A newly released joint scenario report of Greenpeace International and Energy Union project partner EREC calls for an Energy [R]evolution. The report: “Energy [R]evolution: A Sustainable World Energy Outlook”, provides a detailed practical blueprint for cutting carbon emissions while achieving economic growth by replacing fossil fuels with renewable energy and energy efficiency.
This third edition of the Energy [R]evolution report, which has been updated since 2007, provides a more ambitious and visionary blueprint than the previous two. It demonstrates how the world can get from where we are now, to where we need to be in terms of phasing out fossil fuels, cutting CO2 emissions while ensuring energy security. This phase-out of fossil fuels offers substantial benefits such as independence from world market fossil fuel prices as well as the creation of millions of new green jobs. It also means providing energy to the two billion people currently without reliable access to energy services.
This study outlines two energy development pathways, a basic and an advanced scenario. Both are based on proven, existing technologies, rather than future unknowns. Both offer a broad mix of technologies and efficiency options to allow for a good diversification of investment risks and energy resources.
There is a website with detailed background information about the project: www.energyblueprint.info
Energy Union also promotes the use of Intelligent Energy and Energy Efficiency.
