The EurEnDel Scenarios

The three qualitative scenarios of Europe’s possible Energy Futures, which arepresented in this document, are based on the findings of the Europe-wide Delphi studyon Energy and Social Visions - EurEnDel. These results have been checked againstmultiple inputs from a considerable number of related research projects1.The experts’ opinions on the 20 technology statements, which were included in theDelphi Survey, combined with the preferences for socio-economic visions of the futurein the second part of the questionnaire, indicate a broad range of possible futurepathways, but their fulfilment will depend on the political will inside Europe, possiblepressures on the world market and other framework conditions. Thus, the purpose ofdisplaying the results of the Delphi study in the form of scenarios is twofold:..