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This article introduces and describes OPERA, a new technology-rich bottom-up energy system optimization model for the Netherlands. We give a detailed specification of OPERA’s underlying methodology…

Renewable energy resources, which depend on climate, may be susceptible to future climate change. Here we use climate and integrated assessment models to estimate this effect on key renewables. Future…

Het SUPER-project ( Sustainable Urbanization and land-use Practices in European Regions ) brengt de verandering in grondgebruik binnen Europa sinds 2000 in kaart. Zo blijkt dat elke dag een gebied van…

The SUPER project (Sustainable urbanization and land-use Practices in European Regions) analysed land-use changes in Europe since 2000 and provided insight on how to enhance the sustainability of…

This report on decarbonisation options for the Dordrecht chemical cluster is part of the MIDDEN project (Manufacturing Industry Decarbonisation Data Exchange Network) initiated by PBL and TNO. The…

The ongoing COVID-19 crisis, and related recession, represents one of the biggest shocks to the UK manufacturing ecosystem yet, and comes at a time when that ecosystem was already in a worrying…

This report on decarbonisation options for the Dutch refinery sector is part of the MIDDEN project (Manufacturing Industry Decarbonisation Data Exchange Network) initiated by PBL and TNO. The project…

This report on decarbonisation options for the Dutch ceramic industry is part of the MIDDEN project (Manufacturing Industry Decarbonisation Data Exchange Network) initiated by PBL and TNO. The project…

Global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have increased, on average, by 1.1% per year, from 2012 to 2019, which is a markedly lower growth rate than those seen in the first decade of this century (2.6%…

De mondiale uitstoot van broeikasgassen is van 2012 tot en met 2019 gemiddeld met 1,1% per jaar gestegen, wat een veel lagere groei is dan de jaarlijkse groei in het eerste decennium van deze eeuw…