This paper examines the use of materials, in particular metals, in six low-carbon energy technologies of the European Union's Strategic Energy Technology Plan (SET-Plan), namely nuclear, solar, wind, bioenergy, carbon capture and storage and electricity grids. The projected average annual demand...

Environment and sustainability are key issues for the policy maker. A policy should be first designed and realistically inserted in his proper context (regional, national, european) in order to be correctly assessed. After that, suitable models need to be choose consistently with the policy...

This paper estimates the impact on Belgium of the EU climate policy. This policy intends to reduce the emissions of EU greenhouse gases (GHG) by 80% in 2050 compared to 1990 emissions. The EU target was distributed over member countries in a cost effective way with the European TIMES model and...

This paper estimates the impact on Belgium of the EU climate policy. This policy intends to reduce the emissions of EU greenhouse gases (GHG) by 80% in 2050 compared to 1990 emissions. The EU target was distributed over member countries in a cost effective way with the European TIMES model and...

This paper estimates the impact on Belgium of the EU climate policy. This policy intends to reduce the emissions of EU greenhouse gases (GHG) by 80% in 2050 compared to 1990 emissions. The EU target was distributed over member countries in a cost effective way with the European TIMES model and...