Land use and Europe’s renewable energy transition: identifying low-conflict areas for wind and solar development

Land use and Europe’s renewable energy transition: identifying low-conflict areas for wind and solar development

Continued dependence on imported fossil fuels is rapidly becoming unsustainable in the face of the twin challenges of global climate change and energy security demands in Europe. Here we present scenarios in line with REPowerEU package to identify Renewables Acceleration Areas that support rapid ren...

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Main Authors: Joseph M. Kiesecker, Jeffrey S. Evans, James R. Oakleaf, Kasandra Zorica Dropuljić, Igor Vejnović, Chris Rosslowe, Elisabeth Cremona, Aishwarya L. Bhattacharjee, Shivaprakash K. Nagaraju, Anthony Ortiz, Caleb Robinson, Juan Lavista Ferres, Mate Zec, Kei Sochi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2024-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Environmental Science
Subjects:
climate mitigation
development scenarios
energy impacts
energy policy
energy sprawl
energy transition
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fenvs.2024.1355508/full

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