The role of technology development in greenhouse gas emissions reduction: The case of Finland

Antti Lehtilä; Ilkka Savolainen; Sanna Syri

doi:10.1016/j.energy.2004.07.019

The role of technology development in greenhouse gas emissions reduction: The case of Finland

Antti Lehtilä^*
, Ilkka Savolainen
, Sanna Syri

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

This paper presents results from a total of 27 projects from the Finnish CLIMTECH technology program. These were used to investigate the prospects of greenhouse gas-mitigation technologies under Finnish conditions, including all emissions sources and all Kyoto gases. The estimated impacts of climate change on the energy system were also taken into account in the analysis. Systematic investments in technology development were found to yield substantial benefits in the long term by decreasing emissions reduction costs and by facilitating more ambitious reduction targets. Advanced biofuel production and utilization technologies, as well as offshore wind power, have proved to have the largest potential by the 2030s. Results also indicated a clear relationship between technological development and national emissions-trading patterns.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2738-2758
Journal	Energy
Volume	30
Issue number	14
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2004.07.019
Publication status	Published - 2005
MoE publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

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SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
SDG 13 Climate Action

Keywords

carbon dioxide
carbon dioxide capture
climate change
greenhouse effect
greenhouse gases
CLIMTECH
renewable energy sources

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The role of technology development in greenhouse gas emissions reduction: The case of Finland

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