Measuring the Renewable Energy Efficiency at the European Union Level and Its Impact on CO2 Emissions

Bușu, Mihail

doi:10.3390/pr7120923

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“…A high share of renewable energies in each country portfolio, together with an international diffusion of renewable energy innovations, is required to decrease GHG (i.e., greenhouse gas) emissions in the short term, e.g., [5,6]. Renewable energy deployment in islands has additional benefits.…”

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Intercomparison Study of the Impact of Climate Change on Renewable Energy Indicators on the Mediterranean Islands

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The enhanced vulnerability of insular regions to climate change has been recently recognized by the European Union, which highlights the importance of undertaking adaptation and mitigation strategies according to the specific singularities of the islands. In general, islands are highly dependent on energy imports which, in turn, feature a marked seasonal demand. Efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in these regions can therefore fulfill a twofold objective: (i) to increase the renewable energy share for global decarbonization and (ii) to reduce the external energy dependence for isolated (or interconnected) systems in which this can only be achieved with an increase of the renewable energy share. However, the increase in renewable technologies makes energy generation more dependent on future climate and its variability. The main aim of this study is to analyze future projections of wind and photovoltaic potential, as well as energy productivity droughts, on the main Euro-Mediterranean islands. Due to the limitations in land surface available in the islands for the installation of renewable energy capacity, the analysis is extended to offshore wind and photovoltaic energy, which may have an important role in the future increases of renewable energy share. To that end, we use climate variables from a series of simulations derived from Euro-CORDEX (Coordinated Downscaling Experiment) simulations for the RCP2.6 and RCP8.5 emission scenarios. A special effort is performed to normalize projected changes and the associated uncertainties. The obtained normalized changes make it easier the intercomparison between the results obtained in the different islands and constitute condensed and valuable information that aims to facilitate climate-related policy decision making for decarbonization and Blue Growth in the islands.

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“…Also, the involvement of civil society is extremely important for achieving the transition to a "low-carbon society" (Busu, 2019) and in order to ensure the sustainability of an economy, major changes in "production and consumption activities" are needed .…”

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Energy Efficiency Lookouts

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Ciobanu

2023

Proceedings of the International Conference on Business Excellence

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This article aims to carry out a comparative analysis in the European Union and in Romania, in the period 1991-2021, on the achievement of the ambitious energy efficiency objectives, by assessing the achievement of the assumed targets for primary and final energy consumption at the level of the years 2020 and 2030. Since 2007, EU leaders have been concerned about the decarbonisation of the energy sector, a first essential measure being to reduce energy consumption by 20% by 2020. As part of the decarbonisation objectives for 2050, we start from this premise, according to which energy efficiency must be improved, thus accelerating the transition of all member states of the European Union to clean energy and sustainable growth of economies. So, by using energy more efficiently and therefore consuming less, we can contribute both to protecting the environment and to mitigating climate change. The hypothesis from which we start in this study is that the target for 2020 of the level of primary and final energy consumption has been met, due to the negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. In order to test this hypothesis, Eurostat data were analyzed using the quantitative research method for both the European Union and Romania. As a result of the analysis carried out, this hypothesis can be fully confirmed, since from 2021, which coincides with the beginning of the recovery of economies, an increase in primary and final energy consumption can be observed again, after a sharp decrease in 2020, even below the level of the targets set for 2020. With regard to the targets assumed by the European Union for 2030, the consumption of primary and final energy is well above the predetermined values. And the conclusions show us with certainty, the need to make an additional effort in order to achieve them.

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“…Busu [1] proposes a panel data econometric model to measure the relationship between renewable energy, energy productivity, population, urbanization, motorization and Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita, and the impacts of these on carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. The results show that a 1% increase in renewable energy consumption would reduce CO2 emissions by 0.11 million tons, while population growth and urbanization add more restrictions to the econometric equation of the impact on carbon emissions.…”

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Measuring the Renewable Energy Efficiency at the European Union Level and Its Impact on CO2 Emissions

Cited by 19 publications

References 35 publications

Intercomparison Study of the Impact of Climate Change on Renewable Energy Indicators on the Mediterranean Islands

Intercomparison Study of the Impact of Climate Change on Renewable Energy Indicators on the Mediterranean Islands

Energy Efficiency Lookouts

Special Issue on “Energy, Economy and Environment for Industrial Production Processes”

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