The document evaluates pathways to meet France's energy transition law using the TIMES-FR energy system model. It finds that:
1) Meeting emissions reduction targets requires significantly lowering projected energy demand.
2) Reducing final energy consumption 50% by 2050 is the most constraining target and may not be achievable without additional demand flexibility or sobriety measures.
3) Constraining both CO2 emissions and nuclear capacity increases renewable energy to 49% of electricity by 2030, exceeding the law's 40% target.
The analysis highlights inconsistencies between the law's long-term targets and underlying scenarios, and calls for updated demand projections and policy assumptions beyond 2035.
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Evaluation of the French Energy Transition for Green Growth Law with Times-FR
1. EVALUATION OF THE FRENCH
ENERGY TRANSITION FOR GREEN
GROWTH LAW WITH TIMES-FR
Ariane Millot
Mines ParisTech, PSL Research University, Centre for
Applied Mathematics
ETSAP - 10 July 2017
2. INTRODUCTION
• Targets of the energy transition law for green growth
(2015):
– 40% less greenhouse gas emissions in 2030 et 75% in 2050
compared to 1990
– 30% less fossil fuel consumption in 2030 compared to 2012
– Increase the share of renewable energy sources to 32% of
the final energy consumption and 40% of the electricity
production
– Reduce final energy consumption by 50% in 2050 compared
to 2012
– Reduce the share of nuclear power in electricity production
to 50% by 2025
• Tools associated:
– National low carbon strategy:
• Overarching and sectoral policies orientation
• Carbon budgets
– Multi-annual energy planning
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3. EVALUATION OF UNDERLYING PATHWAYS
• New base year for the calibration : 2014
• Main hypothesis : provided by the
prospective scenarios of the French
ministry of ecology that were used for the
reference scenario of the low carbon
national strategy
– Discount rate 4%
– Carbon tax : 56€/tCO2 in 2020 and 100€/tCO2
in 2030 (excluding the ETS sectors)
– Demand scenario : same assumptions until
2035
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4. SCENARIOS
• Reference scenario: AME_Times
– Based on the hypothesis mentioned
previously
• Scenario with the 5 goals of the french
law: LTECV
• Variations with the different goals:
– ScenCO2: constraint CO2
– ScenCO2_ENR: constraint CO2 and ENR
– ScenCO2_ENR_Nuc: constraint CO2 and
ENR and Nuclear
– Etc…
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5. IS THE EVOLUTION OF THE DEMAND CONSISTENT
WITH THE TARGETS?
• Without elasticity, the system is overconstrained (dummy
imports) significance of reducing the demand to meet the
CO2 target
0
200000
400000
600000
800000
1000000
1200000
1400000 ScenLTECV
ScenLTECV_elas
ScenLTECV
ScenLTECV_elas
ScenLTECV
ScenLTECV_elas
ScenLTECV
ScenLTECV_elas
ScenLTECV
ScenLTECV_elas
ScenLTECV
ScenLTECV_elas
ScenLTECV
ScenLTECV_elas
ScenLTECV
ScenLTECV_elas
2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040 2045 2050
MillionPKm
Passenger demand mobility
Rail
Bus
Motorcycle
Car Short Distance
Car Long Distance
7. HOW EVOLVES THE ENERGY MIX ?
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2015
2020
2025
2030
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2015
2020
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2030
2035
2040
2045
2050
ScenAME_Times ScenLTECV_elas
Mtep
Heat
Waste
Biomass
Solar
Geothermal
Oil
Coal
Electricity
Gas
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8. FINAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION
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2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040 2045 2050 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040 2045 2050
ScenAME_Times ScenLTECV_elas
Mtep
Agriculture
Residential
Services
Transport
Industry
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9. WHAT SAYS THE REFERENCE SCENARIO OF
THE SNBC ?
Variation between 2010 and 2030
(%)
Sector AMS2 DGEC LTECV Times
Industry -11.7% -10.2%
Building -28.8% -37.8%
Agriculture -30.1% 3.2%
Transport -17.8% -18.1%
Total -21.7% -25.3%
Scenario
Mtep
Sector AMS2 DGEC LTECV Times
Industry -3.9 -2.9
Building -19.5 -27.5
Agriculture -1.3 0.1
Transport -8.8 -8.9
Total -33.5 -39.2
Scenario
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10. REDUCING BY 50% THE FINAL ENERGY
CONSUMPTION IN 2050 IS THE MOST
CONSTRAINING
• This target can not be achieved by the model without
elasticity
Should be consistent with a reduction of the demand
• French national debate (DNTE) : 4 scenarios
– At the moment : no sobriety considered inconsistency
SOBriety EFFiciency DIVersity DECarbonization
Priority to
Nuclear Energy
Diversifi-
cation
Priority to
Renewable En.
Transition to
“Factor 4”
Low demand
(-20% in 2050)
Diversifi-
cation
Very low demand
(-50% in 2050)
NégaWatt ADEME ANCREdiv Négatep
Greenpeace GRDF RTEnouvmix RTEmed
WWF ANCREsob DGECams-o ANCREele
Global Chance ENCILOCARBrenf UFE
Source: groupe de travailGT2 «
Scénarios et mix énergétique »
du DNTE, juillet 2013
15. WHAT SAYS THE REFERENCE SCENARIO OF
THE SNBC ?
Variation between 2035 and 2010
(%)
Sector AMS2 DGEC LTECV Times
Transport -43% -39%
Energy industries -52% -74%
Building & Agriculture -73% -67%
Industry -47% -23%
Total -54% -50%
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Sector AMS2 DGEC LTECV Times
Transport 55079 51475
Energy industries 28236 44298
Building & Agriculture 73842 70599
Industry 31462 14045
Total 188620 180418
Scenario
Scenario
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16. MARGINAL COST OF CO2
1
10
100
1000
10000
2020 2025 2030 2035 2040 2045 2050
€/tCO2
ScenCO2_elas
ScenCO2_ENR_Efin_elas
ScenCO2_ENR_elas
ScenCO2_ENR_Nuc_elas
ScenCO2_Nuc_elas
ScenLTECV_elas
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20. IF WE PUT 2 CONSTRAINTS ON CO2
EMISSIONS AND NUCLEAR CAPACITY, THEN…
• Share of ENR in electricity production :
49% in 2030 > 40% (target of the law)
0
100
200
300
400
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600
700
800
2014 2030 2050 2014 2030 2050
ScenLTECV_elas ScenCO2_Nuc_elas
TWh
Import
Waste
Wind
Solar
Geothermal
Biomass
Gas
Oil
Coal
Hydro
Nuclear
22. WHAT HAPPENS IF THE NUCLEAR COST IS
HIGH ?
0
100
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1000
2050 2050 2050 2050
ScenLTECV_elas ScenLTECV_NucCostHigh_elas ScenCO2_Nuc_NucCostHigh_elas ScenCO2_NucCostHigh_elas
TWh
Electricity production
Import
Wind
Solar
Geotherm
Biomass
Gas
Hydro
Nuclear
24. CONCLUSION
• Main findings :
– Projection of the demand should be lower than
expected if we want to meet the targets of the
law
– The target or reducing by 50% the final energy
consumption is very constraining
Lack of consistency in the long term between
the targets of the law and the associated vision
that was underlying the prospective modelling
• Limits of this evaluation and further work :
– Projection of the demand until 2050
– Updating of the scenarios by the french ministry
of ecology new assumptions ?
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