Energy [R]evolution – a sustainable world energy outlook 2015

The project focuses on a new update of the global Energy [R]evolution scenario, which was developed and published so far four times since 2006. The Energy [R]evolution scenario is a global energy scenario based on the assessment of energy demand and supply patterns and the renewable energy potentials available in ten world regions. The normative scenario is developed in a back-casting process, driven by ambitious CO2 reduction targets and the world-wide phasing-out of nuclear energy. The project elaborates supply scenarios for electricity, heat and transport based on renewable energy technologies and their respective potentials, generation costs, cost reduction potentials, and technology maturity as well as regional opportunities and barriers. The time horizon of the scenario is from 2012 to 2050.