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Multicriteria assessment of alternative decarbonisation pathways towards the European energy transition
European Energy and Climate Policy has identified strategic energy technologies and designed roadmaps to tackle the individual barriers hindering their effective implementation across Europe. The SET-Plan, the European Union (EU) Energy Roadmap 2050 and various stakeholders’ discussions outlined four main decarbonisation routes for the energy sector, namely: energy efficiency, renewable energy sources, nuclear and carbon capture and storage. In the above framework, a set of alternative pathways were designed by identifying outcomes that conform to the objectives of the EU and the SET-plan, in particular competitiveness and a clean, secure and efficient energy system. These pathways are positioned under two key uncertainties; the level of cooperation (i.e. cooperation versus entrenchment) and the level of decentralisation (i.e. decentralisation versus path dependency). The aim of this paper is to assess these pathways, through the active involvement of relevant stakeholders, according to their performance in key areas, such as the regulatory framework, market maturity, cost/ economic factors, towards a sustainable energy system, by using a multicriteria method. The results could assist European policy makers in drawing recommendations by exploring important elements, drivers and factors of the energy transition and the long term impacts of alternative mitigation options on the economy, the energy sector and technology development.
Multicriteria assessment of alternative decarbonisation pathways towards the European energy transition
European Energy and Climate Policy has identified strategic energy technologies and designed roadmaps to tackle the individual barriers hindering their effective implementation across Europe. The SET-Plan, the European Union (EU) Energy Roadmap 2050 and various stakeholders’ discussions outlined four main decarbonisation routes for the energy sector, namely: energy efficiency, renewable energy sources, nuclear and carbon capture and storage. In the above framework, a set of alternative pathways were designed by identifying outcomes that conform to the objectives of the EU and the SET-plan, in particular competitiveness and a clean, secure and efficient energy system. These pathways are positioned under two key uncertainties; the level of cooperation (i.e. cooperation versus entrenchment) and the level of decentralisation (i.e. decentralisation versus path dependency). The aim of this paper is to assess these pathways, through the active involvement of relevant stakeholders, according to their performance in key areas, such as the regulatory framework, market maturity, cost/ economic factors, towards a sustainable energy system, by using a multicriteria method. The results could assist European policy makers in drawing recommendations by exploring important elements, drivers and factors of the energy transition and the long term impacts of alternative mitigation options on the economy, the energy sector and technology development.
Multicriteria assessment of alternative decarbonisation pathways towards the European energy transition
Aikaterini Papapostolou (author) / Charikleia Karakosta (author) / K. A. Kourti (author) / Haris Doukas (author)
2018-09-26
Conference paper
Electronic Resource
English
DDC:
690