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READy: Renewable Energy Action on Deployment
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READy: Renewable Energy Action on Deployment

by IEA-RETD, Rolf de Vos, Janet Sawin
December 2012
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
280 pages
7h 44m
English
Elsevier
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Chapter Two

What Is Possible and by When?

Contents

To what extent can low-carbon energy technologies, particularly renewable energy technologies combined with energy efficiency improvements, contribute to the 2°C target? And by when? Several relevant scenarios present robust projections and provide some insight into the probability and margins of predicted future developments.

2.1 Relevant and Authoritative Scenarios

Scenarios are the result of modeling possible future developments in energy supply and demand systems. In general, they are highly dependent on assumptions and other inputs about a number of parameters, including energy prices, costs, ...

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ISBN: 9780124055193