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Energy Post Quiz 2021: ANSWERS

January 10, 2022 by Arasan Aruliah

Hope you all had fun with the Energy Post Quiz, published before the Christmas break. Here are the answers. There are ten questions, both entertaining and insightful. The answers could all be found in articles that appeared here during 2021, and we give you the links to them. During 2021 Energy Post had another strong year in terms of number of debates hosted, event attendance, and readership for our articles: our readership grew by … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy Tagged With: CCS, CCUS, CDR, Christmas, COP26, efficiency, electrolysis, hydrogen, innovation, methane, micromobility, Nuclear, quiz, solar, vaccines, waste, wind

Energy Post Quiz 2021

December 17, 2021 by Matthew James

Energy Post has had another strong year in terms of number of debates hosted, readership growth and event attendance. Our readership has grown by 17.16% year on year. We hosted 14 panel discussions (including 3 for ECECP with an average of 20 panellists from all corners of the globe). Together we've reached hundreds of thousands with our event packages. Our thanks to all our authors. Now, with all those parties cancelled due to Covid you have … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy Tagged With: CCS, CCUS, CDR, Christmas, COP26, efficiency, electrolysis, hydrogen, innovation, methane, micromobility, Nuclear, quiz, solar, vaccines, waste, wind

COP26 accepted the science like never before. It should make a difference

December 1, 2021 by Sonia Seneviratne, Maisa Rojas, Pep Canadell, Christophe Cassou, Piers Forster, Nana Klutse, June-Yi Lee and Joeri Rogelj

Leading scientists, writing for Carbon Brief, explain how COP26 gave far greater recognition to science than any of the previous COPs. The scientific evidence from the latest IPCC reports was explicitly acknowledged in the Glasgow Climate Pact. That is a significant advance, say the authors. Decision-making guided by science can focus quantitively on carbon budgets, temperatures, climate change, the causes, and therefore the emissions-reductions … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Policies Tagged With: Climate, CO2, COP26, emissions, GlasgowClimatePact, JustTransition, science, temperature

Paris Agreement “Global Stocktake” should focus on individual nations too

November 30, 2021 by Anna Pérez Català, Henri Waisman, Marta Torres Gunfaus and Ariadna Anisimov

It’s time for national governments to focus on the short-term domestic actions needed to meet their 1.5°C goals, argue Anna PĂ©rez CatalĂ , Henri Waisman, Marta Torres Gunfaus and Ariadna Anisimov at IDDRI. Analyses of emissions gaps at a collective and global level won’t be enough, the current purpose of the Global Stocktake (GST) of the Paris Agreement. The first GST runs from 2021 to 2023 and the process will be repeated every 5 years. The … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Policies Tagged With: COP26, emissions, GST, NDCs, Paris2015, socio-economics, UNFCCC

Hydrogen at COP26: committing to scale-up and creating demand

November 29, 2021 by Cato Koole and Thomas Koch Blank

At COP26 the voice of hydrogen staked its claim to meeting its targets and its contribution to making the 1.5°C scenario a realistic ambition. Cato Koole and Thomas Koch Blank at Rocky Mountain Institute explain that hydrogen supply should not be the problem. The combination of deployed and announced projects already places the world close to the green hydrogen production capacity needed as outlined in the IEA’s "Net Zero by 2050" roadmap. The … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Hydrogen Tagged With: aviation, blue, COP26, costs, demand, green, grey, hydrogen, Iberdrola, shipping, steel, supply

COP26 and the Glasgow Pact: a summary of achievements, and shortfalls

November 26, 2021 by Christina Hoicka, Daniel Sperling, Ian Lowe, Kate Dooley, Kyla Tienhaara, Mariola Acosta Francés, Mark Maslin, Piers Forster, Ran Boydell and Simon Lewis

Experts from around the world summarise their reaction to the outcomes of this year’s UN climate summit, COP26, including the Glasgow Climate Pact agreed by all 197 countries attending the talks. Each expert covers their area of interest: overall targets, greenhouse gas emissions, fossil fuel finance, nature conservation, transportation, cities and buildings, energy sector transitions, science and innovation, and gender equality. The overall … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Policies Tagged With: buildings, COP26, deforestation, electrification, emissions, EVs, finance, fossilfuels, gender, innovation, NDCs, renovations, transport

Politicians need net-zero scenarios that include socio-economic obstacles and solutions

November 18, 2021 by Henri Waisman and Patrick Criqui

Standard net-zero scenario modelling carefully analyses the possible impacts of technological solutions and their obstacles. What they’re missing is the detailed analysis of the socio-economic impacts of these scenarios on the lives of citizens. That means jobs, incomes, energy bills, air quality, and regional economic performance. In other words, the politics on the ground. Misunderstood, and perfectly sensible pathways will come up against … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Policies Tagged With: COP26, elections, France, jobs, JustTransition, modelling, pathways, Politics, scenarios

Why was Nuclear side-lined at COP26?

November 16, 2021 by James Conca

James Conca is extremely disappointed that nuclear did not get a serious hearing by negotiators at COP26. Meanwhile in the "Green Zone" (for the general public), the World Nuclear Association had all of its members' applications to establish exhibits rejected. Why? If public opposition is a main obstacle, the nuclear industry should be given an opportunity to argue its case, explain how it is one of the safest energy sources available, and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Nuclear Tagged With: China, COP26, France, Fukushima, IPCC, Kerry, Macron, Nuclear, safety, US

The greenest energy is the energy we don’t use

November 12, 2021 by Martin Rossen

As COP26 comes to a close, Martin Rossen, Senior Vice President, Head of Group Communication and Sustainability at Danfoss reminds us in a powerfully persuasive way why the most direct route to net-zero is managing consumption. Inspired by a glaring omission by Bill Gates in his recent book, Rossen draws our attention to the futility of developing new tech if we don’t prioritise making use of readily available energy efficiency solutions. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Energy efficiency, EU Policy, Uncategorized Tagged With: Bill Gates, buildings, climate change, COP26, Danfoss, electric cars, energy efficiency, EVs, Martin Rossen

Corporations, Cities, Financial Institutions: can private collective action plug the global emissions gap?

November 12, 2021 by James Newcomb, Jun Ukita Shepard and Laurens Speelman

Non-state actors - corporations, cities, and financial institutions – are making their own impact on emissions reductions. We don’t just have to rely on governments, explain James Newcomb, Jun Ukita Shepard and Laurens Speelman at RMI. Case studies of harnessing private collective action already exist, and they are significant. Take Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs). In the U.S., corporates ramped up annual renewables procurements from 0.1 GW to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Energy Outlooks, Renewables Tagged With: banks, Cities, COP26, corporations, investors, PPAs, scenarios, US

Fulfilling the Global Methane Pledge: “polluter pays”, more electrification, less gas

November 11, 2021 by Bruce Robertson

At COP26 the U.S. and the EU led a global pledge to slash methane emission by 30% by 2030. Methane makes up at least one-quarter of all greenhouse gases, and is more than 80 times more damaging than CO2 over a 20-year period. Success in cutting these emissions would be a major step towards meeting our 1.5°C goals. But far from declining, 2020 saw methane emissions grow at the fastest rate in 40 years. The increased use of natural gas (mostly made … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Oil, Gas & Coal Tagged With: australia, China, COP26, electrification, emissions, EU, gas, Greenhouse, India, leaks, methane, Russia, US

Renewed interest in Carbon Capture strategies for net-zero: targets, obstacles, costs, priorities

November 10, 2021 by Martina Lyons

Martina Lyons at IRENA picks out the highlights of their new report “Reaching Zero with Renewables: Capturing Carbon”. Carbon capture is going to be expensive, so should be focussed on hard-to-abate industrial sectors, as well as bioenergy plants. Lyons breaks down the target carbon capture volumes, costs and the investments required, as well as looking at the consequences of different strategies and carbon prices. Scaling up this technology, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Carbon Capture, Energy Tagged With: BECCS, BECCU, Canada, capture, carbon, CCS, CCUS, CDR, COP26, costs, DACS, EU, FitFor55, investment, SaudiArabia, UNFCCC, US

When Electrification is cheaper than maintaining Gas infrastructure

November 9, 2021 by Max Dupuy

The gas sector continuously faces major expenses to maintain and replace aging distribution systems. Non-Pipeline Alternatives (NPAs) are solutions that avoid the scale of these infrastructure costs by judiciously spending money on cutting future gas use instead. Given gas’s limited long-term future in a net-zero world, this makes sense. It’s not just about efficiency wins, explains Max Dupuy at RAP who summarises their research. Gas utilities … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy Tagged With: COP26, costs, efficiency, electrification, gas, heating, infrastructure, NPA, pipelines, US, utilities

Climate Finance: the loopholes that are causing greenwashing

November 4, 2021 by Meredith Fowlie

How do you know when an investment is truly “green”? Whether companies and fund managers monitor themselves or are externally policed, the correct rules need to be identified. And then it gets harder. Clearly defining and then measuring carbon footprints is a bigger challenge, explains Meredith Fowlie at UC Berkeley’s Energy Institute at Haas. She draws parallels with food nutrition labelling rules. But whereas counting the calories in a food … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Investment Tagged With: assets, carbon, Climate, COP26, disclosure, finance, GFANZ, greenwashing, investment

Will COP26 set right the booming Carbon Offset Market

November 3, 2021 by Kerstine Appunn

Carbon offsetting is when a company, rather than cut its own emissions, pays someone else somewhere else to cut their emissions. It has always been controversial because it has two main problems. Buying carbon credits means you aren’t putting the effort in to cut emissions yourself. And the risk of double-counting: when the company reports it has cut emissions, and so does the “someone else”. A third problem exists too: measuring whether the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Markets Tagged With: additionality, Article6, carbon, COP26, doublecounting, emissions, monitoring, NDCs, offsetting, Paris2050

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