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Models for the European energy transition: your questions, your needs!; Workshop Synthesis Report
The energy transition requires a deep transformation of our today’s energy systems. However, such change cannot take place without a meaningful engagement of all stakeholders that are affected by this transformation: policy- and decision-makers, energy companies and grid operators, civil society, academia, and others interested and affected actors. Energy models can serve as useful tools […]
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Final Report on Risks of Energy Efficiency Financing and Mitigation Strategies Typology
The current report aims to identify the main energy efficiency (EE) sectors, project categories, as well as the main risks and barriers that affect the successful implementation of EE projects and their ability to get financed. It focuses on the financial bodies’ perspective and on the development phase, where numerous EE project ideas and available […]
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User needs for an energy system modeling platform for the European energy transition. Deliverable 1.2. Sustainable Energy Transitions Laboratory (SENTINEL) project
In this report, we identify the needs of the energy model users and the users of energy model results in policy, industry, civil society, and science, both in the present and future. Based on a comprehensive literature review, qualitative interviews in five European jurisdictions, a survey, and a workshop, we identify what different user groups […]
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Understanding risks and uncertainties in energy and climate policy: Multidisciplinary methods and tools for a low carbon society
This open access book analyzes and seeks to consolidate the use of robust quantitative tools and qualitative methods for the design and assessment of energy and climate policies. In particular, it examines energy and climate policy performance and associated risks, as well as public acceptance and portfolio analysis in climate policy, and presents methods for […]
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Toolboxes for adaptation and mitigation policy pathways
Policymaking under deep uncertainty implies policymakers will encounter difficulties when asked to design and implement a new policy. Predicting the future, and deciding on the most probable evolution before applying a policy, has often been unsuccessful, thus the notion of adaptive policies has emerged. By adaptive policies we mean those that focus on short-term planning, […]
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Guidelines to prioritise country contextual factors in policymaking processes
Climate change mitigation efforts have been underway in the EU for many years. EU Member States (MS) have acknowledged the need to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and have developed strategic national plans aimed at achieving the environmental goals set by the EU, and by the worldwide community through the United Nations Framework Convention on […]
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Report on identifying research needs for climate change mitigation technology options
This section summarizes the main findings of the work presented in this report regarding needs and priority areas for further research, for the cases of Bio-Energy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) and Solar Photovoltaic (Solar PV). BECCS technology is highly controversial. On the one hand, it demonstrates a growing number of supporters and is […]
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Understanding Policy Contexts and Stakeholder Behaviour for Consistent and Coherent Environmental Politics
In reality, the actual implementation effect (effectiveness and efficiency) of an environmental policy may differ from its theoretical potential or anticipated effects (efficacy). The APRAISE project aims to explain these differences by acknowledging that policies and policy instruments are not implemented in a vacuum, but in an existing system. The effectiveness and efficiency of environmental […]
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Integrated Assessment of Climate Policy Instruments
Climate policy assessments often appear to lack a multi-analytical approach capable of considering different dimensions of sustainability during the policy design. This paper presents an integrated assessment framework of climate policy instrument interactions by reconciling environmental, socio-economic, political and institutional aspects for the initial stage of policy development. Selected interacting policy instruments are categorised into […]