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Make Hydrogen in developing nations: share prosperity while meeting our climate goals

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

The new hydrogen economy will not just be global, it must be used as a major economic development opportunity for low income nations and promoting shared prosperity, explain Dolf Gielen, Silvia Carolina Lopez Rocha and Priyank Lathwal at the World Bank. They carefully lay out the obstacles and pathways for making hydrogen in developing countries. It’s very capital intensive, but such projects – think of existing fossil fuels, mining, etc. – have … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Hydrogen Tagged With: Aman, ammonia, capital, demand, development, exports, hydrogen, India, investment, iron, jetfuel, jobs, Mauritania, methanol, Namibia, prices, steel

Europe needs a Regional Green Bank to fulfil its Green Deal and match the U.S.

January 20, 2023 by Esmeralda Colombo

Three years in, the European Green Deal remains unfulfilled as a long-term vision for decarbonising Europe by 2050, says Esmeralda Colombo at EIEE. To inject new momentum, in this week’s speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, EC President Ursula von der Leyen sketched out a Green Deal Industrial Plan to subsidise the cleantech industry and compete with the rest of the world, notably the US, and the EU Sovereignty Fund to equalise the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Investment Tagged With: community, Davos, diversity, EGD, EU, finance, GreenBanks, investment, IRA, JustTransition, Ukraine, US

Message to environmentalists and the left: you can’t oppose both fossil investments and Carbon Pricing

January 13, 2023 by Catherine Wolfram

Environmental and social justice opponents of fossil investments need to think carefully about the consequences of preventing all forms of new fossil infrastructure and maintenance. As Catherine Wolfram at the Haas School of Business explains, if fossils are phased out faster than clean energy is phased in, consumer prices go up and the fossil firms profit. A carbon price – often opposed by the same U.S. “progressives” as a tax disproportionately … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Oil, Gas & Coal Tagged With: CarbonPrice, fossils, gas, investment, IRA, pipelines, prices, taxes

2023 lookahead for Sustainable Finance: EU Taxonomy, ESG ratings, corporate disclosure laws, Europe’s “IRA”

January 12, 2023 by Luca Bonaccorsi

What will be the big issues for sustainable finance in 2023? Luca Bonaccorsi at Transport & Environment points at four. Firstly, the EU Taxonomy defines what counts as “green” investment. There has been much criticism of the inclusion of gas, and critics will continue publishing their analyses of what is truly sustainable and what is greenwash. Next, ESG ratings have also been severely criticised. They are an investor’s main tool for capital … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Investment Tagged With: emissions, ESG, EU, finance, greenwash, investment, IRA, sustainable, Taxonomy

How to tax renewable energy firms for windfall profits from high wholesale electricity prices

January 9, 2023 by IEA

Should windfall taxes be imposed on renewable energy firms that have benefitted from the current high electricity prices caused by the increases in oil, gas and coal prices triggered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine? If so, how, and how much? The IEA has conducted a study of the EU to try to uncover who has (and hasn’t) made extraordinary profits, and how much. Up front they say this is difficult to do as the majority of installed renewable … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Renewables Tagged With: CFD, electricity, Europe, FIP, FIT, Greece, Hungary, hydro, IEA, investment, Italy, profits, renewables, Romania, Russia, solar, spain, taxes, Ukraine, wind, windfall

Doubling clean energy investments from “natural” redirection of existing spend on infrastructure, buildings, fossils +more

December 19, 2022 by Stephen Peake

Annual investments in clean energy stand at $1.4tn, now greater than investments in fossil fuels ($1tn). But that needs to double by 2030. This steep climb will be made easier by the natural cycle of global investment, as well as the cost-benefits of abandoning fossil fuels for renewables and greater efficiencies, says Stephen Peake at The Open University. Each year, around a quarter of our GDP is anyway spent on new machinery, buildings and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Investment Tagged With: buildings, costs, efficiency, Environment, fossils, infrastructure, investment, renewables

Distribution Grid Digitalisation – benefits, policy, cost & funding

December 14, 2022 by Gridspertise

About a third of European grids are over 40 years old. A rapid physical overhaul would be impossible, so the addition of a layer of digital technologies is the key to preparing them for the distributed and intermittent generation from renewable sources, the increased electricity demand from transportation, heat pumps and other sectors, and for ensuring energy efficiency at all levels. It’s why the EC expects about €584bn of investment in Europe’s … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Grids Tagged With: DER, Digitalisation, efficiency, Enel, EU, Europe, EVs, grids, Gridspertise, HeatPumps, investment, Italy, SmartMeters, solar, spain

Investing in Hydrogen: is there a “first mover advantage”?

November 8, 2022 by Michiel Korthals Altes

Is there a “first mover advantage” – or not - for an investor in the new hydrogen economy? Michiel Korthals Altes offers a series of “tests” of investment decisions based on the following criteria: economics, climate efficiency, system optimum, price stability, regulation, technology, now and in the future. He concludes that until the sector reaches maturity, conversion inefficiencies make the production of hydrogen a poor choice for most … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Hydrogen Tagged With: economics, efficiency, electrolysers, emissions, EU, hydrogen, incentives, investment, prices, regulation, support, Technology

Russia’s war is accelerating the clean energy transition, says IEA

November 3, 2022 by Simon Evans

The IEA’s World Energy Outlook 2022 is predicting that fossil fuels will peak in the next five years, “thanks to” Russia’s war and the resultant energy crisis. National climate promises are being turned into policies that improve energy security, which mostly means reducing dependence on gas. That means global energy demand growth to 2030 will “almost entirely” be met by renewables. Simon Evans at Carbon Brief takes an in-depth look at the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Renewables Tagged With: coal, gas, IEA, investment, NZE2050, oil, renewables, Russia, scenarios, security, solar, STEPS, trilemma, Ukraine, WEO2022, wind

EC Consultation: ESG ratings need regulation to fix inconsistencies and bias

October 31, 2022 by Hazel James Ilango

There are multiple problems with ESG ratings and that’s why they need to be properly regulated, says Hazel James Ilango at IEEFA. Different ratings agencies have different methodologies that are difficult to compare. They can lack transparency and be biased due to industry, geographical location or company size. As for a company’s impact on the planet and society, it can be overrated or underrated due to the aggregation of Environmental, Social … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Investment Tagged With: EC, ESG, EU, Europe, greenwashing, India, investment, ratings, regulation

Ukraine’s post-war reconstruction must prioritise Renewables, for energy security and European integration

October 18, 2022 by Joseph Majkut and Allegra Dawes

With Russia using energy as a weapon of war, Ukraine must prioritise domestic renewable generation to help ensure its future energy security, explain Joseph Majkut and Allegra Dawes at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Ukraine’s reconstruction, which will cost hundreds of billions, must therefore include it in its strategy. Done right, it will also enable greater market integration with the European Union. Ukraine’s energy … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Renewables Tagged With: EU, integration, investment, reconstruction, renewables, Russia, solar, Ukraine, war, wind

Industrial Policy: China’s always had it, the U.S. has rediscovered it, the EU now needs it too

October 10, 2022 by William Todts

China’s performance – both in and outside the energy sector – has always been driven by wide-reaching industrial policy. In the last few decades it has consistently delivered results. Meanwhile, the U.S. has kept shifting up the gears of its pro-U.S. interventionist industrial policy since Donald Trump: though socially right wing, he was a protectionist president whose ambition was to boost domestic industries. Today, president Biden’s “Inflation … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Policies Tagged With: automotive, China, Energy, EU, EVs, funding, industry, investment, IRA, minerals, policy, transport, US

$78tn net gain for compensated global Coal phase-out, when social benefits are added

September 23, 2022 by Tobias Adrian, Patrick Bolton and Alissa Kleinnijenhuis

Is replacing coal with renewables too expensive? No, it’s the opposite, explain Tobias Adrian at the International Monetary Fund, Patrick Bolton at Imperial College London and Alissa Kleinnijenhuis at the Oxford Martin School who summarise their paper. When the social benefits are added, the net gain globally is around $78tn under a conservative estimate. That’s equal to 1.2% of current world GDP every year until 2100 – these are real economic … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Oil, Gas & Coal Tagged With: Africa, America, Asia, CarbonPrice, coal, compensation, Europe, finance, investment, LatinAmerica, private, public, renewables

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

Hydrogen project pipelines need new ways of matchmaking investors and developers

July 26, 2022 by Isabelle Huber

What is required to catalyse private investment in the new hydrogen economy? Isabelle Huber at the Center for Strategic and International Studies has looked at a European Investment Bank survey of hydrogen investors in the EU to find some answers. One obvious challenge is the cost of moving to hydrogen. An example of dealing with this is Germany’s H2Global mechanism which uses government funds to bridge the gap. But another major problem … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Hydrogen Tagged With: communications, EIB, EU, Germany, H2Global, hydrogen, investment, regulations, US

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