Successful climate protection via rapid coal phaseout in Germany and North Rhine-Westphalia

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Successful climate protection via rapid coal phaseout in Germany and North Rhine-Westphalia. / Göke, Leonard; Kittel, Martin; Kemfert, Claudia et al.
In: DIW Weekly Report, Vol. 8, No. 33, 2018, p. 301-311.

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Göke, L, Kittel, M, Kemfert, C, Lorenz, C, Oei, P-Y & Hirschhausen, CV 2018, 'Successful climate protection via rapid coal phaseout in Germany and North Rhine-Westphalia', DIW Weekly Report, vol. 8, no. 33, pp. 301-311. <http://hdl.handle.net/10419/182111>

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@article{ba4be3fa54ee4f4eb29a32ec3e0855d6,
title = "Successful climate protection via rapid coal phaseout in Germany and North Rhine-Westphalia",
abstract = "Power generation from lignite and hard coal was responsible for more than a quarter of German greenhouse gas emissions in 2016. Of all federal states, North Rhine-Westphalia is by far the largest carbon emitter. The Growth, Structural Change and Regional Development Commission (also known as 'Coal Commission') among others are currently debating alternative pathways toward a coal phaseout to achieve the national climate targets. The Coal Commission has been tasked with submitting specific recommendations by the end of 2018. Supported by detailed model calculations, the present study shows that a rapid reduction in coal-fired power generation nationwide and in North Rhine-Westphalia is necessary to meet the climate targets in 2030. According to the German government's climate protection plan, emissions in the energy sector must fall by about 60 percent as compared to 1990. The analysis also shows that a German phaseout promotes decarbonization and the expansion of renewable energies throughout Europe. And in North Rhine-Westphalia, a rapid coal phaseout will be necessary to meet the climate protection targets. All lignite power plants and many plants that run on hard coal could be shut down by 2030. The phaseout of lignite mining in NRW could be designed such that surface mine Garzweiler II would no longer engulf any villages; the forest in the Hambach surface mine that is worth conserving would also be saved.",
keywords = "Economics, coal, climate protection, Germany, North Rhine Westphalia, Europe",
author = "Leonard G{\"o}ke and Martin Kittel and Claudia Kemfert and Casimir Lorenz and Pao-Yu Oei and Hirschhausen, {Christian von}",
year = "2018",
language = "English",
volume = "8",
pages = "301--311",
journal = "DIW Weekly Report",
issn = "2568-7697",
publisher = "Deutsches Institut f{\"u}r Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW)",
number = "33",

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TY - JOUR

T1 - Successful climate protection via rapid coal phaseout in Germany and North Rhine-Westphalia

AU - Göke, Leonard

AU - Kittel, Martin

AU - Kemfert, Claudia

AU - Lorenz, Casimir

AU - Oei, Pao-Yu

AU - Hirschhausen, Christian von

PY - 2018

Y1 - 2018

N2 - Power generation from lignite and hard coal was responsible for more than a quarter of German greenhouse gas emissions in 2016. Of all federal states, North Rhine-Westphalia is by far the largest carbon emitter. The Growth, Structural Change and Regional Development Commission (also known as 'Coal Commission') among others are currently debating alternative pathways toward a coal phaseout to achieve the national climate targets. The Coal Commission has been tasked with submitting specific recommendations by the end of 2018. Supported by detailed model calculations, the present study shows that a rapid reduction in coal-fired power generation nationwide and in North Rhine-Westphalia is necessary to meet the climate targets in 2030. According to the German government's climate protection plan, emissions in the energy sector must fall by about 60 percent as compared to 1990. The analysis also shows that a German phaseout promotes decarbonization and the expansion of renewable energies throughout Europe. And in North Rhine-Westphalia, a rapid coal phaseout will be necessary to meet the climate protection targets. All lignite power plants and many plants that run on hard coal could be shut down by 2030. The phaseout of lignite mining in NRW could be designed such that surface mine Garzweiler II would no longer engulf any villages; the forest in the Hambach surface mine that is worth conserving would also be saved.

AB - Power generation from lignite and hard coal was responsible for more than a quarter of German greenhouse gas emissions in 2016. Of all federal states, North Rhine-Westphalia is by far the largest carbon emitter. The Growth, Structural Change and Regional Development Commission (also known as 'Coal Commission') among others are currently debating alternative pathways toward a coal phaseout to achieve the national climate targets. The Coal Commission has been tasked with submitting specific recommendations by the end of 2018. Supported by detailed model calculations, the present study shows that a rapid reduction in coal-fired power generation nationwide and in North Rhine-Westphalia is necessary to meet the climate targets in 2030. According to the German government's climate protection plan, emissions in the energy sector must fall by about 60 percent as compared to 1990. The analysis also shows that a German phaseout promotes decarbonization and the expansion of renewable energies throughout Europe. And in North Rhine-Westphalia, a rapid coal phaseout will be necessary to meet the climate protection targets. All lignite power plants and many plants that run on hard coal could be shut down by 2030. The phaseout of lignite mining in NRW could be designed such that surface mine Garzweiler II would no longer engulf any villages; the forest in the Hambach surface mine that is worth conserving would also be saved.

KW - Economics

KW - coal

KW - climate protection

KW - Germany

KW - North Rhine Westphalia

KW - Europe

M3 - Journal articles

VL - 8

SP - 301

EP - 311

JO - DIW Weekly Report

JF - DIW Weekly Report

SN - 2568-7697

IS - 33

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