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Event Summary: Building GW-scale Offshore Wind in the Baltic Sea

September 16, 2022 by Arasan Aruliah

Here we provide a written summary of the panel discussion “Wind of Change or Change of Wind? The future of Baltic Sea offshore investments” held on 12th September 2022 in Brussels. It’s a full summary of the 90 minute discussion (including audience questions), but it begins conveniently with a summary of the highlights. The Baltic Sea has the potential to develop over 90 GW of offshore wind capacity. The Russian invasion of Ukraine has delivered … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Events, Renewables, Uncategorized Tagged With: Baltic, Denmark, electrification, Estonia, Finland, gas, Germany, infrastructure, investment, Latvia, Lithuania, offshore, permitting, PGE, Poland, Russia, Sweden, wind

Net-zero targets delayed by fossil fuel investors suing governments

June 2, 2022 by Rachel Thrasher, Blake Simmons and Kyla Tienhaara

As nations try to phase out fossil fuels, companies are suing them for compensation. Rachel Thrasher at Boston University, Blake Simmons at Colorado State University and Kyla Tienhaara at Queen's University (Ontario) summarise their latest study of the scale of the payouts. The cases are based on treaties – the Energy Charter Treaty being the most significant - that allow investors to sue governments when policy changes overturn their … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Oil, Gas & Coal, Policies Tagged With: Canada, compensation, Denmark, EnergyCharterTreaty, France, ISDS, Italy, netzero, New Zealand, phaseout, Rockhopper, TCEnergy, treaties, US, Vermilion

Our Hydrogen future: 27 authors imagine the world in 2030-2050

February 15, 2022 by Erik Rakhou

Here’s something very different for our readers today, and an opportunity for you to register for our Webinar and Q&A on Wednesday Feb 16th at 09:00 CET (register here). It’s to mark the book launch of “Touching Hydrogen Future”, where 27 energy experts from around the world have written a chapter each. They are fictional accounts of what our world could like in the near future. The countries covered are the Netherlands (2029), Denmark … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Hydrogen Tagged With: australia, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Denmark, electrolysers, France, Germany, Greece, hydrogen, Italy, Japan, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands, pathways, Peru, Romania, Russia, scenarios, SouthAfrica, spain, Sweden, transition, turkey, UAE, UK, Ukraine, Uruguay, US, Uzbekistan

Will this be the decade of Carbon Capture or another false start?

December 10, 2021 by Samantha McCulloch

Ten years ago there was a major drive to get carbon capture off the ground. But only 30% of the earmarked $8.5bn worldwide was ever spent. Spending timescales were too short, deadlines were missed, projects were too focussed and too complex, and long-term liability was poorly understood and managed. This time it can be different, says Samantha McCulloch at the IEA who compares that faltering history with the plans now being put in place. New … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Carbon Capture, Energy Tagged With: AirProducts, australia, Canada, CarbonPrice, CCS, CCUS, CDR, Denmark, Europe, industry, investment, Microsoft, Netherlands, Norway, transportation, UK, UnitedAirlines, US

Redesigning UK electricity taxes to boost Heat Pump sales

October 14, 2021 by Jan Rosenow and Richard Lowes

In the UK, consumer prices for electricity are five times more expensive than for gas. It is a disincentive to adopt electric heat pumps. To make things harder, 23% of the electricity price comes from climate and social levies. It’s just 2% for gas. No wonder the UK continues to install about 1.7 million gas boilers a year. Jan Rosenow and Richard Lowes at RAP call for changes that will incentivise customers to buy heat pumps while having a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, HVAC Tagged With: Denmark, electricity, electrification, gas, Germany, heat, HeatPumps, HVAC, levies, Netherlands, Sweden, taxes, UK

NW Europe’s Hydrogen targets: ambition must match reality

June 10, 2021 by IEA

The IEA’s report released earlier this year, “Hydrogen in North-Western Europe: A vision towards 2030”, welcomes the fact that the six countries analysed - Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and the UK – have the ambition to build a hydrogen economy. They are Europe’s major hydrogen producers and consumers, have major ports that already service this sector, have natural gas infrastructure that can be repurposed, and access … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Hydrogen Tagged With: Belgium, capacity, CCS, Denmark, France, Germany, hydrogen, infrastructure, markets, Netherlands, Norway, UK, wind

What is making Denmark a decarbonisation success? Policy, society, geography

May 4, 2021 by Thibault Menu

Denmark is proving itself to be a decarbonisation leader, happy to turn its back on its history of oil and gas production and heavy reliance on coal. Its ambitious goal of cutting GHG emissions by 70% by 2030 makes it a global policy frontrunner, second only to Finland which aims to be climate neutral by 2035. Thibault Menu references his report for IFRI that asks what makes Denmark special. It has a long tradition of  providing stability and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Policies, Renewables Tagged With: biomass, CHP, Denmark, DistrictHeating, gas, geography, grids, inequality, interconnectors, offshore, oil, wind

Denmark approves artificial island to site 10GW Offshore Wind hub

March 10, 2021 by Douglas Broom

Denmark has approved a plan to build an artificial island in the North Sea that will be a hub to hundreds of offshore wind turbines, 260m tall, that will generate 10GW, enough energy for 10 million households. The first stage will be the size of 18 soccer pitches, for 3GW, costing €29bn ($34bn), and should be operational by around 2033. Writing for the World Economic Forum, Douglas Broom says that the ultimate goal of 10GW should be more than … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Innovations, Renewables Tagged With: batteries, Denmark, EU, fisheries, hydrogen, OffshoreWind, storage, wind

Europe could have subsidy-free Offshore Wind by 2023

September 1, 2020 by Iegor Riepin, Felix MĂĽsgens, Malte Jansen and Iain Staffell

A study has analysed offshore wind projects in 5 countries – the UK, Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands and Belgium – to show that wind farms due to be built after 2020 are converging towards a range of €50-70/MWh. It wasn’t long ago that such low prices were only predicted for 2050, say Iegor Riepin, Felix MĂĽsgens (Brandenburg University of Technology), Malte Jansen and Iain Staffell (Imperial College London), writing for Carbon Brief. To make … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Renewables Tagged With: auctions, Belgium, Denmark, electricity, Germany, integration, Netherlands, OffshoreWind, prices, subsidies, UK, wind

Are national fossil fuel car bans compatible with EU laws, intra-trade, movement?

March 12, 2020 by Eoin Bannon

A growing number of EU nations are announcing laws to phase out the sale of new fossil fuel cars within the next 20 years. But are the proposed bans compatible with EU laws, or even workable given cross border trade and movement rights? If you are Dutch, why not buy your new petrol car in Belgium, then drive it back to the Netherlands? How do you enforce CO2 targets with foreign haulage fleets transiting through your nation? Eoin Bannon at … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Transport and energy Tagged With: CO2, Denmark, diesel, emissions, EU, EVs, France, gasoline, Germany, Ireland, NL, Norway, petrol, policies, transport

Biogas and Biomethane in Europe: Denmark, Germany, Italy lead

May 13, 2019 by Marc-Antoine Eyl-Mazzega and Carole Mathieu

Over and again, legislators worldwide are confronting the same question: which technologies do we subsidise and support, when, by how much, and for how long. Get it right and those costs will reduce and should disappear once scale is reached. Solar and wind are on their way to proving that. What about biofuels? Marc-Antoine Eyl-Mazzega and Carole Mathieu of the Institut Français des Relations Internationales (IFRI) look at the last 10 years. The … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biogas, Energy Tagged With: biogas, biomethane, Denmark, feed-in tariffs, Germany, investment, Italy, policies, tenders

Norway’s renewables exports to increase 8-fold by 2030

January 9, 2019 by Terje Osmundsen

Already, Norway’s renewable energy sector generates $1.2bn in export revenues today. Now an analysis of commitments by both private and state actors shows that that figure should rise 8-fold by 2030. Terje Osmundsen, CEO of Empower New Energy, adds up the numbers, identifies the key businesses and state operators, and shows how renewables exports can help both Norway and developing countries in danger of being left behind. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Markets, Policies, Renewables Tagged With: Denmark, developing countries, emerging markets, exports, Norway, renewables, solar, Sweden, wind

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