🚨 New publication alert
❓What's wrong with the EU's Renewable Energy Directive?
➡️ In short: it inadvertently promotes inefficient heating.
Our latest research is now published in Sustainability.
Full paper here 👇
https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/17/9/4164
More in 🧵 below.
❓What's wrong with the EU's Renewable Energy Directive?
➡️ In short: it inadvertently promotes inefficient heating.
Our latest research is now published in Sustainability.
Full paper here 👇
https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/17/9/4164
More in 🧵 below.
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very interesting.
On this topic: we will be publishing next week a study that estimates how Social Climate Fund and ETS2 can help reach the RES target in H&C using heat pumps. (with a simplified model, but it does the trick). stay tuned!
1️⃣ Prioritize efficient tech (e.g., heat pumps, solar thermal) through using better metrics.
2️⃣ Close loopholes favoring legacy biomass systems.
✅ Progress on renewables? Yes.
🚫 But… Loopholes allow inefficient systems to thrive, undermining climate goals.
📈 Solution: Tighten definitions, align renewable targets with energy efficiency metrics.
🔄 Key finding: The Directive risks prioritizing any renewable heating over efficient systems, slowing decarbonization. In efficient wood stoves are incentivised over efficient heat pumps.