Energy magazine: Data-driven energy transition
In this special issue, we’re taking a deep dive into the dynamics of the energy transition. It’s a multi-faceted challenge, encompassing everything from international policy to finding the optimal location for offshore wind turbines and anticipating how the emergence of hydrogen will shake things up. Each facet is its own microcosm, and while not all interests overlap, there is one common goal: a green future. Math serves as our compass, our guide to navigate uncertainties. As Karin Griffioen, Global Industry Director Energy at ORTEC, puts it: “The energy transition is incredibly complex and requires us to rely on thorough analyses and models - because intuition does not always hold the answers. You can only make the right decisions with a calculated approach.”
In the spotlight:
Shell has been generating scenarios for over half a century, and Energy Fundamentals Manager Martin Haigh has played a significant part in that for the last eighteen years. “Scenarios came to fame during the OPEC oil crisis of 1973. The capability of modelling has moved on tremendously over time, with computing power and the availability of data. Nonetheless there’s been a continuous debate: to what extent can modelling play a role? There has always been a role for quantification. A company runs on numbers in a lot of ways. But there is a danger in putting too much emphasis on numbers in scenario work. It may cause you to lose sight of what is driving change in a system. There is a tension, but also a balance to strike.” Hence the distinctive, holistic Shell approach.
"This picture illustrates the challenges with creating an accurate view of the future", as Haigh explains.
What else you'll find in this issue:
- The role of mathematics in the energy transition, ORTEC
- The energy trilemma: balancing security, affordability, and sustainability, the Hague Centre for Strategic Studies
- "We need to create more demand for green power", Ørsted
- The advances to emerge in the data-driven coordination between hydrogen and electricity, Gasunie
- The leading role that Europe can play in facilitating technical innovations, Mohammed Chahim, MEP
- "No one can solve a crisis on their own", Essent
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