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Electricity market re-design should focus on the root cause of the crisis, Europe’s dependence on fossil fuels

September 12, 2022 by Bruce Douglas

Amidst the perfect storm of the pandemic, war in Ukraine, and extreme weather events, Bruce Douglas at Eurelectric urges us all not to lose focus on our decarbonisation targets. Energy savings, electrification and renewables are more important than ever to help reduce dependence on fossil fuels. Douglas explains that Europe’s electricity sector remains totally committed to the drive towards clean energy, citing examples. He summarises the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Policies, Renewables Tagged With: decarbonisation, electricity, EU, Europe, fossils, gas, industry, markets, pandemic, renewables, Ukraine, weather

Price volatility and greenwashing: do Gas and LNG make economic or climate sense?

April 7, 2022 by Christina Ng and Sam Reynolds

While governments urgently rethink their gas policies, Christina Ng and Sam Reynolds at IEEFA summarise the evidence against the claim that gas and LNG can be green and have a sound economic future. Firstly, most measurements of emissions do not include the full life-cycle of production. For LNG that includes extraction, transport, liquefaction, and re-gasification. They point at studies that say it can be almost as much as the emissions produced … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Oil, Gas & Coal Tagged With: emissions, gas, green, greenwashing, LNG, methane, offsetting, pandemic, prices, Russia, solar, Taxonomy, Ukraine, wind

Electric Micromobility: how to cut emissions, create jobs and transform urban transport

September 1, 2021 by Jennifer Dungs

What if e-bikes, electric scooters and electric skateboards were added to walking and cycling in our attempts to reduce emissions through behaviour change? It’s a promising solution for all those people who genuinely want to reduce their emissions but don’t want the extra exercise. Quoting from their report, Jennifer Dungs at EIT InnoEnergy looks at the gains to be made, along with a valuable reduction in city congestion. Micromobility is still … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Transport and energy Tagged With: batteries, BehaviourChange, Covid, cycling, ebikes, emissions, escooters, Europe, France, Germany, micromobility, pandemic, smartcities, transport

Solar is displacing Coal in India’s electricity market

November 19, 2020 by Kashish Shah

India is the world’s third largest electricity market and as a fast-growing economy can, according to the IEA, lead the recovery of global energy demand out of the pandemic for the coming decade. Kashish Shah at IEEFA runs through solar’s prospects in India, which hopes to build 450GW of renewable energy by 2030. Solar is getting cheaper. A 2GW auction in June delivered India’s lowest-yet renewable energy tariff at US$31/MWh. That figure could … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Oil, Gas & Coal, Renewables Tagged With: batteries, coal, CoalExit, costs, Distribution, electricity, India, pandemic, renewables, solar, storage

Renewables shares outperformed fossil fuels over 10 years. Have investors noticed?

October 12, 2020 by IEA

Shares in listed renewables firms are outperforming their fossil fuel equivalents, both in terms of returns and volatility. But although investment is rising, they’re still not getting enough to meet our 2050 targets, says the IEA. Why? In this article summarising the first of a series of reports they look at the 5 and 10 year record of the two verticals. In all the three territories analysed – the U.S., the U.K., and Germany/France - renewables … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Investment Tagged With: Covid, France, Germany, investment, listed, markets, pandemic, renewables, shares, UK, US

France’s recovery plan: will support for emissions-high sectors compromise a new Green economy?

September 3, 2020 by Sébastien Treyer

The French recovery plan, formally presented today, combines emergency rescue measures, economic stimulus and longer-term investments. A substantial €32bn out of the €100bn budgeted is earmarked for the green economy. But SĂ©bastien Treyer at IDDRI asks whether rescue measures for traditionally emissions-high sectors - tourism, aviation, automotive, buildings, agri-food – will collide with climate targets. He references studies that should be used … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Policies Tagged With: agriculture, automotive, aviation, buildings, Covid, EU, France, Germany, GreenDeal, hydrogen, lockdown, pandemic, recovery, tourism

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