Energy mix models make a case for increasing EU renewable targets
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Congressional bills H.R. 2687: https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-co ngress/house-bill/2687/text H.R. 1937: https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/1937/text S. 883: https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/883/text
in the Energy Policy Modernization Act (EPMA) of 2015, an omnibus energy bill compiled and passed in September 2015 by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR). On the House side, Representative Mark Amodei (R-Nev.) has introduced the National Strategic and Critical Minerals Production Act of 2015 (H.R. 1937). Amodei’s bill passed the House
in October 2015 and was referred to the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. H.R. 1937 has several shortcomings including its definition of critical minerals, which leaves out the essential concept of supply risk; its lack of sustainability policies like critical minerals recycling, development of alternative materials, and minimization of critical mineral usage; and its sweeping changes
by biomass is high, and nuclear energy is phased out; • Island Europe—no electricity is imported from outside of Europe, renewable energy use is equal to or higher than that in the Open Europe scenario, and nuclear energy use continues; • Maximum Renewable Energy— renewable energy penetration is close to 100%. Testing these scenarios showed that the potential of wind, solar, and biomass energy would make it possible to increase the share of energy from renewable sources by more than is currently targeted. “The targets can be more ambitious than the EU 80% target,” confirms Schaap. Another key finding was confirmation that earth observation data can indeed be used to create spatial maps illustrating renewable energy potential. These would be useful for engineering consultants looking for the optimal location for new infrastructure, such as solar panels. Many of the EnerGEO project partners are now working with the new modeling systems while continuing to develop them. Although no follow-up project is currently planned, Schaap would be keen to expand the EnerGEO system geographically and to other energy sources, such as geothermal and tidal energy, and to expand beyond electricity production. He also has further scenarios in mind for testing, including the impact of higher electric vehicle usage on electricity demand and consequent shifts in environmental impacts.
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sing sensors on board platforms such as satellites and advanced modeling systems, European Union(EU)-funded researchers have quantified the impact of future energy use on the environment. Their headline conclusion? That we can go further than the EU goal of increasing renewable energy’s contribution to global supply to 80% by 2050. The production, transport, and consumption of energy all put considerable pressure on the environment. If the EU were to make changes to its energy mix, for example by relying more on biomass, solar, or wind energy, what would the impact be? Wou
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