Print Email Facebook Twitter Understanding barriers to CO2 abatement Title Understanding barriers to CO2 abatement: The Y-factor applied Author Arensman, Carolien (TU Delft Technology, Policy and Management) Contributor Bouwmans, Ivo (mentor) Chappin, Emile (mentor) Mouter, Niek (mentor) Degree granting institution Delft University of Technology Programme Complex Systems Engineering and Management (CoSEM) Date 2018-06-01 Abstract Barriers to CO2 abatement impede their materialisation. In this research the Y-factor was used in expert interviews to gather information on the barriers to the materialisation of four abatement options in the Netherlands: Insulation, Carbon Capture Storage, Biofuels and Geothermal energy. The potential of these options for the Netherlands is relevant, although no acceleration of their realisation has taken place. The Y-factor proved to be a suitable research method to systematically research materialisation barriers from a system’s perspective as it included barriers related to costs and financing, multi-actor complexity, physical interdependencies and behaviour. The supporting stories of the barrier scores and links between barriers revealed the complexity of materialisation. Additional scoping of abatement options and clarification of barrier definitions can increase informative value of the supporting stories and increase the scoring quality. Researching abatement options when using a system’s perspective can improve the understanding of barriers to CO2 abatement. Subject CO2 abatementbarriersmaterialisationenergy transition To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:cf151c1a-9295-4f9f-8559-089058fd1ee2 Part of collection Student theses Document type master thesis Rights © 2018 Carolien Arensman Files PDF CoSEM_Master_Thesis_Carol ... ensman.pdf 3.69 MB PDF Scientific_Article_Caroli ... ensman.pdf 526.4 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:cf151c1a-9295-4f9f-8559-089058fd1ee2/datastream/OBJ1/view