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Review of IPCC working group III findings on the impact of energy policy options on GHG emissions
Author(s) -
Lee Hoesung,
Haites Erik
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
wiley interdisciplinary reviews: energy and environment
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.158
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 2041-840X
pISSN - 2041-8396
DOI - 10.1002/wene.33
Subject(s) - greenhouse gas , hydropower , climate change , climate change mitigation , natural resource economics , environmental science , renewable energy , market penetration , wind power , bioenergy , carbon capture and storage (timeline) , environmental resource management , business , engineering , economics , ecology , marketing , biology , electrical engineering
Working Group III of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has assessed mitigation options for the past 20 years. This paper reviews its assessments of bioenergy, geothermal, hydropower, ocean energy, solar, wind, nuclear, and carbon capture and storage (CCS), respectively, over that period. The assessments of hydropower, nuclear, and geothermal tend to focus on the social, economic, and environmental considerations that inhibit expansion of these mature technologies. The assessments of bioenergy, solar, and wind reflect their technological progress and market penetration. Assessments of ocean energy and CCS conclude they are likely to make only a modest contribution to mitigation efforts by 2030. The paper also reviews the assessments of policies to promote low carbon energy technologies. This article is categorized under: Energy and Climate > Economics and Policy Energy and Climate > Systems and Infrastructure Energy and Climate > Climate and Environment