Executive summary

The Paris Agreement and the fight against climate change impose the obligation to decarbonize UNECE economies and to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. The energy transition will rely on a wide deployment of renewable energy as a key element. The electrical variable renewable energy (VRE) is expected to grow substantially in the following decades, increasing its share in the future energy mix in the UNECE region. However, the higher penetration of VRE into energy systems brings an associated challenge: how to manage, in a cost-efficient manner, the strong fluctuations and intermittency associated to VRE, in order to ensure a reliable and robust energy system at all times.

Sustainable Development Goals:

Affordable and Clean Energy

Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Climate Action