clean energy – 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 Colombian Conundrum: Global demand for its fossil fuels face pleas for reform https://energytransition.org/2022/10/colombian-conundrum-global-demand-for-its-fossil-fuels-face-pleas-for-reform/ https://energytransition.org/2022/10/colombian-conundrum-global-demand-for-its-fossil-fuels-face-pleas-for-reform/#respond Thu, 06 Oct 2022 10:00:17 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=27309 A year ago, production of Colombian “blood coal” was falling, the future of the massive El Cerrejon mine was uncertain, and a growing list of nations were banning it’s import. But following Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine and a personal call by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to the nation’s then president, Ivan Duque, today Colombia’s miners are expanding their operations...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2022/10/colombian-conundrum-global-demand-for-its-fossil-fuels-face-pleas-for-reform/feed/ 0 Just Transition in Greek Lignite Regions: The Clock’s Ticking https://energytransition.org/2021/01/just-transition-in-greek-lignite-regions-the-clocks-ticking/ https://energytransition.org/2021/01/just-transition-in-greek-lignite-regions-the-clocks-ticking/#respond Mon, 11 Jan 2021 14:30:42 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=23837 In September 2019, at the UN Climate Action Summit in New York, the newly-elected Prime minister Mitsotakis announced that Greece would phase out the use of lignite in its energy system by 2028, 10 years faster than Germany. Consequently, the National Energy and Climate Plan (NECP) drafted by the previous SYRIZA-led government was revised to reflect this and other commitments before the plan was...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2021/01/just-transition-in-greek-lignite-regions-the-clocks-ticking/feed/ 0 The IEA Won’t Budge: Fossil fuels, nuclear, and carbon capture remain key to innovation strategies https://energytransition.org/2020/07/22783/ https://energytransition.org/2020/07/22783/#comments Mon, 27 Jul 2020 13:00:43 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=22783 Despite so much criticism directed at the International Energy Agency (IEA) over the years, the Paris-based intergovernmental organization, which was established in the framework of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development in 1974, refuses to seriously rethink its affinity to fossil fuels and nuclear power – and its timid embrace of renewables. The IEA continues to focus on...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2020/07/22783/feed/ 1 A New Approach for Electrifying Africa with Clean Energy https://energytransition.org/2019/10/a-new-approach-for-electrifying-africa-with-clean-energy/ https://energytransition.org/2019/10/a-new-approach-for-electrifying-africa-with-clean-energy/#respond Tue, 08 Oct 2019 13:00:13 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=20909 The leading lights of wunderkind firm Mobisol, a Berlin start-up, left the company to found their own research institute. They still believe that the private sector has a key role in bringing solar power to Africa and the developing world. Paul Hockenos reports Access to energy is still a very challenging in offgrid areas ( Public Domain) There was quite a bit of hype just a handful of years ago...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2019/10/a-new-approach-for-electrifying-africa-with-clean-energy/feed/ 0 The Triumphant Return of Community Energy https://energytransition.org/2019/08/the-triumphant-return-of-community-energy/ https://energytransition.org/2019/08/the-triumphant-return-of-community-energy/#respond Mon, 19 Aug 2019 13:00:52 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=20447 About five years ago, decentralized community energy, though etched in history books for having sparked Europe’s clean-energy revolution in the 1990s, was deemed outdated in the age of the ever-more dramatic climate crisis. Paul Hockenos explains the development. Solar home systems (SHS) enable access to electricity in off-grid areas ( Public Domain) State planners saw it as a quaint and colorful...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2019/08/the-triumphant-return-of-community-energy/feed/ 0 Germany eager to become global leader in developing hydrogen technologies https://energytransition.org/2019/08/germany-eager-to-become-global-leader-in-developing-hydrogen-technologies/ https://energytransition.org/2019/08/germany-eager-to-become-global-leader-in-developing-hydrogen-technologies/#comments Wed, 07 Aug 2019 13:00:20 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=20405 Germany intends to invest €100 million annually into the research of hydrogen technologies. This could be the business of the future, as well as the country’s next top export. However, the future of green gas is still extremely shaky. Daniel Eck reports. Power-to-gas is an environmentally friendly process to produce hydrogen ( Public Domain) A world powered by hydrogen sounds beautiful.

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2019/08/germany-eager-to-become-global-leader-in-developing-hydrogen-technologies/feed/ 1 Wanted: a double reorientation of energy finance https://energytransition.org/2019/07/wanted-a-double-reorientation-of-energy-finance/ https://energytransition.org/2019/07/wanted-a-double-reorientation-of-energy-finance/#respond Mon, 22 Jul 2019 13:00:37 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=20249 Several countries’ national determined contributions (NDCs) highlight climate finance as a precondition for the ambitious action needed to achieve development paths compatible with limiting global warming to 1.5°C in 2100. Many hopes have been pinned on new market mechanisms in this context, but the trade-offs demanded by carbon trading schemes continued to be hotly debated at the UNFCCC last week...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2019/07/wanted-a-double-reorientation-of-energy-finance/feed/ 0 Official EU petition calls for minimum carbon price https://energytransition.org/2019/07/official-eu-petition-calls-for-minimum-carbon-price/ https://energytransition.org/2019/07/official-eu-petition-calls-for-minimum-carbon-price/#respond Wed, 10 Jul 2019 13:00:34 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=20221 The European Commission registered an official petition on Wednesday (7 July) that calls on the EU executive to set up a minimum carbon price, “discourage the consumption of fossil fuels” and keep global warming to below 1.5 degrees. Sam Morgan reports The carbon price petition will be available for signatures as of 22 July (Photo by Takver; CC BY-SA 2.0) If at least one million EU citizens from...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2019/07/official-eu-petition-calls-for-minimum-carbon-price/feed/ 0 Albania should be cashing in big on renewable energy https://energytransition.org/2019/06/wonderland-albania/ https://energytransition.org/2019/06/wonderland-albania/#respond Wed, 26 Jun 2019 13:00:35 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=20019 Why isn’t it? Powerful interests in the energy sector see renewables in terms of hydro, hydro, and more hydro. It’s not what the country – or the region — needs, says Paul Hockenos. Sunshine in abundance: Albania could cover its own energy consumption with solar energy ( Public Domain) Travelling through Albania’s verdant countryside in spring is an unusual delight. Its rough beauty has yet to be...

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