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The System Costs of Electricity: Reflecting the true costs of decarbonisation

Under the Paris Agreement, OECD countries agreed to aim for a reduction of their greenhouse gas emissions sufficient to hold the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2°C above pre...

English Cost estimation Sustainable development Decarbonisation Nuclear economics Policy Brief Low-carbon generation Electricity generation Nuclear energy supply Energy markets Industrial and market frameworks Cost control Electricity markets Sustainable development and nuclear energy …
Published date: 2 January 2019
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Executive Summary of The Costs of Decarbonisation: System Costs with High Shares of Nuclear and Renewables

Under the Paris Agreement, OECD countries agreed to aim for a reduction of their greenhouse gas emissions sufficient to hold the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2°C above pre...

English Energy markets Future energy market needs Sustainable development Industrial and market frameworks Nuclear economics Electricity generation Nuclear energy supply Electricity markets Fuel cycle economics …
Published date: 25 January 2019
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English Nuclear economics
Published date: 9 November 2012
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Meeting Climate Change Targets: The Role of Nuclear Energy

All credible models show that nuclear energy has an important role to play in global climate change mitigation efforts (e.g. IEA, 2021; BNEF, 2021; IIASA, 2021). Despite clear analyses from many sour...

English Generation IV reactors Hydrogen Nuclear technology Climate change SMR Long-term operation Small modular reactors Generation II and III reactors Generation III reactors Nuclear energy and climate change Nuclear innovation Sustainable development and nuclear energy …
Published date: 12 May 2022
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Achieving Net Zero Carbon Emissions in Switzerland in 2050: Low Carbon Scenarios and their System Costs

With an electricity system defined by high shares of hydropower, large capacity for interconnection with its neighbours and low carbon intensity, Switzerland is well positioned to attain its objectiv...

English System cost Nuclear economics Nuclear energy and climate change Switzerland Climate change Nuclear economics Sustainable development and nuclear energy …
Published date: 27 October 2022
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Nuclear Energy in a Sustainable Development Perspective

The concept of sustainable development, which emerged from the report of the 1987 World Commission on Environment and Development (the Brundtland report), is of increasing interest to policy makers a...

English Sustainable development Nuclear economics Nuclear energy and climate change Nuclear technology Climate change …
Published date: 7 December 2000
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The Role of Nuclear Power in the Hydrogen Economy

Hydrogen is expected to play important roles in decarbonised energy systems, as an energy source for otherwise hard-to-electrify sectors as well as a storage vector to enhance power system flexibilit...

English Cogeneration Nuclear economics Hydrogen Nuclear energy and climate change Nuclear technology Climate change Nuclear economics …
Published date: 21 September 2022
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The Role of Nuclear Energy in a Low-carbon Energy Future

This report assesses the role that nuclear energy can play in supporting the transition to a low-carbon energy system. It begins by considering the greenhouse gas emissions from the full nuclear fuel...

English Sustainable development Nuclear economics Nuclear energy and climate change Climate change …
Published date: 18 June 2012
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Climate Change Targets: The Role of Nuclear Energy

The world’s effort to decarbonise is one of the defining challenges for this generation and the window for action is rapidly narrowing. Nuclear energy is playing an important role today and can do mo...

System cost Decarbonisation Nuclear economics Nuclear energy and climate change Nuclear technology Climate change COP26 …
Published date: 27 October 2021
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System Costs of Electricity

Limiting the rise of global temperature to less than 2°C represents an enormous challenge for the whole electricity sector. Decarbonising the electricity sector in a cost-effective manner while maint...

System cost Decarbonisation Nuclear economics Nuclear energy and climate change Climate change COP26 Nuclear economics …
Published date: 27 October 2021