Gas – Energy Transition https://energytransition.org The Global Energiewende Thu, 26 Jan 2023 11:55:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 Why Southern Africa needs to work together on the energy transition https://energytransition.org/2023/01/why-southern-africa-needs-to-work-together-on-the-energy-transition/ https://energytransition.org/2023/01/why-southern-africa-needs-to-work-together-on-the-energy-transition/#respond Thu, 26 Jan 2023 11:55:09 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=27835 In Southern Africa the population is growing at a much faster pace than the rate at which the region is developing. This is putting pressure on resources, in particular, on energy provision. Less than half the region’s population is connected to grid electricity, meaning many rely on wood fuel despite its dire impacts on the environment. Countries including Zimbabwe, Zambia and South Africa face a...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2023/01/why-southern-africa-needs-to-work-together-on-the-energy-transition/feed/ 0 2022’s energy winners: Oil and Gas companies https://energytransition.org/2022/09/2022s-energy-winners-oil-and-gas-companies/ https://energytransition.org/2022/09/2022s-energy-winners-oil-and-gas-companies/#respond Tue, 13 Sep 2022 10:00:22 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=27223 In 2022, there are wins to be celebrated for climate policy. The recent US legislation is the first time in 40 years that the government has managed to pass any meaningful climate policy. The invasion of Ukraine has shaken Europe to accelerate the move away from Russian oil and gas. However, it is hard to celebrate wins for the climate without addressing the elephant in the room – the thriving and...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2022/09/2022s-energy-winners-oil-and-gas-companies/feed/ 0 Poland and the energy costs of the Russian war in Ukraine https://energytransition.org/2022/09/poland-and-the-energy-costs-of-the-russian-war-in-ukraine/ https://energytransition.org/2022/09/poland-and-the-energy-costs-of-the-russian-war-in-ukraine/#respond Thu, 01 Sep 2022 10:00:09 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=27185 The Russian Federation’s invasion of Ukraine is not only barbaric – it is also a harbinger of rapid economic changes around the world. Even if the war ends relatively soon (and that is unlikely), a return to the status quo ante is unthinkable. So too is a return to the heavily fossil-fuelled and import-dependent European energy model that existed before the war. Is it appropriate to ponder over...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2022/09/poland-and-the-energy-costs-of-the-russian-war-in-ukraine/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 EU hydrogen import targets— a neo-colonial resource grab https://energytransition.org/2022/06/eu-hydrogen-import-targets-a-neo-colonial-resource-grab/ https://energytransition.org/2022/06/eu-hydrogen-import-targets-a-neo-colonial-resource-grab/#respond Tue, 07 Jun 2022 10:00:42 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=26735 The REPowerEU plan to end Europe’s dependence on Russian gas would still leave it in hock to fossil-fuel companies. Pascoe Sabido has the story. A longer version originally appeared in Social Europe. To meet the EU`s renewable-hydrogen goals will require a lot of renewable electricity. (Photo by TEDxTarfaya, CC BY-SA 2.0) When European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2022/06/eu-hydrogen-import-targets-a-neo-colonial-resource-grab/feed/ 0 Can Saving Energy a Degree at a Time Save Ukraine? https://energytransition.org/2022/05/can-saving-energy-a-degree-at-a-time-save-ukraine/ https://energytransition.org/2022/05/can-saving-energy-a-degree-at-a-time-save-ukraine/#respond Tue, 17 May 2022 10:00:46 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=26491 The measures that could immediately decrease energy demand range from the individual level to the European – and most of them aren’t rocket science but rather low-tech or no tech no-brainers. Paul Hockenos has the details. Turning down the thermostat by 1 degree Celsius in Europe would provide useful savings of gas. (Photo by Erik Mclean, CC-0) This is the way energy efficiency works...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2022/05/can-saving-energy-a-degree-at-a-time-save-ukraine/feed/ 0 Hunting Methane in the United State’s #1 oil and gas producing Permian Basin https://energytransition.org/2022/02/hunting-methane-in-the-united-states-1-oil-and-gas-producing-permian-basin/ https://energytransition.org/2022/02/hunting-methane-in-the-united-states-1-oil-and-gas-producing-permian-basin/#respond Tue, 22 Feb 2022 10:00:29 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=26115 Methane emissions from oil and fossil gas facilities are skyrocketing, potentially accelerating the severity of climate change. Nowhere is the problem worse than in the United State’s Permian Basin, the biggest oil and gas field in the now world-leading petro-carbon producing nation. Stretching from Texas into New Mexico, satellites are detecting worsening levels of methane pollution.

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2022/02/hunting-methane-in-the-united-states-1-oil-and-gas-producing-permian-basin/feed/ 0 Threatening Africa’s Eden – Oil and gas plans loom over the world’s largest nature conservation area https://energytransition.org/2021/10/threatening-africas-eden-oil-and-gas-plans-loom-over-the-worlds-largest-nature-conservation-area/ https://energytransition.org/2021/10/threatening-africas-eden-oil-and-gas-plans-loom-over-the-worlds-largest-nature-conservation-area/#respond Tue, 12 Oct 2021 10:00:20 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=24919 Environmental disasters and global warming severely threaten global biodiversity. Few wild places can boast diverse ecosystems that are largely intact. One such area – Kavango Zambezi Transfontier Conservation Area ( KAZA) – is being threatened by plans by the oil and gas industry. Andy Gheorghiu reports on the fight to prevent oil and gas extraction in Southern Africa that is threatening our...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2021/10/threatening-africas-eden-oil-and-gas-plans-loom-over-the-worlds-largest-nature-conservation-area/feed/ 0 Will the EU Methane Regulation ignore the climate polluter role of the petrochemical industry? https://energytransition.org/2021/04/will-the-eu-methane-regulation-ignore-the-climate-polluter-role-of-the-petrochemical-industry/ https://energytransition.org/2021/04/will-the-eu-methane-regulation-ignore-the-climate-polluter-role-of-the-petrochemical-industry/#respond Wed, 28 Apr 2021 10:01:17 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=24245 Fossil gas has long been touted as being the cleanest of fossil fuels as well as a needed “bridge technology”. Plastics on the other hand have been hailed an integral part of modern society that might even deliver climate benefits due to their light weight. Andy Gheorghiu takes a closer look at the link between gas, climate and plastics and argues for an EU Methane Regulation that applies strict...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2021/04/will-the-eu-methane-regulation-ignore-the-climate-polluter-role-of-the-petrochemical-industry/feed/ 0 Shock at oil-gas prospecting plans for Okavango Delta and Kgalagadi https://energytransition.org/2021/01/shock-at-oil-gas-prospecting-plans-for-okavango-delta-and-kgalagadi/ https://energytransition.org/2021/01/shock-at-oil-gas-prospecting-plans-for-okavango-delta-and-kgalagadi/#respond Mon, 25 Jan 2021 14:00:27 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=23783 The window of opportunity to keep the average global temperature from breaking through the ceiling of 2°C — or preferably 1.5°C — as set out in the UN’s Paris Agreement is closing fast. But for parts of the Kalahari, a vast semi-desert in southern Africa, the battle to stabilise the regional temperature is already lost. Botswana is expected to reach an average warming of 2°C in less than five...

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