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Low-carbon transition risk

As evidence of climate change mounts, the urgency increases of transitioning to a low-carbon economy and society. There is a need for greater attention on the countervailing “transition risks” to which the low-carbon transition is likely to give rise. This ...

IRGC@EPFL2020

Systematic Integration of Energy-Optimal Buildings With District Networks

François Maréchal, Luc Girardin, Ivan Daniel Kantor, Paul Michael Stadler, Raluca-Ancuta Suciu

The residential sector accounts for a large share of worldwide energy consumption, yet is difficult to characterise, since consumption profiles depend on several factors from geographical location to individual building occupant behaviour. Given this diffi ...

2019

Hire fast, fire slow: the employment benefits of energy transitions

Marc Vielle, Vincent Moreau, François Richard Vuille, Yann Füllemann

The transition towards decarbonized and efficient energy systems has broad socio-economic implications. We estimate the potential impacts on employment from efforts in energy efficiency in industry, transport and buildings as well as substituting local ren ...

2019

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The transition towards more sustainable, fossil-free energy systems is interlinked with a high penetration of stochastic renewables, such as wind and solar. In this context, energy storage technologies of different kinds - namely electrical, thermal and ch ...

2019

Alternative Methods for Assessing Air Quality and Energy Strategies for Developing Countries: A Case Study on Cuba

Jessie Madrazo Bacallao

The worldwide increasing energy consumption is mainly based on fossil fuel which leads to a large number of environmental problems. Indeed, the combustion of fossil fuels releases into the atmosphere different greenhouse gases and harmful pollutants which ...

EPFL2018

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Woody biomass, a renewable energy resource, accumulates solar energy in form of carbon hydrates produced from atmospheric CO2 and H2O. It is, therefore, a means of CO2 mitigation for society as long as the biogenic carbon released to the atmosphere when de ...

2018

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Due to the global increase in energy consumption, greenhouse gas emissions, and the depletion of fossil energy resources, the research presented here is focused on finding economically and environmentally competitive renewable energy resources. Fuel produc ...

Elsevier Science2017

The ongoing energy transition is seen as a key component for the transition towards a more sustainable society. An important component in the move towards a sustainable energy system is the transition from a mainly centralized, fossil-fuel system to a more ...

2016

Towards energy-autonomous cities using CO2 networks and Power to Gas storage

François Maréchal, Paul Michael Stadler, Araz Ashouri, Raluca-Ancuta Suciu

Under Energy Strategy 2050, the federal government of Switzerland plans to greatly reduce per capita energy consumption, decrease the share of fossil fuels, and replace the nuclear electricity generation by gains in efficiency and use of renewable energy s ...

2016

Renewable and non-renewable exergy costs and CO2 emissions in the production of fuels for Brazilian transportation sector

An exergy and environmental comparison between the fuel production routes for Brazilian transportation sector, including fossil fuels (natural gas, oil-derived products and hydrogen), biofuels (ethanol and biodiesel) and electricity is performed, and the p ...

2015