3FOOD

Third Industrial Revolution Consulting Group
Introduction
STATE OF PLAY AND LUXEMBOURG VISION
This complementary report presents the combined views from a team of independent energy
experts 20 from the Energy Pillar within the Third Industrial Revolution Strategy Study for
Luxembourg. This report provides expert insights on the transition path toward a future energy
system for Luxembourg. It incorporates the findings from the initial Luxembourg Energy
Working Group (WG) workshops held between February and April 2016, as well as more recent
results from the Executive Seminar held in Luxembourg on May 25-26, 2016 and a follow-up
meeting held in Luxembourg on July 5, 2016.
Presented first is our view of the changing energy landscape affecting Luxembourg, Europe, and
the rest of the world. In this section, we describe drivers such as the COP21 Paris Agreement
and the various European Union energy targets and directives, as well as global trends in energy
sector transformation and technology deployment. Next, we assess Luxembourg’s 2050 Vision
for Energy in the context of the current state of the country’s energy demand, supply,
networks, and markets. We then present our priority recommendations for enabling the energy
transition in Luxembourg, building on several of the initial 10 measures proposed by the Energy
Working Group. These recommendations are organized along the following three themes:
market design and regulatory framework, new business models and financial schemes, and
experimental distribution grid clusters. We end by summarizing our specific proposals for the
TIR roadmap for Energy and Luxembourg’s 2050 Vision for Energy.
A Changing Energy Landscape: Europe Energy Outlook 2050
Luxembourg is firmly embedded in Europe and its
institutions. An analysis of Luxembourg’s energy
future can therefore not be made without
understanding the key drivers changing Europe’s
energy landscape.
COP21 21
The COP21 Paris Agreement is probably the most
important international agreement influencing how we perceive, produce, and consume
20 These experts include DNV GL, Fraunhofer, and Navigant.
21 Paris Agreement, FCCC/CP/2015/L.9/Rev.1 (PDF). UNFCCC secretariat, December 2015.
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