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ECN. The Next 50 years. Four European Energy Futures
| Author | ECN, J.J.C.Brugging |
| Date | May 2005 |
| Classification | 1.01.8.50/78 (PETTEN RESEARCH LOCATION - NRG/ECN/RCN - GENERAL) |
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From the publication:
Preface The Energy research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN) celebrates 50 years of technology development in the field of energy and environment. These past 50 years have been characterised by major transitions in technological focus, sources of funding and market orientation. ECN started out as a nuclear-oriented, government-funded, national laboratory with few industrial connections. We are now a market-oriented organisation with a broad portfolio of technologies addressing all major sources of energy and covering all stages of the research cycle from short-term implementation to long-term development. Our funding depends on servicing a wide array of public and private interests and we collaborate with universities and companies all over Europe. Obviously, jubilees invite reflection, not just on past performance and success, but also on future challenges and opportunities. Those challenges and opportunities are closely related to European energy transitions in the next 50 years. On the occasion of our jubilee we therefore decided to take a closer look at the future of European energy innovation. We did so by developing a set of transition scenarios for European energy regimes describing the environment in which ECN must perform in the next 50 years. The scenarios contain four story lines connecting plausible global developments in world energy markets and climate change policies consistently with European energy regime changes and related national innovation pressures. This document must be viewed as an essay on Europe's energy future. It demonstrates our commitment to contribute effectively to both European ambitions and Dutch economic interests. At the same time, it is intended as background material for an internal dialogue on the strategic choices facing ECN. It should be clear, that its contents do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the ECN management. In addition, we must mention that this study forms part of a larger project on European energy transitions, in which the story lines developed here will be quantified and spelled out in greater technological detail. We hope you enjoy reading this provocative exploration. If you feel inclined to oppose vehemently or support wholeheartedly some of the arguments ventured, we have succeeded in our intentions. Ton Hoff Managing director
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