This paper investigates long-term energy strategy compatible with significant reduction of world carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, employing a long-term global energy model, Dynamic New Earth 21 (called DNE21). The ...This paper investigates long-term energy strategy compatible with significant reduction of world carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, employing a long-term global energy model, Dynamic New Earth 21 (called DNE21). The model seeks the optimal energy mix from 2000 to 2100 that minimizes the world total energy system cost under various kinds of energy and technological constraints, such as energy resource constraints, energy supply and demand balance constraints, and CO2 emissions constraints. This paper discusses the results of primary energy supply, power generation mix, CO2 emission, CCS (carbon capture and storage) and total system costs for six regions including world as a whole. To evaluate viable pathways forward for implementation of sustainable energy strategies, nuclear power generation is a viable source of clean and green energy to mitigate the CO2 emissions. Present research shows simulation results in two cases consisting of no CO2 regulation case (base case) and CO2 REG case (regulation case) which halves the world CO2 emissions by the year 2050. Main findings of this research describe that renewable and nuclear power generation will contribute significantly to mitigate the CO2 emission worldwide.展开更多
文摘This paper investigates long-term energy strategy compatible with significant reduction of world carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, employing a long-term global energy model, Dynamic New Earth 21 (called DNE21). The model seeks the optimal energy mix from 2000 to 2100 that minimizes the world total energy system cost under various kinds of energy and technological constraints, such as energy resource constraints, energy supply and demand balance constraints, and CO2 emissions constraints. This paper discusses the results of primary energy supply, power generation mix, CO2 emission, CCS (carbon capture and storage) and total system costs for six regions including world as a whole. To evaluate viable pathways forward for implementation of sustainable energy strategies, nuclear power generation is a viable source of clean and green energy to mitigate the CO2 emissions. Present research shows simulation results in two cases consisting of no CO2 regulation case (base case) and CO2 REG case (regulation case) which halves the world CO2 emissions by the year 2050. Main findings of this research describe that renewable and nuclear power generation will contribute significantly to mitigate the CO2 emission worldwide.