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Financing Renewable Hydrogen globally: ramp up to 2030 only needs $150bn/year

May 26, 2023 by Dolf Gielen, Priyank Lathwal and Silvia Carolina Lopez Rocha

Dolf Gielen, Priyank Lathwal and Silvia Carolina Lopez Rocha at the World Bank present a thorough review of the pathway to financing global clean renewable hydrogen over the coming decades. The wind and solar that powers production will continue to get cheaper, and so will electrolyser costs as they scale up. Nevertheless, the total financing will still be considerable. World Bank analysis shows around $30tn between now and 2050 will be needed … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Hydrogen Tagged With: China, COP28, costs, electrolysers, EMDCs, EU, financing, Germany, green, H2Global, hydrogen, investment, NEOM, offtake, production, risks, US

EU Taxonomy: why nations are backing Nuclear and Gas

February 1, 2022 by Simon Göss

The heated debates over the potential inclusion of nuclear power and natural gas in the EU taxonomy has again exposed the different interests of EU nations. Simon Göss at cr.hub, writing for Energy Brainpool, explains what parameters the EU taxonomy controls, what conditions are attached should the two technologies be classified as sustainable, as well as summarising those national interests and constraints. Critics say neither should be … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Nuclear, Oil, Gas & Coal Tagged With: electricity, emissions, Environment, EU, financing, France, gas, Germany, Nuclear, Parliament, sustainability, Taxonomy

Wind, Solar: continuing cost declines will help meet rising renewables targets

July 19, 2021 by Michael Taylor

The EC’s “Fit for 55” proposals include the raising of the EU’s 2030 target for total energy produced from renewable sources to 40%. Much of the rest of the world will likely raise its targets at some point too. Continuing to cut the cost of renewable energy generation will be essential to make that happen, and take pressure off all the other associated costs of supporting its integration into the energy system. Michael Taylor at IRENA summarises … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Renewables Tagged With: Bulgaria, coal, costs, CSP, financing, FitFor55, Germany, India, innovation, renewables, solar, US, wind

Financial incentives for Grid Modernisation: the problem with guaranteed returns on investment

June 17, 2021 by Meredith Fowlie

Grid modernisation is going to be very expensive. What’s the best way to pay for it? The financial incentives governments put in place now will determine what investments get made, how cost-effectively it’s done, and who ultimately pays. Meredith Fowlie at UC Berkeley’s Energy Institute at Haas explains that a common method is for a government to give some sort of guaranteed return on investment for the new asset. But it’s far from ideal. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Grids, Investment Tagged With: efficiency, electricity, financing, grids, incentives, infrastructure, investment, prices, taxes, US

Buildings Efficiency in China, and what EU partners should know

April 6, 2021 by Brian Yang

To set up our upcoming online event (April 13th & 14th) "China: Carbon Neutral by 2060 -EFFICIENCY FIRST” we look at how Buildings Efficiency is being tackled by Energy Management Contracting (EMC), when an ESCO (energy service company) provides energy retrofit services and gets paid for the future energy savings. The up-front investment cost is recouped over the multi-year lifetime of the service contract by taking a cut of the genuine … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Buildings, Energy, Energy efficiency Tagged With: buildings, China, efficiency, ESCO, EU, financing, industry, services

Rolls Royce wants innovative financing for its first-of-a-kind nuclear SMRs

November 20, 2019 by Dan Yurman

Rolls Royce has made nuclear reactors for decades, small enough to fit inside nuclear submarines. It’s now adapting that expertise for the grid. Dan Yurman runs through the details of the firm's plans, including a look at its first-of-a-kind 440MW technology. Regulatory timescales will be kept short by developing the small modular reactors (SMRs) at existing licensed nuclear sites – with Cumbria and Wales its main targets. Importantly, an … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Nuclear Tagged With: electricity, financing, investment, Nuclear, regulations, Rolls Royce, SMR

“Energy Charter Treaty review should end protection for fossil fuels”

March 20, 2019 by Sarah Keay-Bright and Steivan Defilla

In her previous article Sarah Keay-Bright said the outdated Energy Charter Treaty protects old world fossil fuel investments over the wide range of new green investments now being made. The treaty is being reviewed by its signatories this year. In a concluding article, she and Steivan Defilla warn that the terms of reference for the ECT review don’t even mention the need to align the treaty with the Paris Agreement. They say the revised ECT must … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Climate policy, Energy Tagged With: financing, fossil-fuels, IEA, investment, Paris2050, UNCTAD

IEEFA: IEA’s Sustainable Development Scenario is not enough

March 18, 2019 by Tim Buckley

The IEA’s Sustainable Development Scenario (SDS) – if it’s followed - sees the world limiting the temperature rise to below 2°C. Even if we stick to the plan the SDS gives us only a 50% chance of success. Tim Buckley at IEEFA says those odds are not good enough. Worse, the SDS depends on carbon capture and storage (CCS) achieving commercialisation at scale by 2030. The author explains why he thinks that’s unrealistic, and calls for the IEA to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Climate policy, Energy Tagged With: CCS, financing, IEA, Paris2050, policies, SDS, WEO

U.S. innovative financing makes buildings energy efficiency affordable even to poor communities

March 14, 2019 by Nate Berg

Buildings energy efficiency is not moving fast enough to meet the Paris Agreement goals. Retrofitting old buildings is extremely costly and needs much more investment, as our previous articles have detailed. Innovative models of financing are urgently needed. In an article for Ensia, Nate Berg explains how by rolling upgrade costs into monthly bills for poorer communities, U.S. utilities are helping customers save energy and money at the same … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, HVAC Tagged With: buildings, energy efficiency, financing, heating and cooling, HVAC, investment, utilities

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

Study says no way to decarbonise the gas sector by 2050

November 13, 2018 by Jason Deign

Gas industry advocates argue that expansion of gas infrastructure is justified because it will be possible to switch to low-carbon gases such as hydrogen and biomethane in future. But research by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) predicts that biomethane production will remain modest, even with massive subsidies. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Energy Outlooks, EU Policy, Oil, Gas & Coal Tagged With: biofuels, energy transition, EU energy policy, European gas market, financing, natural gas, renewables

Energy efficiency is more than saving energy: “We need to build a real marketplace”

November 12, 2018 by Clare Taylor

Energy efficiency experts have come to the conclusion that “selling the business case of energy efficiency on the basis of cost savings is not enough.” If the potential of energy efficiency is to be realised, a real marketplace in projects needs to be built and the “non-energy benefits” of efficiency must be monetised writes Brussels-based journalist Clare Taylor. The European Commission has developed a number of instruments, including a unique … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Energy efficiency Tagged With: climate change, electricity market, energy efficiency, EU energy policy, financing

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

Energy transition: The greatest switch capital markets have ever seen

October 22, 2018 by David Nelson

financing the energy transition

Even the most engaged energy pundits tend to gloss over what may be one of the biggest changes of all in a clean energy transition: how we pay for and finance the energy we use, and what that may mean for the investors, industries and companies that provide that energy. David Nelson of Climate Policy Initiative explains why investment strategies, financial markets and business models also need to transform. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Markets, Renewables Tagged With: energy transition, financing, renewables

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