Title:
An Urgent Call to Implement the Heat Transition in Europe - The Role of Technologies, Innovations and Policies
Author(s):
Rutz, D., Misech, A., Birgi, O., Janssen, R.
Document(s):
Paper
Poster
Abstract:
Each year, almost 50% of the final energy use in Europe is for heating, cooling or refrigeration either for residential, tertiary or industrial purposes. The vast majority (around 75%) of this energy demand is met by the combustion of fossil fuels such as oil, gas and coal – which do considerable environmental damage, including in terms of greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution – while only 19% is generated from renewable energy. Today, the social, environmental, and economic costs of climate change make the mission of embracing more sustainable sources of energy urgent. Decarbonising the heating and cooling sector will be key to achieve the European Green Deal goals and making Europe a climate-neutral economy by 2050. Recognizing this situation, the European Technology and Innovation Platform on Renewable Heating and Cooling (RHC-ETIP), aims at playing a decisive role in protecting Europe’s leading position in renewable heating and cooling technology. We want society to benefit from an increased contribution of renewable heating and cooling, which will help to reach the vital goal of a carbon-neutral world by mid-century. The paper highlights the need to implement the heat transition in Europe, given the urgency of the global energy crisis caused by the war in Ukraine. It furthermore presents the joint position paper of ETIP RHC and ETIP Bioenergy on renewable hydrogen or a joint position paper on sector coupling of ETIP RHC and ETIP Smart Networks for Energy Transition (SNET).
Keywords:
district heating, heating, energy efficiency, consumers, renewable heating, phase out plans
Topic:
Sustainability, Impacts and Policies
Subtopic:
Biomass strategies and policies
Event:
31st European Biomass Conference and Exhibition
Session:
2BV.7.1
Pages:
434 - 437
ISBN:
978-88-89407-23-3
Paper DOI:
10.5071/31stEUBCE2023-2BV.7.1
Price:
FREE
