Energy Blue Print
Archive 2008

Moving from principles to action for energy supply that mitigates against climate change requires a long-term perspective. Energy infrastructure takes time to build up; new energy technologies take time to develop. Policy shifts often also need many years to take effect. In most world regions the transformation from fossil to renewable energies will require additional investment and higher supply costs over about twenty years

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heat and cooling supply

Renewables currently provide 5% of OECD Pacific’s primary energy demand for heat supply, the main contribution coming from biomass. Dedicated support instruments are required to ensure a future dynamic development.

In the Energy [R]evolution Scenario, renewables provide 73% of OECD Pacific’s total heating and cooling demand by 2050.

  • Energy efficiency measures can decrease the current demand for heat supply by 10%, in spite of improving living standards.
  • For direct heating, solar collectors, biomass/biogas as well as geothermal energy are increasingly substituting for fossil fuelfired systems.
  • A shift from coal and oil to natural gas in the remaining conventional applications will lead to a further reduction of CO2 emissions.
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