decarbonize – Energy Transition https://energytransition.org The Global Energiewende Thu, 13 Oct 2022 09:17:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 Four transformations for Ukraine to become a new green powerhouse of Europe https://energytransition.org/2022/10/four-transformations-for-ukraine-to-become-a-new-green-powerhouse-of-europe/ https://energytransition.org/2022/10/four-transformations-for-ukraine-to-become-a-new-green-powerhouse-of-europe/#respond Mon, 10 Oct 2022 10:00:01 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=27393 In the past six months people of Ukraine have shown to the world a great example of resilience, ingenuity, and bravery by successfully pushing back against the full-scale military invasion unleashed by Russia. With broad international support Ukraine is now set to take over the aggressor and regain its territorial integrity. But an even bigger non-military battle lies ahead for Ukraine – the...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2022/10/four-transformations-for-ukraine-to-become-a-new-green-powerhouse-of-europe/feed/ 0 How treaties protecting fossil fuel investors could jeopardize global efforts to save the climate – and cost countries billions https://energytransition.org/2022/05/how-treaties-protecting-fossil-fuel-investors-could-jeopardize-global-efforts-to-save-the-climate-and-cost-countries-billions/ https://energytransition.org/2022/05/how-treaties-protecting-fossil-fuel-investors-could-jeopardize-global-efforts-to-save-the-climate-and-cost-countries-billions/#respond Tue, 31 May 2022 10:00:00 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=26643 Fossil fuel companies have access to an obscure legal tool that could jeopardize worldwide efforts to protect the climate, and they’re starting to use it. The result could cost countries that press ahead with those efforts billions of dollars. Rachel Thrasher, Blake Alexander Simmons and Dr. Kyla Tienhaara discuss the issue. This article was originally published in The Conversation.

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2022/05/how-treaties-protecting-fossil-fuel-investors-could-jeopardize-global-efforts-to-save-the-climate-and-cost-countries-billions/feed/ 0 Betting on biogas to help replace Russian fossil gas in Europe https://energytransition.org/2022/04/betting-on-biogas-to-help-replace-russian-fossil-gas-in-europe/ https://energytransition.org/2022/04/betting-on-biogas-to-help-replace-russian-fossil-gas-in-europe/#respond Tue, 26 Apr 2022 10:00:13 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=26431 Since Russia’s devastating invasion of Ukraine on February 24 th, EU policy makers and energy companies have been asking themselves an inconvenient but long overdue question: how to finally achieve energy independence from Russian gas? One of their solutions: biogas. The EU recently announced plans to ramp up biogas production to a volume of 20% of current Russian gas imports by 2030.

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2022/04/betting-on-biogas-to-help-replace-russian-fossil-gas-in-europe/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 Energy conservation can hurt the Russian war effort https://energytransition.org/2022/04/energy-conservation-can-hurt-the-russian-war-effort/ https://energytransition.org/2022/04/energy-conservation-can-hurt-the-russian-war-effort/#respond Thu, 14 Apr 2022 10:00:17 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=26365 Energy efficiency has long been overlooked to the detriment of the larger smart energy transition. Now it’s being shortchanged to the disadvantage of besieged Ukraine. Paul Hockenos explains. Even though wind and solar energy are the backbone of renewables-based systems of the future, reduction of energy consumption is only win. (Photo by Ricardo Gomez Angel, CC-0) Often insulating and energy...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2022/04/energy-conservation-can-hurt-the-russian-war-effort/feed/ 0 Is Emissions-Free Flying Pie in the Sky? https://energytransition.org/2022/02/is-emissions-free-flying-pie-in-the-sky/ https://energytransition.org/2022/02/is-emissions-free-flying-pie-in-the-sky/#respond Thu, 10 Feb 2022 10:00:55 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=26005 New studies are sanguine about emissions-free and carbon neutral aviation in the near(ish) future. But rosy projections meet with justified scepticism from environmentalists. Ultimately, we’re going to have to fly less, no matter how you look at it. Paul Hockenos has the details. Emissions-free aviation seems possible – in the future. (Photo by DLR, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0) The German Aerospace Center (...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2022/02/is-emissions-free-flying-pie-in-the-sky/feed/ 0 COP26 – diplomatic springboard to a world post fossil fuels? https://energytransition.org/2021/12/cop26-diplomatic-springboard-to-a-world-post-fossil-fuels/ https://energytransition.org/2021/12/cop26-diplomatic-springboard-to-a-world-post-fossil-fuels/#respond Thu, 16 Dec 2021 10:00:10 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=25479 Despite several significant shortcomings, the UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow (COP26) united the globe behind the commitment to limit the warming of global climate to 1.5C degrees. Consigning coal to history was one of the central mission statements ahead of and during the conference. Just as important, though less prominent, are the implications of COP26 for the role of other fossil fuels...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2021/12/cop26-diplomatic-springboard-to-a-world-post-fossil-fuels/feed/ 0 Pink and grey with just a hint of green: Biden’s “cleaner” Hydrogen plan https://energytransition.org/2021/11/pink-and-grey-with-just-a-hint-of-green-bidens-cleaner-hydrogen-plan/ https://energytransition.org/2021/11/pink-and-grey-with-just-a-hint-of-green-bidens-cleaner-hydrogen-plan/#respond Wed, 03 Nov 2021 10:00:22 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=25091 Over the summer, the US Senate passed a much smaller than promised infrastructure package. Despite most climate protection and clean energy aspects being stripped out, one of the big winners in the $1 trillion infrastructure plan is hydrogen (H2). In a provision originally introduced as a separate bill by fossil-rich West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin, some $8 billion will go to fund dozens of...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2021/11/pink-and-grey-with-just-a-hint-of-green-bidens-cleaner-hydrogen-plan/feed/ 0 UK’s Hydrogen blues: fossil gas is key to the Britain’s not-so-clean scheme https://energytransition.org/2021/10/uks-hydrogen-blues-fossil-gas-is-key-to-the-britains-not-so-clean-scheme/ https://energytransition.org/2021/10/uks-hydrogen-blues-fossil-gas-is-key-to-the-britains-not-so-clean-scheme/#respond Wed, 27 Oct 2021 10:00:10 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=25071 The UK government finally launched its long-awaited hydrogen strategy in mid-August 2021. However, their new “twin-track” hydrogen (H2) plan will only fund small volumes of green H2 produced from wind and other renewables with the bulk coming from “blue” H2 generated from fossil gas and dependent on unproven carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) technologies to reduce emissions.

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2021/10/uks-hydrogen-blues-fossil-gas-is-key-to-the-britains-not-so-clean-scheme/feed/ 0 Blue Hydrogen hype: A new analysis shows it could be worse than just burning gas https://energytransition.org/2021/10/blue-hydrogen-hype-a-new-analysis-shows-it-could-be-worse-than-just-burning-gas/ https://energytransition.org/2021/10/blue-hydrogen-hype-a-new-analysis-shows-it-could-be-worse-than-just-burning-gas/#respond Wed, 20 Oct 2021 10:00:54 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=25053 Promoted as a vital tool to slow climate change, hydrogen (H2) is set to decarbonize long-distance transportation, steel and other industries while utilities plan to blend it with fossil gas for electrical generation. Yet 96% of H2 is currently produced from fossil fuels – mostly gas – resulting in massive carbon pollution. Though industry counters with promises of capturing and storing that CO2...

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