46 research outputs found
Long-Term Optimization of Egypt's Power Sector: Policy Implications
This paper presents an evaluation of energy supply strategies for Egypt’s power sector and identifies prospects to meet rising electricity demand while addressing energy security and low-carbon development issues. We apply the TIMES energy system model to examine Egypt’s energy policy goals as reflected in Egypt’s Vision 2030, and specifically: (a) targeted power generation based on renewable energy under two different scenarios; (b) targeted carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions’ mitigation toward low-carbon society development; and (c) constraints on natural gas production for power generation. The quantitative results from the model suggest a need for diversification from predominantly natural gas to a mix of renewable and conventional energy sources in order to improve energy security, reduce dependency on fossil fuels, and reduce carbon dioxide emissions, with the level of diversification changing with different policy options. Although total energy system cost is projected to increase the effects on fossil-fuel dependency, diversity of energy supply-mix, marginal electricity generation price, and GHG mitigation indicate that it may be wise to target promotion of renewable energy for power generation and develop a low-carbon society
Regional developments: Middle East and North Africa
In International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). 2022 Global food policy report: climate change and food systems. Washington, DC, USA: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Constructing an open access economy-wide database for bioeconomy impact assessment in the European Union member states
The bioeconomy encompasses the extraction, processing and transformation of renewable biological resources and waste streams,
connected to activities as diverse as food, feed, energy and manufacturing. Under the auspices of the European Union’s ‘Green Deal’
strategy, this broad collective of sectors is promoted as a cornerstone
for achieving sustainable growth. Progress in developing ex-ante
tools of economy-wide modelling analysis to assess its performance
is, however, hindered by a paucity of consistent and comprehensive data. To overcome this shortcoming, the construction steps
for a new set of open access social accounting matrices (dubbed
‘BioSAMs’) is described for a detailed and comprehensive selection of
traditional and contemporary bio-based accounts for each of the EU
member states. To illustrate its potential, a structural analysis based
on three different and complementary methods (Rasmussen-Jones,
hypothetical extraction method and eigenvector) is performed to
classify bio-based sector wealth generating properties and to identify
high performance (‘key’) sectors