net-zero emissions – Energy Transition https://energytransition.org The Global Energiewende Tue, 28 Mar 2023 07:38:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 Green hydrogen – solution or pipe dream? Part I https://energytransition.org/2023/03/green-hydr-ogen-solution-or-hyped-dream-part-i/ https://energytransition.org/2023/03/green-hydr-ogen-solution-or-hyped-dream-part-i/#respond Thu, 30 Mar 2023 08:00:13 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=28053 There is a fairly broad consensus in the climate movement that hydrogen has to play an important role within the international energy transition (especially for the decarbonisation of energy-/feedstock-intensive industry sectors). And while there’s an understanding that only hydrogen produced 100% from renewables will match the requirements of being “clean” and therefore “climate-friendly”...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2023/03/green-hydr-ogen-solution-or-hyped-dream-part-i/feed/ 0 GFANZ must tighten the screw on fossil fuel expansion https://energytransition.org/2022/07/gfanz-must-tighten-the-screw-on-fossil-fuel-expansion/ https://energytransition.org/2022/07/gfanz-must-tighten-the-screw-on-fossil-fuel-expansion/#respond Tue, 05 Jul 2022 10:00:29 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=26839 Pressure on the fossil fuel industry to stop developing new projects and to start to phase out the production of coal, oil and gas is steadily increasing. On May 18, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres stated unequivocally that “Fossil fuels are a dead end — environmentally and economically. […] We must end fossil fuel pollution and accelerate the renewable energy transition...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2022/07/gfanz-must-tighten-the-screw-on-fossil-fuel-expansion/feed/ 0 Poland’s Energy Dilemma https://energytransition.org/2022/03/polands-energy-dilemma/ https://energytransition.org/2022/03/polands-energy-dilemma/#respond Thu, 31 Mar 2022 10:00:16 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=26261 Recent events have thrown the debate as to whether fossil gas remains required to ensure the security of Europe’s energy supplies completely on its head. The threat that gas supplies can be either weaponised or placed under international sanctions at any point has never been clearer and has highlighted the urgent requirement for accelerated low carbon energy capacity deployment for Europe to...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2022/03/polands-energy-dilemma/feed/ 0 Korea’s hydrogen ambitions – pioneering or heading down the wrong path? https://energytransition.org/2021/10/koreas-hydrogen-ambitions-pioneering-or-heading-down-the-wrong-path/ https://energytransition.org/2021/10/koreas-hydrogen-ambitions-pioneering-or-heading-down-the-wrong-path/#respond Thu, 07 Oct 2021 10:00:30 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=24833 Hydrogen has emerged as a key element in the race to net-zero worldwide. South Korea is one of the most proactive advocates of hydrogen, passing the world’s first hydrogen economy law last year. In its carbon neutrality scenarios unveiled last month, meanwhile, hydrogen is given more weight than renewables. What is the Korean government doing to boost the hydrogen economy, and why?

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2021/10/koreas-hydrogen-ambitions-pioneering-or-heading-down-the-wrong-path/feed/ 0 EU Climate Law: business as usual or blueprint for climate action? https://energytransition.org/2020/12/23613/ https://energytransition.org/2020/12/23613/#respond Thu, 10 Dec 2020 14:00:58 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=23613 In what may seem a last ditch effort, the European Union has turned to the slow churning wheels of the law to stimulate climate action in 27 Member States (MS) towards a single goal: a carbon neutral Europe by 2050. European Commission (EC) president Ursula von der Leyen puts on a warm smile to say the text of the proposed European Union Climate Law is “actually rather short and it is rather...

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