carbon – Energy Transition https://energytransition.org The Global Energiewende Tue, 18 Apr 2023 16:44:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 Smokescreen for climate inaction: CCS starts to take off in Saudi Arabia and Europe https://energytransition.org/2023/05/smokescreen-for-climate-inaction-ccs-starts-to-take-off-in-saudi-arabia-and-europe/ https://energytransition.org/2023/05/smokescreen-for-climate-inaction-ccs-starts-to-take-off-in-saudi-arabia-and-europe/#respond Tue, 02 May 2023 08:00:18 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=28115 Given that oil and gas producers dominate the sector, many environmental groups and civil society organizations suspect that investments in Carbon, Capture and Storage (CCS) are being used to divert attention and resources away from a quicker build-out of renewable energy systems and other proven methods of addressing climate change. At the end of 2022, as several of the world’s largest...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2023/05/smokescreen-for-climate-inaction-ccs-starts-to-take-off-in-saudi-arabia-and-europe/feed/ 0 Biden’s climate push ensures US stays #1 in giant carbon sucking machines https://energytransition.org/2023/04/bidens-climate-push-ensures-us-stays-1-in-giant-carbon-sucking-machines/ https://energytransition.org/2023/04/bidens-climate-push-ensures-us-stays-1-in-giant-carbon-sucking-machines/#respond Tue, 25 Apr 2023 08:00:26 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=28109 The U.S.’ Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) has been hailed as both a jobs-creating infrastructure stimulus and a clean energy booster. To ensure bi-partisan support in the otherwise polarized United States, it also provides generous tax credits for investments in carbon capture and sequestration or carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies. Beyond the $12 billion in other government support for...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2023/04/bidens-climate-push-ensures-us-stays-1-in-giant-carbon-sucking-machines/feed/ 0 Solution or boondoggle? Evaluating Carbon Capture technology’s state of global play https://energytransition.org/2023/04/solution-or-boondoggle-evaluating-carbon-capture-technologys-state-of-global-play/ https://energytransition.org/2023/04/solution-or-boondoggle-evaluating-carbon-capture-technologys-state-of-global-play/#respond Tue, 18 Apr 2023 16:30:23 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=28097 Despite our awareness that burning fossil fuels is the biggest driver of climate change, CO2 emissions likely increased by another 1.0% in 2022, hitting a new record high of 36.6bn tonnes. While certainly it would be better to switch to low or no-carbon energy sources, another potential solution, one mainly championed by the oil and gas industry, is to capture as much CO2 as possible and store it...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2023/04/solution-or-boondoggle-evaluating-carbon-capture-technologys-state-of-global-play/feed/ 0 Russia’s New Climate Strategy is All About Russia, not Climate Protection https://energytransition.org/2022/01/russias-climate-new-strategy-is-all-about-russia-not-climate-protection/ https://energytransition.org/2022/01/russias-climate-new-strategy-is-all-about-russia-not-climate-protection/#respond Tue, 18 Jan 2022 10:00:07 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=25907 Tellingly, it was concern about the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), the EU’s proposed carbon tariff on carbon-intensive products, that pushed Moscow to get more serious about lowering emissions. Paul Hockenos investigates. Despite Russia’s green ambitions, the country’s oil and gas industry remains expansive. (Photo by Wp.klecha, CC0 1.0) Russia had been one of the stragglers in the UN...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2022/01/russias-climate-new-strategy-is-all-about-russia-not-climate-protection/feed/ 0 Time for a rethink: unveiling the Heinrich Böll Foundation’s European Mobility Atlas https://energytransition.org/2021/02/23885/ https://energytransition.org/2021/02/23885/#respond Wed, 24 Feb 2021 14:00:25 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=23885 Achieving the goals of the European Green Deal and striking climate neutrality by 2050 means transforming the entire mobility sector, which currently makes up nearly 30 percent of the bloc’s CO2 emissions. To help steer readers in the right direction, the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung’s (hbs) new 2021 European Mobility Atlas provides a host of fact-based recommendations from sector experts.

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2021/02/23885/feed/ 0 CCS Seduction IV: A new dawn for the oil industry goes Nova https://energytransition.org/2021/01/ccs-seduction-iv-a-new-dawn-for-the-oil-industry-goes-nova/ https://energytransition.org/2021/01/ccs-seduction-iv-a-new-dawn-for-the-oil-industry-goes-nova/#respond Wed, 20 Jan 2021 14:00:48 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=23819 Though increasingly framed as a key way to slow climate change, for most commercial Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) operations, selling the carbon they capture to produce more fossil fuels through Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) production is the only way they can ensure profits for investors. According to a count by the Global CCS Institute, of the 28 currently operable CCS complexes worldwide...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2021/01/ccs-seduction-iv-a-new-dawn-for-the-oil-industry-goes-nova/feed/ 0 Seduced Pt. II: Looking under Carbon Capture & Sequestration’s oily hood https://energytransition.org/2021/01/23797/ https://energytransition.org/2021/01/23797/#respond Mon, 18 Jan 2021 14:00:02 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=23797 Touted as a key component within many emerging national net-zero emissions strategies, carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) received a huge credibility boost from several recent IPCC and IEA studies. But CCS’ greatest advantage is that it enables oil majors to have a market in an otherwise decarbonized economy. What it doesn’t do is stop the pollution stream. Framed as a climate solution...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2021/01/23797/feed/ 0 Free falling: Coal crashes throughout Trump’s America in 2020 https://energytransition.org/2020/12/free-falling-coal-crashes-throughout-trumps-america-in-2020/ https://energytransition.org/2020/12/free-falling-coal-crashes-throughout-trumps-america-in-2020/#respond Tue, 22 Dec 2020 14:00:15 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=23557 Though Trump promised to save America’s coal industry, the latter appears to be in worse shape than ever. Over a dozen coal companies have filed for bankruptcy over the past two years and as investors pour resources into green energy instead, the U.S. Energy Information Agency now projects that renewables will overtake coal this year for the first time. However, cheap fracked gas is flooding the...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2020/12/free-falling-coal-crashes-throughout-trumps-america-in-2020/feed/ 0 Playing Out: Covid-19 helps stop coal’s endless global expansion https://energytransition.org/2020/12/23289/ https://energytransition.org/2020/12/23289/#comments Mon, 21 Dec 2020 14:00:18 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=23289 New data reveals that for the first time since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, the world’s fleet of coal-fired power stations has grown smaller. With economies in Covid-19’s grip, more coal capacity was retired during the first half of 2020 than the amount that came online. Though terrible for the climate, make no mistake, King Coal’s reign isn’t ending just for environmental reasons.

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2020/12/23289/feed/ 1 Not presidential: Down-ballot victories propel clean energy advances https://energytransition.org/2020/12/not-presidential-down-ballot-victories-propel-clean-energy-advances/ https://energytransition.org/2020/12/not-presidential-down-ballot-victories-propel-clean-energy-advances/#respond Tue, 01 Dec 2020 14:30:35 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=23597 In the 2020 American elections, neither the Democrats nor the climate achieved the clear victory for which many of us wished. But across party lines, voters are demanding action to address the nation’s rapidly changing climate. In several cities and states, particularly out west—voters demanded energy progress. Given how divided Washington remains, these subnational decisions may enable regional...

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