standards and protocols for provincial system studies: Part II - technical report - This report illustrates how model studies can give substance to the informational needs of stakeholders in the energy transition. It shows the potential of a systematic analysis from the information chain and of standardization of the information exchange in said chain. Provincial energy system studies are used as practical examples. Partners: CE Delft, Quintel, Intelligence, TNO
  • 2020 Guide for Good Modelling Practice in policy support- The document summarizes the state of the art in Good Modelling Practice to the best of the knowledge of the authors. It translates these practices into specific questions the decision maker and modeller can ask each other in order to communicate needs and required information. These questions are meant to structure the conversation between the parties throughout the modelling project life cycle, align and clarify expectations and increase the overall quality and usefulness of the modelling effort. The policy maker can use this document to structure the content part of a tender, and the modeller to structure the model documentation and reporting.
    Partners: TU Delft
  • 2019 Whitepaper Principles, challenges and guidelines for a multi-model ecology- The whitepaper provides a vision for starting the process of growing a multi-model ecology and te required interface. A high level overview of the principles behind a multi-modelling approach is given as well as an outline the major methodological challenges involved in multi-modelling. The paper closes with a discussion on the social, organizational and institutional aspects of MME operation and evolution.
    Partners: TU Delft
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