Insights into Scotland's climate and energy policies from energy systems modelling

Will McDowall; Gabrial Anandarajah; Paul Ekins

Insights into Scotland's climate and energy policies from energy systems modelling

Will McDowall, Gabrial Anandarajah, Paul Ekins

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Energy system models are powerful tools for examining the dynamics of a transition to a sustainable energy system. Here, we report the first application of a two-region version of the UK MARKAL energy system model that explicitly represents Scotland and the rest of the UK as distinct regions. We use this model to examine the implications of Scotland’s carbon and renewable energy targets, in the context of the targets legislated for the UK as a whole.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	5-8
Number of pages	4
Journal	Fraser of Allander Economic Commentary
Volume	Special Edition
Issue number	3
Publication status	Published - 30 Apr 2012
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

emission reduction targets
climate change
energy
economic growth
pollution
Scottish economy
environment
Scottish Government
Scottish Climate Change Act

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