Energy Transition in Austria: Designing Mitigation Wedges

Köppl, Angela; Kettner, Claudia; Kletzan‐Slamanig, Daniela; Schleicher, Stefan; Damm, Andrea; Steininger, Karl W.; Wolkinger, Brigitte; Schnitzer, Hans; Titz, Michaela; Artner, Heidemarie; Karner, Andreas

doi:10.1260/0958-305x.25.2.281

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“…For instance, policies aimed at reducing energy expenditures of poor households (thus contributing to improvements in the social dimension/SDG 10) might increase energy demand and in turn emissions (with negative effects on the environmental dimension/SDG 13), if not properly designed. because energy services generate welfare instead of energy flows [11][12][13][14][15][16][17].…”

Section: Climate and Energy Policy Indicators In The Context Of The Umentioning

confidence: 99%

Monitoring Sustainable Development: Climate and Energy Policy Indicators

2020

J Sustain Res

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Both the UN SDGs and the Paris Agreement imply ambitious long-term targets that can only be met through a fundamental restructuring of economic and social systems. We propose a set of energy and climate policy indicators that allow informed policymaking and go beyond the UN indicator set. The indicators cover the whole energy system as well as the three dimensions of sustainable development. Our approach combines an energy service centered perspective with research on energy and climate indicators, and it embeds the indicator framework in the broader socio-ecologic context. We compile a set of 109 high-level energy indicators for four key sectors of energy demand (households, transport, industry and manufacturing) that can be further disaggregated to 334 indicators. For electricity and heat supply we assemble a set of 21 indicators that can be disaggregated to 54 indicators, differentiating by energy source and plant type. Interactions, i.e., synergies and conflicts, between the different target dimensions and the corresponding indicators need to be carefully considered. The main aim of the comprehensive indicator set is to help policymakers define measurable goals and strategies in the field of energy and climate policy, as well as to provide a tool for policy monitoring, evaluation and revision. The challenge in using indicator systems for policy analysis is that they have to consider a multitude of aspects in order to reflect the complexity of the issues analyzed and at the same time have to deliver concise information on various trends.

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Section: Climate and Energy Policy Indicators In The Context Of The Umentioning

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Monitoring Sustainable Development: Climate and Energy Policy Indicators

2020

J Sustain Res

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“…Against the background that currently space and water heating in residential and commercial buildings cause about 16% of Austrian CO 2 -eq emissions in sectors outside the EU ETS, thermal renovation offers great potential for decreasing the energy demand in those areas [11]. The budget allocated for the recycling of the revenues derived from this building renovation measures amounts to €350 million per year, and accounts for energetic and economic parameters of thermal refurbishment in Austria [30].…”

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Austria’s Path to a Climate-Friendly Society and Economy—Contributions of an Environmental Tax Reform

Goers¹,

Schneider²

2019

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In the present study, we explore an environmental tax reform for Austria as an instrument to achieve the main objectives of the current Austrian Climate and Energy Strategy #mission2030. Our concept aims at a dual objective of reducing CO 2-eq emissions, while simultaneously further triggering innovation processes of the Austrian industry, resulting in a transfer of benefits to society. The focused measures at the national level to achieve climate protection comprise an increase of the mineral oil tax and the introduction of CO 2-eq taxation for non-EU-ETS sectors. These taxes create revenues which are recycled through 1) reductions of non-wage labor costs for companies, 2) compensation transfers for private households of low-and middle-income groups, 3) investment in research and innovation for industry and 4) investments in key technologies to advance #mission2030, such as alternative propulsion systems (electric, H 2), and the use of biomethane for space heating and thermal renovation. Results of simulations for the period 2020 to 2025 via a macro-sectoral model display the potential for multiple dividends if the revenues are reused this way. Furthermore, besides offering significant reductions of CO 2 e emissions, the proposed reform triggers positive impacts on GDP, employment, and private consumption, thereby ensuring social compatibility.

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“…Mobility is from a functionality perspective the access to persons, goods and locations, and depends on different spatial allocations of economic activities, locations for residence, transport technologies, transport modes and increasingly communication technologies as teleconferencing and tele-working. This conceptual framework for energy system analysis is based on previous analytical work that applies this deepened structural modelling as a methodological approach [14][15][16][17] and is described in a more formal way in Appendix A. It recommends an alternative way for long term analyses of decarbonized structures, as the current understanding of the energy, emission and economic system, that mainly focuses on the availability of (energy) resources, prices and the close correlation between GDP growth, resource use and emissions, is increasingly questioned (cf.…”

Section: Underlining the Interaction Between Energy Flows And The Relmentioning

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What Will Make Energy Systems Sustainable?

Köppl

Schleicher

2018

Sustainability

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Despite the success of the German Energiewende in increasing the production of electricity from renewables and the positive global spillover effects of renewable technologies, one of the lessons learned is the insight that simply shifting to renewables and recommending improving energy efficiency is not sufficient to lower greenhouse gas emissions. Combined with the expected radical change of technologies, this requires a more profound understanding of our energy systems. Therefore, in contrast to many conventional energy economy approaches, we propose a deepened structural analysis that covers the full energy value chain from the required functionalities for mechanical, thermal and specific electric energy services via application and transformation technologies up to primary energy. This deepened structural approach opens and substantially enhances our understanding of policy designs that are compatible with the Paris Agreement and Sustainable Development Goals. We discover the essential role of four energy grids, namely for electricity, heat, gas, and information as the key for integrating all components of a newly structured energy system. Consequently, we conclude that policy strategies focusing on individual components of an energy system like shifting to renewables may, from a comprehensive perspective on more sustainable energy systems, prove even counterproductive.The deepened structural approach to modeling energy systems identifies at least three layers that are embedded in an onion-like shape. At its core is the physical system that interacts with the socio-economic system. Both are exposed to the institutional system with its mechanisms for coordination and incentives. We provide in a nutshell the building blocks of this modeling approach, which are the defining characteristics of a model family under the acronym sGAIN (sustainable general analysis of innovative notions). More details can be found in [18].

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Energy Transition in Austria: Designing Mitigation Wedges

Cited by 8 publications

References 8 publications

Monitoring Sustainable Development: Climate and Energy Policy Indicators

Monitoring Sustainable Development: Climate and Energy Policy Indicators

Austria’s Path to a Climate-Friendly Society and Economy—Contributions of an Environmental Tax Reform

What Will Make Energy Systems Sustainable?

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