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Transitioning to low-carbon power generation is crucial for combatting climate change and achieving sustainability goals. This review delves into the literature on deep decarbonisation strategies within the power sector, examining the economic costs and associated challenges. Methodologically,...
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Meeting the targets of climate change mitigation set by the Paris Agreement entails a huge transformation of the energy sector, as low- or no-carbon technologies must gradually substitute traditional, fossil-based technologies. In this perspective, the vast majority of energy analyses and...
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Nuclear is considered as a valuable option for the decarbonization of the power generation, as it is a no-carbon, yet commercially consolidated technology. However, its real prospects are uncertain: if some countries, especially in the non-OECD area, have been extensively investing in nuclear,...
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), we are re-calculating GHG emissions saving potentials for palm oil biodiesel in order to further assess the carbon … data and current publications on palm oil production result in GHG emissions saving potentials of palm oil based biodiesel …. Our results indicate default values for the GHG emission savings potential of palm oil biodiesel not only way beyond the …
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within the EU. In a recent working paper, we analyze the GHG emissions savings potential of rapeseed biodiesel. For this … purpose, we ran a life cycle assessment of rapeseed biodiesel using the same basic methodology and background data contained …. In most of the scenarios, rapeseed biodiesel does not reach the GHG emissions saving values using the formula contained …
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The question of whether biofuels help mitigate climate change has attracted much debate in the literature. Using a global computable general equilibrium model that explicitly represents land-use change impacts due to the expansion of biofuels, this study attempts to shed some light on this...
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applied within the EU. In a recent working paper, we analyze the GHG emissions savings potential of rapeseed biodiesel. For … this purpose, we ran a life cycle assessment of rapeseed biodiesel using the same basic methodology and background data …. In most of the scenarios, rapeseed biodiesel does not reach the GHG emissions saving values using the formula contained …
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agricultural sector. This paper investigates the environmental and economic implications of the support of rapeseed-based biodiesel … from being unequivocally positive. Most importantly, biodiesel is not a cost-efficient emission abatement strategy. Thus …
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