The Nordic way
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The Nordic way ENERGY SECTOR ANALYSIS
Research on metal hydrides revived for next-generation solutions to renewable energy storage REGIONAL INITIATIVE
Deep geothermal ambitions in Norway ENERGY QUARTERLY ORGANIZERS CHAIR Anke Weidenkaff, Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science, Switzerland and University of Stuttgart, Germany Anshu Bharadwaj, Center for Study of Science, Technology and Policy, India David Cahen, Weizmann Institute, Israel Russell R. Chianelli, University of Texas, El Paso, USA George Crabtree, Argonne National Laboratory, USA Sabrina Sartori, University of Oslo and Institute for Energy Technology, Norway M. Stanley Whittingham, State University of New York at Binghamton, USA Steve M. Yalisove, University of Michigan, USA
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The Nordic way | www.iea.org/media/etp/nordic/NETP.pdf A global energy system based on low carbon emissions is possible, but very challenging. While the international community has agreed to limit the average temperature increase to 2°C by 2050, the five Nordic countries of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden have announced even more ambitious targets toward a carbonneutral scenario, in which CO2 emissions would be reduced by 85% by 2050 from 1990 levels, with international carbon credits used to offset the remaining 15%. The Nordic region holds a leading position in renewable energy technologies based on hydroelectric and wind power. However, a study by Nordic research institutions reveals important key challenges to be addressed to reach their further goals. Energy-intensive industries are at the core of Nordic economies, and to achieve the goal of a 60% reduction in direct industry emission by 2050, aggressive policies are necessary for increasing energy efficiency and the use of carbon capture and storage (CCS). Progress in some of these directions has been slow. The halt announced in September by the Norwegian Oil and Energy Minister Ola Borten Moe for a full-scale carbon capture plant at Mongstad shows how current uncertainties over national positions on CCS must be addressed. Transport represents one-third of the energy-related CO2 emission in the Nordic regions. The goal is to reach 90% reduced emissions by 2050. Even though there will be an increasing number of electric vehicles in the years to come, complete electrification of the transport system is unlikely, and other technologies need to be improved and implemented, such as biofuels and hydrogen. Among the existing projects is the so-called hydrogen highway, or HyNor project, where parties from Norwegia
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