The Dutch government requires each industrial cluster in the Netherlands to come forward with plans to lower CO2 emissions by 50% in 2030 and 100% in 2050 as part of the Dutch Cluster Energy-transition Strategies (CES). This calls for a methodology in which both infrastructure and industry choices need to be aligned in terms of sizing, timing and locations/trajectories. To support this decision process, a Quo Mare propriety tool called TEACOS (Techno-Economic Analysis of Complex Options Spaces) is used.The model is considered to provide a structured method that allows for determining no-regret transition pathways, together with the validity window of the basic assumptions, i.e. determining tipping points. In addition to this, the model may illustrate constraints that inhibit optimum pathways to become reality. The TEACOS model can be used in structured discussions with industry, network operators, policy makers, evaluating their role in both an isolated and integrated manner. In this way, the value of industrial/infrastructure symbioses can be significantly enhanced.
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