Review of Energy and Climate Plans of Baltic States: The Contribution of Renewables for Energy Production in Households

Štreimikienė, Dalia; Kyriakopoulos, Grigorios L.; Stankūnienė, Gintare

doi:10.3390/en15207728

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“…In 2015, parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) adopted an action plan to limit global warming, known as the Paris Agreement, aimed at reducing GHGs and achieving a global average temperature rise to 1.5°C above pre‐industrial levels (Kyriakopoulos et al, 2022). Under this agreement, every 5 years, each party is required to prepare, communicate, and maintain successive nationally determined contributions (NDCs) that it intends to achieve (Streimikiene et al, 2022). In the same year, the UN member countries adopted the SDGs described earlier.…”

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Indicators of port sustainability: The example of Baltic Sea container ports

Bartosiewicz,

Kucharski

2023

Sustainable Development

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Container ports are key elements of global supply chains. Recent changes in the transport market put greater pressure on ports to operate sustainably and contribute more to socio‐economic development for regions, countries, and communities. This research presents a Triple Bottom Line (TBL) metric comprising 25 economic, environmental, and social indicators to assess the port sustainability of the 10 biggest container ports in the Baltic Sea Region. The proposed method is applicable to any port and may be of interest to port managers and operators. The study uses publicly available data, which is its biggest limitation because the ports differ in their information policies. The results show that Nordic ports (except Rauma), together with the Port of Tallinn, are leaders in implementing port sustainable initiatives. Ports from countries where the principles of sustainable development have not yet been properly instilled, in turn, tend to implement sustainable initiatives only if necessary and economically feasible.

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Indicators of port sustainability: The example of Baltic Sea container ports

Bartosiewicz,

Kucharski

2023

Sustainable Development

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“…Furthermore, in response to the challenges of carbon neutrality strategies, the European Commission has taken a series of measures to promote the transition to low-carbon energy in Europe, aiming to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The significance of sustainable energy development for global progress emphasizes sustainability challenges such as greenhouse gas emissions and climate change (Streimikiene et al, 2022). This transition to sustainable energy requires the formulation of an international strategic roadmap, including technological changes such as improving energy efficiency, utilizing renewable energy, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.…”

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Application of research on carbon neutral strategy of physical education teaching based on attention mechanism in digital energy transformation

Yuan,

Cai,

Han

2024

Front. Environ. Sci.

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With the global goal of carbon neutrality being emphasized, the implementation of carbon-neutral strategies has become a crucial task across various domains. As an integral part of social activities, physical education also necessitates considerations on how to reduce carbon emissions and implement carbon-neutral strategies within the teaching process. This study focuses on physical education and explores carbon-neutral strategies based on an end-to-end architecture with an attention mechanism. Firstly, we introduce an end-to-end framework that enables the integration and optimization of various aspects within the teaching process to achieve comprehensive carbon-neutral objectives. This framework serves as a unified optimization platform, facilitating the collaboration of different components involved in teaching activities and balancing the reduction of carbon emissions with teaching effectiveness. Secondly, we employ Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN) as the foundational model within the end-to-end architecture. Through training the CNN model, we automate the analysis of carbon emissions during the teaching process and provide corresponding carbon-neutral recommendations for different segments. Most importantly, we incorporate an attention mechanism to enhance the effectiveness and interpretability of the carbon-neutral strategy. The attention mechanism assists the model in automatically focusing on features or regions closely related to carbon-neutral objectives, thereby achieving more accurate and efficient carbon-neutral strategy recommendations. Finally, we conduct training and testing on the proposed model using a dataset constructed from carbon-neutral scenarios in physical education (the country where physical education occurred and digital energy have been scrutinized). The results demonstrate that the improved model surpasses a 90% threshold in mainstream evaluation metrics such as Action Recognition Accuracy (ARA), Action Recognition Recall (ARR), and Action Optimization Rate (AOR). The enhanced model exhibits notable improvements in inference speed and accuracy.

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“…The residential sector module of TIMES-Europe incorporates energy-saving measures that enhance the insulation of the dwelling envelope, thereby endogenously decreasing the demand for space heating via Equation (7). Table 1 provides a breakdown of the energysaving measures implemented in TIMES-Europe for the present study.…”

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“…Several studies have investigated possible decarbonization pathways for the European residential sector [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15]. For instance, the analysis by [12] focuses on energy efficiency investment decisions in the EU residential sector, considering the market and non-market barriers, policy instruments, and consumer behaviors.…”

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From Retrofitting to Renewables: Navigating Energy Transition Pathways for European Residential Space Heating

Salim,

Luxembourg,

Dalla Longa

et al. 2024

Energies

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Transformative actions are crucial across all sectors emitting greenhouse gases. Nonetheless, energy transition research to date displays a notable imbalance, with a larger emphasis on the supply side than on the demand side. The present study addresses this inequity by focusing on residential sector space heating demand, a frequently overlooked energy service that currently contributes substantially to global greenhouse gas emissions. Our primary objective is to pinpoint effective climate policies and space heating strategies that align with the EU’s ambitious targets for emission reduction. We employ the recently developed TIMES-Europe model to conduct a comprehensive analysis of the residential sector’s policy frameworks, technological advancements, and associated costs. This analysis aims to determine the measures necessary to meet ambitious climate objectives within the European context. To achieve this, we formulate four distinct scenarios, each representing varying levels of ambition and collaboration among EU member states, thereby providing insight into the pathways toward achieving these targets. By implementing current intended EU policies on the renovation of dwellings, we project a substantial reduction of at most 850 PJ, or, i.e., a 19% decrease, in yearly energy demand for space heating between 2020 and 2050. In contrast, if the recent pace of dwelling renovation within the EU were to continue, space heating energy savings from renovation would only amount to less than 400 PJ/yr (i.e., a 9% reduction) in the same period. In our more ambitious climate scenarios, phasing out fossil fuels leads to widespread electrification of the European residential sector, and by 2050, electricity from heat pumps and electric boilers accounts for over 68% of the total residential sector space heating demand. The outcomes of our study underline the importance of implementing the currently planned EU policies. We also demonstrate the necessity for collaboration among EU member states in order to attain the common European climate targets under the most effective resource allocation.

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Review of Energy and Climate Plans of Baltic States: The Contribution of Renewables for Energy Production in Households

Cited by 11 publications

References 49 publications

Indicators of port sustainability: The example of Baltic Sea container ports

Indicators of port sustainability: The example of Baltic Sea container ports

Application of research on carbon neutral strategy of physical education teaching based on attention mechanism in digital energy transformation

From Retrofitting to Renewables: Navigating Energy Transition Pathways for European Residential Space Heating

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