Cost Assessment for Sustainable Energy Systems (CASES)

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Period
01.03.2006 - 01.09.2008
Project status
Completed
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The CASES Co-ordination Action has three principal objectives: I.To compile detailed estimates of both external and internal costs of energy production for different energy sources for the EU-25 Countries and for some non-EU Countries under energy scenario s to 2030; II.To evaluate policy options for improving the efficiency of energy use, taking account of the full cost data; III.To disseminate research findings to energy sector producers and users and the policy making community. These objectives reflect t he general requirement of the Sustainable Energy Systems Work Programme to address “questions of socio-environmental damages of energy production and consumption” and “to make a comparative cost analysis for present and future energy generation alternative s”. The CASES CA is also relevant to the commitments undertaken by the European Union within the Kyoto Protocol. A detailed knowledge of the full cost structure of energy production within the EU-25 and some key non-EU countries is crucial to reach efficie nt decisions concerning emission reduction plans and JI/DCM projects. Objective I is met in a series of 7 inter-linked work packages that, in a dynamic way, evaluate and compare system costs associated with alternative energy technologies, including social and environmental damage costs. Objective II is met in a series of 4 work packages that evaluate alternative policy instruments to internalise environment related externalities in the EU Member States and in selected non-EU countries. Objective III is met through two stakeholder meetings that serve to validate and disseminate the projects outputs, and through a final conference presenting the results of the CA, and finally through a variety of dissemination means appropriate to the likely different audienc es. The success of the project will be judged in terms of the acceptability of the estimated energy costs by the scientific and policy communities and by the use made of these costs in a policy context.

Total cost: 1 610 326 EUR.

Coordinator: FONDAZIONE ENI ENRICO MATTEI, Italy

Participants:

  • UNIVERSITY OF BATH, United Kingdom
  • NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS, Greece
  • UNIVERSITAET STUTTGART – INSTITUTE OF ENERGY ECONOMICS AND THE RATIONAL USE OF ENERGY, Germany
  • VLAAMSE INSTELLING VOOR TECHNOLOGISCH ONDERZOEK N.V, Belgium
  • FORSKNINGSCENTER RISOE, Denmark
  • OBSERVATOIRE MEDITERRANEEN DE L’ENERGIE, France
  • BILDUNGSWISSENSCHAFTLICHE HOCHSCHULE FLENSBURG – UNIVERSITAT, Germany
  • ENERGY RESEARCH CENTRE OF THE NETHERLANDS, Netherlands
  • VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT AMSTERDAM-INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES, Netherlands
  • FUNDACAO COPPETEC – COORDENACAO PESQUISAS E ESTUDOS TECHNOLOGICOS, Brazil
  • LITHUANIAN ENERGY INSTITUTE, Lithuania
  • INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT, India
  • NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND REFORM COMMISSION ENERGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, China
  • CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES ENERGETICAS, MEDIOAMBIENTALES Y TECNOLOGICAS, Spain
  • UNIVERZITA KARLOVA V PRAZE, Czech Republic
  • STOCKHOLM ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE, Sweden
  • CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN POLICY STUDIES, Belgium
  • UNIWERSYTET WARSZAWSKI, Poland
  • ENERGY AGENCY OF PLOVDIV, Bulgaria
  • TURKIYE BILIMSEL VE TEKNOLOJIK ARASTIRMA KURUMU -MRC – TUBITAK, Turkey
  • WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITEIT, Netherlands
  • ISTITUTO DI STUDI PER L’INTEGRAZIONE DEI SISTEMI (ISIS), Italy
  • PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUT, Switzerland
  • SWECO GROENER AS, Norway
  • DANMARKS TEKNISKE UNIVERSITET, Denmark
  • ECON POYRY AS, Norway

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