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Reflecting the energy transition from a European perspective and in the global context—Relevance of solar photovoltaics benchmarking two ambitious scenarios
| العنوان: | Reflecting the energy transition from a European perspective and in the global context—Relevance of solar photovoltaics benchmarking two ambitious scenarios |
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| المؤلفون: | Breyer, Christian, Bogdanov, Dmitrii, Ram, Manish, Khalili, Siavash, Vartiainen, Eero, Moser, David, Román Medina, Eduardo, Masson, Gaëtan, Aghahosseini, Arman, Mensah, Theophilus N. O., Lopez, Gabriel, Schmela, Michael, Rossi, Raffaele, Hemetsberger, Walburga, Jäger‐Waldau, Arnulf |
| المصدر: | Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications ; volume 31, issue 12, page 1369-1395 ; ISSN 1062-7995 1099-159X |
| بيانات النشر: | Wiley |
| سنة النشر: | 2022 |
| المجموعة: | Wiley Online Library (Open Access Articles via Crossref) |
| الوصف: | Multiple energy‐related crises require a fast transition towards a sustainable energy system. The European Green Deal aims for zero CO 2 emission by 2050, while accelerating climate change impacts obligate a faster phase‐out of fossil fuels. Energy transition studies for Europe at and near 100% renewable energy are used as a benchmark for two newly introduced scenarios for Europe reaching zero CO 2 emissions by 2050 and 2040. A technology‐rich energy system model was applied in hourly resolution for Europe in 20 interconnected regions and in full sector coupling covering all energy demands. The results reveal a cost‐neutral energy transition towards 2050 based on declining levelised cost of electricity and a pathway with 9% higher energy costs leading to 17% lower total CO 2 emissions with an accelerated energy transition by 2040. The two scenarios find shares of solar photovoltaic (PV) in total generation of 61%–63% by 2050, the highest ever estimated for Europe, still below the highest global average shares ranging between 75% and 77% form three independent studies. The central energy system components are solar PV, wind power, batteries, electrolysers and CO 2 direct air capture for carbon capture and utilisation. The core characteristic of the European energy future may be best described by a power‐to‐X economy, which may evolve on the global scale to a solar‐to‐X economy. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article in journal/newspaper |
| اللغة: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1002/pip.3659 |
| الاتاحة: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pip.3659 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/pip.3659 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1002/pip.3659 |
| Rights: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.B64AACEA |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
| DOI: | 10.1002/pip.3659 |
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