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Just Transition in Greek Lignite Regions: The Clock’s Ticking

January 11, 2021

In September 2019, at the UN Climate Action Summit in New York, the newly-elected Prime minister Mitsotakis announced that Greece would phase out the use of lignite in its energy system by 2028, 10 years faster than Germany. Consequently, the National Energy and Climate Plan (NECP) drafted by the previous SYRIZA-led government was revised to reflect this and other commitments before the plan was sent to Brussels end of 2019 [see previous blog post]. Daniel Argyropoulos has the story.

The IEA Won’t Budge: Fossil fuels, nuclear, and carbon capture remain key to innovation strategies

by Paul Hockenos

July 27, 2020

Despite so much criticism directed at the International Energy Agency (IEA) over the years, the Paris-based intergovernmental organization, which was established in the framework of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development in 1974, refuses to seriously rethink its affinity to fossil fuels and nuclear power – and its timid embrace of renewables.

A New Approach for Electrifying Africa with Clean Energy

by Paul Hockenos

October 8, 2019

The leading lights of wunderkind firm Mobisol, a Berlin start-up, left the company to found their own research institute. They still believe that the private sector has a key role in bringing solar power to Africa and the developing world. Paul Hockenos reports

The Triumphant Return of Community Energy

by Paul Hockenos

August 19, 2019

About five years ago, decentralized community energy, though etched in history books for having sparked Europe’s clean-energy revolution in the 1990s, was deemed outdated in the age of the ever-more dramatic climate crisis. Paul Hockenos explains the development.

Germany eager to become global leader in developing hydrogen technologies

by Energiewende Team

August 7, 2019

Germany intends to invest €100 million annually into the research of hydrogen technologies. This could be the business of the future, as well as the country’s next top export. However, the future of green gas is still extremely shaky. Daniel Eck reports.

Wanted: a double reorientation of energy finance

by Laima Eicke

July 22, 2019

Several countries’ national determined contributions (NDCs) highlight climate finance as a precondition for the ambitious action needed to achieve development paths compatible with limiting global warming to 1.5°C in 2100. Many hopes have been pinned on new market mechanisms in this context, but the trade-offs demanded by carbon trading schemes continued to be hotly debated at the UNFCCC last week, not least due to their political and economic implications. Laima Eicke reports

Official EU petition calls for minimum carbon price

by Energiewende Team

July 10, 2019

The European Commission registered an official petition on Wednesday (7 July) that calls on the EU executive to set up a minimum carbon price, “discourage the consumption of fossil fuels” and keep global warming to below 1.5 degrees. Sam Morgan reports

Albania should be cashing in big on renewable energy

by Paul Hockenos

June 26, 2019

Why isn’t it? Powerful interests in the energy sector see renewables in terms of hydro, hydro, and more hydro. It’s not what the country – or the region — needs, says Paul Hockenos.

Is Latin America’s lithium industry sustainable? Environmental costs of the new white gold

by Rebecca Bertram

June 5, 2019

The energy transition, and especially the increased electrification of transportation sector, moves forward at great speed. Its new center is Latin America’s lithium triangle, where new batteries of electric vehicles will be sourced. But there is an inevitable conflict coming between water availability and mining, says Rebecca Bertram.

How climate deniers could take over the European Parliament

by Energiewende Team

May 16, 2019

According to electoral forecasts, one in ten Europeans may vote far right in the upcoming European Parliament elections. Right-wing parties pose a potential threat to the achievement of sustainable climate and energy goals of the European Union. Kathrin Meyer and Silvia Weko ask about the possible impacts of larger parliamentary far right-wing groups for the future path of the EU.

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All posts tagged: clean energy

Just Transition in Greek Lignite Regions: The Clock’s Ticking

The IEA Won’t Budge: Fossil fuels, nuclear, and carbon capture remain key to innovation strategies

A New Approach for Electrifying Africa with Clean Energy

The Triumphant Return of Community Energy

Germany eager to become global leader in developing hydrogen technologies

Wanted: a double reorientation of energy finance

Official EU petition calls for minimum carbon price

Albania should be cashing in big on renewable energy

Is Latin America’s lithium industry sustainable? Environmental costs of the new white gold

How climate deniers could take over the European Parliament