International Energy Agency (available to RFFers through OECD iLibrary; username and password on library landing site, left frame)
http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/energy/energy-technology-perspectives-2012_energy_tech-2012-en
ETP 2012 shows:
- Current progress on clean energy deployment, and what can be done to accelerate it
- How energy security and low carbon energy are linked
- How energy systems will become more complex in the future, why systems integration is beneficial and how it can be achieved
- How demand forheating and cooling will evolve dramatically and which solutions will satisfy it
- Why flexible electricity systems are increasingly important,andhow a system with smarter grids, energy storage and flexible generation can work
- Why hydrogen could play a big role in the energy system of the future
- Why fossil fuels will not disappear but will see their roles change, and what it means for the energy system as a whole
- What is needed to realise the potential of carbon capture and storage (CCS)
- Whtether available technologies can allow the world to have zero energy related emissions by 2075 – which seems a necessary condition for the world to meet the 2°C target
