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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

Pathway for 100% Renewables in 24 U.S. states by 2035

May 3, 2022 by Paula Garcia

We should not be surprised to see a growing number of 100% renewables roadmaps, with target dates in the 2030s, from nations as the transition gains pace. This study, “On the Road to 100 Percent Renewables” led by The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), details how the 24 states that make up the members of the U.S. Climate Alliance (USCA) can meet all of their electricity needs with renewable energy by 2035. Paula Garcia at UCS summarises the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Renewables Tagged With: coal, electricity, health, jobs, JustTransition, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, pollution, renewables, solar, US, USCA, wind

Lifting 3.6bn people out of poverty would raise global emissions by 18%

March 1, 2022 by Ayesha Tandon

One criticism of the energy transition is that efforts made by the rich world will be negated by the rise in wealth and consumption in the developing world. A new study puts figures on that expected increase in emissions. Eradicating all “extreme poverty” – by raising hundreds of millions above the US$1.90 per day threshold – would drive up global carbon emissions by less than 1%. Lifting 3.6 billion people over the poverty line of US$5.50 per … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Energy Outlooks Tagged With: CarbonFootprint, CO2, emissions, JustTransition, netzero, poverty, scenarios

The right – and wrong – way to design a behind-the-meter Battery pilot

January 31, 2022 by Joseph Daniel

Here’s a story on how not to design a pilot project. The point of any pilot is to serve as the basis for larger rollouts. They should also be designed to maximise benefits. Joseph Daniel at the Union of Concerned Scientists describes how a U.S. utility in Michigan tried to create a pilot for behind-the-meter small-scale home storage. They wanted to invite anyone to apply to join. The problem was the likely applicants would be wealthy home owners. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Grids, Storage Tagged With: batteries, buildings, costs, efficiency, electricity, grids, JustTransition, peakers, storage, upgrades, utilities

Buildings: France and Flanders lead on decarbonising new builds

January 20, 2022 by Clare Taylor

Buildings are responsible for 36% of total EU carbon emissions. So, since the start of 2021 European legislation requires all new buildings to be ‘nearly zero energy’. The frontrunners are France and Flanders in Belgium, according to a new report from the Buildings Performance Institute Europe (BPIE), writes Clare Taylor. Both jurisdictions have plans for phasing out fossil fuels in new buildings within five years. Taylor explains how Flanders … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Buildings, Energy Tagged With: Belgium, biogas, buildings, construction, DistrictHeating, efficiency, embodied, emissions, Flanders, France, Germany, HeatPumps, HVAC, Italy, JustTransition, Poland, renewables, solar, spain

Net-Zero world: calculating the cost of stranded assets, including wrong-skilled “human capital”

December 9, 2021 by Dan Chester

Most calculations of the costs of stranded assets abandoned and replaced by the net-zero economy have been missing the biggest element: human capital. It’s not sufficient just to total up the assets and supporting infrastructure for coal, gas, old-style buildings, machines, vehicles, etc., says Dan Chester at Lancaster University and co-author of the paper “Stranded Human and Produced Capital in a Net-Zero Transition”. Worker output is not only … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Policies Tagged With: assets, infrastructure, jobs, JustTransition, netzero, skills, stranded, training, UK

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

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

IEA WEO 2021 message to COP26: 40% of clean energy goals will cut costs

October 15, 2021 by Simon Evans

The IEA’s latest World Energy Outlook was published on Wednesday. This year’s WEO-2021 is released earlier than usual to inform COP26 and, for the first time, is available for free to ensure the widest possible audience. Simon Evans at Carbon Brief offers his summary of the 386-page report, quoting relevant numbers and charts. He first points to the new scenario, Net-Zero Emissions by 2050 (NZE), as the IEA’s recognition that this is what … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Energy Outlooks, Policies Tagged With: COP26, costs, efficiency, electrification, emissions, EVs, fossilfuels, IEA, infrastructure, innovation, jobs, JustTransition, markets, methane, NZE, scenarios, solar, weather, WEO2021, wind

Don’t let high gas prices stop the EU ETS from doing its real job

October 7, 2021 by Milan Elkerbout

The EU ETS carbon price reached a high of over €60 per tonne in September. Some are arguing that its role in the current gas price crisis is a reason why it should be reined in. But Milan Elkerbout at CEPS Policy Insights explains that the EUA (European Union Allowance) has multiple purposes. It is an incentive to invest in low-carbon solutions such as renewables, efficiencies and new methods. The sooner we pass the cost hurdle of integrating … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Oil, Gas & Coal, Policies Tagged With: ETS, EU, EUA, EUETS, FitFor55, gas, GreenDeal, JustTransition, prices

‘Fit for 55’ should prioritise decarbonisation of laggards: buildings, transport, industry, agriculture

July 14, 2021 by Nicolas Berghmans

Today’s long-awaited "Fit for 55" legislative package from the European Commission will trigger intense and difficult negotiations that will last two years, says Nicolas Berghmans at IDDRI. Its scope is wide and inevitably interconnected. The twelve legislative proposals include adjustments to existing measures (renewable energy, energy efficiency, carbon market/EU ETS, energy taxation, climate effort sharing between Member States/ESR, land use … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Policies Tagged With: agriculture, buildings, CBAM, EC, efficiency, emissions, EU, EUETS, FitFor55, industry, innovation, JustTransition, LULUCF, renewables, taxation, transport

Why expensive Buildings Renovations? By the time they’re done the grid will be emissions-free

April 30, 2021 by Maximilian Auffhammer

The big budgets being talked about for the transition require us to decide how much to spend, and on what. Maximilian Auffhammer at the Energy Institute at Haas explains why he thinks a lot of the money being earmarked for buildings renovations would be better spent elsewhere. By the time the renovation wave has successfully “reached the shoreline” in the next few decades buildings will be powered overwhelmingly by clean grids (that’s the plan, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Buildings, Energy Tagged With: buildings, emissions, grids, HVAC, JustTransition, renovation, retrofits

California: Designing electricity rates that are fair and encourage EV and Heat Pump take-up

March 25, 2021 by James Sallee

Electricity prices in California are not fair and not good for incentivising electrification, says James Sallee at the Energy Institute at Haas, because of the way people are being billed. There is no doubt that electrification (grid upgrades, etc.) and climate mitigation (including controlling California’s wildfires caused by power cable failures) must add to the cost of transition. But Californians can now find themselves paying up to twice the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Grids Tagged With: California, electricity, grids, JustTransition, prices, rooftopsolar, utilities

Five practical steps Oil & Gas can take to accelerate their energy transition

March 4, 2021 by Bart Valkhof, Pedro Gabriel Gomez Pensado and Wan Sayuti

The Oil & Gas sector has a role to play in the energy transition, and not just by winding down operations. That’s because they will, by most projections, continue to be a major part of the energy mix through to 2050. But their activities must transition too, explain Bart Valkhof, Pedro Gabriel Gomez Pensado and Wan Sayuti at the World Economic Forum. The sector must therefore work out which strategies and investments can produce the lowest … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Oil, Gas & Coal Tagged With: CCS, CCUS, efficiency, flaring, gas, investment, jobs, JustTransition, methane, oil

Coal Phase-Out in Central Europe: cooperation is better than law suits

February 26, 2021 by Frank Umbach

On Monday (February 22nd 2021) the Czech government announced their intention to file a lawsuit in the EU Court of Justice against Poland’s plan to “expand the mining” at Turow, saying it can endanger the drinking water for up to 30,000 people living in the Liberec Region. Frank Umbach at EUCERS argues such a lawsuit sets a dangerous precedent that could stand in the way of regional cooperation and achieving the EU’s climate goals. Instead, the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Oil, Gas & Coal Tagged With: coal, Czechia, EU, Germany, GreenDeal, jobs, JustTransition, lignite, Nuclear, Poland, renewables, Turow

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