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Analysis: U.S. IRA subsidies put two-thirds of Europe’s battery production pipeline at risk

March 9, 2023 by Transport & Environment

Major battery manufacturing projects earmarked for Europe are now looking to site themselves in the U.S. to take advantage of its IRA subsidies, according to a new report by T&E. It says over two-thirds of lithium-ion battery production planned for Europe – a pipeline potential of 1.8 TWh - is now at risk of being delayed, scaled down or cancelled. The nations most at risk of losing the business are Germany, Hungary, Spain, Italy, the UK and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Storage Tagged With: batteries, electricity, emobility, Energy, EU, EVs, Germany, gigafactories, grids, Hungary, IRA, Italy, Norway, spain, storage, subsidies, UK, US

Europe vs U.S: incentivising battery manufacture to take the global lead from China

February 16, 2023 by Transport & Environment

Europe is already well placed to end its reliance on Chinese Li-ion battery cells by 2027, according to a study by Transport & Environment (T&E). The new analysis of battery-makers’ announcements points at Europe producing enough Li-ion cells to fully meet domestic demand for EVs and energy storage in four years’ time. T&E also forecasts that essential elements of the supply chain can substantially shift from China into Europe, like … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Storage Tagged With: cathodes, China, EU, EuropeanSovereigntyFund, EVs, funding, IRA, manufacturing, metals, storage, subsidies, tteries, US

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

Pollution costs are driving U.S. states to look for alternatives to Gas-Fired Plants

November 4, 2022 by Caitlin Odom and Lauren Shwisberg

In the U.S. a growing number of states and regulators are directing utilities to look for alternatives to proposed gas-fired power plants, citing environmental justice and community health impacts, explain Caitlin Odom and Lauren Shwisberg at RMI. So it’s not just about emissions: pollution matters too. The authors quote studies that show clean energy portfolios (CEPs) not only reduce energy costs, but can save billions of dollars in community … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Oil, Gas & Coal Tagged With: Arizona, California, costs, DemandResponse, efficiency, Environment, gas, health, IRA, justice, Oregon, pollution, solar, storage, US, wind

U.S. Residential Distributed Solar: still getting cheaper, installation and permitting too, more batteries

October 20, 2022 by John Rogers

John Rogers at UCS reviews the new and comprehensive “Tracking the Sun” report from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory which covers both residential and non-residential “grid-connected, distributed” solar PV systems in the U.S. There has been clear progress across the board, including PV module efficiency, system costs, installation and permitting, and the uptake of batteries. For example, median efficiency for modules in residential systems … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Renewables Tagged With: batteries, California, costs, distributed, efficiency, grids, Hawaii, installation, IRA, modules, NonResidential, permitting, residential, solar, storage, Texas

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

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  • What is the future of Woody Biomass in the EU energy mix? by Simon Göss | posted on March 21, 2023
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