Pathways toward Zero-Carbon Electricity Required for Climate Stabilization
This paper covers three policy-relevant aspects of the carbon content of electricity that are well established among integrated assessment models but under-discussed in the policy debate. First, climate stabilization at any level from 2 to 3°C requ...
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okr-10986-205092021-04-23T14:03:56Z Pathways toward Zero-Carbon Electricity Required for Climate Stabilization Audoly, Richard Vogt-Schilb, Adrien Guivarch, Celine AIR ANNUAL GREENHOUSE GAS ANTHROPOGENIC GREENHOUSE ANTHROPOGENIC GREENHOUSE GAS APPROACH ATMOSPHERE ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATION AVAILABILITY AVERAGE CARBON INTENSITY BIO-ENERGY BIOMASS CAR CARBON CARBON CAPTURE CARBON CONTENT CARBON DIOXIDE CARBON ECONOMY CARBON EMISSION CARBON EMISSIONS CARBON INTENSITY CARBON NEUTRALITY CARBON SEQUESTRATION CARBON TECHNOLOGIES CLEAN ELECTRICITY CLEAN POWER CLEAN POWER PLAN CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION CLIMATE POLICIES CLIMATE POLICY CLIMATIC CHANGE CO CO2 COAL CONCENTRATION TARGET CUMULATIVE EMISSIONS DEMAND PEAKS DIFFUSION DRIVING ELECTRIC CARS ELECTRIC ENERGY ELECTRIC GRID ELECTRIC VEHICLES ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY GENERATION ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION ELECTRICITY SUPPLY ELECTRIFICATION EMISSION EMISSION REDUCTIONS EMISSION TARGETS EMISSION-REDUCTION EMISSIONS EMISSIONS CUTS EMISSIONS FROM ELECTRIC EMISSIONS FROM FUEL EMISSIONS FROM FUEL COMBUSTION EMISSIONS FROM POWER GENERATION EMISSIONS FROM POWER PLANTS EMISSIONS IMPACTS END-USERS ENERGY CONSUMPTION ENERGY ECONOMICS ENERGY POLICY ENERGY SOURCES ENERGY SYSTEMS ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES ENERGY TECHNOLOGY ENERGY TRANSFORMATION ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH FOSSIL FOSSIL FUEL FOSSIL FUELS GAS EMISSION GHG GLOBAL ELECTRICITY GENERATION GLOBAL EMISSIONS GLOBAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION GLOBAL WARMING GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION REDUCTION GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS GREENHOUSE-GAS HEAT HEAT PUMPS HYBRID VEHICLES INDIRECT EMISSIONS INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY IPCC LAND USE LOW CARBON ECONOMY LOW-CARBON NATURAL RESOURCES NUCLEAR POWER OIL OIL PRICES PASSENGER VEHICLE PASSENGER VEHICLES PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER POWER GENERATION POWER GENERATION TECHNOLOGIES POWER PLANT POWER PLANTS POWER SECTOR POWER SUPPLY PRIMARY ENERGY REDUCTION IN CARBON RENEWABLE ENERGIES RENEWABLE ENERGY RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES RENEWABLE POWER RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS ROAD SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE ENERGY TOTAL EMISSIONS TRANSPORT TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE VEHICLE VEHICLES WIND This paper covers three policy-relevant aspects of the carbon content of electricity that are well established among integrated assessment models but under-discussed in the policy debate. First, climate stabilization at any level from 2 to 3°C requires electricity to be almost carbon-free by the end of the century. As such, the question for policy makers is not whether to decarbonize electricity but when to do it. Second, decarbonization of electricity is still possible and required if some of the key zero-carbon technologies -- such as nuclear power or carbon capture and storage -- turn out to be unavailable. Third, progressive decarbonization of electricity is part of every country's cost-effective means of contributing to climate stabilization. In addition, this paper provides cost-effective pathways of the carbon content of electricity -- computed from the results of AMPERE, a recent integrated assessment model comparison study. These pathways may be used to benchmark existing decarbonization targets, such as those set by the European Energy Roadmap or the Clean Power Plan in the United States, or inform new policies in other countries. The pathways can also be used to assess the desirable uptake rates of electrification technologies, such as electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles, electric stoves and heat pumps, or industrial electric furnaces. 2014-11-12T20:21:11Z 2014-11-12T20:21:11Z 2014-10 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/10/20326453/pathways-toward-zero-carbon-electricity-required-climate-stabilization http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20509 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7075 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Group, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research |
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AIR ANNUAL GREENHOUSE GAS ANTHROPOGENIC GREENHOUSE ANTHROPOGENIC GREENHOUSE GAS APPROACH ATMOSPHERE ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATION AVAILABILITY AVERAGE CARBON INTENSITY BIO-ENERGY BIOMASS CAR CARBON CARBON CAPTURE CARBON CONTENT CARBON DIOXIDE CARBON ECONOMY CARBON EMISSION CARBON EMISSIONS CARBON INTENSITY CARBON NEUTRALITY CARBON SEQUESTRATION CARBON TECHNOLOGIES CLEAN ELECTRICITY CLEAN POWER CLEAN POWER PLAN CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION CLIMATE POLICIES CLIMATE POLICY CLIMATIC CHANGE CO CO2 COAL CONCENTRATION TARGET CUMULATIVE EMISSIONS DEMAND PEAKS DIFFUSION DRIVING ELECTRIC CARS ELECTRIC ENERGY ELECTRIC GRID ELECTRIC VEHICLES ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY GENERATION ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION ELECTRICITY SUPPLY ELECTRIFICATION EMISSION EMISSION REDUCTIONS EMISSION TARGETS EMISSION-REDUCTION EMISSIONS EMISSIONS CUTS EMISSIONS FROM ELECTRIC EMISSIONS FROM FUEL EMISSIONS FROM FUEL COMBUSTION EMISSIONS FROM POWER GENERATION EMISSIONS FROM POWER PLANTS EMISSIONS IMPACTS END-USERS ENERGY CONSUMPTION ENERGY ECONOMICS ENERGY POLICY ENERGY SOURCES ENERGY SYSTEMS ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES ENERGY TECHNOLOGY ENERGY TRANSFORMATION ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH FOSSIL FOSSIL FUEL FOSSIL FUELS GAS EMISSION GHG GLOBAL ELECTRICITY GENERATION GLOBAL EMISSIONS GLOBAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION GLOBAL WARMING GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION REDUCTION GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS GREENHOUSE-GAS HEAT HEAT PUMPS HYBRID VEHICLES INDIRECT EMISSIONS INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY IPCC LAND USE LOW CARBON ECONOMY LOW-CARBON NATURAL RESOURCES NUCLEAR POWER OIL OIL PRICES PASSENGER VEHICLE PASSENGER VEHICLES PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER POWER GENERATION POWER GENERATION TECHNOLOGIES POWER PLANT POWER PLANTS POWER SECTOR POWER SUPPLY PRIMARY ENERGY REDUCTION IN CARBON RENEWABLE ENERGIES RENEWABLE ENERGY RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES RENEWABLE POWER RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS ROAD SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE ENERGY TOTAL EMISSIONS TRANSPORT TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE VEHICLE VEHICLES WIND |
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AIR ANNUAL GREENHOUSE GAS ANTHROPOGENIC GREENHOUSE ANTHROPOGENIC GREENHOUSE GAS APPROACH ATMOSPHERE ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATION AVAILABILITY AVERAGE CARBON INTENSITY BIO-ENERGY BIOMASS CAR CARBON CARBON CAPTURE CARBON CONTENT CARBON DIOXIDE CARBON ECONOMY CARBON EMISSION CARBON EMISSIONS CARBON INTENSITY CARBON NEUTRALITY CARBON SEQUESTRATION CARBON TECHNOLOGIES CLEAN ELECTRICITY CLEAN POWER CLEAN POWER PLAN CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION CLIMATE POLICIES CLIMATE POLICY CLIMATIC CHANGE CO CO2 COAL CONCENTRATION TARGET CUMULATIVE EMISSIONS DEMAND PEAKS DIFFUSION DRIVING ELECTRIC CARS ELECTRIC ENERGY ELECTRIC GRID ELECTRIC VEHICLES ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY GENERATION ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION ELECTRICITY SUPPLY ELECTRIFICATION EMISSION EMISSION REDUCTIONS EMISSION TARGETS EMISSION-REDUCTION EMISSIONS EMISSIONS CUTS EMISSIONS FROM ELECTRIC EMISSIONS FROM FUEL EMISSIONS FROM FUEL COMBUSTION EMISSIONS FROM POWER GENERATION EMISSIONS FROM POWER PLANTS EMISSIONS IMPACTS END-USERS ENERGY CONSUMPTION ENERGY ECONOMICS ENERGY POLICY ENERGY SOURCES ENERGY SYSTEMS ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES ENERGY TECHNOLOGY ENERGY TRANSFORMATION ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH FOSSIL FOSSIL FUEL FOSSIL FUELS GAS EMISSION GHG GLOBAL ELECTRICITY GENERATION GLOBAL EMISSIONS GLOBAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION GLOBAL WARMING GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION REDUCTION GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS GREENHOUSE-GAS HEAT HEAT PUMPS HYBRID VEHICLES INDIRECT EMISSIONS INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY IPCC LAND USE LOW CARBON ECONOMY LOW-CARBON NATURAL RESOURCES NUCLEAR POWER OIL OIL PRICES PASSENGER VEHICLE PASSENGER VEHICLES PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER POWER GENERATION POWER GENERATION TECHNOLOGIES POWER PLANT POWER PLANTS POWER SECTOR POWER SUPPLY PRIMARY ENERGY REDUCTION IN CARBON RENEWABLE ENERGIES RENEWABLE ENERGY RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES RENEWABLE POWER RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS ROAD SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE ENERGY TOTAL EMISSIONS TRANSPORT TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE VEHICLE VEHICLES WIND Audoly, Richard Vogt-Schilb, Adrien Guivarch, Celine Pathways toward Zero-Carbon Electricity Required for Climate Stabilization |
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Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7075 |
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This paper covers three policy-relevant
aspects of the carbon content of electricity that are well
established among integrated assessment models but
under-discussed in the policy debate. First, climate
stabilization at any level from 2 to 3°C requires
electricity to be almost carbon-free by the end of the
century. As such, the question for policy makers is not
whether to decarbonize electricity but when to do it.
Second, decarbonization of electricity is still possible and
required if some of the key zero-carbon technologies -- such
as nuclear power or carbon capture and storage -- turn out
to be unavailable. Third, progressive decarbonization of
electricity is part of every country's cost-effective
means of contributing to climate stabilization. In addition,
this paper provides cost-effective pathways of the carbon
content of electricity -- computed from the results of
AMPERE, a recent integrated assessment model comparison
study. These pathways may be used to benchmark existing
decarbonization targets, such as those set by the European
Energy Roadmap or the Clean Power Plan in the United States,
or inform new policies in other countries. The pathways can
also be used to assess the desirable uptake rates of
electrification technologies, such as electric and plug-in
hybrid vehicles, electric stoves and heat pumps, or
industrial electric furnaces. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Audoly, Richard Vogt-Schilb, Adrien Guivarch, Celine |
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Audoly, Richard Vogt-Schilb, Adrien Guivarch, Celine |
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Audoly, Richard |
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Pathways toward Zero-Carbon Electricity Required for Climate Stabilization |
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Pathways toward Zero-Carbon Electricity Required for Climate Stabilization |
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Pathways toward Zero-Carbon Electricity Required for Climate Stabilization |
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Pathways toward Zero-Carbon Electricity Required for Climate Stabilization |
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Pathways toward Zero-Carbon Electricity Required for Climate Stabilization |
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pathways toward zero-carbon electricity required for climate stabilization |
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World Bank Group, Washington, DC |
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2014 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/10/20326453/pathways-toward-zero-carbon-electricity-required-climate-stabilization http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20509 |
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