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DOI	10.1016/j.enpol.2021.112613
	Timmermans’ dream: An electricity and hydrogen partnership between Europe and North Africa
	van der Zwaan B.; Lamboo S.; Dalla Longa F.
发表日期	2021
ISSN	0301-4215
卷号	159
英文摘要	Because of differences in irradiation levels, it could be more efficient to produce solar electricity and hydrogen in North Africa and import these energy carriers to Europe, rather than generating them at higher costs domestically in Europe. From a global climate change mitigation point of view exploiting such efficiencies can be profitable, since they reduce overall renewable electricity capacity requirements. Yet the construction of this capacity in North Africa would imply costs associated with the infrastructure needed to transport electricity and hydrogen. The ensuing geopolitical dependencies may also raise energy security concerns. With the integrated assessment model TIAM-ECN we quantify the trade-off between costs and benefits emanating from establishing import-export links between Europe and North Africa for electricity and hydrogen. We show that for Europe a net price may have to be paid for exploiting such interlinkages, even while they reduce the domestic investments for renewable electricity capacity needed to implement the EU's Green Deal. For North African countries the potential net benefits thanks to trade revenues may build up to 50 billion €/yr in 2050. Despite fears over costs and security, Europe should seriously consider an energy partnership with North Africa, because trade revenues are likely to lead to positive employment, income, and stability effects in North Africa. Europe can indirectly benefit from such impacts. © 2021 The Author(s)
英文关键词	Climate change; Electricity; Energy security; Europe; Hydrogen; North Africa; Trade
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Climate change; Costs; Economic and social effects; Investments; Solar power generation; Climate change mitigation; Energy carriers; Europe; Global climate changes; High costs; Irradiation levels; North Africa; Renewable electricity; Solar electricity; Solar hydrogen; Energy security; alternative energy; climate change; cost-benefit analysis; electricity; hydrogen; irradiation; partnership approach; solar power; trade-off; Europe; North Africa
来源期刊	Energy Policy
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/256500
作者单位	TNO, Energy Transition Department (ETS), Amsterdam, Netherlands; University of Amsterdam, Faculty of Science (HIMS and IAS), Amsterdam, Netherlands; Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Bologna, Italy
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	van der Zwaan B.,Lamboo S.,Dalla Longa F.. Timmermans’ dream: An electricity and hydrogen partnership between Europe and North Africa[J],2021,159.
APA	van der Zwaan B.,Lamboo S.,&Dalla Longa F..(2021).Timmermans’ dream: An electricity and hydrogen partnership between Europe and North Africa.Energy Policy,159.
MLA	van der Zwaan B.,et al."Timmermans’ dream: An electricity and hydrogen partnership between Europe and North Africa".Energy Policy 159(2021).