LECTURES ON ENERGY - TODAY!!!! Title: Towards a carbon free energy supply - scenarios for the future Danish Energy System Speaker: Anders Bavnhøj Hansen Energinet.dk Time: Tuesday, 19 May at 3:15 p.m. Place: Physics Auditorium Abstract A long-term vision for a fossil free Danish energy system is frequently discussed on the political scene. This presentation deals with long term scenarios for a Danish energy system, based on renewable energy sources. In the North European region there is a very large potential for offshore wind power. Furthermore on the long timeframe, power production from photovoltage and even wavepower might be available on a big scale. A very high penetration of this kind of fluctuating power sources will be a major challenge for the power system. Some of the future elements in dealing with this challenge will be presented. The power system has to be highly integrated with the heating, gas and transportation sector to obtain the necessary flexibility to integrate these high amounts of fluctuating power sources. An integrated production of biofuels, power, heat and gas from biomass could as well be elements in an integrated energy system and will be discussed. Electric vehicles might be used for balancing short-term fluctuations. Other elements could be international integration of the power system in an offshore power grid and a gas system handling renewable gasses like biogas, hydrogen produced from wind power and other potential gasses of renewable origin. Coffee/tea and cake will be served at 3 p.m. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Prof. Ivan Stensgaard, Head of Department, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Aarhus, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark, Telph: +45 8942 3715, Mobile: +45 2338 2322