renewable energies – Energy Transition https://energytransition.org The Global Energiewende Tue, 18 Apr 2023 17:08:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 Can South Africa’s Just Transition close the Energy Sectors Gender Gap? https://energytransition.org/2023/04/can-south-africas-just-transition-close-the-energy-sectors-gender-gap/ https://energytransition.org/2023/04/can-south-africas-just-transition-close-the-energy-sectors-gender-gap/#respond Thu, 20 Apr 2023 08:00:51 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=28121 South Africa’s energy transition passed significant milestones at the last two COPs (Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC). Over the last two years, a framework for a just transition was developed and adopted by government, considering the inclusion of groups left behind by the energy industry. Women in particular face numerous challenges in the energy sector: while they fail to profit from...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2023/04/can-south-africas-just-transition-close-the-energy-sectors-gender-gap/feed/ 0 Green hydrogen – solution or pipe dream? Part I https://energytransition.org/2023/03/green-hydr-ogen-solution-or-hyped-dream-part-i/ https://energytransition.org/2023/03/green-hydr-ogen-solution-or-hyped-dream-part-i/#respond Thu, 30 Mar 2023 08:00:13 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=28053 There is a fairly broad consensus in the climate movement that hydrogen has to play an important role within the international energy transition (especially for the decarbonisation of energy-/feedstock-intensive industry sectors). And while there’s an understanding that only hydrogen produced 100% from renewables will match the requirements of being “clean” and therefore “climate-friendly”...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2023/03/green-hydr-ogen-solution-or-hyped-dream-part-i/feed/ 0 Geothermal Iceland: this land of fire and ice is pushing the limits of its natural energy https://energytransition.org/2023/03/geothermal-iceland-this-land-of-fire-and-ice-is-pushing-the-limits-of-its-natural-energy/ https://energytransition.org/2023/03/geothermal-iceland-this-land-of-fire-and-ice-is-pushing-the-limits-of-its-natural-energy/#respond Tue, 28 Mar 2023 08:00:49 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=28017 While much of Europe suffers from escalating fossil fuel prices and fears of winter power cuts, Iceland – which has taken advantage of its natural resources by tapping into the geothermal heat lying deep underneath its soil and harnessing the power of vast amounts of snowmelt cascading from its interior to the ocean, has enjoyed more stable energy prices. Essentially 100%

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2023/03/geothermal-iceland-this-land-of-fire-and-ice-is-pushing-the-limits-of-its-natural-energy/feed/ 0 EU smashes renewable records as it urgently breaks free of Russian fossil fuels https://energytransition.org/2023/03/eu-smashes-renewable-records-as-it-urgently-breaks-free-of-russian-fossil-fuels/ https://energytransition.org/2023/03/eu-smashes-renewable-records-as-it-urgently-breaks-free-of-russian-fossil-fuels/#respond Thu, 16 Mar 2023 08:00:57 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=28007 Since Russia’s February invasion of Ukraine, European Union member states have been feverishly reworking their energy policies to reduce their reliance on Russian gas, coal, and oil. To help accelerate the shift, energy developers are rapidly increasing investments in solar and wind power. This summer, solar, helping the EU tackle not only its energy problem but also soaring inflation.

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2023/03/eu-smashes-renewable-records-as-it-urgently-breaks-free-of-russian-fossil-fuels/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 Saudi Arabia’s new energy diplomacy https://energytransition.org/2023/02/saudi-arabias-new-energy-diplomacy/ https://energytransition.org/2023/02/saudi-arabias-new-energy-diplomacy/#respond Thu, 16 Feb 2023 08:00:20 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=27867 There has been no shortage of news about Mohamad Bin Salman, more commonly known as MBS, the 35-year crown prince of Saudi Arabia. A controversial figure, he has been hailed as a reformer, but also criticized for corruption and human rights abuses. He came to power at a time when Saudi Arabia’s geopolitical prowess as an energy giant may be threatened by the energy transition. This year...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2023/02/saudi-arabias-new-energy-diplomacy/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 Greening Speed: IEA says Russia’s war in Ukraine accelerating global shift to clean energy https://energytransition.org/2022/12/greening-speed-iea-says-russias-war-in-ukraine-accelerating-global-shift-to-clean-energy/ https://energytransition.org/2022/12/greening-speed-iea-says-russias-war-in-ukraine-accelerating-global-shift-to-clean-energy/#respond Thu, 15 Dec 2022 10:00:14 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=27729 In the wake of Russia’s February invasion and skyrocketing prices, to ensure energy security and affordability, nations worldwide are installing record levels of solar and wind capacity. Now, for the first time ever, in their annual World Energy Outlook the International Energy Agency (IEA) is predicting fossil fuel demand will peak near-term as non-emitting sources begin producing the majority of...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2022/12/greening-speed-iea-says-russias-war-in-ukraine-accelerating-global-shift-to-clean-energy/feed/ 0 Local Energy Scotland: Generating Energy for the Community https://energytransition.org/2022/10/local-energy-scotland-generating-energy-for-the-community/ https://energytransition.org/2022/10/local-energy-scotland-generating-energy-for-the-community/#respond Thu, 20 Oct 2022 10:00:06 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=27337 Edinburgh, Scotland. On the rocky western coast of the remote Scottish island of North Uist, a link in the Outer Hebrides archipelago, loom two 250-foot-tall (76 meter) onshore wind turbines with a generation capacity of 1.8 MW that ceaselessly churn in the North Atlantic Ocean breeze. Paul Hockenos reports. Community wind farm, South Uist. (Photo by Christine McIntosh, CC BY-ND 2.0) This small 1.

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