Meta-Analysis Explores Pathways to U.S. Economy-Wide Decarbonization
In Illinois, a new report from GTI Energy, Designs for Net-Zero Energy Systems: Meta-Analysis of U.S. Economy-Wide Decarbonization Studies presents a comparison of five comprehensive U.S. net-zero studies revealing a wide range of possibilities and key commonalities for achieving net-zero emissions. The Meta NZ report examines five in-depth studies that modeled designs for net-zero energy systems spanning across sectors, value chains, and energy carriers. The five studies analyzed were conducted by the Low-Carbon Resources Initiative, Open Energy Outlook, Evolved Energy Research, Princeton University, and Decarb America. Five key commonalities emerged across the studies: Renewables grow the supply of low-carbon energy, Electricity expands across sectors, Fuels diversify and serve multiple markets, Efficiency reduces energy consumption while enabling economic growth., and Carbon dioxide removal balances remaining emissions.
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Category: Fuels