Impact Assessment Study underpinning the EU Sustainable & Smart Mobility Strategy - 2020
Report
The Impact Assessment was prepared using the PRIMES-GAINS-GLOBIOM economic modelling toolset, as well as PRIMES and PRIMES-TREMOVE. It rests on the scenarios that were quantified for the 2030 Climate Target Plan Impact Assessment, but delves deeper into how the transport sector can help reach the 55% GHG emissions reduction in […]
Gas DSOs need to tap renewable gases potential: recommendations for the Greek market - 2020
Recommendations for Greece Presentation
At the heart of the study lie the development prospects of renewable gases, i.e. bio-methane, green hydrogen and synthetic methane, and their role in supporting Greece achieve climate neutrality in 2050. The few entry points of renewable gases currently in place will be substituted by a decentralized system of producing, […]
EIB investment report 2019/2020 Key findings : accelerating Europe’s transformation - 2020
EIB Investment report Report
The EIB annual report on Investment and Investment Finance has been released, providing a comprehensive overview of the developments and drivers of investment and its finance in the European Union. It combines an analysis and understanding of key market trends and developments with a more in-depth thematic focus, which this […]
Energy-system modelling of the EU strategy towards climate-neutrality - 2019
Article
We extend and use the PRIMES energy model to explore pathways towards climate-neutrality in the EU by 2050 and 2070 and analyse implications on energy demand, supply and costs. We draw on the modelling, data and scenario framework developed by the authors to support the European Commission’s “Clean Planet for […]
A Regional Economy-Energy-Transport Model of the EU for Assessing Decarbonization in Transport - 2019
Article
The EU decarbonization strategy foresees deep cuts in CO2 in the transport sector. Investment in infrastructure, manufacturing of new technology vehicles and production of alternative fuels induce macroeconomic changes in activity and employment for both national and regional economies. The objective of the paper is to present a newly built […]
Modelling the EU Internal Electricity Market: The PRIMES-IEM Model - 2019
The paper presents a newly built model used to simulate the European Union (EU) internal electricity market and assess market reform policies. The model performs an hourly simulation of all stages of the wholesale markets at a Pan-European scale, covering the sequence of day-ahead, intra-day, and balancing/reserve auctions. The model […]
Energy System Modelling of Carbon-Neutral Hydrogen as an Enabler of Sectoral Integration within a Decarbonization Pathway - 2019
Article
This paper explores the alternative roles hydrogen can play in the future European Union (EU) energy system, within the transition towards a carbon-neutral EU economy by 2050, following the latest policy developments after the COP21 agreement in Paris in 2015. Hydrogen could serve as an end-use fuel, a feedstock to […]
Factors Influencing Electric Vehicle Penetration in the EU by 2030: A Model-Based Policy Assessment - 2019
Article
The European Commission (EC) has set ambitious CO2 emission reduction objectives for the transport sector by 2050. In this context, most decarbonisation scenarios for transport foresee large market penetration of electric vehicles in 2030 and 2050. The emergence of electrified car mobility is, however, uncertain due to various barriers such […]
Economic-Engineering Modelling of the Buildings Sector to Study the Transition towards Deep Decarbonisation in the EU - 2019
Article
The paper presents a newly developed economic-engineering model of the buildings sector and its implementation for all the European Union (EU) Member States (MS), designed to study in detail ambitious energy efficiency strategies and policies, in the context of deep decarbonisation in the long term. The model has been used […]
Assessing the impacts of setting CO2 emission targets on truck manufacturers: A model implementation and application for the EU - 2019
The European Commission introduced in 2018, for the first time, CO2 emission standards for truck manufacturers, to incite additional reduction in the road transport CO2 emissions; trucks represent the second major contributor to CO2emissions in the EU road transport. This paper presents a model based analysis which simulates the implementation of such […]
Job Creation and Sustainable Growth Related to Renewables - 2019
The objective of the study which was prepared in the context of the ASSET study for DG ENERGY, was to present a detailed qualitative and quantitative analysis of the employment and labour market impacts induced by ambitious deployment of RES. The energy system transition from fossil fuels to RES and […]
Implications of delaying transport decarbonisation in the EU: A systems analysis using the PRIMES model - 2018
Article
The transport sector decarbonisation represents an essential part of the GHG emissions reduction strategy of the EU for the 2030 and 2050 horizon. (Energy Policy, Volume 121 (2018), Pages 48–60)
