Analysis of the EU policy package on climate change and renewables

Pantelis Capros, Leonidas Mantzos, Leonidas Parousos, Nikolaos Tasios, Ger Klaassen and Tom Van Ierland
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Leonidas Paroussos

Energy Policy, 2011, vol. 39, issue 3, 1476-1485

Abstract: In 2009 the EU decided to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at least by 20% in 2020 compared to 1990 and to supply 20% of energy needs by 2020 from renewable energy sources. This paper uses an energy model coupled with a non-CO2 greenhouse gas model to assess the range of policy options that were debated to meet both targets. Policy options include trading of renewable targets, carbon trading in power plants and industry and the use of the Clean Development Mechanism to improve cost-efficiency. The models also examined fairness by analysing the distribution of emission reduction in the non-emission trading sector, the distribution of CO2 allowances in the emission trading sector and the reallocation of renewable targets across Member States. The overall costs of meeting both targets range from 0.4% to 0.6% of GDP in 2020 for the EU as a whole. The redistribution mechanisms employed significantly improve fairness compared to a cost-effective solution.

Keywords: Climate; policy; Renewable; energy; Fairness (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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