LNG – 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 Despite Fossil Fuel Price Rise, Germany’s Emissions Miss Target https://energytransition.org/2023/03/despite-fossil-fuel-price-rise-germanys-emissions-miss-target/ https://energytransition.org/2023/03/despite-fossil-fuel-price-rise-germanys-emissions-miss-target/#respond Tue, 07 Mar 2023 09:56:36 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=27981 Although overall energy consumption fell, Germany’s emissions declined only slightly: because coal-fired power plants stepped in for Russian gas. A leading German energy think tank argues that Germany has to undertake structural reforms to get on track. Nevertheless, Germany’s emissions are lower than ever before – evidence that Germany can hit targets by replacing fossil fuels with renewables.

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2023/03/despite-fossil-fuel-price-rise-germanys-emissions-miss-target/feed/ 0 RePowerEU must only be a short-term solution to avert the worse https://energytransition.org/2022/08/repowereu-must-only-be-a-short-term-solution-to-avert-the-worse/ https://energytransition.org/2022/08/repowereu-must-only-be-a-short-term-solution-to-avert-the-worse/#respond Tue, 09 Aug 2022 10:00:55 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=27063 A diplomatic solution is the only plausible solution to the on-going Russia’s war in Ukraine and it remains elusive. Meanwhile, the energy crisis which is a fallout of the war persists as fiercely as it compromises climate change solutions. From Berlin to Brussels, politicians are struggling with a related imminent crisis, which is how to reduce the growing millions of Europe’s “ energy poor” the...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2022/08/repowereu-must-only-be-a-short-term-solution-to-avert-the-worse/feed/ 0 Insane methane: The disastrous explosion of American Freedom molecules https://energytransition.org/2022/06/insane-methane-the-disastrous-explosion-of-american-freedom-molecules/ https://energytransition.org/2022/06/insane-methane-the-disastrous-explosion-of-american-freedom-molecules/#respond Tue, 28 Jun 2022 10:00:01 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=26899 As Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine metastasizes into a global humanitarian crisis, fossil fuel interests are wasting no time in trying to wrench as much glorious shareholder value as possible out of the growing calamity. Lead blogger and podcaster, Michael Buchsbaum argues there’s little coincidence that the United States, the world’s largest oil and fossil gas producer, is using fears of...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2022/06/insane-methane-the-disastrous-explosion-of-american-freedom-molecules/feed/ 0 LNG: The liquid path to climate chaos https://energytransition.org/2022/05/26663/ https://energytransition.org/2022/05/26663/#respond Thu, 26 May 2022 10:00:44 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=26663 Europe wonders how quickly and safely it can end its dependency on Russian gas. Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) is being promoted as a solution. The new report “LNG: The liquid path to climate chaos” raises a number of reasons to be sceptical about LNG as a choice for Europe. Eilidh Robb and Frida Kieninger have the details. The call for new LNG-projects, as in Germany’s Brunsbüttel...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2022/05/26663/feed/ 0 Bulgaria Can Circumvent Russian Gas Freeze https://energytransition.org/2022/05/bulgaria-can-circumvent-russian-gas-freeze/ https://energytransition.org/2022/05/bulgaria-can-circumvent-russian-gas-freeze/#respond Wed, 04 May 2022 10:00:13 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=26519 Many Central and Eastern European countries rely on Russia for more of their fossil fuel than Germany does. This is one reason why Russian president Vladimir Putin targeted Bulgaria and Poland when he announced that these two EU and NATO countries would no longer receive natural gas deliveries. Paul Hockenos spoke with Bulgarian energy expert Radostina Primova. The current energy-crisis is an...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2022/05/bulgaria-can-circumvent-russian-gas-freeze/feed/ 0 LNG terminals for Germany Part II: Climate impacts, possible suppliers and priorities in an energy and climate crisis https://energytransition.org/2022/04/lng-terminals-for-germany-part-ii-climate-impacts-possible-suppliers-and-priorities-in-an-energy-and-climate-crisis/ https://energytransition.org/2022/04/lng-terminals-for-germany-part-ii-climate-impacts-possible-suppliers-and-priorities-in-an-energy-and-climate-crisis/#respond Thu, 21 Apr 2022 10:00:54 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=26399 On April 4, 2022, the IPCC published he third part of the Sixth Assessment Report, Climate Change 2022: Mitigation of Climate Change. Referring to the findings and key results, UN General Secretary António Guterres said that “investing in new fossil fuel infrastructure is moral and economic madness” while also outlining that “such investments will soon become stranded assets”. In this blog post...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2022/04/lng-terminals-for-germany-part-ii-climate-impacts-possible-suppliers-and-priorities-in-an-energy-and-climate-crisis/feed/ 0 LNG terminals for Germany: Part I – Brief history and state of play https://energytransition.org/2022/04/lng-terminals-for-germany-part-i-brief-history-and-state-of-play/ https://energytransition.org/2022/04/lng-terminals-for-germany-part-i-brief-history-and-state-of-play/#respond Tue, 19 Apr 2022 10:00:10 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=26377 The war in Ukraine has revealed the dependency of Europe on Russian gas. For a long time, gas has been touted as a bridge fuel. Now it turns out that gas is not only a significant contributor to the climate crisis but also a fuel to co-finance Putin’s war machine. A fast phase-out of fossil gas is inevitable, but some think that liquefied natural gas (LNG) will help the EU get rid of the Russian...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2022/04/lng-terminals-for-germany-part-i-brief-history-and-state-of-play/feed/ 0 Edging into the hydrogen age: Carbon Brief questions if it can really solve climate change https://energytransition.org/2021/03/edging-into-the-hydrogen-age-carbon-brief-questions-if-it-can-really-solve-climate-change/ https://energytransition.org/2021/03/edging-into-the-hydrogen-age-carbon-brief-questions-if-it-can-really-solve-climate-change/#respond Wed, 17 Mar 2021 14:00:20 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=23641 Long recognized as an alternative to fossil fuels and once again heralded as an invaluable tool for tackling climate change, hydrogen is a key component within many of the recently announced national net-zero energy plans being rolled out by individual nations as well as the European Union. Hydrogen will likely be given a center role in new President Joe Biden’s climate plan too. To help sort out...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2021/03/edging-into-the-hydrogen-age-carbon-brief-questions-if-it-can-really-solve-climate-change/feed/ 0 Natural Gas is a Bridge to Nowhere https://energytransition.org/2021/01/23585/ https://energytransition.org/2021/01/23585/#comments Thu, 07 Jan 2021 14:00:41 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=23585 Natural gas has long been touted as the climate-friendly, carbon-low interim fuel in the transition from fossil fuels to renewables. And the recent fall in its price has made gas a go-to fuel for many countries, including Germany. But experts say this is no reason to build ever more pipelines or to see gas as anything more than another fossil fuel that must be phased out as quickly as possible.

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