Analysis of a controversial decision process: the case of the pumped hydro storage power plant Atdorf in Germany

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Autor(a) principal: Baumann, Manuel
Data de Publicação: 2015
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10362/16580
Resumo: Based on the report for the unit “Métodos Interactivos de Participação e Decisão A” (Interactive methods of participation and decision A), coordinated by Prof. Lia Maldonado Teles de Vasconcelos and Prof. Nuno Miguel Ribeiro Videira Costa. This unit was provided for the PhD Program in Technology Assessment in 2015/2016.
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spelling Analysis of a controversial decision process: the case of the pumped hydro storage power plant Atdorf in GermanyResearch Subject Categories::TECHNOLOGY::Electrical engineering, electronics and photonics::Electric power engineeringResearch Subject Categories::INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS::Technology and social changeGermanyEnergy transitionEnergy policiesRenewable energyBased on the report for the unit “Métodos Interactivos de Participação e Decisão A” (Interactive methods of participation and decision A), coordinated by Prof. Lia Maldonado Teles de Vasconcelos and Prof. Nuno Miguel Ribeiro Videira Costa. This unit was provided for the PhD Program in Technology Assessment in 2015/2016.A main problem of Renewable Energy Sources (RES) as solar and wind energy, which represent a main pillar of the German energy transition, is that they cannot supply constant power output leading to an increasing demand of backup technologies as pumped hydro storage. This study analyses in the first part the controversial large scale PHS project Atdorf in Germany. On the one hand this project is seen as a prerequisite for a successful energy system transition by the German government. On the other hand there is also a strong local movement opposing the project mainly due to environmental concerns. It is a difficult tightrope walk to immolate to a certain degree local interests of a few to achieve an ostensible higher goal as a sustainable energy system. Simultaneously an interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) orientated approach was conducted to understand the interest of the multi-stakeholders involved in this controversial case and contributed to the development of the story viewed by the ones living it. The IPA was conducted in detail for the citizen action groug “Bürgerinitiative (BI) Atdorf) and offered the possibility to gather unexpected insight into the entire decision process. The Atdorf project remains in this sense very controversial and unveils several problems allocated to the entire process of the energy transition in Germany. It highlights how large infrastructural energy projects can become complex due to multiple stakeholder perspectives, beliefs and interests. The example of Atdorf was then used as a base to build a hypothesis for a dynamic behaviour model of the ongoing decision process. It could be concluded that the project is stagnating due to uncertain market conditions caused by increasing shares of public financed RES, missing regulation and clear targets in combination with local protests. This general model was used to develop a qualitative system dynamics model, illustrated by a causal loop diagram (CLD). Aim of the CLD was to identify leverage points that lead to incentives for new energy storage technologies and allow the achievement of a renewable energy based electricity system. Three leverage points have been identified; 1) amount of Renewable energy which is influencing almost all other components of the system including markets, need for balancing, investment decisions etc. 2) development and the composition of electricity whole sale markets have to be adopted including EU-Emission trading system to avoid backfire effects; 3) higher level of coordination of energy policies, regulation and related targets to provide a better frame for decisions. The identified points could be confirmed via interviews conducted with experts from energy economics. Most participants concluded that there is a severe market problem at the moment facing a high acceptance problem regarding large pumped hydro storage projects. In general the conducted research helped to gather a better understanding of complex decision making processes and unveiled the importance of right communication within large infrastructural projects as Atdorf.Lia Maldonado Teles de Vasconcelos, Nuno Miguel Ribeiro Videira Costa, António Brandão Moniz, Marcel WeilIET/CICS.NOVARUNBaumann, Manuel2016-02-25T11:37:38Z2015-11-172015-11-17T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10362/16580engBaumann, Manuel (2015), Analysis of a controversial decision process: The case of the pumped hydro storage power plant Atdorf in Germany, IET Working Paper Series, WPS04/2015, 35 pp.1646-8929info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2024-03-11T03:53:36Zoai:run.unl.pt:10362/16580Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-20T03:23:19.745808Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Analysis of a controversial decision process: the case of the pumped hydro storage power plant Atdorf in Germany
title Analysis of a controversial decision process: the case of the pumped hydro storage power plant Atdorf in Germany
spellingShingle Analysis of a controversial decision process: the case of the pumped hydro storage power plant Atdorf in Germany
Baumann, Manuel
Research Subject Categories::TECHNOLOGY::Electrical engineering, electronics and photonics::Electric power engineering
Research Subject Categories::INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS::Technology and social change
Germany
Energy transition
Energy policies
Renewable energy
title_short Analysis of a controversial decision process: the case of the pumped hydro storage power plant Atdorf in Germany
title_full Analysis of a controversial decision process: the case of the pumped hydro storage power plant Atdorf in Germany
title_fullStr Analysis of a controversial decision process: the case of the pumped hydro storage power plant Atdorf in Germany
title_full_unstemmed Analysis of a controversial decision process: the case of the pumped hydro storage power plant Atdorf in Germany
title_sort Analysis of a controversial decision process: the case of the pumped hydro storage power plant Atdorf in Germany
author Baumann, Manuel
author_facet Baumann, Manuel
author_role author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv RUN
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Baumann, Manuel
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Research Subject Categories::TECHNOLOGY::Electrical engineering, electronics and photonics::Electric power engineering
Research Subject Categories::INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS::Technology and social change
Germany
Energy transition
Energy policies
Renewable energy
topic Research Subject Categories::TECHNOLOGY::Electrical engineering, electronics and photonics::Electric power engineering
Research Subject Categories::INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS::Technology and social change
Germany
Energy transition
Energy policies
Renewable energy
description Based on the report for the unit “Métodos Interactivos de Participação e Decisão A” (Interactive methods of participation and decision A), coordinated by Prof. Lia Maldonado Teles de Vasconcelos and Prof. Nuno Miguel Ribeiro Videira Costa. This unit was provided for the PhD Program in Technology Assessment in 2015/2016.
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