Nuclear power unnecessary for climate protection: There are more cost-efficient alternatives
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Nuclear power unnecessary for climate protection : There are more cost-efficient alternatives. / Kemfert, Claudia; Burandt, Thorsten; Hainsch, Karlo et al.
In: DIW Economic Bulletin, Vol. 7, No. 48, 2017, p. 498-506.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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T1 - Nuclear power unnecessary for climate protection
T2 - There are more cost-efficient alternatives
AU - Kemfert, Claudia
AU - Burandt, Thorsten
AU - Hainsch, Karlo
AU - Löffler, Konstantin
AU - Oei, Pao-Yu
AU - Hirschhausen, Christian von
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - The world needs to continue working to protect the climate-this is generally undisputed. However, there is no agreement on which technologies should be used to decarbonize the energy sector. Many international scenarios still assume a relevant role for nuclear power in the future. However, a study by the German Institute for Economic Research shows that the Paris climate protection target- limiting global warming to below two degrees-can be achieved inexpensively without nuclear power. The results of a global energy system model indicate that no new nuclear power plants have to be built in order to meet the global climate target. It would be cheaper to use a combination of renewable energy and energy storage systems.
AB - The world needs to continue working to protect the climate-this is generally undisputed. However, there is no agreement on which technologies should be used to decarbonize the energy sector. Many international scenarios still assume a relevant role for nuclear power in the future. However, a study by the German Institute for Economic Research shows that the Paris climate protection target- limiting global warming to below two degrees-can be achieved inexpensively without nuclear power. The results of a global energy system model indicate that no new nuclear power plants have to be built in order to meet the global climate target. It would be cheaper to use a combination of renewable energy and energy storage systems.
KW - Economics
KW - energy system model
KW - nuclear power
KW - climate policy
KW - renewable energy
KW - decarbonization
M3 - Journal articles
VL - 7
SP - 498
EP - 506
JO - DIW Economic Bulletin
JF - DIW Economic Bulletin
SN - 2192-7219
IS - 48
ER -