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@ARTICLE{Gotzens:859312,
      author       = {Gotzens, Fabian and Heinrichs, Heidi and Hake,
                      Jürgen-Friedrich and Allelein, Hans-Josef},
      title        = {{T}he influence of continued reductions in renewable energy
                      cost on the {E}uropean electricity system},
      journal      = {Energy strategy reviews},
      volume       = {21},
      issn         = {2211-467X},
      address      = {Amsterdam [u.a.]},
      publisher    = {Elsevier},
      reportid     = {FZJ-2019-00184},
      pages        = {71 - 81},
      year         = {2018},
      abstract     = {In the recent years, variable renewable energy (VRE)
                      technologies – most importantly solar photovoltaics and
                      wind power – have undergone a remarkable transformation
                      from niche technologies to increasingly competitive energy
                      suppliers. As the potential for VRE is distributed unevenly
                      across Europe, a Europe-wide cost optimal expansion of VRE
                      will lead to different national and regional expansion rates
                      of VRE. To facilitate such a Europe-wide cost optimal
                      expansion of VRE a fair cost distribution among all European
                      countries is needed. Therefore, we analyse and discuss how
                      expected future decreases in investment costs for selected
                      VRE (photovoltaics, concentrated solar power, wind onshore,
                      and wind offshore) will affect the pan-European and national
                      electricity systems. This is done by comparing three cost
                      scenarios with a reference case, calculated using a European
                      electricity system model. Our results show that the assumed
                      cost reductions lead to an especially pronounced increase of
                      PV distributed unevenly across Europe. In addition, higher
                      shares of VRE show the effect of shifting electricity
                      exchange patterns throughout Europe which also reduce cost
                      benefits for economies of electricity exporting countries.
                      Hence, there might be a lack of agreement in Europe about
                      where and how to expand and integrate VRE if costs of
                      expanding and integrating VRE are not distributed in a fair
                      way between the European countries. In addition, these
                      possible barriers of expanding VRE Europe-wide in a
                      cost-optimal way might hinder the exploitation of cost
                      synergies or even slow down VRE expansion on a European
                      scale.},
      cin          = {IEK-STE},
      ddc          = {624},
      cid          = {I:(DE-Juel1)IEK-STE-20101013},
      pnm          = {153 - Assessment of Energy Systems – Addressing Issues of
                      Energy Efficiency and Energy Security (POF3-153)},
      pid          = {G:(DE-HGF)POF3-153},
      typ          = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
      UT           = {WOS:000441300300007},
      doi          = {10.1016/j.esr.2018.04.007},
      url          = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/859312},
}