On May 18, 2023, the Institute of Power Engineering hosted Dr. Eric Larson and Dr. Aniruddh Mohan from Princeton University. Guests participated in the Net-Zero Poland workshop organized together with Silesian University of Technology.
On May 18, 2023, the Institute of Power Engineering hosted Dr. Eric Larson and Dr. Aniruddh Mohan from Princeton University. Guests participated in the Net-Zero Poland workshop organized together with Silesian University of Technology.
The visit was part of a Net-Zero Poland workshop which kicked-off work on the study which will encompass all sectors of the energy economy and provide a first-of-its-kind, detailed and transparent articulation of alternative pathways for Poland to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050.[nbsp]
In frame of Net-Zero Poland teams of The Silesian University of Technology (Anna Skorek-Osikowska) and Instytut Energetyki - Instytut Badawczy (Jakub Kupecki, Grzegorz Tchorek) will collaborate with Princeton University.
The approach and methodologies for this Net-Zero Poland study will build on that of Princeton’s Net-Zero America (#NZA, https://lnkd.in/dvUKm9GW) study, a unique departure from prior modelling studies, with its unprecedented level of spatial, sectoral, temporal, and technological granularity. The quantitative, high-resolution granularity of the NZA study enables key land-use, socio-technical, environmental, and investment challenges to be elucidated at politically and socially relevant spatial and temporal scales. Release of the NZA report sparked extensive engagement with government, non-profits, philanthropies, and private companies across energy, infrastructure, banking and other sectors, as well as extensive media coverage.
Elements of the study will include:
1. National-level modelling of alternative technological pathways to net-zero emissions that incorporate constraints reflecting real-world complexities, risks, uncertainties.
2. “Downscaling” of coarse-grained results to high spatial and temporal resolutions to enable visualization of the build-out of energy assets and infrastructure.
3. Quantifying, based on the downscaling analyses, implications for land use, capital mobilization, energy-related employment, just transitions for incumbent-industry workers and communities (especially coal), and national energy security.
4. Identifying investment, infrastructure and innovation priorities for the first decade of the transition.
The Net-Zero Poland study will be designed to help inform local and national-level public- and private-sector planning and decision making. The study duration will be two years, beginning in late 2023.