Europe – Energy Transition https://energytransition.org The Global Energiewende Fri, 12 May 2023 15:06:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 Europe’s Energy Crisis Has a Silver Lining: More renewables than ever https://energytransition.org/2023/05/europes-energy-crisis-has-a-silver-lining-more-renewables-than-ever/ https://energytransition.org/2023/05/europes-energy-crisis-has-a-silver-lining-more-renewables-than-ever/#respond Thu, 11 May 2023 08:00:33 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=28163 Defying the grimmest projections, Europe made it through the temperate winter of 2023 with remarkably little collateral damage – and even a few big wins. The energy crisis may have displaced Europe’s climate aspirations by a fraction, but thanks to a record rollout of renewables and conservation measures, the continent’s emissions footprint inched downward and positioned Europe to remain within...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2023/05/europes-energy-crisis-has-a-silver-lining-more-renewables-than-ever/feed/ 0 Will Solar Mandates Prompt a Boom in Europe’s Rooftop Solar? https://energytransition.org/2022/12/will-solar-mandates-prompt-a-boom-in-europes-rooftop-solar/ https://energytransition.org/2022/12/will-solar-mandates-prompt-a-boom-in-europes-rooftop-solar/#respond Tue, 13 Dec 2022 10:00:35 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=27713 From California to Greece, there are ever-more laws that mandate solar panels on roofs. In Europe, southern Germany is held back by a lack of trained electricians. Paul Hockenos reviews. Rooftop solar panel installation in San Francisco. (Photo by brian kusler, CC BY 2.0) Across Europe and in the U.S. too, there are more and more new laws that oblige homeowners, businesses, and public buildings to...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2022/12/will-solar-mandates-prompt-a-boom-in-europes-rooftop-solar/feed/ 0 Will Dirty Nationalism Become the New Normal? https://energytransition.org/2022/10/will-dirty-nationalism-become-the-new-normal/ https://energytransition.org/2022/10/will-dirty-nationalism-become-the-new-normal/#respond Wed, 12 Oct 2022 10:00:48 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=27433 When I arrived in Berlin in August 2018, it was impossible to guess how different the world we are living in today would look compared to the summer four years ago. I had just started to work as a research assistant at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs – Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP) in a project called the “Geopolitics of the Global Energy Transformation”.

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2022/10/will-dirty-nationalism-become-the-new-normal/feed/ 0 Colombian Conundrum: Banning Russian fossil fuels ups global demand for blood coal https://energytransition.org/2022/10/colombian-conundrum-banning-russian-fossil-fuels-ups-global-demand-for-blood-coal/ https://energytransition.org/2022/10/colombian-conundrum-banning-russian-fossil-fuels-ups-global-demand-for-blood-coal/#respond Tue, 11 Oct 2022 10:00:49 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=27323 Responding to sanctions leveled on Russia following its February invasion of Ukraine, Moscow throttled deliveries of its fossil gas to the European Union. Desperate to keep the lights on, regulators and power producers returned to coal. But with Russia mining almost 70% of EU imports, burners needed other suppliers. Despite widely acknowledged human rights abuses there, in early April...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2022/10/colombian-conundrum-banning-russian-fossil-fuels-ups-global-demand-for-blood-coal/feed/ 0 Winter is coming – plastic must go https://energytransition.org/2022/10/winter-is-coming-plastic-must-go/ https://energytransition.org/2022/10/winter-is-coming-plastic-must-go/#respond Tue, 04 Oct 2022 10:00:05 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=27353 Scientists and climate activists have highlighed and warned against the significant global warming impact of fossil gas and an expansion of related infrastructure. Furthermore, analysts have also repeatedly criticized Europe’s deep dependency from Russia – created particular by Germany with the help of petrochemical giant BASF and it’s daughter Wintershall Dea. Putin’s war in Ukraine is forcing...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2022/10/winter-is-coming-plastic-must-go/feed/ 0 Low-carbon Technology’s Russia Problem https://energytransition.org/2022/09/low-carbon-technologys-russia-problem/ https://energytransition.org/2022/09/low-carbon-technologys-russia-problem/#respond Tue, 27 Sep 2022 10:00:27 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=27283 Low-carbon technology has a Russia problem, too. And it’s going to get bigger. Higher prices, supply chain disruptions, and the war in Ukraine has Europe’s clean tech branch scrambling for non-Russian suppliers of key raw materials, such as nickel, palladium, lithium, platinum, cobalt, and neon-gas, as well as aluminium and copper. Some countries, such as the UK, have already begun to sanction...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2022/09/low-carbon-technologys-russia-problem/feed/ 0 Methane emissions remain a big problem – also for biogas https://energytransition.org/2022/09/methane-emissions-remain-a-big-problem-also-for-biogas/ https://energytransition.org/2022/09/methane-emissions-remain-a-big-problem-also-for-biogas/#respond Thu, 08 Sep 2022 10:00:37 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=27167 Biomethane and biogas are increasingly turned to as alternatives for fossil gas. However, their production and distribution can still result in climate damaging methane (CH4) emissions, the magnitude of which remains unclear. A new study from the Imperial College London finds that emissions along the supply chain are much greater than previously estimated. Mitigating CH4 throughout not only fossil...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2022/09/methane-emissions-remain-a-big-problem-also-for-biogas/feed/ 0 Russian Energy Out, African Energy In? https://energytransition.org/2022/07/russian-energy-out-african-energy-in/ https://energytransition.org/2022/07/russian-energy-out-african-energy-in/#respond Thu, 14 Jul 2022 10:00:48 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=26933 In its attempt to drastically reduce its dependency on Russian oil and gas, Europe is turning to Africa. But the move is problematic, as producing fossil fuels on the continent presents its own challenges. Noah J. Gordon and Theodora Mattei have the details. This article was originally published in InternationalePolitikQuaterly. Kechba gas plant, Algeria (Photo by Adam, CC BY-NC 2.0).

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2022/07/russian-energy-out-african-energy-in/feed/ 0 Since Ukraine Invasion, Energy Security and Climate Policy are One https://energytransition.org/2022/05/since-ukraine-invasion-energy-security-and-climate-policy-are-one/ https://energytransition.org/2022/05/since-ukraine-invasion-energy-security-and-climate-policy-are-one/#respond Thu, 12 May 2022 10:00:34 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=26613 Europe can hurt the Russian war machine – and help the climate at the same time. Russian president Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has sparked a wide-ranging revamping of energy policy in Europe with a new, no-holds-barred objective: to wean the continent from Russian fossil fuels — as rapidly and comprehensively as possible — and accelerate the continent’s green energy transition.

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2022/05/since-ukraine-invasion-energy-security-and-climate-policy-are-one/feed/ 0 The New European Bauhaus https://energytransition.org/2022/04/the-new-european-bauhaus/ https://energytransition.org/2022/04/the-new-european-bauhaus/#respond Thu, 07 Apr 2022 10:00:51 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=26335 The original Bauhaus sought to create the building of the future that would unite every discipline from architecture to sculpture and painting. 100 years later, European Commission president, Ursula Von der Leyen has revitalised the movement to create homes and public buildings that help cities become greener and that reconnect us with nature, based on the 3 principles of sustainability...

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