The world can reach a 100% renewable energy system before 2050
Research from LUT University and 14 additional leading international universities are proposing a new energy system.
An energy system that is based 100% on renewables has become scientific mainstream. Hundreds of studies have proven that fully renewable energy systems can be achieved at the global, regional, and national levels by 2050. The number of published studies has grown by 27% annually since the year 2010 and continues to grow each year.
“A quickly increasing number of researchers have concluded that the entire energy system demand can be met based on renewables and that doing so will actually be cheaper in the long term while fulfilling sustainability requirements,” Professor Christian Breyer from LUT University argues.
The key pillars of this new energy system are:
- solar and wind energy
- energy storage
- sector coupling
- direct and indirect electrification of almost all energy demand
- power-to-X and hydrogen-to-X solutions
- carbon dioxide removal
Read more about the new energy system: https://www.lut.fi/en/news/researchers-agree-world-can-reach-100-renewable-energy-system-2050