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We have a decade to prevent dangerous climate change: these 10 policies can save us

November 15, 2018 by Silvio Marcacci

The climate change challenge is not technical nor even economic, but a matter of enacting the right policies, writes Silvio Marcacci, Communications Director at San Francisco-based think tank Energy Innovation. Based on new research, Marcacci outlines the the types of policies that are the most effective. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: *, Climate policy, Renewables Tagged With: carbon bubble, climate change, electric cars, electricity market, energy efficiency, energy transition, financing, grid, smart grids

The IEA comes up short on climate (again)

November 14, 2018 by Greg Muttitt

The release of the World Energy Outlook (WEO) 2018 marks another missed opportunity for the International Energy Agency (IEA) to provide a roadmap to Paris, writes Greg Muttitt of NGO Oil Change International. According to Muttitt, even the WEO’s “sustainable development scenario” falls well short of the Paris goals. Policymakers and investors cannot rely on the WEO to guide their decisions in energy. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Climate policy, Energy, Energy Outlooks Tagged With: carbon bubble, climate change, energy transition, financing, geopolitics, natural gas, negative emissions technologies, oil

Coal can’t compete – and its true costs are even higher than they appear

November 9, 2018 by Daniel Cohan

In Texas, income from electricity sales does not even cover the direct costs of coal power plants. But their hidden costs are much higher, explains Daniel Cohen of Rice University in Houston. Courtesy The Conversation. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Climate policy, Energy, Oil, Gas & Coal Tagged With: carbon bubble, clean coal, climate change, coal power, electricity market, US energy policy

Khashoggi and Skripal: wake-up calls for European energy policy

October 18, 2018 by Karel Beckman

The apparent brutal murder of Jamal Khashoggi in Turkey by the Saudi Arabian regime and the equally brazen attempted murder of Sergei Skripal in England should serve as wake-up calls for European energy policymakers, writes Karel Beckman, editor-in-chief of Energy Post. These misdeeds demonstrate the aggressive nature of the Saudi and Russia regimes and underline the necessity for Europe to reduce its reliance on oil and gas much more rapidly … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, EU Policy, Oil, Gas & Coal Tagged With: carbon bubble, climate change, energy security, EU energy policy, gas, geopolitics, oil, Russia, Saudi Arabia, US energy policy

How attractive are renewables for oil companies?

September 13, 2018 by Jilles van den Beukel

At the recent ONS (Offshore Northern Seas) conference in Stavanger, the largest annual gathering of the oil and gas industry in Europe, debate on the energy transition took centre stage. Some major oil companies are expanding into renewables, but there was a lot of skepticism among the attendants about this strategy, writes independent energy analyst Jilles van den Beukel, who attended the event. He also noted that in project financing there is a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Oil, Gas & Coal, Renewables, Uncategorized Tagged With: carbon bubble, energy transition, geopolitics, oil

Poland’s PGE should accelerate its coal diversification plans

September 12, 2018 by Gerard Wynn and Paolo Coghe

Poland’s biggest utility, PGE, should accelerate plans to diversify away from coal, as surging carbon prices underscore risks gathering around its present PLN 21 billion ($5.6 billion) coal power investment programme, write Gerard Wynn of IEEFA (Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis) and Paolo Coghe of the Paris-based independent consultancy Acousmatics. Courtesy Energy and Carbon Blog. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, EU Policy, Oil, Gas & Coal Tagged With: carbon bubble, carbon trading, climate change, coal power, diversification, electricity market, energy transition, EU energy policy, EU ETS

DNV GL’s Energy Transition Outlook shows massive shift of investment from oil and gas into power lines

September 10, 2018 by Karel Beckman

The global energy transition will lead to a massive expansion of power lines at all voltage levels as well as a steep growth in the number of transformers and substations in the electricity system. This is one of the major new findings of the second edition of the Energy Transition Outlook, the annual flagship publication of global technical consultancy DNV GL. As a result, grid costs will triple, yet this cost explosion is offset by cost … [Read more...]

Filed Under: *, Energy Outlooks, Oil, Gas & Coal Tagged With: carbon bubble, CCS, climate change, coal power, electric cars, electricity market, energy efficiency, energy security, energy storage, energy transition, energy2030, EU energy policy, financing, gas pipelines, geopolitics, grid, infrastructure, natural gas, nuclear energy, oil, renewables, smart grids, solar power, wind power

Interview Ditlev Engel, CEO DNV GL Energy: “We have to rethink the mechanisms of the electricity market”

September 10, 2018 by Karel Beckman

DNV GL’s new 2018 Energy Transition Outlook projects a massive investment shift from fossil fuels to renewables and grids – and this is based mainly on cost considerations. Yet,  notes Ditlev Engel, CEO of DNV GL Energy, in an interview with Energy Post, this won’t be enough to meet the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement. He says policymakers will have to take additional actions. “Doing just a little more won’t be enough.” (See here for main … [Read more...]

Filed Under: *, Energy, Energy Outlooks, Renewables Tagged With: carbon bubble, climate change, coal power, electric cars, electricity market, Energiewende, energy transition, EU energy policy, EU ETS, financing, grid, renewables, sustainable mobility

Oil vs electricity: which will prevail?

September 4, 2018 by Fereidoon Sioshansi

Oil faces three challenges that together may be insurmountable, writes energy expert Fereidoon Sioshansi. Electricity's fortunes on the other hand are on the rise. Courtesy EEinformer. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: *, Energy, Oil, Gas & Coal, Transport and energy Tagged With: carbon bubble, electric cars, electricity market, energy storage, energy transition, oil, renewables, sustainable mobility, transport

Economic slowdown poses higher risk to oil price than decarbonization and EVs

August 22, 2018 by Friedbert PflĂĽger

Most people seem to believe that oil prices will go down in the long run because of climate policies and the growth of electric cars. Friedbert PflĂĽger, Director of the European Centre for Energy and Resource Security (EUCERS), argues that this view is far too simplistic. The only constant in energy markets, he writes, is that they are cyclical – and we seem to be poised for a sharp downturn right now. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Oil, Gas & Coal Tagged With: carbon bubble, electric cars, financing, geopolitics, oil, transport, US energy policy

Why US shale will crash and UK will fail: a history of shale oil & gas production in pictures & charts

August 16, 2018 by Jeremy Leggett

With fracking about to recommence in the UK after 8 years, social entrepreneur and writer Jeremy Leggett reviews the short but troubled history of fracking in the U.S. In a devastating slide presentation, he pictures the shale gas industry as a dirty, multi-hundred-billion-dollar doomed-to-burst debt bubble. And he predicts a similar fiasco in the UK. Courtesy Future Today.  … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Oil, Gas & Coal Tagged With: carbon bubble, climate change, energy trade, energy transition, financing, oil, shale gas, unconventionals, US energy policy

The Electric Power Struggle

July 5, 2018 by Walt Patterson

The world is undergoing a dramatic electricity transition, and the global struggle for power over this transformed electric system is set to profoundly shape our future, argues Walt Patterson, Associate Fellow in the Energy, Environment and Resource Department of Chatham House in London. According to Patterson, politics, not economics, will determine the outcome of this struggle. Article courtesy Hoffmann Centre for Sustainable Resource Economy. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Climate policy, Energy, Energy Outlooks Tagged With: carbon bubble, climate change, electricity market, energy efficiency, energy security, energy trade, energy transition, energy2030, financing, oil, renewables, smart grids, sustainable mobility

How rapidly can we transition to 100% renewable electricity?

June 29, 2018 by Mark Diesendorf

Science tells us that, to avoid devastating climate change, we must rapidly cut greenhouse gas emissions to zero. How fast is possible, asks Mark Diesendorf  of the Cooperative Research Centre for Low Carbon at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Australia. He believes the sceptics may be wrong. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Climate policy, Energy, Energy efficiency, Markets, Nuclear, Oil, Gas & Coal, Policies, Renewables, Transport and energy Tagged With: carbon bubble, climate change, coal power, electric cars, electricity market, Energiewende, energy efficiency, energy storage, energy transition, infrastructure, natural gas, nuclear energy, renewables, solar power, sustainable mobility, wind power

Exclusive interview Mark Gainsborough, head Shell New Energies: “We are further along than people realize”

June 21, 2018 by Karel Beckman

With a string of new investments and acquisitions in the past year (you can find a unique overview further on in this article!), Shell has quietly stepped up the pace of its transition from an oil and gas company into an energy company. “We are further along than people realize”, says Mark Gainsborough, Executive Vice-President of Shell New Energies, in an exclusive interview with Energy Post. According to Gainsborough, there is a “shift in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Climate policy, Energy, Markets, Oil, Gas & Coal, Renewables Tagged With: carbon bubble, electric cars, electricity market, energy storage, energy trade, energy transition, financing, renewables, smart grids, solar power, sustainable mobility, transport, wind power

Poland’s largest utility, PGE, faced with growing risks from transition

June 19, 2018 by Gerard Wynn

The financial stability of PGE, Poland’s largest utility, could be undermined if it sticks with its current fossil fuel-heavy generation profile, writes Gerard Wynn. In a new report for the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA), Wynn concludes that the company could be hit hard by increasing carbon prices and tougher air pollution rules if it does not shift away from coal.  … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Climate policy, Energy, EU Policy, Markets, Oil, Gas & Coal, Renewables Tagged With: carbon bubble, carbon trading, climate change, coal power, diversification, energy transition, EU energy policy, EU ETS, financing, renewables

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