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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.

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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...

No time to lose: Short-term measures to minimise impacts of the severe energy crises in Europe and Germany

In this paper written in the context of the PAC project, authors Antonella Battaglini and Andrzej Ceglarz propose a set of actions to reduce...

Workshop Summary Report - Accelerating full decarbonisation: Resource optimisation in energy infrastructure planning

This report summarises the outcomes of a February 2022 online Modellers’ Exchange Workshop co-organised by RGI and Hitachi Energy titled...

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.

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...