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An assessement of global energy resource economic potentials


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Mercure, JF 
Salas, P 

Abstract

This paper presents an assessment of global economic energy potentials for all major natural energy resources. This work is based on both an extensive literature review and calculations based onto natural resource assessment data. Economic potentials are presented in the form of cost-supply curves, in terms of energy flows for renewable energy sources, or fixed amounts for fossil and nuclear resources, using consistent energy units that allow direct comparisons to be made. These calculations take into account, and provide a theoretical framework for considering uncertainty in resource assessments, providing a novel contribution aimed at enabling the introduction of uncertainty into resource limitations used in energy modelling. The theoretical details and parameters provided in tables enable this extensive natural resource database to be adapted to any modelling framework for energy systems.

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Global energy resources, Climate change mitigation, Economic potential, Renewable energy, Fossil fuels

Journal Title

Energy

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0360-5442
1873-6785

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Publisher

Elsevier BV
Sponsorship
This work was supported by the Three Guineas Trust, Conicyt (Comisio ́n Nacional de Investigacio ́n Cient ́ıfica y Tec- nolo ́gica, Gobierno de Chile) and the Ministerio de Energie, Gobierno de Chile.