Green Energy Strategy 2050 for Latvia: a Pathway towards a Low Carbon Society

Chemical Engineering Transactions 2014
Dagnija Blumberga, Ginta Cimdiņa, Lelde Timma, Andra Blumberga, Marika Rošā

Therefore the main aim of the paper is to develop and present a roadmap for low carbon society with an overall aim to achieve independence from fossil fuels by 2050in Latvia. The paper also reviews current and the perspective development of energy system in the country. The results show that it is possible to create energy supply system in Latvia, which is based on renewable energy sources by 2050. A quantitative evaluation of the modelled scenarios is given based on energy demand and apprising energy related greenhouse gas emissions.

Keywords
renewable energy, energy strategy, sustainable development, low carbon society
DOI
10.3303/CET1439252
Hyperlink
http://www.aidic.it/cet/14/39/252.pdf

Blumberga, D., Cimdiņa, G., Timma, L., Blumberga, A., Rošā, M. Green Energy Strategy 2050 for Latvia: a Pathway towards a Low Carbon Society. Chemical Engineering Transactions, 2014, Vol.39, pp.1507-1512. ISSN 2283-9216. Available from: doi:10.3303/CET1439252

Publication language
English (en)