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SUNRISE, a preparatory action towards a European large-scale research initiative

February 1, 2019 by SUNRISE

The European project SUNRISE, “Solar energy for a circular economy”, has been selected as one of the six Coordination and Support Actions (CSA) within the Horizon 2020 programme. Funded with €1M, it will last one year (starting in spring 2019), setting the basis for a European large-scale research project. The SUNRISE Vision is a radical and ambitious scientific and technological approach for solar energy conversion and storage to provide a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Community, News, Platform, Policy & Technology Blog, Renewables, Transport and energy Tagged With: biological sciences, Chemical engineering, chemical sciences, Earth sciences, environmental science, materials engineering, nano-technology

Too “low-hanging fruit” is not sweet enough (and eventually neither clean nor cheap)!

January 31, 2019 by EHPA

At a lunch debate organised by the European Heat Pump Association (EHPA) on “The costs of a low level of ambition in greening the heating and cooling sector” and hosted by EUFORES President MEP Jeppe Kofod on 30 January, representatives from industry, civil society, the European Commission (EC) and MEPs from several countries and political groups (Jeppe Kofod, Bendt Bendtsen, Theresa Griffin, Jo Leinen, Gesine Meissner and Paul RĂĽbig) … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Catch 2030, Climate policy, Climate Politics Blog, Community, Energy efficiency, Energy Outlooks, EU Policy, Events, Expert Panel, Innovations, News, Platform, Policies, Policy & Technology Blog, Renewables Tagged With: Bendt Bendtsen, cooling, decarbonisation, EHPA, energy consumption, energy efficiency, energy laws, EUFORES, European Commission, European Environment Bureau, European Parliament, European Renewable Energies Federation, German Renewable Energy Federation, Gesine Meissner, heating, Jeppe Kofod, Jo Leinen, Paul RĂĽbig, Rainer Hinrichs-Rahlwes, Roland Joebstl, Theresa Griffin, Thomas Nowak

The great battery race

March 17, 2017 by Gerard Reid

The coming of cheap and effective lithium-based batteries will cause the greatest changes in the energy and automobile sector since Henry Ford built the model T, writes Gerard Reid, founding partner of Alexa Capital, financial analyst and co-founder of the Energy and Carbon blog. But European countries like Germany and France have no significant production, in contrast to China, which views batteries and their raw materials as key factors in the … [Read more...]

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Nuclear deal or not, Trump will turn Iran into a hot spot

January 16, 2017 by Rajan Menon

Donald Trump could easily annul the Iran nuclear deal, writes Rajan Menon, Professor of International Relations at City College of New York and Senior Research Fellow at Columbia University’s Saltzman Institute. However, whether or not he will do so, is not the most important question, writes Menon. The real question is what he will do to Iran – and how disastrous that could turn out to be. Courtesy of Tomdispatch. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: *, Energy, Nuclear, Oil, Gas & Coal, Policy & Technology Blog Tagged With: geopolitics, natural gas, nuclear energy, renewables, US energy policy

A presidential campaign speech from 2052

December 21, 2015 by Allan Hoffman

70% of electricity in the US now is generated by renewables, and natural gas from fracking is on the decline, says a presidential hopeful in a campaign speech in 2052. He promises voters that if elected he “will ensure completion of the energy transition”. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: *, Energy, Energy Outlooks, Policy & Technology Blog Tagged With: climate change, coal power, electric cars, electricity market, energy efficiency, energy security, energy transition, geopolitics, natural gas, nuclear energy, oil, renewables, shale gas, US energy policy

The coal conundrum

November 4, 2015 by Allan Hoffman

What do we do with coal? It provides cheap and reliable energy around the world, but is also the main cause of the most serious problem facing the world, writes Allan Hoffman. According to Hoffman, there are no easy answers, but we have no choice but to move to a clean energy society as quickly as possible. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: *, Energy, Policy & Technology Blog Tagged With: coal power, electricity market, energy efficiency, energy transition, nuclear energy, renewables, US energy policy

US desperately needs a national energy policy

September 24, 2015 by Allan Hoffman

The US - and indeed the world - is at a crossroads when it comes to the choice on how we want to provide energy services in the future, writes US energy expert Allan Hoffman. According to Hoffman, the US desperately needs a national energy policy that recognizes the importance of moving to a renewable energy future as quickly as possible. Without such a policy, economic growth, the environment and national security will suffer. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: *, Energy, Policy & Technology Blog Tagged With: clean coal, climate change, energy transition, natural gas, nuclear energy, oil, renewables, US energy policy

How Scotland finances its renewables revolution

June 10, 2015 by Allan Hoffman

Scotland has a 100% renewable electricity goal for 2020. Allan Hoffman explains how the Scottish government supports the achievement of this goal financially. He concludes that Scotland may "prove to be an example to the rest of the world as we leave the fossil fuel era and move into the new era of renewable energy". … [Read more...]

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The exciting changes taking place in Scotland’s energy system

April 26, 2015 by Allan Hoffman

Scotland, despite having some of the EU’s largest fossil fuel reserves, is moving rapidly to an energy system based predominantly on renewable energy, notes energy expert Allan Hoffman, a former senior official at the U.S. Department of Energy, who lives in Scotland part of the time. Renewables are already the biggest single source of electricity – and “there is no reason requiring conventional fossil and nuclear generation in Scotland” in the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: *, Energy, Policy & Technology Blog, Renewables Tagged With: CCS, coal power, electricity market, energy transition, energy2030, natural gas, nuclear energy, oil, renewables, wind power

The vulnerability of our electric utility system to cyber attacks

January 27, 2015 by Allan Hoffman

As our electric utility system is moving from dumb and centralized to smart and decentralized, it is becoming increasingly vulnerable to cyber attacks. Are utility executives paying sufficient attention to these serious new risks? Energy expert Allan Hoffman, a former senior official at the U.S. Department of Energy, says the SONY hacking case should serve as a wake-up call to the energy industry. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: *, Energy, Markets, Networks, Policies, Policy & Technology Blog Tagged With: cybersecurity, electricity market, geopolitics, grid, infrastructure, smart grids

US national interest requires clean energy, not fossil fuels

December 2, 2014 by Allan Hoffman

Many vested interests with short-term perspectives are fighting to maintain US dependence on fossil fuels. The long-term national interest, however, requires that the US makes a speedy transition to a clean energy society, writes energy expert Allan Hoffman. According to Hoffman, the shale revolution is only a temporary phenomenon. A continued reliance on oil and gas will imperil the nation’s future. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: *, Energy, Oil, Gas & Coal, Policy & Technology Blog, Renewables Tagged With: climate change, energy transition, geopolitics, oil, renewables, US energy policy

Why the US has not made more progress in moving to a renewable energy future – a personal view

June 30, 2014 by Allan Hoffman

In 1978 a monumental multi-departmental study was submitted to President Carter concluding that “solar energy could make a significant contribution to U.S. energy supply by the end of this century”. The study, backed by 30 federal departments, stated that “even with today’s subsidized energy prices, many solar technologies are already economic.” Yet no action was taken and solar power and other renewable energies stagnated for over 30 years. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: *, Climate policy, Energy, Energy Outlooks, Policy & Technology Blog Tagged With: climate change, energy transition, renewables, solar power, US energy policy

Nuclear Power: the Faustian Bargain

September 2, 2013 by Allan Hoffman

There are good reasons to be in favor of nuclear power – for now. There are even better reasons to want to replace nuclear power by renewable energy – in the not too distant future, writes Allan Hoffman, former energy expert at the US Department of Energy. This is the second of two articles in which Hoffman, who runs the blog Thoughts of a Lapsed Physicist, reflects on a sensitive energy topic. In his first article he weighed the pros and cons of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: *, Climate policy, Energy, Markets, Nuclear, Policy & Technology Blog Tagged With: climate change, electricity market, nuclear energy

Fracking? It will happen – so let’s at least do it very, very carefully

August 29, 2013 by Allan Hoffman

To frack or not to frack? That is the question being asked now in many European countries. The US has over a decade of experience with fracking. Allan Hoffman, long-time energy expert at the US Department of Energy who started his own blog upon his retirement last year, has mixed feelings about the blessings of shale gas and shale oil. Weighing the pros and cons, he concludes that fracking is probably too lucrative to be stopped, but at least it … [Read more...]

Filed Under: *, Energy, Oil, Gas & Coal, Policies, Policy & Technology Blog Tagged With: coal power, natural gas, shale gas

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