Transition Pathways Towards a Carbon-Neutral Thuringia
Abstract
Energy scenarios are used to better understand the effects of political or technological choices in the transformation of energy systems. These are complex calculations that, for example, determine a cost- or emission-optimised configuration of an energy system under predefined boundary conditions. They can be used to derive both the need for action and the freedom of design. This paper presents an energy system model based on quarter-hourly load, generation and price profiles for the German state of Thuringia. The energy system was modelled in the open source framework oemof. Taking into account the local energy potentials, the development of energy demands and prices, the results show how the climate policy goals of the state of Thuringia can be achieved and which transformation paths are possible along the timelines 2030, 2040 and 2050.