麻豆无码版 consumption targets could impede effective and cost-efficient decarbonisation - study
The EU鈥檚 plan to introduce stringent energy consumption targets could be counterproductive if the aim is to effectively and cost-efficiently decarbonise Europe鈥檚 economy, says a new study conducted by the Cologne Institute for Economic Research (IW). On the one hand, large-scale decarbonisation relies on energy-intensive sector coupling technologies 鈥� which would actually increase energy needs. On the other hand, additional measures could run counter to the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS). 鈥淚n sectors covered by the EU ETS, one should not be forced to use additional energy efficiency instruments. They add to the cost burden for companies without helping the decarbonisation efforts,鈥� says the author, Benjamin Tischler. Instead, he proposes to include all relevant economic sectors in the EU ETS, and to only introduce additional policies that 鈥渞emedy market imperfections鈥�.
Find the press release in English , and the study in German .