Table 6 Life-cycle CO2 emissions of the European electricity consumption mix and syn-jet fuel production in the selected climate scenarios over time
RCP 6 (3.5 °C scenario) | RCP 2.6 (2 °C scenario) | |||||||||
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Power generation | ||||||||||
Share in consumption mix | 2020 | 2030 | 2040 | 2050 | 2100 | 2020 | 2030 | 2040 | 2050 | 2100 |
Biomass CHP | 2.4% | 2.0% | 1.4% | 0.5% | 0.0% | 2.4% | 3.0% | 2.0% | 1.2% | 0.0% |
Biomass IGCC CCS | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.0% |
Biomass IGCC | 1.7% | 1.3% | 0.7% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 1.7% | 1.5% | 0.9% | 0.3% | 0.0% |
Coal PC | 14.3% | 6.0% | 2.8% | 0.4% | 0.0% | 14.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Coal IGCC | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Coal PC CCS | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Coal IGCC CCS | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Coal CHP | 5.0% | 2.8% | 1.3% | 0.2% | 0.0% | 5.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Gas OC | 0.6% | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.6% | 0.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Gas CC | 15.6% | 17.4% | 11.9% | 6.6% | 0.0% | 15.6% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Gas CHP | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Gas CC CCS | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Geothermal | 0.3% | 0.9% | 0.9% | 0.8% | 0.6% | 0.3% | 0.9% | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.5% |
Hydro | 12.5% | 11.7% | 10.4% | 9.6% | 7.4% | 12.5% | 11.1% | 8.9% | 8.2% | 5.6% |
Nuclear | 29.8% | 20.6% | 12.1% | 5.3% | 0.0% | 29.8% | 19.1% | 9.8% | 4.3% | 0.0% |
Oil ST | 1.5% | 0.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1.5% | 0.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Solar CSP | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Solar PV Centralized | 4.9% | 14.4% | 23.8% | 26.1% | 27.1% | 4.9% | 26.5% | 30.9% | 29.8% | 29.2% |
Wind Onshore | 9.6% | 18.0% | 28.0% | 36.9% | 37.9% | 9.6% | 31.2% | 37.4% | 38.3% | 37.1% |
Wind Offshore | 1.6% | 4.2% | 6.5% | 13.5% | 27.0% | 1.6% | 5.8% | 8.9% | 16.9% | 27.6% |
CO2 intensity of electricity consumption mix [g CO2/kWh, incl. grid losses] | 383 | 302 | 218 | 130 | 27 | 383 | 89 | 32 | 27 | 20 |
Total amount of electricity generation [EJ] | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 22 | 32 |
Syn-jet fuel production | ||||||||||
CO2 intensity of syn-jet fuel production [kg CO2/kg, incl. distr. losses] | 3.9 | 3.19 | 2.66 | 2.14 | 1.71 | 3.9 | 1.89 | 1.52 | 1.48 | 1.45 |
