Kuzbass adapting to the global energy transition

Yuri Fridman,Ekaterina Loginova,Aleksandr Pimonov,Galina Rechko

doi:10.1051/e3sconf/202130301018

Abstract

The world energy system has entered the so-called energy transition stage, with decarbonization and the fight against climate change as drivers for change. This event may pose many grave dangers for the Russian coal industry and commodity-rich regions of the country, whose economy is based on coal mining. The authors rely on the research into the strategic development of Kuzbass, Russia’s major coal center, and discuss whether the state should actively participate in ensuring that the region adjusts to the terms of the energy transition.

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IntroductionThe ongoing change has become another (already the fourth one) energy transition [1] from one dominant energy source to another
The global energy system has entered a period of fundamental transformations
Unlike its three predecessors, the driver of change is “not so much the economic attractiveness of new energy sources but a qualitatively new factor: decarbonization and the fight against global climate change” [2]. It means that the world's fuel and energy balance will continue to diversify towards unconventional renewable energy sources with the use of carbon-free or low-carbon technologies

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Introduction

The ongoing change has become another (already the fourth one) energy transition [1] from one dominant energy source to another. Unlike its three predecessors, the driver of change is “not so much the economic attractiveness of new energy sources but a qualitatively new factor: decarbonization and the fight against global climate change” [2]. It means that the world's fuel and energy balance will continue to diversify towards unconventional renewable energy sources with the use of carbon-free or low-carbon technologies. There is a political aspect to the new energy transition, which has to do with the need to ensure energy security for those nations where traditional energy resources are scarce or that possess the reserves the extensive use of which is discouraged (like coal) (e.g., see [3,4])

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