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2010 Energy Technology Perspectives

This is the Executive Summary of an informative report is the 2010 edition of a series by the International Energy Agency. It's purpose is to inform decision makers on the technological actions required to meet the energy revolution IEA says is necessary to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 50% by 2050 (compared to 2005 levels). The report ...
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International Energy Agency
International Energy Agency, Paris, France, 2010
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Policies & Legislation
Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries,EU and Member States,Rich and Poor Nations,Asia and Oceania,Africa,Latin AmericaFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts

A Nuclear Future? UK Government Policy and the Role of the Market

This paper discusses the least cost strategies for decarbonizing the EU's electricity supply. Abstract: "Meeting carbon targets requires decarbonising electricity. The least cost strategy involves nuclear power. In a liberalised electricity market, the price of electricity is set by fossil generation whose input costs are vo ...
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David M. Newbery
University of Cambridge, Electricity Policy Research Group, Cambridge, UK: 25 March 2010.
Objectives: Policies & Legislation
Geographic Focus: EU and Member StatesFor Specialized Analysts

Business Risks and Costs of New Nuclear Power

Written by a CPA with long experience in the utility regulation arena. The Executive Summary reads: "It has been an entire generation since nuclear power was seriously considered as an energy option in the U.S. It seems to have been forgotten that the reason U.S. utilities stopped ordering nuclear power p ...
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Craig A. Severance
Web Published by Climate Progress, a project of the Center for American Progress Action Fund, Jan., 2009.
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Evaluating Proposals
Geographic Focus: US OnlyFor Specialized Analysts|For the Public

Energy Policies of IEA Countries

From the Executive Summary: "Canada enjoys the advantage of a diverse and balanced portfolio of energy resources eand is one of IEA’s largest producers and exporters of energy. The importance of the energy sector for the Canadian economy, and for global energy security, has grown steadily over the last decade. The country’s bundant resource bas ...
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International Energy Agency
International Energy Agency, Paris, France, 2010
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Policies & Legislation,Evaluating Programs
Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries,EU and Member StatesFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts

EPA Analysis of the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 H.R. 2454 in the 111th Congress

Major Findings • H.R. 2454 transforms the structure of energy production and consumption. – Increased energy efficiency and reduced demand for energy resulting from the policy mean that energy consumption levels that would be reached in 2015 without the policy are not reached until 2040 with the policy. – The share of low- or zero-carb ...
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US EPA June 23, 2009
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Policies & Legislation
Geographic Focus: US OnlyFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts|For the Public

Global Gaps in Clean Energy RD&D: Update and Recommendations for International Collaboration

The report updates a December 2009 IEA paper. That report found that, in order to achieve a 50% reduction in energy-related carbon dioxide emissions by 2050, public funding for clean energy research, development and demonstration (RD&D) must increase by 3-6 times the current levels. The update discusses the impacts of green sti ...
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Tom Kerr
International Energy Agency, Paris, France, 2010
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Policies & Legislation,Evaluating Programs
Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries,EU and Member States,Rich and Poor Nations,Asia and Oceania,Africa,Latin AmericaFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts

Nuclear Power and Climate Change

The analysis covers the economic, financial, industrial and potential environmental effects of three alternative nuclear power development paths (“nuclear variants”). Variant I, “continued nuclear growth”, assumes that nuclear power capacity would grow steadily, reaching 1 120 GWe* in 2050. Variant II, “phase-out”, assumes that nuclear power would ...
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Nuclear Energy Agency
Geographic Focus: US and Other CountriesFor Specialized Analysts

Nuclear Power in a Warming World: Assessing the Risks, Addressing the Challenges

The report assesses nuclear power's key problems and offers recommendations to strengthen nuclear plant safety, better protect facilities against sabotage and attack, ensure the safe disposal of nuclear waste, and minimize the risk that nuclear power will help more nations and terrorists acquire nuclear weapons.
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Lisbeth Gronlund, David Lochbaum, Edwin Lyman
Union of Concerned Scientists: July 29, 2008
Objectives: Evaluating Proposals
Geographic Focus: US and Other CountriesFor the Public

Sustainable Energy — Without the Hot Air

This downloadable book is in four parts. The first quantifies the potential contribution of a wide range of supply- and demand-side energy options. The second offers a menu of energy plans that “add up” to a solution for the United Kingdom. The third presents technical information to back up the assessments in Part I, and the fourth provides inf ...
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David MacKay
UIT Press, May 2009
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Policies & Legislation,Evaluating Programs,Evaluating Proposals
Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries,EU and Member StatesFor Specialized Analysts|For the Public

Technology for a Low Carbon Future

From the website: The main report findings are: • Fully 70% of the reductions needed by 2020 can be achieved by investing in energy efficiency – lighting, vehicles, buildings and motors - and reducing deforestation, the costs of which are manageable and generate positive returns; • Just seven known policies that are already being ...
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Shane Tomlinson
The Climate Group, July 2009
Objectives: Policies & Legislation,Evaluating Programs
Geographic Focus: Rich and Poor NationsFor Specialized Analysts|For the Public

Technology Roadmap: Nuclear Energy

"The central finding of the IEA’s Technology Roadmap on nuclear energy is that nearly one-fourth of global electricity generation could be met with nuclear power by 2050, offering significant carbon dioxide savings. The Roadmap finds that realizing this goal would require tripling current nuclear capabilities. It further states that this is ...
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Martin Taylor and Cecilia Tam
International Energy Agency, Paris and OECD Nuclear Energy Agency, France, 2010
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Policies & Legislation,Evaluating Programs
Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries,EU and Member States,Rich and Poor Nations,Asia and Oceania,Africa,Latin AmericaFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts

The Future of Nuclear Energy to 2030 and Its Implications for Safety, Security and Nonproliferation:...

This report is an overview highlighting the two major findings of the larger study by the same name which examines the need for international governance of nuclear energy. First, the study concludes that although there is global renewed interest in nuclear energy (and for good reasons--energy security, climate change and increasing global d ...
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Trevor Findlay
The Centre for International Governance Innovation, Ontario, Canada, 2010
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Policies & Legislation,Evaluating Proposals
Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries,EU and Member States,Rich and Poor Nations,Asia and OceaniaFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts|For the Public

The Gigaton Throwdown

This report examines opportunities for various technologies to reduce carbon emissions and generate employment. It considers feasibility and cost, as well as the types of policies most likely to promote rapid dissemination. From the executive summary: We found that 8 of the 9 clean energy technologies we analyzed can each feasibly reach gigaton sc ...
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The Gigaton Throwdown
Gigaton Throwdown, June 2009
Objectives: Policies & Legislation,Evaluating Programs
Geographic Focus: US and Other CountriesFor Specialized Analysts|For the Public