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Security of Sustainable Energy Supplies

This report highlights the various facets of the security of sustainable energy supplies.
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Future of Gas

Natural gas is not cleaner than other fossil fuels and using it instead of coal or oil risks achieving little or no…
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Decarbonisation of Buildings: for Climate, Health and Jobs

Europeans spend a very large part of their lives in buildings. So the quality of a building’s indoor environment can…
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Hydrogen and synthetic fuels

As European countries continue to adapt their economic, social and industry policies to minimise the impacts of the…
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How can science help to guide the European Union’s green recovery after…

Following the enormous health and social costs imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, increasing attention is…
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Decarbonisation of Transport: Options and Challenges

This EASAC report reviews options for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from European transport. It argues for…
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Valuing Dedicated Storage in Electricity Grids

Large-scale electricity storage is making a come-back because it can contribute to the flexibility which is needed by…
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Multi-functionality and Sustainability in the European Union's Forests

European forests have multiple functions - from wealth and employment creation, the production of natural resources and…
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Shale Gas Extraction: issues of particular relevance to the European Union

In this statement, EASAC addresses three specific concerns that are being put forward in the public debate about the…
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Management of Spent Nuclear Fuel and its Waste

EASAC Report 23 - Management of Spent Nuclear Fuel and its Waste The European Council Directive 2011/70/EURATOM on the…
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Carbon Capture and Storage in Europe

Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is an important component of national, European and world-wide strategies to tackle…
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The current status of biofuels in the European Union, their environmental…

As part of its strategy to combat global warming by reducing the emission of greenhouse gases, the European Union (EU),…
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Concentrating Solar Power: its Potential Contribution to a Sustainable Energy…

Concentrating solar power (CSP) sits alongside photovoltaic electricity generation as a commercially available renewable…
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Transforming Europe's Electricity Supply

Abstract: European energy policy seeks to achieve a substantially increased contribution from renewable sources of…
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Study on the EU Oil Shale Industry

Abstract: A study on the EU oil shale industry – viewed in the light of the Estonian experience A report by EASAC to…
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Price-setting in the EU Electricity Markets

Abstract: In February 2006 EASAC produced a study of price-setting in the EU electricity markets on behalf of the…
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