Power Flows – Energy Transition https://energytransition.org The Global Energiewende Mon, 04 Mar 2019 11:56:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 Why Germany needs a European Energiewende https://energytransition.org/2017/02/why-germany-needs-a-european-energiewende/ https://energytransition.org/2017/02/why-germany-needs-a-european-energiewende/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2017 06:00:07 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=14563 The European Union is currently negotiating its 2030 energy goals. So far, the German Energiewende has been criticized for being too inward-looking. Yet it is in Germany’s immediate interest to embrace the European dimension. Rebecca Bertram looks at why Germany needs a European Energiewende. An interconnected Europe needs an interconnected energy policy (Public Domain) The origin of the German...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2017/02/why-germany-needs-a-european-energiewende/feed/ 2 The end of the Energiewende is back https://energytransition.org/2017/01/the-end-of-the-energiewende-is-back/ https://energytransition.org/2017/01/the-end-of-the-energiewende-is-back/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2017 14:00:50 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=13924 Yet again, an expert – this time, a German – says Germany’s energy transition cannot succeed. He has a surprising insight for Energiewende proponents: the sun doesn’t always shine and the wind doesn’t always blow. How could we have missed that? Craig Morris takes a look. Energy transition: doomed due to bad weather? Not likely. (Photo by George Hodan, edited, Public Domain) The central argument is...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2017/01/the-end-of-the-energiewende-is-back/feed/ 17 France can’t meet its own power demand https://energytransition.org/2017/01/france-cant-meet-its-own-power-demand/ https://energytransition.org/2017/01/france-cant-meet-its-own-power-demand/#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2017 14:00:55 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=13939 As expected, France was heavily dependent on power imports during the first cold spell of this winter. Yet, most of the country’s reactors are back online. The US is now also investigating 17 reactors with parts from France that could also be defective. Craig Morris has the details. A cold snap in France and nuclear shutdowns (Photo by Flavio Ensiki, edited, CC BY 2.0) In the fall of 2016...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2017/01/france-cant-meet-its-own-power-demand/feed/ 19 Guess which big EU country might have blackouts this winter? https://energytransition.org/2016/10/guess-which-big-eu-country-might-have-blackouts-this-winter/ https://energytransition.org/2016/10/guess-which-big-eu-country-might-have-blackouts-this-winter/#comments Wed, 26 Oct 2016 13:00:12 +0000 http://energytransition.boellblog.org/?p=11249 At present, 21 of France’s 58 nuclear reactors are offline. The country’s power prices have skyrocketed, as have imports. Power from fossil fuel is increasing, and the country has now postponed its plans to implement a floor price on carbon. Craig Morris explains why. the Blayais nuclear power plant in France (photo by Pierre-Alan Dorange, edited, CC BY-SA 3.0) “Nuclear doesn’t need coal as a...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2016/10/guess-which-big-eu-country-might-have-blackouts-this-winter/feed/ 16 Success of EU foreign policy hinges on climate and energy security https://energytransition.org/2016/10/success-of-eu-foreign-policy-hinges-on-climate-and-energy-security/ https://energytransition.org/2016/10/success-of-eu-foreign-policy-hinges-on-climate-and-energy-security/#comments Wed, 12 Oct 2016 13:00:13 +0000 http://energytransition.boellblog.org/?p=11168 Europe’s global strategic interests have become inseparable from managing climate risk and the global Energy Transition, write Luca Bergamaschi, Nick Mabey, Jonathan Gaventa and Camilla Born of the independent climate and energy think tank E3G. In a new report, EU foreign policy in a changing climate, they set out how Europe can make these themes a central thread in its foreign policy.

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2016/10/success-of-eu-foreign-policy-hinges-on-climate-and-energy-security/feed/ 3 What if all German households went renewable? https://energytransition.org/2016/08/what-if-all-german-households-went-renewable/ https://energytransition.org/2016/08/what-if-all-german-households-went-renewable/#comments Wed, 17 Aug 2016 13:05:51 +0000 http://energytransition.boellblog.org/?p=10955 Today, Craig Morris explains our updated graphics on German energy consumption. Private consumers may support the further growth of renewables, but they also make up a relatively small part of total energy consumption. PV rooftop panels in Berlin; private households consume very little energy relative to industry (Photo by Georg Slickers, edited, CC BY-SA 2.0) One of the conundrums in Germany is...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2016/08/what-if-all-german-households-went-renewable/feed/ 5 Uruguay: revolution rather than energy transition? https://energytransition.org/2016/08/uruguay-revolution-rather-than-energy-transition/ https://energytransition.org/2016/08/uruguay-revolution-rather-than-energy-transition/#comments Mon, 15 Aug 2016 13:00:45 +0000 http://energytransition.boellblog.org/?p=10909 In less than a decade, Uruguayan citizens have been privileged witnesses of a fast change, a true revolution, in the energy sector, and they are beginning to perceive its results. Wilson Sierra examines Uruguayan policy and its tremendous progress. Sunset on the southern coast of Uruguay. The country has the perfect natural resources for a clean energy transition (Photo by Jime Zorilla, edited...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2016/08/uruguay-revolution-rather-than-energy-transition/feed/ 4 Will Germany reach its 2020 target for renewable power this year? https://energytransition.org/2016/07/will-germany-reach-its-2020-target-for-renewable-power-this-year/ https://energytransition.org/2016/07/will-germany-reach-its-2020-target-for-renewable-power-this-year/#comments Wed, 13 Jul 2016 13:00:49 +0000 http://energytransition.boellblog.org/?p=10669 In the first half of 2016, 36.4 percent of the electricity produced in Germany was renewable according to preliminary data. The target for 2020 is only 35 percent – and that figure does not include power exports. Renewables seem to be cutting into both coal power and nuclear; gas is up. Craig Morris explains. German wind turbines; renewables may be on track to achieve its renewable energy targets...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2016/07/will-germany-reach-its-2020-target-for-renewable-power-this-year/feed/ 8 Regional Cooperation: A Solution to the European Renewables deadlock? https://energytransition.org/2016/06/regional-cooperation-a-solution-to-the-european-renewables-deadlock/ https://energytransition.org/2016/06/regional-cooperation-a-solution-to-the-european-renewables-deadlock/#comments Tue, 14 Jun 2016 13:00:10 +0000 http://energytransition.boellblog.org/?p=10395 German town Haren and the Dutch town Emmen try to build a regional, decentralised, mostly communal cross-border energy system. But there are several challenges that both municipalities in Emmen and Haren are facing which could be solved by a more coherent policy framework on the European level. Kathrin Glastra (Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung EU) and Anna Leidreiter (World Future Council) have a look.

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2016/06/regional-cooperation-a-solution-to-the-european-renewables-deadlock/feed/ 2 French nuclear under pressure – from German renewables? https://energytransition.org/2016/06/french-nuclear-under-pressure-from-german-renewables/ https://energytransition.org/2016/06/french-nuclear-under-pressure-from-german-renewables/#comments Fri, 03 Jun 2016 13:00:41 +0000 http://energytransition.boellblog.org/?p=10344 In late May, strikes reduced nuclear power production in France. Yet even more plants were offline a few weeks earlier without any strikes at all. German and European renewable electricity may have been one reason why France switched off so many nuclear plants that weekend. Craig Morris takes a look. On March 31, the nuclear plant Paluel 2 “just barely escaped catastrophe,” as Le Parisien put it.

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