Veronika Wittmann, Elif Arici, Dieter Meissner,
"The Nexus of World Electricity and Global Sustainable Development"
, in MDPI, in Energies, Vol. 14, Nummer 5843, MDPI, St. Alban-Anlage 66, 4052 Basel, Switzerla, Seite(n) 1, 9-2022, ISSN: 1996-1073
Original Titel:
The Nexus of World Electricity and Global Sustainable Development
Sprache des Titels:
Englisch
Original Kurzfassung:
The main part of mankind?s ecological footprint is the carbon footprint, a measure of the
environmental impact of humanity?s energy release from fossil fuels. The use of fossil fuels will have
to change in the forthcoming decades to a largely climate-neutral use of solar energy enabled by
dramatic cost reductions for PV and wind energy systems. The impact of this trend on world society
has been discussed in a previous paper. In connection with these important technical developments,
the role of electricity, its transport and storage will alter in the coming decades, allowing the design
and use of larger and larger electricity grids and a parallel use of hydrogen for both storage and
energy transport. This will further change the energy landscape of the world. All these developments
and their relationship to global sustainable development are elaborated in this cross-disciplinary
paper by specifically analyzing whether the Sustainable Development Goals by the United Nations
are an effective road map for humanity to handle global climate change risks.
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