ANNUAL CONGRESS 2025

Understanding and Modelling NECPs on the municipal scale – case study on a web based energy transition toolbox

Not scheduled

20m

Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul

Poster Track 05 | ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE

Speakers

Mr Daniel Youssef (Vienna University of Technology)Mr Elias Grinzinger (Vienna University of Technology)Mr Hartmut Dumke (Vienna University of Technology)

Description

A significant number of European countries have recently published national energy and climate plans (NECPs), which demonstrate energy transition pathways at the national level in a highly sophisticated manner. These NECPs include substantial orders of magnitude for emission reductions, as well as the share of energy to be supplied by renewable sources. Furthermore, the figures are also differentiated in a timely manner according to polluting sectors, including industry, residential buildings and mobility.

Nevertheless, the distribution of responsibilities among the national, federal, and municipal levels remains a complex governance challenge, namely determining the respective contributions of each level and identifying potential areas for renewable energy generation. This issue was the focal point of the transFORMAT-LINK research project. A significant finding of the project was the development of a web-based energy transition tool designed to assist municipalities in comprehending and quantifying their potential contributions to the energy transition in a straightforward and accessible manner.

At the AESOP 2025 congress, this tool will be demonstrated live, eschewing the use of PowerPoint slides in favour of a more interactive approach. The demonstration will include the mapping of some new energy potential yields and the observation how that changes the municipal climate balance. Subsequent to the presentation, a plenary discussion will address the intricate question of how to distribute the energy transition fairly between the national, federal and municipal levels, and how to achieve this in a manner that can happen much faster than ever before.

References

European Parliament and the Council, “Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 June 2021 establishing the framework for achieving climate neutrality and amending Regulations (EC) No 401/2009 and (EU) 2018/1999: European Climate Law.”

Österreichische Bundesregierung, “Integrierter nationaler Energie- und Klimaplan für Österreich Periode 2021-2030, Version 2019: gemäß Verordnung (EU) / des Europäischen Parlaments und des Rates über das Governance-System für die Energieunion und den Klimaschutz.” 2019. [Online]. Available: https://energy.ec.europa.eu/system/files/2020-01/at_final_necp_main_de_0.pdf (27 February 2024)

Abart-Heriszt, L. und Reichel, S. (2022): Energiemosaik Austria. Österreichweite Visualisierung von Energieverbrauch und Treibhausgasemissionen auf Gemeindeebene. Wien, Salzburg. Lizenz: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 AT. Available: www.energiemosaik.at (10 January 2025)

Geissler, S. et al (2924): Research Project transFORMAT-LINK. Available: https://transformat.at/impressum.html and (web-based Simulation tool) www.Klexi.at (10 January 2025)