The general objective of this project is the comprehensive elaboration and evaluation of three expansion scenarios for the energy infrastructure of the energy carriers electricity, gas, and heat to enable a sustainable, climate-neutral economic and energy system in Austria by 2040.

We apply a model-based investigation approach in which we establish a soft link between three models (ATLANTIS, HyFlow, ASCANIO), specialized and proven for their respective purpose of investigation. We then develop infrastructure expansion plans for three different scenarios (import/export-orientation, sector coupling, and energy efficiency), which represent the first core outcome of the project. A multi-criteria analysis and - assessment synthesizes technical, techno-economic, macro-economic, and environmental aspects and allows a systematic and comprehensive comparison of the scenarios. The resulting scenario-based transformation pathways represent the second core outcome of the project. A GIS-based and web-enabled map for energy infrastructures, potentials of renewable energies and sectoral energy demands, constitute the third key outcome and ensure a clear and user-friendly presentation of the complex interrelationships.

Project duration

• Start: 10.2021
• End: 07.2023

Contributors of the institute

• Udo Bachhiesl (Project manager at the organizational unit)
  Assoc.Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn.
  bachhieslnoSpam@tugraz.at
   
• Sonja Wogrin
  Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. M.Sc.
  wogrinnoSpam@tugraz.at
   
• Robert Gaugl
  Dipl.-Ing. BSc
  robert.gauglnoSpam@tugraz.at
   
• Lia Gruber
  Dipl.-Ing. BSc
  lia.grubernoSpam@tugraz.at
   
• Thomas Florian Klatzer
  Dipl.-Ing. BSc
  thomas.klatzernoSpam@tugraz.at
   
• Azra Ljubijankic
  BA
  azra.ljubijankicnoSpam@tugraz.at
   

Partners

• Chair of Energy Network Technology of Montanuniversität Leoben, EVT
• Austrian Institute for Economic Research, WIFO
   

Funding agency

• Climate and Energy Fund