Decarbonisation plans across the globe require zero-carbon energy sources to be widely
deployed by 2050 or 2060. Solar energy is the most widely available energy resource on …

The paper explores three periods in the UK electricity consumption–production system since
World War II. The first two involved the development of an increasingly centralized …

Climate change mitigation requires rapid expansion of low-carbon electricity but there is a
disagreement on whether available technologies such as renewables and nuclear power …

To stabilize the climate, global greenhouse gas emissions must be cut by 25 to 50 percent
by 2030 compared to 2019. Such an unprecedented rate of decarbonization necessitates …

The challenges of combatting climate change are unprecedented and now very urgent.
Current approaches are not working fast enough. This paper, and this journal issue …

Economic modelling plays a major role in the development, justification and evaluation of
energy policies. However, there has been little investigation of how political dynamics …

Achieving the Paris Agreement (PA) goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 C over the course
of the century requires steep reductions in carbon dioxide emissions by 2030 and net-zero …

Electric vehicles (EVs) can reduce road transport emissions and have recently seen rapid
innovation, decline in cost and a rise in popularity. Achieving a transition to EVs hinges upon …

To achieve carbon neutrality in Japan by 2050, renewable energy needs to be used as the
main energy source. Based on the constraints of various renewable energies, the …

Technological development is key for national strategies to cope with the Paris Agreement's
goals. Technology Needs Assessments (TNAs) aim to identify, prioritize, and diffuse climate …