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Virtual power plants: a story of market rules and smartgrids

March 15, 2019 by Energy Post Premium

Access to the grid-balancing market is competitive and carefully regulated. Green electricity from distributed and behind-the-meter renewable assets is already being traded on wholesale and balancing markets. The assets come in all shapes and sizes: roof-top solar, farmyard biofuel installations, EV and home battery systems, community energy projects, wind installations and heat pumps to name but a few. When they are pooled, by aggregators, they … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, PREMIUM, Smartgrids Tagged With: baseload, behind-the-meter, coal power, control price, ENTSO-E, grid balancing, new energy companies, Next Kraftwerke, PCR, renewables, Shell, Sonnen, transition, TSOs, Virtual power plants

EU ETS price contributing to gas demand

January 30, 2019 by Energy Post Premium

Whilst the top-level 40% 2030 emissions reduction target looks relatively safe, share from RES is definitely not. Carbon pricing, in its various forms, is working but, frankly, not in a predictable or even desirable way. A closer inspection of the market-driven EU ETS permit scheme illustrates how and why gas – especially American LNG – is going strong, putting the 32% share of final energy consumption from renewables in doubt. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Climate policy, Energy, Markets, Oil, Gas & Coal Tagged With: 2030, carbon price, coal power, EU ETS, EU gas debate, Germany, RES share

A Just Transition – or a transition, but only just?

November 26, 2018 by Matthew James

At COP24 the Polish Presidency has issued a declaration for a "Just Transition". Jennifer Tollman of climate think-tank E3G says a Just Transition must make allies of those working in and dependent on the high-carbon economy by supporting them in the transition. They must not be left behind. But they warn that this support should not be an excuse for a “go slow” on the transition, as missing our global climate targets is a clear disaster. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Climate policy, Energy, Oil, Gas & Coal Tagged With: climate change, coal, coal power, COP24, emissions, energy transition, Poland

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

Coal’s cost increase leaves no cause for celebration

November 7, 2018 by Paul Deane

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Coal’s carbon impact is clear from the fact that it produces 20% of electricity and 65% of EU power sector emissions. But even with EU coal prices at a five-year high, we are unlikely to see short-term European coal emissions reductions. Emissions Trading System prices would have to double to push coal out of the EU electricity mix, says Paul Deane of University College Cork's Environmental Research Institute. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, EU Policy, Oil, Gas & Coal Tagged With: coal power, energy transition, EU energy policy, EU ETS

A blacklist of the world’s top 120 coal plant developers

October 29, 2018 by Kathy Hipple

the world's top coal plant developers database China Huadian Junliangcheng

Nearly 1,400 new coal power plant developments are planned or under construction in 59 countries that would add 33% to coal power capacity. But the risks of investing in such projects are growing, and many banks and investors are looking to move away from coal. To help them, non-governmental organisation Urgewald has created a database of the world’s top 120 coal plant developers, says Kathy Hipple of the Institute for Energy Economics and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Oil, Gas & Coal Tagged With: climate change, coal power, financing

What is the future of coal?

October 10, 2018 by Siân Bradley

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It fired up the industrial age but is now condemned as a toxic pollutant. Most countries are cutting back on coal usage, but not all. Donald Trump wants to buck the trend and create jobs for miners, and Asia’s appetite for the black stuff continues to grow. Siân Bradley, from the independent policy institute Chatham House, asks if there is a future for old King Coal. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Oil, Gas & Coal, Policies Tagged With: coal power, energy transition

UK offers green assurances for no-deal Brexit

September 18, 2018 by Sara Stefanini

The UK government says its environment and energy rules will remain in step with the EU’s even if it makes a hard, no-deal exit next year. Time, however, is running short, writes Sara Stefanini. Courtesy Climate Home News. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: *, Climate policy, EU Policy Tagged With: Brexit, climate change, coal power, electricity market, energy transition, EU energy policy, natural gas, nuclear energy

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

Tipping point: new wind and solar competitive with existing coal and gas

August 29, 2018 by Dave Jones

€20/ton carbon prices in combination with high coal and gas prices have created a new tipping point in Europe, writes Dave Jones of UK-based think tank Sandbag. For the first time, new onshore wind and solar can compete with existing coal and gas plants. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Oil, Gas & Coal, Renewables Tagged With: carbon trading, climate change, coal power, electricity market, energy transition, EU energy policy, EU ETS, financing, natural gas, renewables, solar power, wind power

Is coal power “dispatchable”?

August 28, 2018 by Mark Diesendorf

As the clash over climate and energy policy in Australia reaches fever pitch – with the new ultra-conservative Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, appointing a fierce anti-renewable campaigner, Angus Taylor, as new energy minister – researcher Mark Diesendorf zooms in one point of contention: do coal power stations provide the reliability that its supporters claim they do? Article courtesy of Reneweconomy.com. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Oil, Gas & Coal Tagged With: climate change, coal power, electricity market, energy transition, grid, renewables, smart grids

Why are German coal workers so powerful, when there are so few?

August 23, 2018 by Felix Heilmann

With Germany slipping from its position as a climate leader, an industry with just 20,000 jobs is dictating policy to the federal government. How is this possible, asks Felix Heilmann. Courtesy Climate Home News. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Oil, Gas & Coal Tagged With: climate change, coal power, diversification, electricity market, Energiewende, energy transition, EU energy policy, renewables

The US natural gas industry is leaking way more methane than previously thought

August 17, 2018 by Anthony J. Marchese and Dan Zimmerle

How big is the methane problem? A five-year research effort shows it’s much bigger than has been assumed so far, write Anthony J Marchese and Dan Zimmerle of Colorado State Universtiy. They add that if the problem is not tackled, the climate benefits of gas will largely evaporate. Technology is not the bottleneck, though – the government will have to adopt the right regulations. Courtesy The Conversation. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Oil, Gas & Coal Tagged With: climate change, coal power, energy transition, natural gas, shale gas, unconventionals, US energy policy

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