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The plethora of better alternatives to wind and solar power and electric cars

May 24, 2018 by Schalk Cloete

Technology neutrality can activate more than ten times greater sustainable development potential than current technology-forcing policies, writes independent researcher Schalk Cloete. In the second part of a series which follows an article about the dangers of technology-forcing of wind and solar power and battery electric vehicles, Cloete reviews eight alternative sustainable development solutions that he believes have greater climate mitigation … [Read more...]

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

11 ways the Paris climate deal is working in the real world

May 23, 2018 by Soila Apparicio, Megan Darby and Karl Mathiesen

As climate talks stall, it’s clear the UN process is no longer the major driving force of the climate transition, write Soila Apparicio, Megan Darby and Karl Mathiesen of Climate Home News. While diplomates are negotiating the complex rules of the Paris deal, businesses, researchers, governments and citizens are coming up with new ways to move the climate to a safer place. Courtesy: Climate Home News  … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Climate policy, Energy, Energy efficiency, EU Policy, Oil, Gas & Coal, Policies, Renewables, Resources, Transport and energy Tagged With: carbon bubble, climate change, coal power, electric cars, energy efficiency, energy transition, energy2030, natural gas, oil, renewables, solar power, sustainable mobility, transport, US energy policy

For Eastern Europe, controllable renewable power is a good alternative for new nuclear power

May 16, 2018 by Philipp Heidinger, Fabian Huneke and Simon Göss

Poland, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Hungary are all planning to build new nuclear power plants. But according to a new study by Energy Brainpool, commissioned by Greenpeace Energy, they could also opt for controllable renewable power plants. These are cost-competitive with nuclear, at least as reliable, and also allow for energy independence, write Philipp Heidinger, Fabian Huneke and Simon Göß from Energy Brainpool. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Climate policy, Energy, Markets, News, Nuclear, Oil, Gas & Coal, Policies, Renewables Tagged With: climate change, coal power, electricity market, energy storage, energy transition, financing, natural gas, nuclear energy, renewables, solar power, wind power

‘Tsunami’ of hydropower dam building threatens Europe’s last wild rivers – campaigners

May 14, 2018 by Umberto Bacchi

The transition to low-carbon energy sources in the Balkans could cause irreversible environmental damage, environmentalists fear. Proposed hydropower dam constructions endanger Europe’s last wild rivers and some diversity hotspots, writes Umberto Bacchi of Thomson Reuters Foundation. Courtesy: Thomson Reuters Foundation. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Climate policy, Energy, EU Policy, Oil, Gas & Coal, Policies, Renewables, Resources Tagged With: climate change, coal power, energy transition, energy2030, EU energy policy, hydropower, renewables

How the European Commission, European Court of Justice and Member States are scaring away investors in the energy sector

May 10, 2018 by Alan Riley

Both EU institutions and member states are actively undermining the investment climate in the energy sector, writes Alan Riley, Senior Fellow at the Institute for Statecraft in London. The European Commission is undermining investor protection by its determination to apply EU state aid law to arbitration awards. Member States are disrupting investor expectations through arbitrary political interventions in the energy sector. Worst of all, the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Climate policy, Energy, EU Policy, Markets, Nuclear, Oil, Gas & Coal, Policies, Renewables Tagged With: Brussels, climate change, coal power, energy transition, energy2030, EU energy policy, financing, natural gas, nuclear energy, renewables

EU policy must wake up to carbon dioxide removal

May 9, 2018 by Oliver Geden, Vivian Scott and James Palmer

Most scenarios to meet the Paris Agreement’s targets require negative emissions technologies. However, carbon dioxide removal is not part of the EU’s climate policy yet. Its integration presents a serious challenge to the EU’s low-carbon policy paradigm and experience, write Oliver Geden of the German Institute for International and Security Affairs, Vivian Scott of the University of Edinburgh and James Palmer of the University of Bristol. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Climate policy, Energy, EU Policy, Oil, Gas & Coal Tagged With: biomass, Brussels, carbon bubble, CCS, clean coal, climate change, coal power, energy transition, EU energy policy, EU ETS, renewables, transport

The dangers of green technology-forcing

May 3, 2018 by Schalk Cloete

Current technology-forcing policies imply that wind and solar power, combined with battery electric vehicles, represent our only viable energy future, observes independent researcher Schalk Cloete. Given the fundamental limitations of these technologies, this is a very dangerous notion, he argues. A shift to technology-neutral policies is needed, especially in developing nations. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Climate policy, Energy, Renewables Tagged With: carbon bubble, CCS, climate change, coal power, diversification, electric cars, energy storage, energy transition, financing, grid, infrastructure, renewables, solar power, sustainable mobility, trade, wind power

German electricity market in 2017: records for battery storage and redispatch

April 27, 2018 by Marius Buchmann

Renewable energy generation is still on the rise in Germany, though at a much lower pace than in the years around 2010, writes Marius Buchmann of Jacobs University in a detailed overview of the German electricity market in 2017. Costs of the feed-in tariff are stagnating, notes Buchmann, but redispatch costs which grid operators incur to keep the system stable, reached a new record far above €1 billion. Courtesy of Buchmann’s blog Enerquire. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Climate policy, Energy, Markets, Networks, Oil, Gas & Coal, Policies, Renewables Tagged With: capacity markets, carbon trading, climate change, coal power, electricity market, Energiewende, energy storage, energy trade, energy transition, grid, natural gas, renewables, solar power, wind power

In the new era of inexpensive renewables, policy should remove systemic obstacles

April 19, 2018 by Johannes Urpelainen

As the cost of renewables goes down, the old approach of subsidizing generation no longer makes sense, writes Johannes Urpelainen of The Center on Global Energy Policy. We need a revolution in energy policy. Article courtesy The Center on Global Energy Policy. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Climate policy, Energy, EU Policy, Policies, Renewables Tagged With: climate change, coal power, electricity market, energy efficiency, energy storage, energy transition, EU energy policy, grid, renewables, smart grids, solar power, US energy policy, wind power

How Shell’s new Sky scenario achieves net zero emissions

April 17, 2018 by David Hone

In Shell's recently published Sky climate scenario, the energy system reaches net zero emissions by 2070 using several technologies that are at an early stage. David Hone, Chief Climate Change Advisor at Shell, explains how this would work and why Shell regards this scenario as plausible. Courtesy David Hone’s Shell Climate Change blog … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Climate policy, Energy, Energy Outlooks, Oil, Gas & Coal, Policies, Renewables Tagged With: carbon bubble, CCS, clean coal, climate change, coal power, energy storage, energy transition, nuclear energy, oil, Paris Agreement, renewables

India slashes plans for new nuclear reactors by two-thirds

April 16, 2018 by Dan Yurman

India has decided to cut its planned nuclear power plant construction by two-thirds. This will further expand the country’s use of coal for electrical power generation, writes Dan Yurman, nuclear energy specialist and author of the Neutron Bytes blog. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Climate policy, Energy, Markets, News, Nuclear, Policies Tagged With: climate change, coal power, electricity market, energy transition, energy2030, nuclear energy, renewables

Tackling climate change in Poland: 40% fewer emissions, $26 billion annual savings by 2050

April 5, 2018 by Jeffrey Rissman and Robbie Orvis

Poland must choose whether it wants to continue pouring money into an unprofitable and polluting industry, shift to (mostly Russian) natural gas or embrace clean technology that improves energy security and saves money and lives, write Jeffrey Rissman and Robbie Orvis of Energy Innovation. This US-based think tank partnered with the Polish National Energy Conservation Agency (KAPE) and European Climate Foundation (ECF) to develop a tool to help … [Read more...]

Filed Under: *, Energy, EU Policy, Oil, Gas & Coal, Renewables Tagged With: climate change, coal power, electricity market, energy transition, EU energy policy, European gas market, renewables

Poland’s love affair with coal: can the EU do anything about it?

April 5, 2018 by Anna Mikulska and Eryk Kosinski

The Polish government’s strong commitment to coal goes against EU policy direction and against market conditions, write Anna Mikulska of the Baker Institute’s Center for Energy Studies and Eryk Kosinski of Adam Mickiewicz University. But coal has a special place in the nation’s collective heart. To wean Poland off coal will require EU support to coal-dependent regions and for alternative energy sources, the authors argue. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Climate policy, Energy, EU Policy, Markets, Oil, Gas & Coal, Policies, Renewables Tagged With: biomass, CCS, clean coal, climate change, coal power, energy security, energy transition, energy2030, EU energy policy, European gas market, geopolitics, LNG, natural gas, renewables, Russia

Shell’s new SKY scenario shows how to meet the goals of the Paris agreement

April 3, 2018 by David Hone

Shell has launched a new scenario that illustrates a "technically possible but challenging pathway" for society to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement on climate change. The Sky outlook sees a rapid energy transition taking place over 50 years reaching net-zero emissions in the energy system by 2070. Courtesy David Hone’s Shell Climate Change blog.  … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Climate policy, Energy, Energy Outlooks, News, Oil, Gas & Coal, Policies, Renewables Tagged With: carbon bubble, CCS, clean coal, climate change, coal power, electricity market, energy efficiency, energy storage, energy transition, energy2030, geopolitics, Paris Agreement, renewables

Japan’s new energy strategy should boost both renewables and nuclear power

March 29, 2018 by David Livingston

Japan needs both renewables and nuclear energy in its energy mix to reduce dependence on imports and lower greenhouse gas emissions, writes David Livingston of the Atlantic Council Global Energy Center. According to Livingston, it is in the interest of the international community that the country's new energy strategy, which is expected in the middle of this year, should boost their share in the energy mix.  … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Climate policy, Energy, Nuclear, Oil, Gas & Coal, Policies, Renewables Tagged With: climate change, coal power, electricity market, energy security, energy transition, energy2030, Japan, LNG, nuclear energy, oil, renewables, solar power, wind power

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