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This page records the latest updates from the PAC project, including the consortium's participation in third-party events, project news and press reporting. Please get in touch at info@pac-scenarios.eu with any queries.

Policy Brief: Grid capacity needs to more than double by 2035 to meet the EU’s Paris Agreement Goals

Authored by Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe and the European Environmental Bureau (EEB), this policy brief aims to identify the infrastructure and...

Report Launch: Nuclear Phase-out – How renewables, energy savings and flexibility can replace nuclear in Europe

Renewables, energy savings, and flexibility options are positioned to replace nuclear power in the EU's energy mix. In a new PAC Scenario report, the...

PAC project consortium meets for Annual Meeting in Paris

During this year’s PAC project Annual Meeting, partners met in Paris to assess past activities and discuss the project outreach and strategies for the...

PAC Scenario contributes to analysis on space and water requirements to reach decarbonisation

The Renewables Grid Initiative (RGI), partner of the PAC project, analysed the space and water requirements to achieve the ambitious decarbonisation...

Discussion Paper Launch: The role of hydrogen in a future, low-carbon, and secure European energy system

In this discussion paper written in the context of the PAC project, authors Antonella Battaglini and Andrzej Ceglarz argue that the EU’s 2030 hydrogen...

Breaking Borders: Europe’s Energy Future Lies In Interconnection

Interconnection is the vital missing piece in Europe’s renewable energy puzzle. Expanding cross-border electricity exchange will be critical to...

PAC Scenario Development: Civil society shows Europe’s way to climate neutrality by 2040

An updated version of the PAC Scenarios was launched on 23 March 2023, demonstrating how a Europe that meets the 1.5°C target could look like by 2040....

EEB Policy Brief: A sustainable hydrogen strategy for the EU

In this policy brief, EEB explores the challenges related to the environmental and economic sustainability of renewable hydrogen production and use....

CAN Europe and RGI contribute to the Ten-Year Network Development Plan (TYNDP)

The Ten-Year Network Development Plan (TYNDP) building process has started and the two PAC consortium partners, CAN Europe and RGI, contributed to it...

EEB Policy Brief on Nature-Positive Renewables – Building on the Paris Agreement Compatible (PAC) energy scenario

This policy brief from the European Environmental Bureau (EEB) outlines the challenges and potential solutions related to a broad spectrum of...

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PAC in the public debate

The PAC project is a collaborative effort which has not been seen before in this field and is increasingly cited in publications, news outlets and independent media. Below you will find a selection of recent media which directly references the PAC consortium and our work.

Público (PT): No enorme plano da Europa para a energia eólica, cidadãos ficam esquecidos

WWF report: Only 10 Member States’ wind energy ambitions compatible with Paris Agreement

Montel: EU will struggle to meet 50% of hydrogen target – experts

RECHARGE: EU’s green hydrogen goals 'could gobble up 30% of all European renewables supply by 2030'

HYDROGEN INSIGHT: EU’s green hydrogen goals could gobble up 30% of all European renewables supply by 2030: report

EURACTIV: Investing in new nuclear is ‘bad for the climate’, green advocates say

EMBER: Breaking borders – The future of Europe’s electricity is in interconnectors

EURACTIV: It’s not just about the colour: too much hydrogen is unsustainable

EURACTIV: Doubling electricity interconnection is the European peace project for this decade

Global Witness: "The EU’s €250 billion gas gamble"

Renewable Energy Magazine: "Repower for the people shows how EU can wean member states off Russian gas by 2025"

EU Observer: "Gas and nuclear: a lose-lose scenario for Eastern Europe"

The Paris Agreement Compatible Scenario produced by EEB and CAN Europe shows that an immediate leap-frogging from coal to renewable electricity...

New Climate Insitute: "The EU can foster the transformation in the transport sector by expanding and advancing existing national and city-level policies"

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Sonnenenergie e.V.: "100% in Europa – Netzplanung mit Paris-Erfüllung"

Energypost.eu: "The PAC Scenario: net-zero by 2040 to meet Europe’s Paris goals"

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