Global experts shared their experience in using energy modelling to drive progress on reaching net zero at a side event today.?

Achieving net zero emissions by 2050 will require significant energy system transformations backed by rigorous planning. Energy modelling studies that consider factors including cost, human resource requirements and numerous country-specific elements are key for countries to determine what their clean energy mix will look like.??

The IAEA’s Atoms4NetZero initiative supports countries in their decision-making process through energy scenario modelling and techno-economic studies that include the full potential of nuclear power in contributing to net zero.?

The event, entitled ‘Powering the Future through Atoms4NetZero’ side event also examined a case study on reaching net zero in Estonia, using the IAEA’s Model for Energy Supply System Alternatives and their General Environmental Impacts (MESSAGE).