International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)

The role of people in bridging different elements of sustainable energy transitions

How the pandemic and the war impact energy transitions

17 October 2022 Editor Comments Off

The COVID-19 pandemic and the return of military conflict to Europe are two of the present’s defining crises. A new IIASA-led study sheds light on their ramifications for the global energy system. The rapid spread […]

Schematic description of the system where the empty truck moves up the mountain to collect the containers filled with water at the charge site and the truck with the full container goes down the mountain generating electricity. The water is then unloaded at the discharge site

Electric Truck Hydropower, a flexible solution to hydropower in mountainous regions

8 March 2022 Editor Comments Off

Mountain regions have a large potential for hydropower that cannot be harnessed effectively by conventional technologies. International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) researcher Julian Hunt and an international team of researchers developed an innovative […]

Effects of mitigation challenge compared to restore (‘back to normal’): differences across the restore, green push, and self-reliance scenarios for indicators of the climate mitigation challenge in the coming two decades

How recovery from COVID-19’s impact on energy demand could help meet climate targets

11 October 2021 Editor Comments Off

The pandemic-related drop in greenhouse gas emissions in 2020 was likely the largest on record in a single year, but how our recovery might affect future emissions is less clear. New modelling examines alternative scenarios […]

Distribution of modern final household energy use per capita across populations by regions and scenarios in 2050 [Sub-Saharn Africa (AFR), South Asia (SAS), Middle East and North Africa (MEA), Latin America and the Caribbean (LAM), Other Pacific Asia (PAS), Centrally Planned Asia and China (CPA), Former Soviet Union (FSU), North America (NAM), Central and Eastern Europe (EEU), and Western Europe (WEU)] (illustration: International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis)

Achieving equitable access to energy in a changing climate

6 August 2021 Editor Comments Off

Access to modern, reliable, and affordable energy services is a must for development and ensuring a decent quality of life. IIASA researchers used a novel bottom-up approach to analyse how access to energy services may […]

The study shows that without a battery, homeowners only use 30-40% of the electricity from their solar PV panels (illustration: Adam Islaam/IIASA)

Is it worth investing in solar PV with batteries at home?

19 March 2021 Editor 0

Solar energy is a clean, renewable source of electricity that could potentially play a significant part in fulfilling the world’s energy requirements, but there are still some challenges to fully capitalising on this potential. Researchers […]