Barriers to flexibility in the district energy-electricity system interface

Sector coupling, smart energy and integrated energy systems all assume that integration between sectors must be flexible.

But what if it’s not?

Through review of 109 pieces of literature, the FlexSUS Project brings you a comprehensive overview – a taxonomy – of barriers to flexibility – and how to deal with them.

The visual summary is based on the policy brief Barriers to flexibility in the district energy-electricity system interface – A taxonomy by Daniel Møller Sneum/Technical University of Denmark.

 

How do I use this taxonomy?

Click on any of the circles and learn more about its relations to other elements.

  • Categories are grey.

  • Barriers are orange.

  • Technologies are blue.

  • Levels of origin are black.

  • Life cycles are green.

Click on the image on the right to be transferred to the tool webpage.

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Have fun clicking around!