Transportation – Energy Transition https://energytransition.org The Global Energiewende Thu, 02 Jun 2022 09:59:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 From secondhand car imports to EVs, why the Zimbabwe clean transport leapfrog is yet to impress https://energytransition.org/2022/06/from-secondhand-car-imports-to-evs-why-the-zimbabwe-clean-transport-leapfrog-is-yet-to-impress/ https://energytransition.org/2022/06/from-secondhand-car-imports-to-evs-why-the-zimbabwe-clean-transport-leapfrog-is-yet-to-impress/#respond Wed, 08 Jun 2022 10:00:56 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=26761 In Zimbabwe, the Covid-19 pandemic brought up several measures to transform transportation. But governmental actions to fade out fossil fuels in the mobility sector have not yet became effective. Instead, the transition to cleaner vehicles is facing hurdles. Kennedy Nyavaya has the stroy. Electrifying public transport could be an efficient start to decarbonize Zimbabwes transport sector.

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2022/06/from-secondhand-car-imports-to-evs-why-the-zimbabwe-clean-transport-leapfrog-is-yet-to-impress/feed/ 0 Korea’s hydrogen ambitions – pioneering or heading down the wrong path? https://energytransition.org/2021/10/koreas-hydrogen-ambitions-pioneering-or-heading-down-the-wrong-path/ https://energytransition.org/2021/10/koreas-hydrogen-ambitions-pioneering-or-heading-down-the-wrong-path/#respond Thu, 07 Oct 2021 10:00:30 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=24833 Hydrogen has emerged as a key element in the race to net-zero worldwide. South Korea is one of the most proactive advocates of hydrogen, passing the world’s first hydrogen economy law last year. In its carbon neutrality scenarios unveiled last month, meanwhile, hydrogen is given more weight than renewables. What is the Korean government doing to boost the hydrogen economy, and why?

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2021/10/koreas-hydrogen-ambitions-pioneering-or-heading-down-the-wrong-path/feed/ 0 The world’s biggest trade bloc is born – what does it mean for the energy transition? https://energytransition.org/2021/03/the-worlds-biggest-trade-bloc-is-born-what-does-it-mean-for-the-energy-transition/ https://energytransition.org/2021/03/the-worlds-biggest-trade-bloc-is-born-what-does-it-mean-for-the-energy-transition/#respond Fri, 19 Mar 2021 14:00:52 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=24017 The year 2020 brought us a devastating pandemic and an economic slowdown but also some decisive moments for the global energy transition. Last year ushered in a wave of groundbreaking pledges on carbon and climate neutrality. Meanwhile, clean energy investments have proven resilient to the global economic downturn, further shrinking prices for renewable power generation equipment and the ongoing...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2021/03/the-worlds-biggest-trade-bloc-is-born-what-does-it-mean-for-the-energy-transition/feed/ 0 Dream derailed: Coal plant Datteln IV upturns Deutsche Bahn’s green ambitions https://energytransition.org/2020/09/dream-derailed-coal-plant-datteln-iv-upturns-deutsche-bahns-green-ambitions/ https://energytransition.org/2020/09/dream-derailed-coal-plant-datteln-iv-upturns-deutsche-bahns-green-ambitions/#comments Mon, 21 Sep 2020 13:00:36 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=23181 Germany’s state-owned railroad, Deutsche Bahn (DB), proudly boasts it’s the largest green electricity user in the nation. With uptake scheduled to grow to 80% by 2030, in tandem with the newly passed German coal-exit laws, DB aims to become 100% renewable by 2038. But by beginning the long-sought phase-out by simultaneously firing up of the new Uniper-owned Datteln IV coal plant...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2020/09/dream-derailed-coal-plant-datteln-iv-upturns-deutsche-bahns-green-ambitions/feed/ 1 Gender awareness: Transport infrastructure as a key lever for energy efficiency. Pt. III https://energytransition.org/2020/08/22937/ https://energytransition.org/2020/08/22937/#respond Mon, 17 Aug 2020 13:15:56 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=22937 The lack of gender-specific configurations of transport designs reflecting actual travel behaviour wastes significant efficiency in energy usage. In the last article of her three-part series, Kathrin Meyer explains why it is necessary to build on gender-responsive planning within the transportation sector. Photo by Euan Cameron (Public Domain) Travelling through urban spaces opens possibilities to...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2020/08/22937/feed/ 0 Beyond the Tour de France: Cycling in the post-Covid-19 French Republic https://energytransition.org/2020/08/more-than-just-the-tour-de-france-cycling-in-the-post-covid-19-french-republic/ https://energytransition.org/2020/08/more-than-just-the-tour-de-france-cycling-in-the-post-covid-19-french-republic/#comments Thu, 13 Aug 2020 13:00:35 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=22815 For a long time, the French have considered cycling a sport rather than a way of transport. This has changed in the past years with raising concerns about air quality, climate change and public health. 2020 can be a real turning point with long strikes in public transit as well as government support for a bike system in the aftermath of the Coronavirus crisis. Lisa Tostado takes a closer look.

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2020/08/more-than-just-the-tour-de-france-cycling-in-the-post-covid-19-french-republic/feed/ 1 Clean mobility lags behind in Latin America https://energytransition.org/2020/07/clean-mobility-lags-behind-in-latin-america/ https://energytransition.org/2020/07/clean-mobility-lags-behind-in-latin-america/#respond Tue, 21 Jul 2020 12:45:05 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=22749 The transportation sector in Latin America is still largely based on fossil fuels and responsible for 35 percent of the continent’s carbon emissions. Greening public transportation systems is an issue predominantly for a few wealthier cities. But many remain highly inefficient, insecure and in the hands of powerful transportation mafia-like groups, which make them a difficult subject for reform.

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2020/07/clean-mobility-lags-behind-in-latin-america/feed/ 0 Biking in Bogota https://energytransition.org/2020/05/bogota/ https://energytransition.org/2020/05/bogota/#respond Mon, 04 May 2020 13:00:59 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=22191 For climate activists, the coronavirus pandemic has held some positive news with regards to its short term effects. As a result of the economic standstill in large parts of the world, global carbon emissions decreased by 20 percent by the end of March compared to the previous year. But as pressure is building up to get the economies going again, they must also fear that once this global health...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2020/05/bogota/feed/ 0 Sound and fury: Merkel’s Climate Cabinet and its shortcomings https://energytransition.org/2019/09/sound-and-fury-merkels-climate-cabinet-and-its-shortcomings/ https://energytransition.org/2019/09/sound-and-fury-merkels-climate-cabinet-and-its-shortcomings/#respond Thu, 19 Sep 2019 13:00:13 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=20809 Despite increasing public pressure, both coalition parties within Merkel’s so-called Climate Cabinet favor taxes or market based trading schemes to tackle the climate crisis instead of new regulations to increase renewable energy or hard measures to phase out fossil fuels. L. Michael Buchsbaum takes a look Emission trading or CO2 taxation is one of the topics to be negotiated ( Public Domain) It’s...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2019/09/sound-and-fury-merkels-climate-cabinet-and-its-shortcomings/feed/ 0 New trains for old tracks – how Guatemala City aims to tackle its traffic chaos https://energytransition.org/2019/09/new-trains-for-old-tracks-how-guatemala-city-aims-to-tackle-its-traffic-chaos/ https://energytransition.org/2019/09/new-trains-for-old-tracks-how-guatemala-city-aims-to-tackle-its-traffic-chaos/#respond Wed, 18 Sep 2019 13:00:32 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=20765 Sometimes clean and efficient energy solutions do not require rocket science or fancy buzzwords, such as block chain or other digital jargon. When it comes to reforming public transportation in urban areas the City of Guatemala is now retrieving old train tracks – put in place in the late 1800s to aid the country’s growing banana exports – to solve its mounting traffic nightmare.

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