Energiewende Team – Energy Transition https://energytransition.org The Global Energiewende Thu, 27 Apr 2023 11:22:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 The Energy Charter Treaty remains a challenge for the EU’s Climate Agenda https://energytransition.org/2023/04/the-energy-charter-treaty-remains-a-challenge-for-the-eus-climate-agenda/ https://energytransition.org/2023/04/the-energy-charter-treaty-remains-a-challenge-for-the-eus-climate-agenda/#respond Thu, 27 Apr 2023 08:00:41 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=28129 Global record investments in the energy sector continue to make headlines. After a halt in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, sector investments increased in 2021 followed by projections of a similar trajectory by mid-2022. The momentum is associated with the renewables sector which accounts for the majority of these investments. Countries that have committed to achieve net-zero emissions and meet...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2023/04/the-energy-charter-treaty-remains-a-challenge-for-the-eus-climate-agenda/feed/ 0 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 Colombia part 2 | The Global Energy Transition Podcast – Season 2, Episode 2 https://energytransition.org/2022/12/colombia-part-2-the-global-energy-transition-podcast-season-2-episode-2/ https://energytransition.org/2022/12/colombia-part-2-the-global-energy-transition-podcast-season-2-episode-2/#respond Tue, 20 Dec 2022 10:41:04 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=27725 Representing a district near several of Germany’s largest coal mines and lignite-burning power plants, Kathrin Henneberger entered the Bundestag, Germany’s Federal Parliament, on a mandate from Green voters to accelerate the clean energy transition both at home and abroad. Long involved in the campaign to curtail global coal and fossil fuel production as well as human rights, during the summer of...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2022/12/colombia-part-2-the-global-energy-transition-podcast-season-2-episode-2/feed/ 0 South Korea’s bet on hydrogen may cost its commitment to the Global Methane Pledge https://energytransition.org/2022/11/south-koreas-bet-on-hydrogen-may-cost-its-commitment-to-the-global-methane-pledge/ https://energytransition.org/2022/11/south-koreas-bet-on-hydrogen-may-cost-its-commitment-to-the-global-methane-pledge/#respond Tue, 08 Nov 2022 10:00:01 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=27545 South Korea is jeopardizing its ability to meet its 2030 methane reduction target under the Global Methane Pledge due to the country’s plans to massively expand fossil-based hydrogen, according to a recent study by Seoul-based Solutions for Our Climate (SFOC) led by legal, economic, financial, and environmental experts with experience in energy and climate policy. Jinny Kim explains.

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2022/11/south-koreas-bet-on-hydrogen-may-cost-its-commitment-to-the-global-methane-pledge/feed/ 0 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 Colombia part 1 | The Global Energy Transition Podcast – Season 2, Episode 1 https://energytransition.org/2022/10/colombia-part-1-the-global-energy-transition-podcast-season-2-episode-1/ https://energytransition.org/2022/10/colombia-part-1-the-global-energy-transition-podcast-season-2-episode-1/#respond Thu, 06 Oct 2022 13:19:31 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=27409 Aftershocks from Russia’s war against Ukraine continue rippling around the world, including to the deserts and jungles of Colombia. Producing increasing volumes of oil and fossil gas, this Andean country is also one of the world’s largest coal exporters. Long rocked by violence, civil war as well as government and industry-linked terrorism, prior to Russia’s invasion European buyers had been...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2022/10/colombia-part-1-the-global-energy-transition-podcast-season-2-episode-1/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 East Asia’s top economies to rise as top importers of Russian fossil fuels by end of year https://energytransition.org/2022/09/east-asias-top-economies-to-rise-as-top-importers-of-russian-fossil-fuels-by-end-of-year/ https://energytransition.org/2022/09/east-asias-top-economies-to-rise-as-top-importers-of-russian-fossil-fuels-by-end-of-year/#respond Tue, 06 Sep 2022 10:00:42 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=27199 While media coverage has mainly focused on China and India’s record-level imports, other countries in Asia – particularly East Asia – have also been among the top global importers of Russian energy – and are therefore also implicit contributors to the war effort. A new data visualization website shows that countries in the region are likely to become top importers of Russian fossil fuels once...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2022/09/east-asias-top-economies-to-rise-as-top-importers-of-russian-fossil-fuels-by-end-of-year/feed/ 0 Cheniere’s new LNG greenwashing scheme exposes the deep flaws in industry’s methane strategy https://energytransition.org/2022/08/chenieres-new-lng-greenwashing-scheme-exposes-the-deep-flaws-in-industrys-methane-strategy/ https://energytransition.org/2022/08/chenieres-new-lng-greenwashing-scheme-exposes-the-deep-flaws-in-industrys-methane-strategy/#respond Tue, 30 Aug 2022 10:00:03 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=27149 In war there are winners and losers. One U.S. gas company profiteering off the back of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is America’s largest Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) exporter, Cheniere Energy. The company has pivoted more of its exports this year to Europe, which is in desperate need of alternatives to Putin’s gas. Over 70% of the company’s LNG exports went to Europe in the first half of 2022...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2022/08/chenieres-new-lng-greenwashing-scheme-exposes-the-deep-flaws-in-industrys-methane-strategy/feed/ 0 Will The Manchin Climate Bill Reduce Climate Pollution? https://energytransition.org/2022/08/will-the-manchin-climate-bill-reduce-climate-pollution/ https://energytransition.org/2022/08/will-the-manchin-climate-bill-reduce-climate-pollution/#respond Thu, 25 Aug 2022 10:00:42 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=27135 The media coverage on the Inflation Reduction Act touts its 42% emissions reductions, but Jim Walsh and Peter Hart dove into the math and it just doesn’t add up. This article was originally published on Food&Water watch. Inflation Reduction Act leaves unanswered questiones. (Photo by Jackson Jost, CC 4.0) The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) takes aim at a lot of things over the next decade...

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