The Energy Transition - The challenges of defossilisation
This special report on energy is a translation into English from its original French version (Reflets de la physique n°77).
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The so-called « energy transition » must lead to a move away from fossil fuels, which currently account for more than 80% of primary energy resources supply worldwide and provide around 60% of our final energy consumption in France and Europe. The scale of the challenge is immediately clear.
The dossier is divided into five parts :
- Measuring the issues and challenges.
- The main sources of low carbon electricity and heat.
- A few avenues for defossilisation currently being explored.
- Management of non dispatchable sources of electricity.
- Environmental impacts and risks of energy sources.