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van Dulken, Floris (author)
With the current focus on climate change, the shipping industry is forced to decarbonise its fleet. The need for decarbonisation is not only fuelled by the aspirations of the sector but also by laws and regulations from countries and organisations. As these laws are gradually tightening and there is not one clear technical or operational...
master thesis 2023
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Schmitter, Sacha (author)
The Iron and Steel (I&S) industry is the largest contributor to man-made greenhouse gas emissions. The products of the I&S industry are a constant necessity, e.g. for civil infrastructure. In addition, their processes are interwoven with coal and natural gas properties, which classifies this industry as a ’hard-to-abate’ sector....
master thesis 2023
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Veraart, Siebren (author)
According to International Energy Agency (IEA), the demand for high value chemicals (HVC) will increase by 60% to a total of 400 Mt/year by 2050, leading to an increase of 30% in direct CO2 emissions. However, the Paris agreement forces the sector to reduce its emissions by 90-100% in 2050 compared to 1990. This induces the need for a more...
master thesis 2023
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Wu, F. (author), Pfenninger, Stefan (author)
Bioenergy is currently a major renewable energy source in Europe but faces an unclear future because of conflicting modelling results and the lack of long-term policy. This paper identifies three challenges and potential opportunities by analysing bioenergy's historical national deployment, current policy support, and possible future roles in...
review 2023
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van Koningsveld, M. (author), Pauli, Gernot (author)
PIANC provides guidance and technical advice for sustainable waterborne transport infrastructure. To address the challenge of making inland navigation infrastructure sustainable, a Task Group “Infrastructure for the decarbonisation of Inland Water Transport” (TG234) was set up in January2021. The objective of the TG was to identify knowledge...
conference paper 2023
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Dumont, Marina (author), Wang, Ranran (author), Wenzke, Diana (author), Blok, K. (author), Heijungs, Reinout (author)
High-temperature heat pumps (HTHPs) are an emerging technology to improve overall process efficiency and reduce energy demand while enabling a switch from fossil fuels to renewable electricity. New industrial HTHP technologies aim to achieve an output heat temperature of 250 °C, suitable for decarbonising the food and beverages industry...
journal article 2023
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El Malki, Marya (author)
Climate Change continues to pose a considerable threat to the well-being of people and economies. Today, to avoid catastrophic and irreversible damage, decision-makers and policy advisers need to explore possible scenarios and enact mitigation and adaptation policies to curb the rise of global temperatures within the thresholds set by the Paris...
master thesis 2022
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Oei, Laurens (author)
In order for the Netherlands to reach CO2 neutrality by 2050, large investments in zero emission technologies are needed. These investments would comprise out of renewable energy generation, higher energy efficiency alternatives and electrification of end uses. Although climate mitigation has become an ever growing societal...
master thesis 2022
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van de Loo, Koen (author)
The urgency for decarbonization of the energy grid is ever increasing and fossil energy sources must be replaced by sustainable sources of energy to prevent detrimental levels of global warming. Renewable energy sources wind and solar show potential and contribute to decarbonization but are intermitted and require storage solutions that are...
master thesis 2022
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Boyce, Johanna (author)
Using the IEA Ammonia Roadmap aligned with the IMAGE electricity scenarios, an extensive database was produced allowing for prospective LCAs across three storylines from 2020 to 2050 (SSP2-Base, SSP2-RCP26, SSP2-RCP19). The scenarios correspond respectively to 3.9, 2.0, and 1.5°C of global warming in 2100 (vs. pre-industrial levels). Regionally,...
master thesis 2022
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Azcarate Aguerre, J.F. (author), Conci, Mira (author), Zils, Markus (author), Hopkinson, Peter (author), Klein, T. (author)
The regulatory drive to accelerate the clean energy and circular economy transitions in the European building stock is currently failing to overcome systemic implementation barriers. These barriers include high initial investment costs, misaligned financial incentives among stakeholders, and the relatively low cost of less sustainable energy and...
journal article 2022
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Ghisolfi, Verônica (author), Tavasszy, Lorant (author), Correia, Gonçalo (author), de Lorena Diniz Chaves, Gisele (author), Mattos Ribeiro, Glaydston (author)
As part of the global efforts to mitigate climate change, policymakers are designing measures to reduce the carbon emissions of the freight transport system. As global agreements for decarbonisation specify strict time windows, it is important to understand the speed at which the transport system is capable of changing. Our paper proposes a...
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Dhas, Sanchita (author)
This thesis aims to develop an energy transition scenario for the cement industry using a simulation model that models energy flows to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. The model's decarbonisation pathways are constructed with assumptions about the country's socio-economic conditions, energy efficiency, fuel share, and technology share. The...
master thesis 2021
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Dumont, Marina (author)
Industrial decarbonisation has largely stagnated over the last years in Germany. A large share of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions stem from the combustion of natural gas for producing higher temperature process heat. High-Temperature Heat Pumps (HTHPs) are an emerging technology that can upgrade waste heat with electrical input to high...
master thesis 2021
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Semeijn, Vincent (author)
In line with the Paris Agreement goals that were signed in 2015 by a total of 195 countries,among which the Netherlands, governments worldwide are formulating plans to reducetheir CO<sub>2</sub> emissions. In the Netherlands the Dutch industry accounts for 40% of the total CO<sub>2</sub> emissions and therefore decarbonisation of this sector is...
master thesis 2021
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Besier, Jorick (author)
The manufacturing processes of the Dutch ceramic plants are energy intensive with high temperatures. Most heat is generated by firing natural gas, which causes CO2 emissions. According to the Dutch Climate Agreement, the ceramic plants need to abate their CO2 emissions by 2030. This study intends to provide an analysis of applicable...
master thesis 2021
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Pulselli, Riccardo (author), Broersma, S. (author), Martin, C.L. (author), Keeffe, Greg (author), Bastianoni, Simone (author), van den Dobbelsteen, A.A.J.F. (author)
As climate change develops, with most of the world population living in urban areas, decarbonisation of cities is among the greatest challenges of the coming decades. In the framework of the EU City-zen project, a number of so-called Roadshows has been organised in ten cities within and outside Europe in order to plan and kick-off their...
journal article 2021
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Kraan, Oscar (author), Chappin, E.J.L. (author), Kramer, Gert Jan (author), Nikolic, I. (author)
Transparent, consistent accounting of climate-related energy targets is a fundamental building block to the architecture of international climate agreements. Many of these climate targets focus on the transition of the energy system which has led to the development of various energy transition scenarios. Now that fossil resources are being...
journal article 2019
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Kraan, O. (author), Kramer, G. J. (author), Nikolic, I. (author)
Now that renewable technologies are both technically and commercially mature, the imperfect rational behaviour of investors becomes a critical factor in the future success of the energy transition. Here, we take an agent-based approach to model investor decision making in the electricity sector by modelling investors as actors with different ...
journal article 2018
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Sattich, T (author), Ydersbond, IM (author), Scholten, D.J. (author)
Europe’s power system is still marked by a distinct national component, and despite some regions with strongly integrated power systems, electricity supply today still has a largely national basis. Policies to decarbonise the power sector may fundamentally alter this situation, because power generation from renewable, carbon-neutral sources may...
journal article 2015
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