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Title:
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Overview of thermal energy storage (TES) potential energy savings and climate change mitigation in Spain and Europe
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Author:
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Arce Maldonado, Pablo; Medrano Martorell, Marc; Gil, Antoni; Oró Prim, Eduard; Cabeza, Luisa F.
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Thermal energy storage (TES) is nowadays presented as one of the most feasible solutions in achieving
energy savings and environmentally correct behaviors. Its potential applications have led to R&D activities
and to the development of various technology types. However, so far there is no available data on a
national scale in Spain and on a continental level in Europe, to corroborate the associated energetic and
environmental benefits derived from TES. This is why, based on a previous potential calculation initiative
model performed in Germany, this work intends to provide a first overview of the Spanish TES potential
as well as an European overview. Load reductions, energy savings, and CO2 emissions reductions are tackled
for the buildings and industrial sector. Results depend on the amount of implementation and show
that, in the case of Europe for instance, yearly CO2 emissions may get to be cut down up to around 6%
in reference to 1990 emission levels.
This work was partially funded by the Spanish government (Project ENE2008-06687-C02-01/CON). The authors would like to thank the Catalan Government for the quality accreditation given to their research group (2009 SGR 534). The authors would like to thank Mr. Rolf Stricker for his initial feedback on the making of this work. |
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-Thermal energy storage
-Load reduction
-Energy efficiency |
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(c) Elsevier, 2011
info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess |
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article
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Elsevier
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