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Energy and Climate Plans in Energy System Modelling Scenarios

Abstract

The national energy and climate plans were introduced as a means to explain how each EU country will reach its energy-related goals, among others, to achieve the EU targets for 2030 and climate neutrality by 2050. Because the plans state each country's individualistic plan, they propose an uncoordinated solution. Energy system modelling can give us an overview of the integrated energy system in an area. In this paper, we compare the energy system modelling results from European energy transition scenarios and investigate the consequences of approved policies and their impact on a longer horizon, compared to an ideal energy transition and compared to a scenario with less effort spent on a clean energy transition. The results provide insight into the value of cooperation across member states compared to an individualistic mindset, which can lead to barriers and protectionism that make the clean energy transition more expensive than necessary.

Category

Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

Client

  • Research Council of Norway (RCN) / 347671

Language

English

Author(s)

Affiliation

  • SINTEF Energy Research / Energisystemer
  • Technical University Berlin
  • Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Year

2025

Publisher

IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)

Book

2025 21st International Conference on the European Energy Market - EEM

Issue

21

ISBN

979-8-3315-1278-1

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