The report assesses energy scenario studies published by major intergovernmental organisations, industry, academia and NGOs between the beginning of 2019 and the end of 2021. It provides an aggregated view of possible future development trends on selected low carbon energy technology groups: bioenergy, solar energy, geothermal energy, ambient heat, hydrogen, hydropower, ocean energy and wind energy. It highlights the possible role of these technologies in the energy mix globally and in the EU, as well as the EU share in deployment of these technologies.
A comparison of energy scenarios created by different actors can facilitate a better understanding of the role that these technologies could play in future energy systems, how they might interact with each other, what is needed to integrate them into existing systems and how they could be affected by social and behavioural changes. The report distils views on the main technologies driving the decarbonisation effort, as seen by energy scenario studies in a medium term (2030) and long term (2050) time frame, averaging the effort needed and discussing the possible assumptions behind the outliers.
TARVYDAS Dalius;
Tarvydas, D., Clean Energy Technology Observatory: Clean Energy Outlooks: Analysis and Critical Review – 2022 Status Report on Technology Development, Trends, Value Chains and Markets, EUR 31261 EN, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2022, ISBN 978-92-76-57878-9, doi:10.2760/309952, JRC130719.
2022-11-15
Publications Office of the European Union
JRC130719
978-92-76-57878-9 (online),
1831-9424 (online),
EUR 31261 EN,
OP KJ-NA-31-261-EN-N (online),
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC130719,
10.2760/309952 (online),
