Energy Transition https://energytransition.org The Global Energiewende Thu, 25 May 2023 15:18:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 Finito: Colombia halts new gas, oil and coal exploitation https://energytransition.org/2023/05/finito-colombia-halts-new-gas-oil-and-coal-exploitation/ https://energytransition.org/2023/05/finito-colombia-halts-new-gas-oil-and-coal-exploitation/#respond Thu, 25 May 2023 15:16:51 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=28197 President Gustavo Petro, Colombia’s first-ever progressive leader, wants to help slow global climate change, protect regional biodiversity and bolster Indigenous people’s rights by decoupling the nation’s economy from fossil fuels, starting with a ban on new oil and coal exploration permits. The contentious policy change for the long fossil fuel dependent nation comes on the back of a bonanza year...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2023/05/finito-colombia-halts-new-gas-oil-and-coal-exploitation/feed/ 0 Ensuring that energy systems remain resilient under climate change presents new challenges for the energy sector https://energytransition.org/2023/05/ensuring-that-energy-systems-remain-resilient-under-climate-change-presents-new-challenges-for-the-energy-sector/ https://energytransition.org/2023/05/ensuring-that-energy-systems-remain-resilient-under-climate-change-presents-new-challenges-for-the-energy-sector/#respond Tue, 23 May 2023 08:00:48 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=28185 Energy resilience has come sharply into focus over the past year due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the associated energy crisis. But aside from geopolitical effects, extreme weather poses the greatest threat to maintaining reliable and affordable energy. Laiz Souto (University of Bristol) and Matthew Wright (University of Oxford, Royal Meterological Society) explain what is at stake.

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2023/05/ensuring-that-energy-systems-remain-resilient-under-climate-change-presents-new-challenges-for-the-energy-sector/feed/ 0 Green hydrogen advocates in denial about looming material problem https://energytransition.org/2023/05/green-hydrogen-advocates-in-denial-about-looming-material-problem/ https://energytransition.org/2023/05/green-hydrogen-advocates-in-denial-about-looming-material-problem/#respond Tue, 16 May 2023 14:05:45 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=28179 Renewable energy, electric vehicles and green hydrogen all offer ways to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels. Recent years have seen rising interest in how these technologies impact the demand and mining of critical materials. Lithium mining for electric batteries, in particular, has been scrutinised by environmental groups. Yet less discussed is green hydrogen which requires scarce materials...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2023/05/green-hydrogen-advocates-in-denial-about-looming-material-problem/feed/ 0 Europe’s Energy Crisis Has a Silver Lining: More renewables than ever https://energytransition.org/2023/05/europes-energy-crisis-has-a-silver-lining-more-renewables-than-ever/ https://energytransition.org/2023/05/europes-energy-crisis-has-a-silver-lining-more-renewables-than-ever/#respond Thu, 11 May 2023 08:00:33 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=28163 Defying the grimmest projections, Europe made it through the temperate winter of 2023 with remarkably little collateral damage – and even a few big wins. The energy crisis may have displaced Europe’s climate aspirations by a fraction, but thanks to a record rollout of renewables and conservation measures, the continent’s emissions footprint inched downward and positioned Europe to remain within...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2023/05/europes-energy-crisis-has-a-silver-lining-more-renewables-than-ever/feed/ 0 Russian Assault on Ukraine’s Nuclear Power Stations: “An Hour Away from Nuclear Meltdown” https://energytransition.org/2023/05/russian-assault-on-ukraines-nuclear-power-stations-an-hour-away-from-nuclear-meltdown/ https://energytransition.org/2023/05/russian-assault-on-ukraines-nuclear-power-stations-an-hour-away-from-nuclear-meltdown/#respond Tue, 09 May 2023 08:00:22 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=28155 At the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung in Berlin, several international experts including two from Ukraine, underscored the precarious events unfolding at Ukraine’s nuclear power stations, among them the Zaporizhzhia complex, the largest nuclear power facility in Europe. Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. Credits: Ralf1969 | Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0. During the 15-month Russian attack on Ukraine...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2023/05/russian-assault-on-ukraines-nuclear-power-stations-an-hour-away-from-nuclear-meltdown/feed/ 0 As lithium rush gathers pace, it’s time Zimbabwe leverages its ample reserves https://energytransition.org/2023/05/as-lithium-rush-gathers-pace-its-time-zimbabwe-leverages-its-ample-reserves/ https://energytransition.org/2023/05/as-lithium-rush-gathers-pace-its-time-zimbabwe-leverages-its-ample-reserves/#respond Thu, 04 May 2023 08:00:59 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=28143 Zimbabwe is reported to have Africa’s largest and the world’s fifth-largest lithium reserves. Lithium, a key component in energy storing batteries, is witnessing soaring demand as electric vehicles gain popularity. However, despite its abundance of the key resource, the country is lagging in terms of technology to process and fully utilise its lithium. In this story, Kennedy Nyavaya takes a closer...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2023/05/as-lithium-rush-gathers-pace-its-time-zimbabwe-leverages-its-ample-reserves/feed/ 0 Smokescreen for climate inaction: CCS starts to take off in Saudi Arabia and Europe https://energytransition.org/2023/05/smokescreen-for-climate-inaction-ccs-starts-to-take-off-in-saudi-arabia-and-europe/ https://energytransition.org/2023/05/smokescreen-for-climate-inaction-ccs-starts-to-take-off-in-saudi-arabia-and-europe/#respond Tue, 02 May 2023 08:00:18 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=28115 Given that oil and gas producers dominate the sector, many environmental groups and civil society organizations suspect that investments in Carbon, Capture and Storage (CCS) are being used to divert attention and resources away from a quicker build-out of renewable energy systems and other proven methods of addressing climate change. At the end of 2022, as several of the world’s largest...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2023/05/smokescreen-for-climate-inaction-ccs-starts-to-take-off-in-saudi-arabia-and-europe/feed/ 0 The Energy Charter Treaty remains a challenge for the EU’s Climate Agenda https://energytransition.org/2023/04/the-energy-charter-treaty-remains-a-challenge-for-the-eus-climate-agenda/ https://energytransition.org/2023/04/the-energy-charter-treaty-remains-a-challenge-for-the-eus-climate-agenda/#respond Thu, 27 Apr 2023 08:00:41 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=28129 Global record investments in the energy sector continue to make headlines. After a halt in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, sector investments increased in 2021 followed by projections of a similar trajectory by mid-2022. The momentum is associated with the renewables sector which accounts for the majority of these investments. Countries that have committed to achieve net-zero emissions and meet...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2023/04/the-energy-charter-treaty-remains-a-challenge-for-the-eus-climate-agenda/feed/ 0 Biden’s climate push ensures US stays #1 in giant carbon sucking machines https://energytransition.org/2023/04/bidens-climate-push-ensures-us-stays-1-in-giant-carbon-sucking-machines/ https://energytransition.org/2023/04/bidens-climate-push-ensures-us-stays-1-in-giant-carbon-sucking-machines/#respond Tue, 25 Apr 2023 08:00:26 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=28109 The U.S.’ Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) has been hailed as both a jobs-creating infrastructure stimulus and a clean energy booster. To ensure bi-partisan support in the otherwise polarized United States, it also provides generous tax credits for investments in carbon capture and sequestration or carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies. Beyond the $12 billion in other government support for...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2023/04/bidens-climate-push-ensures-us-stays-1-in-giant-carbon-sucking-machines/feed/ 0 Can South Africa’s Just Transition close the Energy Sectors Gender Gap? https://energytransition.org/2023/04/can-south-africas-just-transition-close-the-energy-sectors-gender-gap/ https://energytransition.org/2023/04/can-south-africas-just-transition-close-the-energy-sectors-gender-gap/#respond Thu, 20 Apr 2023 08:00:51 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=28121 South Africa’s energy transition passed significant milestones at the last two COPs (Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC). Over the last two years, a framework for a just transition was developed and adopted by government, considering the inclusion of groups left behind by the energy industry. Women in particular face numerous challenges in the energy sector: while they fail to profit from...

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