Swiss Energy Strategies under Global Climate Change and Nuclear Policy Uncertainty

Artikel

Domestic strategies for the Swiss energy system are likely to be affected by a range of uncertain global challenges, such as natural resource availability and depletion, international climate change policies, and global technology policies. We analyze technological choices for Switzerland under a stringent global climate policy with modest global energy resources; and the possible consequences of different global or regional policies in response to the recent nuclear accident in Fukushima, Japan. We use MERGE, an integrated assessment model, with a division of the world in 10 regions, including Switzerland and Japan. We find that nuclear energy, including light water reactors or more advanced technologies have the potential to play a major role in the future energy system. The consequences of a moratorium on the construction of new nuclear power plants include the need for additional electricity efficiency measures and the integration of a large share of intermittent renewables, raising additional challenges.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Journal: Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics ; ISSN: 2235-6282 ; Volume: 148 ; Year: 2012 ; Issue: 2 ; Pages: 317-345 ; Heidelberg: Springer

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Computable and Other Applied General Equilibrium Models ; Energy: Demand and Supply; Prices ; Energy: Government Policy ; Climate; Natural Disasters and Their Management; Global Warming ; Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
• Thema: Energy system ; climate policy ; resource depletion ; efficiency ; renewables.

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Bustos, Adriana Marcucci ; Turton, Hal
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Springer
• (wo): Heidelberg
• (wann): 2012

Weitere Informationen

• DOI: doi:10.1007/BF03399369
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/186003
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ