Transition pathways for a UK low-carbon electricity system: Comparing scenarios and technology implications

Barton, John P.; Davies, Lloyd; Dooley, Ben; Foxon, Timothy J.; Galloway, Stuart; Hammond, Geoffrey P.; O'Grady, Áine; Robertson, Elizabeth M; Thomson, Murray

doi:10.1016/j.rser.2017.10.007

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“…First to optimize the energy structure, especially in electric power sector, by significantly reducing dependency on fossil fuels. Some studies have shown that at the national scale, cutting CO 2 emissions in electric power sector could be vital for achieving low-carbon society [53,54]. Not only that, in review of the literature, we found that nearly all industries are pursuing a rapid shift toward such a green transformation.…”

Section: Relationship Between Co 2 Emissions and Economic Developmentmentioning

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Analysis of CO2 Drivers and Emissions Forecast in a Typical Industry-Oriented County: Changxing County, China

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Decomposing main drivers of CO2 emissions and predicting the trend of it are the key to promoting low-carbon development for coping with climate change based on controlling GHG emissions. Here, we decomposed six drivers of CO2 emissions in Changxing County using the Logarithmic Mean Divisia Index (LMDI) method. We then constructed a model for CO2 emissions prediction based on a revised version of the Stochastic Impacts by Regression on Population, Affluence, and Technology (STIRPAT) model and used it to simulate energy-related CO2 emissions in five scenarios. Results show that: (1) From 2010 to 2017, the economic output effect was a significant, direct, dominant, and long-term driver of increasing CO2 emissions; (2) The STIRPAT model predicted that energy structure will be the decisive factor restricting total CO2 emissions from 2018 to 2035; (3) Low-carbon development in the electric power sector is the best strategy for Changxing to achieve low-carbon development. Under the tested scenarios, Changxing will likely reach peak total CO2 emissions (17.95 million tons) by 2030. Measures focused on optimizing the overall industrial structure, adjusting the internal industry sector, and optimizing the energy structure can help industry-oriented counties achieve targeted carbon reduction and control, while simultaneously achieving rapid economic development.

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Analysis of CO2 Drivers and Emissions Forecast in a Typical Industry-Oriented County: Changxing County, China

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“…Climate change and energy security constitute key drivers of the UK's energy transition [83]. Its transition pathways encompass energy governance and technological choices for low-carbon energy systems [84]. Specifically, its legislative/policy portfolio or framework on climate change and renewables comprise multiple legislative enactments and policies such as the Energy Act 2013, Finance Act 2011, Feed-in Tariffs for Renewable Electricity 2014, Carbon Reduction Commitment Energy Efficiency Scheme 2014, Climate Change Act 2008, National Adaptation Programme 2013, the UK Renewable Energy Roadmap and few others [85].…”

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Energy Transition: Embodied Energy in Clean Technologies and the Need for International Regulatory Proactivity

Abraham-Dukuma

2019

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

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The present study is an observation of the absence of policy focus and preparedness to address the greenhouse footprints and eventual climate change implications of some clean energy systems in the energy transition debate. Electric vehicles, wind turbines and photovoltaics constitute sample clean technologies under the study. A technical literature review is the approach for forming an appreciable understanding of the life cycle emissions of the sample clean energy technologies. Content and critical legal analysis are adopted for the examination of international and domestic legal regimes on clean energy sources, with India, China, the United States and the United Kingdom as domestic foci. The results of the study are the reality of supposed clean energy technologies as sources of greenhouse gas emissions, although considerably low compared to fossil fuel sources, and the apparent lack of international and domestic legal mechanisms to address the life cycle emissions of these technologies and the need for proactive policy actions.

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“…B . Zunehmend rücken hierbei Fragen von Gleichheit/Gerechtigkeit sowie Risiken von lokalen Energieprojekten in den Mittelpunkt (Adams/ Bell 2014, Fuller/McCauley 2016 Barton et al . 2015) .…”

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Bürgerenergie in Deutschland

Radtke

2016

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Weltweite Verteilungskämpfe um knappe Energieressourcen und der Klimawandel mit seinen Auswirkungen führen zu globalen, nationalen, regionalen und auch lokalen Herausforderungen, die Gegenstand dieser Publikationsreihe sind. Die Beiträge der Reihe sollen Chancen und Hemmnisse einer präventiv orientierten Energie-und Klimapolitik vor dem Hintergrund komplexer energiepolitischer und wirtschaftlicher Interessenlagen und Machtverhältnisse ausloten. Themenschwerpunkte sind die Analyse der europäischen und internationalen Liberalisierung der Energiesektoren und -branchen, die internationale Politik zum Schutz des Klimas, Anpassungsmaßnahmen an den Klimawandel in den Entwicklungs-, Schwellenund Industrieländern, die Produktion von biogenen Treibstoffen zur Substitution fossiler Energieträger oder die Probleme der Atomenergie und deren nuklearen Hinterlassenschaften.Die Reihe bietet empirisch angeleiteten, quantitativen und international vergleichenden Arbeiten, Untersuchungen von grenzüberschreitenden Transformationsund Mehrebenenprozessen oder von nationalen "best practice"-Beispielen ebenso ein Forum wie theoriegeleiteten, qualitativen Untersuchungen, die sich mit den grundlegenden Fragen des gesellschaftlichen Wandels in der Energiepolitik und beim Klimaschutz beschäftigen.

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Transition pathways for a UK low-carbon electricity system: Comparing scenarios and technology implications

Cited by 59 publications

References 33 publications

Analysis of CO2 Drivers and Emissions Forecast in a Typical Industry-Oriented County: Changxing County, China

Analysis of CO2 Drivers and Emissions Forecast in a Typical Industry-Oriented County: Changxing County, China

Energy Transition: Embodied Energy in Clean Technologies and the Need for International Regulatory Proactivity

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