Human health impacts for renewable energy scenarios from the EnerGEO Platform of Integrated Assessment (PIA)

Lefevre, M., Gschwind, B., Cofala, J., & Fuss, S. (2013). Human health impacts for renewable energy scenarios from the EnerGEO Platform of Integrated Assessment (PIA). In: EnviroInfo 2013: 27th International Conference on Informatics for Environmental Protection, 2-4 September 2013.

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Abstract

This article reports impact results from running the EnerGEO Platform of Integrated Assessment (PIA) related to human health for different scenarios in Europe. The scenarios were prepared within the EnerGEO project. The idea of this European project is to determine how low carbon scenarios, and in particular scenarios with a high share of renewable energy, affect concentrations of air pollutants and as a consequence affect human health. PM2.5 concentrations were estimated with the IIASA Greenhouse Gas and Air Pollution Interactions and Synergies (GAINS) model on a time horizon up to the year 2050 for different scenarios. We analyse here the estimation of the Loss of Life Expectancy due to PM2.5 concentrations for the Baseline scenario taken as a reference and the Maximum renewable power scenario.

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