The Dutch government has presented a long-term energy plan that stipulates that no new cars with combustion engines may be sold from 2035 on. In addition, in the Netherlands ā for over 50 years the largest natural gas producer in the EU ā all houses will be disconnected from the gas grid by 2050. The plan has broad parliamentary support ā in fact, many political parties believe it does not go far enough. … [Read more...]
India wants to become a solar superpower ā but its plans donāt add up
India aims to build 1 terrawatt of global solar power ā four times the current worldwide total ā and become a 100% electric vehicle nation by 2030. Those are great ambitions, but they still far short from what is needed for a true energy transformation away from coal, writes DĆ©nes Scala of Lancaster University. Courtesy of The Conversation. … [Read more...]
Reinventing Fire in China
Amory Lovinsā Rocky Mountain Institute, backed by Chinese institutions and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, has published a stunning roadmap for an energy revolution in China. If its ideas are taken up, it could lead to a transformation of the largest energy economy in the world ā and serve as a model for other developing nations to follow, writes Fereidoon Sioshansi, president ofĀ Menlo Energy EconomicsĀ and publisher of the newsletter … [Read more...]
IEA in the Age of Trump: policies will determine where we go from here
The most important message from the 2016 edition of the annual World Energy Outlook, the International Energy Agencyās (IEA) flagship publication released today, is that āpolicies will determine where we go from hereā. āParisā has given the international energy sector āa new sense of directionā, notes the IEA. But much stronger policies are needed to keep global warming limited to 2 degrees Celsius, it adds. Its message takes on extra importance … [Read more...]
Biofuels turn out to be a climate mistake
Biofuels are usually regarded as inherently carbon-neutral, but once all emissions associated with growing feedstock crops and manufacturing biofuel are factored in, they actually increase CO2 emissions rather than reducing them, writes John DeCicco of the University of Michigan. According to DeCicco, biofuels are actually more harmful to the climate than gasoline. Courtesy of The Conversation. … [Read more...]
Europeās renewable transport targets need biofuels, they canāt be met with EVs alone
The decarbonisation of the transport sector presents a huge challenge for Europe, writes Paul Deane of the Environmental Research Institute in University College Cork, Ireland. Many people believe electric vehicles (EVs) are the answer, but according to Deane biofuels will need to deliver most of the targets for the time being. āEVs will have their day but it may be further down the road than we hoped.ā … [Read more...]
The five S’s that will define the new energy order
Digitalisation has already had a huge impact on the energy sector, yet we are only at the start of a revolution that will rip apart any business that is too slow to embrace it, writes Gerard Reid, founding partner of Alexa Capital, financial analyst and co-founder of the Energy and Carbon blog. According to Reid it is the combination of five Sās ā software, semiconductors, sensors, solar and storage ā that will define the new energy order. And it … [Read more...]
Peak car ownership will speed up peak oil demand
In a new report, the Rocky Mountain Institute makes the stunning prediction that car ownership will peak by 2020. New ownership models and technological advances such as driverless cars will utterly transform the mobility market, concludes Fereidoon Sioshansi, president ofĀ Menlo Energy EconomicsĀ and publisher of the newsletter EEnergy Informer. The big casualty will be oil companies, which are still in denial. … [Read more...]
Peter Carlsson, business angel (ex-Tesla): āBattery breakthrough 5-8 years awayā
Europe is behind the US and Asia in battery development, but it can catch up if it sets aggressive goals and tough standards, says Ā California-based entrepreneur and investor Peter Carlsson. After leaving Tesla Motors last year, the supply chain expert is helping a host of cleantech start-ups profit from the energy transition. Within 5-8 years, batteries will break through big-time, he predicts. Grid storage will be done in stationary batteries … [Read more...]
Electric car revolution may drive oil āinvestor deathĀ spiralāĀ
Advanced batteries could ātip the oil market from growth to contraction earlier than anticipated,ā concludes credit rating agency Fitch in aĀ new study. Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) has alreadyĀ toldĀ investors to expect the ābig crashā in oil by 2028āāāand as early as 2023. Joseph Romm Ā Joseph Romm, founding editor of the influential weblog Climate Progress, warns of the āinvestor death spiralā that may await the oil industry. Article … [Read more...]
Using clean cars as power plants: it can be done in the UAE
The combined engine capacity of the new cars we build in just one year is more than the entire electricity generation capacity in the world. If we power our cars with fuel cells, we can use them as clean power plants the 96% of the time we are not driving in them, generating all the electricity we need, at competitive costs, with zero emissions. Frank Wouters, Director of the EU-GCC Clean Energy Network, and Ad van Wijk, Professor Future Energy … [Read more...]
Hereās how to build 100% clean renewable energy in the US before 2040
There really is a feasible way to build our way out of the climate crisis in time to avoid the worst effects of global warming, writes Tom Solomon of 350 New Mexico. We do it by rapidly replacing all fossil fuel-based energy with renewable energy built with current technology, installed in a smart grid. We pay for it without damaging the economy and actually save money vs. our current reliance on fossil fuels. The āside benefitsā include cleaner … [Read more...]
Tesla Gigafactory 1 – will it succeed or fail?
The success or failure of the Tesla Gigafactory, which opened in July in Nevada could have far-reaching consequences for the transition to renewables and electric cars. Stephen J. Veneruso attended the opening and took a good hard look at the people involved in this huge project. He concludes that they donāt regard it as an ordinary job. Article courtesy of Cleantechnica.com. … [Read more...]
100% solar?
Some argue that the world can be 100% powered by solar energy, but this is too simplistic, writes David Hone, Chief Climate Change Advisor for Royal Dutch Shell. He points out that solar PV delivers only electricity, which makes up just 20% of final energy use, and argues that other energy demands are better served by other low-carbon options, such as hydrogen and synthesis gas. A recent Shell publication indicates that 30% solar power by 2100 is … [Read more...]
The hydrogen economy is much nearer than we think Ā
For over 30 years promoters of green energy have proclaimed the hydrogen economy is around the corner. Now this could finally become true. While some energy experts claim that hydrogen from renewable energy is prohibitively expensive, companies like ITM in the UK are proving in the market that this technology is already competitive. They produce hydrogen for use in cars and in the form of power-to-gas to be used in the gas network. Energy … [Read more...]
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