energy policies – Energy Transition https://energytransition.org The Global Energiewende Tue, 14 Jun 2022 08:43:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 The Caribbean’s energy conundrum https://energytransition.org/2022/06/the-caribbeans-energy-conundrum/ https://energytransition.org/2022/06/the-caribbeans-energy-conundrum/#respond Tue, 21 Jun 2022 10:00:48 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=26815 Small island states tend to face a double challenge when it comes to energy: Securing sufficient energy supplies and dealing with the immediate impacts of climate change. The Caribbean – comprised of 31 individual island states – is facing the brunt of energy and climate insecurity. As the region suffers a Covid-induced economic slump in its all-important tourism industry, it is also witnessing...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2022/06/the-caribbeans-energy-conundrum/feed/ 0 China: The Emperor’s New Clothes are “Carbon-Neutral” https://energytransition.org/2020/10/the-emperors-new-clothes-are-carbon-neutral-chinas-new-pledge-and-its-global-implications/ https://energytransition.org/2020/10/the-emperors-new-clothes-are-carbon-neutral-chinas-new-pledge-and-its-global-implications/#respond Wed, 14 Oct 2020 13:00:51 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=23337 On September 22 China’s President Xi has delivered the country’s new pledge to reach peak carbon emissions earlier than 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2060 to the UN General Assembly. If pursued, this pledge marks a fundamental shift in China’s global climate ambitions and will have profound long-term impact on the global economy and energy markets. How sustainable will this impact be for the globe?

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2020/10/the-emperors-new-clothes-are-carbon-neutral-chinas-new-pledge-and-its-global-implications/feed/ 0 Germany’s about to Lift Its “Solar Ceiling” https://energytransition.org/2020/05/22365/ https://energytransition.org/2020/05/22365/#comments Tue, 26 May 2020 13:00:13 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=22365 In a long-awaited decision in mid-May, the German government announced it will soon lift restrictions on feed-in tariffs (FITs) for solar power, which would have crippled the sector. But why was the limit set at 52 GW in 2011, and what do we think that solar will ever be able to do without policy support? Craig Morris takes us back to the origins of a controversial policy that has been criticized...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2020/05/22365/feed/ 1 A Turning Point for Ukraine: Full-Scale Energy Transition or Re-established Gas Dependency? https://energytransition.org/2020/04/a-turning-point-for-ukraine-full-scale-energy-transition-or-re-established-gas-dependency/ https://energytransition.org/2020/04/a-turning-point-for-ukraine-full-scale-energy-transition-or-re-established-gas-dependency/#respond Thu, 16 Apr 2020 14:15:43 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=22047 For the Ukrainian energy sector, the beginning of the year was marked by the “Ukrainian Green Deal” proposal developed by the Ministry of energy and environmental protection. According to the Ministry’s vision for 2050 presented draft Green Energy Transition concept, Ukraine is set to step on the energy transition pathway and actively develop energy efficiency measures, phase out fossil fuels and...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2020/04/a-turning-point-for-ukraine-full-scale-energy-transition-or-re-established-gas-dependency/feed/ 0 2019: The year Poland still dug coal https://energytransition.org/2019/12/2019-the-year-poland-still-dug-coal/ https://energytransition.org/2019/12/2019-the-year-poland-still-dug-coal/#respond Mon, 30 Dec 2019 14:00:50 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=21505 It has not been a good year for Polish environmental policy; but, fortunately, it has also not been a total waste. Marked by the inertia and stubbornness of a government that, flying in the face of expert opinion, is imposing punishing and economically unsound ideas, it does seem as though some energy progress is being made, both as the government changes direction and as more citizens take...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2019/12/2019-the-year-poland-still-dug-coal/feed/ 0 EU’s Green Deal Needs a Budget Behind It https://energytransition.org/2019/10/eus-green-deal-needs-a-budget-behind-it/ https://energytransition.org/2019/10/eus-green-deal-needs-a-budget-behind-it/#respond Wed, 30 Oct 2019 14:00:58 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=21057 A day-long conference in Brussels underscored the urgency of making the EU’s 2021-2027 budget a green one. There’s a window of opportunity to do so — and the game is on. Paul Hockenos reports The EU’s energy and climate policy depends on an effective financial plan. ( Public Domain) After a ten-year hiatus – and trip across the Atlantic – the Green New Deal, or Green Deal, as it has been reframed...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2019/10/eus-green-deal-needs-a-budget-behind-it/feed/ 0 Brazil falls short https://energytransition.org/2019/10/brazil-falls-short/ https://energytransition.org/2019/10/brazil-falls-short/#respond Mon, 28 Oct 2019 14:00:47 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=21045 Recent reports on the fires in the Amazon have dominated the international news on what’s currently going on in Brazil. The world is witness to the destruction of millions of acres of rainforest – the so-called lungs of the world. Brazil’s new President is widely criticized for rolling back environmental regulations in favor of Brazil’s powerful agricultural lobby. However...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2019/10/brazil-falls-short/feed/ 0 Fail: Merkel’s market-friendly Climate Plan banks on fairy tales https://energytransition.org/2019/10/michael/ https://energytransition.org/2019/10/michael/#comments Thu, 10 Oct 2019 13:00:59 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=20929 After months of deliberations, in late September Germany’s ruling coalition, made up of the center-right CDU/CSU and the Centrist SPD unveiled their new climate action strategy—to near universal disappointment. Now approved by the government, the plan’s architects hope a weak plan is better than none at all. L. Michael Buchsbaum summarizes Friday for Future protestors are disappointed with the...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2019/10/michael/feed/ 1 Sound and fury: Merkel’s Climate Cabinet and its shortcomings https://energytransition.org/2019/09/sound-and-fury-merkels-climate-cabinet-and-its-shortcomings/ https://energytransition.org/2019/09/sound-and-fury-merkels-climate-cabinet-and-its-shortcomings/#respond Thu, 19 Sep 2019 13:00:13 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=20809 Despite increasing public pressure, both coalition parties within Merkel’s so-called Climate Cabinet favor taxes or market based trading schemes to tackle the climate crisis instead of new regulations to increase renewable energy or hard measures to phase out fossil fuels. L. Michael Buchsbaum takes a look Emission trading or CO2 taxation is one of the topics to be negotiated ( Public Domain) It’s...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2019/09/sound-and-fury-merkels-climate-cabinet-and-its-shortcomings/feed/ 0 Energy transition ‘happening fast but not quickly enough’ https://energytransition.org/2019/09/energy-transition-happening-fast-but-not-quickly-enough-to-stop-planet-heating-report/ https://energytransition.org/2019/09/energy-transition-happening-fast-but-not-quickly-enough-to-stop-planet-heating-report/#comments Thu, 12 Sep 2019 13:00:15 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=20703 The remaining carbon budget to limit global warming to 1.5°C will be exhausted as early as 2028, even as the transition to low-carbon energy gains momentum, according to risk management firm DNV GL, which calls for “extraordinary policy action” to lower emissions. Frédéric Simon reports Solar and wind power is predicted to increase highly according to DNV GL’s third Energy Transition Outlook (...

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