crisis – Energy Transition https://energytransition.org The Global Energiewende Fri, 12 May 2023 15:06:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 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 As the left wakes up to climate injustice, we must not fall into ‘green colonialism’ https://energytransition.org/2019/05/as-the-left-we-must-not-fall-into-green-colonialism/ https://energytransition.org/2019/05/as-the-left-we-must-not-fall-into-green-colonialism/#respond Mon, 13 May 2019 13:00:53 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=19663 Any Green New Deal must avoid the imperial mistakes of the past, and value the global south as much as westerners, says Dalia Gebrial. ‘The industrial revolution was financed by the blood money and infrastructure of slavery and colonialism. A ‘green’ version is no better’ (Photo by flickr/ Dimitri Rodriguez/ flickr; CC by 2.0) The mainstream transatlantic left has been acting different lately.

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2019/05/as-the-left-we-must-not-fall-into-green-colonialism/feed/ 0 South Africa’s collapsing power utility could mean a faster energy transition https://energytransition.org/2019/04/south-africas-transition-to-cleaner-energy/ https://energytransition.org/2019/04/south-africas-transition-to-cleaner-energy/#respond Thu, 11 Apr 2019 13:00:57 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=19423 Years of poor management and corruption are finally catching up with South Africa’s electricity utility, Eskom, which is on the verge of bankruptcy, and couldn’t keep the lights on across the country this week. But failing coal infrastructure and the massive debt needed to keep it afloat could open the way for a speedy energy transition here, writes Leonie Joubert. South Africa struggles with...

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