Transformers Magazine, Vol. 10 No. 4, 2023.
Original scientific paper
Analyzing transformer energy and material efficiency under different renewable energy deployment pathways
Dr Bhaba P. Das
Ghazi Kablouti
Abstract
Governments and market players around the globe are making commitments to accelerate the decarbonization of electricity supply over the next decades. As power transformers today are designed for a long operational lifetime, this article analyzes the sensitivity of the life-cycle carbon footprint of transformers with conventional and semi-hybrid insulations under different power generation decarbonization paths – reaching 95% renewable electricity target by 2030, 2035, 2040 or 2050.
Keywords
Decarbonization; Semi-hybrid design; Renewable energy; Energy-metal nexus; Grid emission factor; Carbon footprint; Ester fluids
Hrčak ID:
308713
URI
Publication date:
10.10.2023.
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