Coal – Energy Transition https://energytransition.org The Global Energiewende Thu, 25 May 2023 15:18:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 Finito: Colombia halts new gas, oil and coal exploitation https://energytransition.org/2023/05/finito-colombia-halts-new-gas-oil-and-coal-exploitation/ https://energytransition.org/2023/05/finito-colombia-halts-new-gas-oil-and-coal-exploitation/#respond Thu, 25 May 2023 15:16:51 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=28197 President Gustavo Petro, Colombia’s first-ever progressive leader, wants to help slow global climate change, protect regional biodiversity and bolster Indigenous people’s rights by decoupling the nation’s economy from fossil fuels, starting with a ban on new oil and coal exploration permits. The contentious policy change for the long fossil fuel dependent nation comes on the back of a bonanza year...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2023/05/finito-colombia-halts-new-gas-oil-and-coal-exploitation/feed/ 0 Despite Fossil Fuel Price Rise, Germany’s Emissions Miss Target https://energytransition.org/2023/03/despite-fossil-fuel-price-rise-germanys-emissions-miss-target/ https://energytransition.org/2023/03/despite-fossil-fuel-price-rise-germanys-emissions-miss-target/#respond Tue, 07 Mar 2023 09:56:36 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=27981 Although overall energy consumption fell, Germany’s emissions declined only slightly: because coal-fired power plants stepped in for Russian gas. A leading German energy think tank argues that Germany has to undertake structural reforms to get on track. Nevertheless, Germany’s emissions are lower than ever before – evidence that Germany can hit targets by replacing fossil fuels with renewables.

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2023/03/despite-fossil-fuel-price-rise-germanys-emissions-miss-target/feed/ 0 Clean energy: The untapped solution to Zimbabwe’s power crisis https://energytransition.org/2023/03/clean-energy-the-untapped-solution-to-zimbabwes-power-crisis/ https://energytransition.org/2023/03/clean-energy-the-untapped-solution-to-zimbabwes-power-crisis/#respond Thu, 02 Mar 2023 08:00:42 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=27913 Zimbabwe citizens currently experience power cuts of up to 18 hours on a daily basis despite the country’s largely untapped renewable energy potential that for years could be a panacea to the enduring power crises. According to its national clean power plan, the country would have enough green energy to satisfy local demand through sources including solar, hydro, biomass, geothermal and wind.

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2023/03/clean-energy-the-untapped-solution-to-zimbabwes-power-crisis/feed/ 0 South Africa secures international aid at COP27 to champion the coal to renewables shift https://energytransition.org/2023/02/south-africa-secures-international-aid-at-cop27-to-champion-the-coal-to-renewables-shift/ https://energytransition.org/2023/02/south-africa-secures-international-aid-at-cop27-to-champion-the-coal-to-renewables-shift/#respond Tue, 28 Feb 2023 08:00:54 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=27889 South Africa’s ambitious plan to transition away from coal was endorsed at the recent COP27 climate conference in Egypt where officials from Britain, France, Germany, the United States, and the European Union signed pledges of $8.5 billion to help fund its initial steps. Currently South Africa relies upon coal to generate up to 87% of its electricity, but by the end of the decade the nation wants...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2023/02/south-africa-secures-international-aid-at-cop27-to-champion-the-coal-to-renewables-shift/feed/ 0 Appalachian Phoenix: solar rises in the heart of the United States’ dying coal industry https://energytransition.org/2023/02/appalachian-phoenix-solar-rises-in-the-heart-of-the-united-states-dying-coal-industry/ https://energytransition.org/2023/02/appalachian-phoenix-solar-rises-in-the-heart-of-the-united-states-dying-coal-industry/#respond Tue, 21 Feb 2023 08:00:06 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=27869 Closed and abandoned surface mines, often flattened, despoiled and desolate, can make ideal sites for re-purposing into clean energy centers. For over a decade, the Environmental Protection Agency has recommended that renewable energy projects be installed on former mined lands, particularly closed mountain top removal sites. Though solar is the fastest growing source of new electricity across the...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2023/02/appalachian-phoenix-solar-rises-in-the-heart-of-the-united-states-dying-coal-industry/feed/ 0 Brownfields to greenfields: repurposing coal mines worldwide into renewable centers https://energytransition.org/2023/02/brownfields-to-greenfields-repurposing-coal-mines-worldwide-into-renewable-centers/ https://energytransition.org/2023/02/brownfields-to-greenfields-repurposing-coal-mines-worldwide-into-renewable-centers/#respond Tue, 07 Feb 2023 13:47:23 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=27843 For decades, energy transition experts called for transforming post-mined lands into renewable energy hubs. To bolster their arguments, as part of their “Sunshine for Mines” project, a decade ago the pioneering Rocky Mountain Institute began tracking the few “lighthouse” projects that then existed. At the time, renewable capacity on mine sites stood at just over 600 megawatts worldwide.

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2023/02/brownfields-to-greenfields-repurposing-coal-mines-worldwide-into-renewable-centers/feed/ 0 Losing Lützerath: To save Germany, the occupied village must be destroyed https://energytransition.org/2023/01/losing-lutzerath-to-save-germany-the-occupied-village-must-be-destroyed/ https://energytransition.org/2023/01/losing-lutzerath-to-save-germany-the-occupied-village-must-be-destroyed/#respond Thu, 19 Jan 2023 08:00:49 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=27827 By the time you read this, the village of Lützerath may already be gone – part of the price paid for getting RWE, Germany’s largest energy producer, to stop mining and burning brown coal by 2030. Yet short term, RWE is ramping generation at their lignite-burning plants, among the most polluting in Europe, to make up for sanctioned Russian gas and help Germany get through the next two winters.

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2023/01/losing-lutzerath-to-save-germany-the-occupied-village-must-be-destroyed/feed/ 0 Pyrrhic coal exit: Germany’s bad bargain with energy colossus RWE https://energytransition.org/2023/01/27811/ https://energytransition.org/2023/01/27811/#respond Tue, 17 Jan 2023 10:00:54 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=27811 Heralded as a “courageous step for climate protection,” Germany’s government has in 2022 reached a compromise with RWE, Europe’s most polluting energy firm, to stop mining and burning its filthy brown coal by 2030 – a full eight years ahead of previous plans. But the deal, negotiated by several Green-Party led ministries, also authorizes RWE to keep several units at one of the world’s most toxic...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2023/01/27811/feed/ 0 RWE transformed: Germany’s biggest energy producer, and one of the world’s dirtiest, leaps into renewables https://energytransition.org/2023/01/rwe-transformed/ https://energytransition.org/2023/01/rwe-transformed/#respond Thu, 12 Jan 2023 10:00:09 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=27797 Founded in 1898 in the industrial city of Essen, RWE has grown into one of the largest electricity producer in Germany and increasingly in the world. While Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the ensuing energy crisis has upset plans to immediately reduce RWE’s lignite burn, in mid-October the company finally embraced a total coal phase-out by 2030. The about face comes days after RWE announced a...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2023/01/rwe-transformed/feed/ 0 A recipe for the cold https://energytransition.org/2022/12/a-recipe-for-the-cold/ https://energytransition.org/2022/12/a-recipe-for-the-cold/#respond Thu, 22 Dec 2022 10:00:01 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=27769 The embargo on raw materials from Russia following its invasion of Ukraine exposed weaknesses in the Polish energy system as well as political errors. For many in Poland, this winter will serve as a reminder of communist-era shortages. Michał Olszewski has the details Local governments announced switching off street lighting for energy savings. (Photo by Janusz Maniak, CC0) Five million tonnes of...

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