Matthias Ruchser – Energy Transition https://energytransition.org The Global Energiewende Fri, 20 Mar 2015 13:01:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 Energy – the seventh Sustainable Development Goal https://energytransition.org/2015/03/energy-seventh-sustainable-development-goal/ https://energytransition.org/2015/03/energy-seventh-sustainable-development-goal/#respond Fri, 20 Mar 2015 13:01:29 +0000 http://energytransition.boellblog.org/?p=7556 The UN will include “access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy” in their post-2015 sustainable development goals (SDG). Matthias Ruchser explains the concepts and takes a look at what Germany needs to do in the coming years to fulfill the goal, namely turning its electricity transition into a holistic energy transition. Access to sustainable energy is a basic right.

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2015/03/energy-seventh-sustainable-development-goal/feed/ 0 Where is the energy transition headed in 2015? https://energytransition.org/2015/01/where-is-the-energy-transition-headed-in-2015/ https://energytransition.org/2015/01/where-is-the-energy-transition-headed-in-2015/#comments Fri, 30 Jan 2015 11:52:54 +0000 http://energytransition.boellblog.org/?p=7281 In an overall successful year 2014, the German Energiewende saw a lot of changes. 2015 will be characterized by international developments like falling fossil fuel prices. To keep the Energiewende on track, Matthias Ruchser demands to finally tap potentials in the heating and transport sector. (Photo by Luise / pixelio.de) The downward trend in crude-oil, petrol and gas prices is continuing into...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2015/01/where-is-the-energy-transition-headed-in-2015/feed/ 5 We need a European energy transition https://energytransition.org/2014/08/we-need-a-european-energy-transition/ https://energytransition.org/2014/08/we-need-a-european-energy-transition/#comments Thu, 07 Aug 2014 09:03:43 +0000 http://energytransition.boellblog.org/?p=6393 The Ukrainian crisis of the last months has called Europe’s strategic dependency on Russian energy imports into question. According to Matthias Ruchser, there can be only one future-proof answer to the current dilemma, which will decarbonise Europe while also increasing energy independency: A European energy transition. From Portugese solar to Finnish wind power – Europe needs a comprehensive push...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2014/08/we-need-a-european-energy-transition/feed/ 1 Russia and the Energiewende – is there a connection? https://energytransition.org/2014/04/russia-and-the-energiewende-is-there-a-connection/ https://energytransition.org/2014/04/russia-and-the-energiewende-is-there-a-connection/#respond Thu, 03 Apr 2014 14:58:34 +0000 http://energytransition.boellblog.org/?p=5594 Following the Russian incorporation of the Crimea the West has imposed sanctions on the Russian banking sector as well as on Russian and Ukrainian individuals with close contacts to the Putin regime. In spite of these somewhat symbolic sanctions, the first effects are already apparent: capital is flowing out of Russia and planned European investments in the country are being put on hold.

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2014/04/russia-and-the-energiewende-is-there-a-connection/feed/ 0 Energy subsidies – Less is more https://energytransition.org/2014/02/energy-subsidies-less-is-more/ https://energytransition.org/2014/02/energy-subsidies-less-is-more/#comments Thu, 13 Feb 2014 12:00:15 +0000 http://energytransition.boellblog.org/?p=5290 Cut support for renewables? Sure, but why not start with fossil fuel subsidies that amounted to US$ 544 billion in 2012? While the German Renewable Energy Act will need to be reformed, the fundamental issue of creating a level playing field for renewables remains challenging in an environment where fossil fuels are highly subsidized, argues Matthias Ruchser. German lignite mine operators are...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2014/02/energy-subsidies-less-is-more/feed/ 2 Energy subsidies: more honesty, please https://energytransition.org/2013/11/energy-subsidies-more-honesty-please/ https://energytransition.org/2013/11/energy-subsidies-more-honesty-please/#comments Fri, 15 Nov 2013 15:23:11 +0000 http://energytransition.boellblog.org/?p=4714 Every October, a public outcry over financial support for renewables occurs in Germany. What is mostly forgotten: Fossil fuels and nuclear still receive much higher subsidies, as Matthias Ruchser explains. One energy source in this photo receives more subsidies than the other. Hint: It’s not wind energy. (Photo by Doblonaut, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) As is the case every year, mid October saw the four...

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