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The Trump administration has promised to stop the spiraling down of the U.S. coal industry that has been going on for several years. We discuss the origins of the decline of the U.S. coal industry and new policy interventions by the Trump administration. We find that a further decrease of coal...
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[Introduction] This report is part of the data documentation for the Global Gas Model (GGM) as prepared for analyses in the H2020 SET-Nav project1 and subsequent studies. Since some data are proprietary we cannot make available all input data we have used. By describing input data, the...
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This study presents a set of novel and multidisciplinary scenarios (‘narratives’) that provide insight into four distinct and diverging yet plausible worlds. They combine qualitative and quantitative elements in order to reflect the interlinked and complex nature of energy and climate. We...
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[Overview] This report presents a novel and independent energy outlook1 towards 2055. Similar to other prominent outlooks, such as the IEA's World Energy Outlook or the Royal Dutch Shell scenarios, our outlook illustrates possible global futures and provides readers with several insights on...
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Amidst other national and global climate protection initiatives, the new EU Commission under the leadership of Ursula von der Leyen is facing the challenge of concretely following through on previous announcements regarding an ambitious climate policy. Specifically, action must be taken to raise...
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Im Kontext nationaler sowie globaler Klimaschutzinitiativen steht die neue EU-Kommission unter der Leitung von Ursula von der Leyen vor der Herausforderung, den bisherigen Ankündigungen auch konkrete Umsetzungen für eine ambitionierte Klimaschutzpolitik folgen zu lassen. Dies betrifft...
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We compare prominent global energy scenarios of organisations and companies. We supplement the analysis with four own scenarios, which were derived from structured analytic techniques in combination with a numerical global energy and resource market model (Multimod). Our study provides three...
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In this paper, we analyse infrastructure needs of the European natural gas market in response to decarbonisation of the European energy system. To this end, we use numerical modelling and apply the Global Gas Model. We investigate three pathways of future natural gas consumption: i) a decreasing...
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Climate-related asset stranding refers to the depreciation of assets – such as resource reserves, infrastructure, or industries – resulting from the unanticipated changes, such as the tightening of climate policies. Although developing countries – especially fossil-fuel exporters – may...
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Coal consumption and production have sharply declined in recent years in the U.S., despite political support. Reasons are mostly unfavorable economic conditions for coal, including competition from natural gas and renewables in the power sector, as well as an aging coal- fired power plant fleet....
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