Renewable Energy Technical Potential Performance for Zero Carbon Emissions.

ABSTRACT: Global 2021 energy flows indicate sectors with the greatest opportunities for efficiency improvements and emissions reduction. Analysis of the International Energy Agency's 2050 Net Zero Emissions (NZE) Scenario with respect to the 2021 energy profile as a reference point provides a model for changes in energy efficiency, emissions reduction, cost, and land use resulting from substitutions of fossil fuels with renewable options at the levels required for net zero emissions by 2050. Even with optimized outcomes, the probability of such widespread changes occurring over the next 30 years is reduced by the need for large investments, infrastructure changes, and the successful deployment of technologies still under development. Achievement of the technical potential outcomes for alternative so

SUBMITTER: Burrington JD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11190940 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature