Transition towards a decarbonised electricity sector

The document introduces a qualitative assessment framework designed to guide policy makers through the phased process of decarbonising the electricity sector. It emphasizes that while the transition to variable renewable energy sources (vRES) like wind and solar presents universal technical challenges, the impact of these challenges is shaped by a country's specific geographic and socio-economic characteristics. The author argues that successful transformation requires timely planning and the embedding of technical solutions within country-specific regulatory frameworks to achieve Paris Agreement goals.

• Power sector transformation is a phased process where specific challenges emerge at certain stages regardless of a country's socio-economic or geographic traits, although these traits can influence how those challenges affect the integration of variable renewable energy sources.
• Technical, policy, and market design measures to address vRES integration challenges are already available, but their success depends on being integrated into effective, country-specific regulatory frameworks.
• Decarbonising the power sector is essential for meeting the Paris Agreement's goal of limiting global temperature rise to 1.5°C or well below 2°C, as energy production and use account for 90% of carbon dioxide emissions and two-thirds of global greenhouse gases.
• While universal recommendations are difficult to derive due to unique national contexts, policy makers can use the assessment of other countries' approaches to vRES challenges for peer-learning and orientation.

APA

NewClimate Institute (2019). Transition towards a decarbonised electricity sector. http://www.newclimate.org/resources/publications/transition-towards-a-decarbonised-electricity-sector

Chicago

NewClimate Institute. Transition towards a decarbonised electricity sector. 2019. http://www.newclimate.org/resources/publications/transition-towards-a-decarbonised-electricity-sector.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{newclimateinstitute2019transition, author = {{NewClimate Institute}}, title = {{Transition towards a decarbonised electricity sector}}, institution = {NewClimate Institute}, year = {2019}, month = oct, url = {http://www.newclimate.org/resources/publications/transition-towards-a-decarbonised-electricity-sector}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }