TY - JOUR A1 - Kuhn, Philipp A1 - Huber, Matthias A1 - Dorfner, Johannes A1 - Hamacher, Thomas T1 - Challenges and opportunities of power systems from smart homes to super-grids JF - Ambio N2 - The world’s power systems are facing a structural change including liberalization of markets and integration of renewable energy sources. This paper describes the challenges that lie ahead in this process and points out avenues for overcoming different problems at different scopes, ranging from individual homes to international super-grids. We apply energy system models at those different scopes and find a trade-off between technical and social complexity. Small-scale systems would require technological breakthroughs, especially for storage, but individual agents can and do already start to build and operate such systems. In contrast, large-scale systems could potentially be more efficient from a techno-economic point of view. However, new political frameworks are required that enable long-term cooperation among sovereign entities through mutual trust. Which scope first achieves its breakthrough is not clear yet. UR - https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-015-0733-x Y1 - 2015 UR - https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-015-0733-x UR - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:573-62566 SN - 1654-7209 SN - 0044-7447 VL - 45 IS - Suppl 1 SP - 50 EP - 62 PB - Springer CY - Dordrecht ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Huber, Matthias A1 - Trippe, Annette A1 - Kuhn, Philipp A1 - Hamacher, Thomas T1 - Effects of Large Scale EV and PV Integration on Power Supply Systems in the Context of Singapore T2 - 2012 3rd IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Europe (ISGT Europe) UR - https://doi.org/10.1109/ISGTEurope.2012.6465831 Y1 - 2013 UR - https://doi.org/10.1109/ISGTEurope.2012.6465831 SN - 978-1-4673-2597-4 PB - IEEE CY - Piscataway ER -