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The low-carbon transition, for example in line with the European Commission’s proposed Long-Term Strategy1 net-zero2 target by 2050 or the Commission President-elect ‘climate neutrality’ objective, will require a very large increase in electricity, especially for low-carbon solutions in mobility, heating and cooling and the decarbonisation of energy-intensive industries
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Irina Kustova, Centre for European Policy Studies, Brussels, Belgium.
Christian Egenhofer, Centre for European Policy Studies, Brussels, Belgium.
European Commission: A Clean Planet for all — A European strategic long-term vision for a prosperous, modern, competitive and climate neutral economy, COM(2018) 773 final, available at https://ec.europa.eu/clima/policies/strategies/2050_en .
A net-zero greenhouse gas emissions target prescribes that any remaining emissions should be balanced by negative emissions such as carbon removal, e.g. by growing carbon sinks such as forests which absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
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Kustova, I., Egenhofer, C. The EU Electricity Sector Will Need Reform, Again. Intereconomics 54, 332–338 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10272-019-0849-5
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10272-019-0849-5