A new perspective on global renewable energy systems: why trade in energy carriers matters

Johannes Schmidt, Katharina Gruber, Michael Klingler, Claude Klöckl, Luis Ramirez Camargo, Peter Regner, Olga Turkovska, Sebastian Wehrle, Elisabeth Wetterlund
2019 Energy & Environmental Science  
Recent modelling studies suggest a decline of long-distance trade in energy carriers in future global renewable energy systems, compared to today's fossil based systems. In contrast, we discuss four important drivers of trade in such systems.
doi:10.1039/c9ee00223e fatcat:svilws3u6nfmhizcdxlmwyfm4i