methane – Energy Transition https://energytransition.org The Global Energiewende Tue, 17 Jan 2023 15:43:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 Japan and South Korea must recognize blue hydrogen is not clean https://energytransition.org/2023/01/japan-and-south-korea-must-recognize-blue-hydrogen-is-not-clean/ https://energytransition.org/2023/01/japan-and-south-korea-must-recognize-blue-hydrogen-is-not-clean/#respond Tue, 10 Jan 2023 10:00:38 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=27745 The global energy system is undergoing a major transformation. Fossil fuel prices are soaring, and extreme weather and war are causing massive blackouts and energy shortages. A clean-energy transition is no longer just an option, but an absolute requirement for survival. As countries shift away from dirty fuels, governments and corporations are increasingly looking toward hydrogen as part of the...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2023/01/japan-and-south-korea-must-recognize-blue-hydrogen-is-not-clean/feed/ 0 2022’s energy winners: Oil and Gas companies https://energytransition.org/2022/09/2022s-energy-winners-oil-and-gas-companies/ https://energytransition.org/2022/09/2022s-energy-winners-oil-and-gas-companies/#respond Tue, 13 Sep 2022 10:00:22 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=27223 In 2022, there are wins to be celebrated for climate policy. The recent US legislation is the first time in 40 years that the government has managed to pass any meaningful climate policy. The invasion of Ukraine has shaken Europe to accelerate the move away from Russian oil and gas. However, it is hard to celebrate wins for the climate without addressing the elephant in the room – the thriving and...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2022/09/2022s-energy-winners-oil-and-gas-companies/feed/ 0 Methane part 2 | The Global Energy Transition Podcast – Episode 7 https://energytransition.org/2022/09/methane-part-2-the-global-energy-transition-podcast-episode-7/ https://energytransition.org/2022/09/methane-part-2-the-global-energy-transition-podcast-episode-7/#respond Mon, 12 Sep 2022 15:18:45 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=27273 While much of the international community’s climate action has focused on controlling carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, in doing so, we’ve essentially given a pass on another very powerful greenhouse gas: methane. With 86 times the warming impact of CO2 over a twenty-year period, new studies show that methane accounts for about 30-50 percent of today’s global warming. Thankfully...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2022/09/methane-part-2-the-global-energy-transition-podcast-episode-7/feed/ 0 Romanian Power Move: Gas is flowing from the Black Sea as the prosumer solar booms https://energytransition.org/2022/07/romanian-power-move-gas-is-flowing-from-the-black-sea-as-the-prosumer-solar-booms/ https://energytransition.org/2022/07/romanian-power-move-gas-is-flowing-from-the-black-sea-as-the-prosumer-solar-booms/#respond Thu, 28 Jul 2022 10:00:30 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=27013 Following changes to tax legislation, fossil gas is now flowing out of the Black Sea where an estimated 200 billion cubic meters of climate killing methane could be tapped. While drillers look further, homeowners and businesses are installing solar panels at record rates as “prosumers” look to cash in. Lead blogger and podcaster, Michael Buchsbaum reviews the nation’s energy transition in this...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2022/07/romanian-power-move-gas-is-flowing-from-the-black-sea-as-the-prosumer-solar-booms/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 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 Hunting Methane in the United State’s #1 oil and gas producing Permian Basin https://energytransition.org/2022/02/hunting-methane-in-the-united-states-1-oil-and-gas-producing-permian-basin/ https://energytransition.org/2022/02/hunting-methane-in-the-united-states-1-oil-and-gas-producing-permian-basin/#respond Tue, 22 Feb 2022 10:00:29 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=26115 Methane emissions from oil and fossil gas facilities are skyrocketing, potentially accelerating the severity of climate change. Nowhere is the problem worse than in the United State’s Permian Basin, the biggest oil and gas field in the now world-leading petro-carbon producing nation. Stretching from Texas into New Mexico, satellites are detecting worsening levels of methane pollution.

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2022/02/hunting-methane-in-the-united-states-1-oil-and-gas-producing-permian-basin/feed/ 0 Permian Climate Bomb: The US’ biggest oil and gas field is spewing dangerous amounts of methane https://energytransition.org/2022/02/permian-climate-bomb-the-us-biggest-oil-and-gas-field-is-spewing-dangerous-amounts-of-methane/ https://energytransition.org/2022/02/permian-climate-bomb-the-us-biggest-oil-and-gas-field-is-spewing-dangerous-amounts-of-methane/#respond Thu, 17 Feb 2022 10:00:36 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=26081 Methane pollution stemming from oil and gas production is accelerating climate change. New data from the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) finds that methane may be responsible for almost half of all global warming to date. As the United States becomes the world’s largest producer and exporter of oil and gas, monitoring suggests methane is simply billowing out from its biggest fields...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2022/02/permian-climate-bomb-the-us-biggest-oil-and-gas-field-is-spewing-dangerous-amounts-of-methane/feed/ 0 Methane part 1 | The Global Energy Transition Podcast – Episode 6 https://energytransition.org/2022/02/methane-part-1-the-global-energy-transition-podcast-episode-6/ https://energytransition.org/2022/02/methane-part-1-the-global-energy-transition-podcast-episode-6/#respond Wed, 16 Feb 2022 15:53:02 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=26093 While much of the international community’s climate action has focused on controlling carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, in doing so, we’ve essentially given a pass on another very powerful greenhouse gas: methane. With 86 times the warming impact of CO2 over a twenty-year period, new studies show that methane accounts for about 30-50 percent of today’s global warming. Thankfully...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2022/02/methane-part-1-the-global-energy-transition-podcast-episode-6/feed/ 0 Methane pledges with no cutting edges? Is the EU Commission ready to walk the talk on tackling crucial overall emissions? https://energytransition.org/2021/12/methane-pledges-with-no-cutting-edges-is-the-eu-commission-ready-to-walk-the-talk-on-tackling-crucial-overall-emissions/ https://energytransition.org/2021/12/methane-pledges-with-no-cutting-edges-is-the-eu-commission-ready-to-walk-the-talk-on-tackling-crucial-overall-emissions/#respond Thu, 16 Dec 2021 10:30:38 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=25701 At the beginning of the COP26 the United States, the European Union and over 100 partner countries launched the so-called Global Methane Pledge – aiming at reducing global methane emissions by at least 30 percent from 2020 levels by 2030. The overarching goal is to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels (1850-1900). At the same time, the EU Commission is working on...

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