1. The role of technology development in greenhouse gas emissions reduction: The case of Finland
- Author
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Ilkka Savolainen, Antti Lehtilä, and Sanna Syri
- Subjects
CLIMTECH ,Natural resource economics ,Greenhouse ,Climate change ,Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering ,greenhouse gases ,SDG 13 - Climate Action ,SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy ,Electrical and Electronic Engineering ,renewable energy sources ,Greenhouse effect ,Civil and Structural Engineering ,Wind power ,carbon dioxide capture ,business.industry ,Mechanical Engineering ,Environmental engineering ,carbon dioxide ,greenhouse effect ,Building and Construction ,Pollution ,Renewable energy ,Offshore wind power ,climate change ,General Energy ,Biofuel ,Greenhouse gas ,Environmental science ,business - Abstract
This paper presents results from a total of 27 projects from the Finnish CLIMTECH technology program. These were used to investigate the prospects of greenhouse gas-mitigation technologies under Finnish conditions, including all emissions sources and all Kyoto gases. The estimated impacts of climate change on the energy system were also taken into account in the analysis. Systematic investments in technology development were found to yield substantial benefits in the long term by decreasing emissions reduction costs and by facilitating more ambitious reduction targets. Advanced biofuel production and utilization technologies, as well as offshore wind power, have proved to have the largest potential by the 2030s. Results also indicated a clear relationship between technological development and national emissions-trading patterns.
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- 2005