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BOOK REVIEW: ‘HOW TO AVOID A CLIMATE DISASTER’ BY BILL A review by Paul Hockenos. To avoid a climate disaster, Bill Gates probes a combination of furious innovation, the adoption of best practices, smart investment, and clear-headed state policies. (Picture: Pete Linforth) Few climate crisis books give cause for hope. But Bill Gates’s new title does just that as the Microsoftco-founder and
FRACKED UP: THE LINK BETWEEN PLASTIC, FOSSIL GAS AND Teaming with the oil and gas industry, petrochemical firms are ramping up fracked gas usage to fuel virgin plastic production. One of the largest drivers of this increase is the growing Ineos conglomerate. Based in the U.K. and owned by its richest citizen, Jim Ratcliffe, Ineos is developing a massive new “cracking” facility in the Portof
A ROADMAP FOR THE ENERGY TRANSITION A roadmap proposal published in December ( PDF, unfortunately only in German) by IFEU and Fraunhofer IBP aims to fill that gap. It recommends a focus on onshore wind power distributed throughout the country and calls for a reduction of “must-run” capacity (such as nuclear). It also discusses the need for efficiency, energy democracy,and a
HOW THE EU ASSISTS DEFORESTATION IN BRAZIL Soy is one of Brazil’s main commodities, with exports exceeding 33 billion USD in 2018, and ever more forest areas being eroded and turned to soy production. For the study, a research team from Germany, Spain and Sweden examined how Brazil’s soy production and subsequent deforestation intertwined with international soy trade between 2010 WIND ENERGY IN MEXICO COULD JEOPARDIZE THE ENERGY Rebecca Bertram takes a look at wind farms in Mexico. In Mexico, the wind companies promised local communities benefits and failed. ( Public Domain) Mexico’s wind energy sector is currently demonstrating how not to orchestrate an energy transition. The efforts the country is undertaking to reach its renewable energy goals areimpressive.
AUTHOR: ANDY GHEORGHIU Author: Andy Gheorghiu. A former public servant, Andy Gheorghiu became involved in the anti-fracking movement when an international oil and gas company requested a permission license for shale gas development in North-Hesse, Germany, where he lives. He works as a full-time freelance campaigner, consultant, and activist for climate and GERMAN COGENERATION ACT German Cogeneration Act. Germany wants to get 25 percent of its power supply from cogeneration units by 2020 because cogeneration is much more efficient than separate power and heat generation. The Cogeneration Act therefore pays bonuses for cogeneration relative to system size. Although it is possible to count kilowatt-hours of heatjust as we
GOOD NEWS FROM CHILE Good news from Chile. by Rebecca Bertram. 11 May 2021. Chile is the new renewable energy champion of Latin America. It has overtaken Brazil and Mexico in attracting more foreign direct investment in the sector. Smart and stable energy policy lies behind this success as Rebecca Bertram reports. Santiago de Chile – License: Public Domain RENEWABLES: THE END OF ENERGY GLOBALIZATION? In the end, renewables make countries prosumers, lessening the need for energy source imports, the remainder of which can be met by fossil fuels or energy carriers. Regarding location, renewable energy implies a regionalization of trade. Electricity is the primary carrier for most renewables and faces long-distance losses in transportation. URUGUAY, LATIN AMERICA’S RENEWABLE CHAMPION Uruguay, Latin America’s Renewable Champion. Uruguay lies between Argentina and Brazil on the Atlantic Ocean and is home to about 3.5 million people. But this small country has made it to the top 5 in wind and solar energy producers worldwide. Rebecca Bertram reports. The decision to rely on renewable energies in Uruguay was made inorder to
BOOK REVIEW: ‘HOW TO AVOID A CLIMATE DISASTER’ BY BILL A review by Paul Hockenos. To avoid a climate disaster, Bill Gates probes a combination of furious innovation, the adoption of best practices, smart investment, and clear-headed state policies. (Picture: Pete Linforth) Few climate crisis books give cause for hope. But Bill Gates’s new title does just that as the Microsoftco-founder and
FRACKED UP: THE LINK BETWEEN PLASTIC, FOSSIL GAS AND Teaming with the oil and gas industry, petrochemical firms are ramping up fracked gas usage to fuel virgin plastic production. One of the largest drivers of this increase is the growing Ineos conglomerate. Based in the U.K. and owned by its richest citizen, Jim Ratcliffe, Ineos is developing a massive new “cracking” facility in the Portof
A ROADMAP FOR THE ENERGY TRANSITION A roadmap proposal published in December ( PDF, unfortunately only in German) by IFEU and Fraunhofer IBP aims to fill that gap. It recommends a focus on onshore wind power distributed throughout the country and calls for a reduction of “must-run” capacity (such as nuclear). It also discusses the need for efficiency, energy democracy,and a
HOW THE EU ASSISTS DEFORESTATION IN BRAZIL Soy is one of Brazil’s main commodities, with exports exceeding 33 billion USD in 2018, and ever more forest areas being eroded and turned to soy production. For the study, a research team from Germany, Spain and Sweden examined how Brazil’s soy production and subsequent deforestation intertwined with international soy trade between 2010 WIND ENERGY IN MEXICO COULD JEOPARDIZE THE ENERGY Rebecca Bertram takes a look at wind farms in Mexico. In Mexico, the wind companies promised local communities benefits and failed. ( Public Domain) Mexico’s wind energy sector is currently demonstrating how not to orchestrate an energy transition. The efforts the country is undertaking to reach its renewable energy goals areimpressive.
AUTHOR: ANDY GHEORGHIU Author: Andy Gheorghiu. A former public servant, Andy Gheorghiu became involved in the anti-fracking movement when an international oil and gas company requested a permission license for shale gas development in North-Hesse, Germany, where he lives. He works as a full-time freelance campaigner, consultant, and activist for climate and GERMAN COGENERATION ACT German Cogeneration Act. Germany wants to get 25 percent of its power supply from cogeneration units by 2020 because cogeneration is much more efficient than separate power and heat generation. The Cogeneration Act therefore pays bonuses for cogeneration relative to system size. Although it is possible to count kilowatt-hours of heatjust as we
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In May, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) published the draft of its new energy policy, a big step, given its clout over energy systems in Asia and the Pacific.The document pledges a new era in the multilateral bank’s financing approach. But despite HOW THE EU ASSISTS DEFORESTATION IN BRAZIL According to a recent study, published in the journal Global Environmental Change the governments of the European Union themselves bear considerable responsibility for Brazil’s deforestation rate thanks to their import of large quantities of soy. Soy is one of Brazil’s main commodities, with exports exceeding 33 billion USD in 2018, and ever more forest areas being eroded and turned to soy A ROADMAP FOR THE ENERGY TRANSITION A roadmap proposal published in December ( PDF, unfortunately only in German) by IFEU and Fraunhofer IBP aims to fill that gap. It recommends a focus on onshore wind power distributed throughout the country and calls for a reduction of “must-run” capacity (such as nuclear). It also discusses the need for efficiency, energy democracy,and a
FLAWED BUT VITAL, “PLANET OF THE HUMANS” POSES SEVERAL Flawed but vital, “Planet of the Humans” poses several inconvenient questions. Michael Moore and Jeff Gibbs new movie, Planet of the Humans (POTH) serves to uncomfortably remind viewers that in many ways, despite our increased awareness of the growing biodiversity and climate crises, often our “environmental” and “sustainable FRACKING IN GERMANY: TRULY BANNED, ALLOWED A LITTLE OR Only “commercial, unconventional fracking projects” are temporarily banned until 2021. The German government thus distinguishes between “conventional fracking” in sandstone layers and “unconventional fracking” in shales and coal seams. Fracking in sandstone strata is still explicitly permitted. This is intended tosuggest to the
HOW BATTERIES CAN STABILIZE THE GRID The grid frequency drops when more power is taken out of the grid than put into it; likewise, frequency increases when more power is pushed into the grid than taken out. Power plants adjust production ever so slightly to stabilize the frequency within a tight range (around 50 hertz in Europe). But as we see below, the blue line representing AFRICA’S ENERGY TRANSITION: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES Africa’s energy transition rather faces two important challenges: modernisation and expansion. Modernisation is about exploiting the continent’s vast endowment of renewable energy resources, including biomass, wind, solar, and hydro-power potential. It also implies moving away from the use of inefficient and hazardous forms of energyby
DECARBONIZATION PLAN IN CHILE: AN UNAMBITIOUS BUT DYNAMIC Decarbonization plan. When the Chilean government announced its energy policy 2018 –2022, they included the goal to go forward with the decarbonization of the energy matrix. To optimize this process, a (national) Coal Commission was founded in 2018, representing the Ministries of Energy and Environment, energy companies, agenciesrepresenting
WIND ENERGY IN MEXICO COULD JEOPARDIZE THE ENERGY Rebecca Bertram takes a look at wind farms in Mexico. In Mexico, the wind companies promised local communities benefits and failed. ( Public Domain) Mexico’s wind energy sector is currently demonstrating how not to orchestrate an energy transition. The efforts the country is undertaking to reach its renewable energy goals areimpressive.
AUTHOR: ANDY GHEORGHIU Author: Andy Gheorghiu. A former public servant, Andy Gheorghiu became involved in the anti-fracking movement when an international oil and gas company requested a permission license for shale gas development in North-Hesse, Germany, where he lives. He works as a full-time freelance campaigner, consultant, and activist for climate and GOOD NEWS FROM CHILE Good news from Chile. by Rebecca Bertram. 11 May 2021. Chile is the new renewable energy champion of Latin America. It has overtaken Brazil and Mexico in attracting more foreign direct investment in the sector. Smart and stable energy policy lies behind this success as Rebecca Bertram reports. Santiago de Chile – License: Public Domain RENEWABLES: THE END OF ENERGY GLOBALIZATION? In the end, renewables make countries prosumers, lessening the need for energy source imports, the remainder of which can be met by fossil fuels or energy carriers. Regarding location, renewable energy implies a regionalization of trade. Electricity is the primary carrier for most renewables and faces long-distance losses in transportation. URUGUAY, LATIN AMERICA’S RENEWABLE CHAMPION Uruguay, Latin America’s Renewable Champion. Uruguay lies between Argentina and Brazil on the Atlantic Ocean and is home to about 3.5 million people. But this small country has made it to the top 5 in wind and solar energy producers worldwide. Rebecca Bertram reports. The decision to rely on renewable energies in Uruguay was made inorder to
BOOK REVIEW: ‘HOW TO AVOID A CLIMATE DISASTER’ BY BILL A review by Paul Hockenos. To avoid a climate disaster, Bill Gates probes a combination of furious innovation, the adoption of best practices, smart investment, and clear-headed state policies. (Picture: Pete Linforth) Few climate crisis books give cause for hope. But Bill Gates’s new title does just that as the Microsoftco-founder and
FRACKED UP: THE LINK BETWEEN PLASTIC, FOSSIL GAS AND Teaming with the oil and gas industry, petrochemical firms are ramping up fracked gas usage to fuel virgin plastic production. One of the largest drivers of this increase is the growing Ineos conglomerate. Based in the U.K. and owned by its richest citizen, Jim Ratcliffe, Ineos is developing a massive new “cracking” facility in the Portof
HOW THE EU ASSISTS DEFORESTATION IN BRAZIL Soy is one of Brazil’s main commodities, with exports exceeding 33 billion USD in 2018, and ever more forest areas being eroded and turned to soy production. For the study, a research team from Germany, Spain and Sweden examined how Brazil’s soy production and subsequent deforestation intertwined with international soy trade between 2010 A ROADMAP FOR THE ENERGY TRANSITION A roadmap proposal published in December ( PDF, unfortunately only in German) by IFEU and Fraunhofer IBP aims to fill that gap. It recommends a focus on onshore wind power distributed throughout the country and calls for a reduction of “must-run” capacity (such as nuclear). It also discusses the need for efficiency, energy democracy,and a
WIND ENERGY IN MEXICO COULD JEOPARDIZE THE ENERGY Rebecca Bertram takes a look at wind farms in Mexico. In Mexico, the wind companies promised local communities benefits and failed. ( Public Domain) Mexico’s wind energy sector is currently demonstrating how not to orchestrate an energy transition. The efforts the country is undertaking to reach its renewable energy goals areimpressive.
AUTHOR: ANDY GHEORGHIU Author: Andy Gheorghiu. A former public servant, Andy Gheorghiu became involved in the anti-fracking movement when an international oil and gas company requested a permission license for shale gas development in North-Hesse, Germany, where he lives. He works as a full-time freelance campaigner, consultant, and activist for climate and GERMAN COGENERATION ACT German Cogeneration Act. Germany wants to get 25 percent of its power supply from cogeneration units by 2020 because cogeneration is much more efficient than separate power and heat generation. The Cogeneration Act therefore pays bonuses for cogeneration relative to system size. Although it is possible to count kilowatt-hours of heatjust as we
GOOD NEWS FROM CHILE Good news from Chile. by Rebecca Bertram. 11 May 2021. Chile is the new renewable energy champion of Latin America. It has overtaken Brazil and Mexico in attracting more foreign direct investment in the sector. Smart and stable energy policy lies behind this success as Rebecca Bertram reports. Santiago de Chile – License: Public Domain RENEWABLES: THE END OF ENERGY GLOBALIZATION? In the end, renewables make countries prosumers, lessening the need for energy source imports, the remainder of which can be met by fossil fuels or energy carriers. Regarding location, renewable energy implies a regionalization of trade. Electricity is the primary carrier for most renewables and faces long-distance losses in transportation. URUGUAY, LATIN AMERICA’S RENEWABLE CHAMPION Uruguay, Latin America’s Renewable Champion. Uruguay lies between Argentina and Brazil on the Atlantic Ocean and is home to about 3.5 million people. But this small country has made it to the top 5 in wind and solar energy producers worldwide. Rebecca Bertram reports. The decision to rely on renewable energies in Uruguay was made inorder to
BOOK REVIEW: ‘HOW TO AVOID A CLIMATE DISASTER’ BY BILL A review by Paul Hockenos. To avoid a climate disaster, Bill Gates probes a combination of furious innovation, the adoption of best practices, smart investment, and clear-headed state policies. (Picture: Pete Linforth) Few climate crisis books give cause for hope. But Bill Gates’s new title does just that as the Microsoftco-founder and
FRACKED UP: THE LINK BETWEEN PLASTIC, FOSSIL GAS AND Teaming with the oil and gas industry, petrochemical firms are ramping up fracked gas usage to fuel virgin plastic production. One of the largest drivers of this increase is the growing Ineos conglomerate. Based in the U.K. and owned by its richest citizen, Jim Ratcliffe, Ineos is developing a massive new “cracking” facility in the Portof
HOW THE EU ASSISTS DEFORESTATION IN BRAZIL Soy is one of Brazil’s main commodities, with exports exceeding 33 billion USD in 2018, and ever more forest areas being eroded and turned to soy production. For the study, a research team from Germany, Spain and Sweden examined how Brazil’s soy production and subsequent deforestation intertwined with international soy trade between 2010 A ROADMAP FOR THE ENERGY TRANSITION A roadmap proposal published in December ( PDF, unfortunately only in German) by IFEU and Fraunhofer IBP aims to fill that gap. It recommends a focus on onshore wind power distributed throughout the country and calls for a reduction of “must-run” capacity (such as nuclear). It also discusses the need for efficiency, energy democracy,and a
WIND ENERGY IN MEXICO COULD JEOPARDIZE THE ENERGY Rebecca Bertram takes a look at wind farms in Mexico. In Mexico, the wind companies promised local communities benefits and failed. ( Public Domain) Mexico’s wind energy sector is currently demonstrating how not to orchestrate an energy transition. The efforts the country is undertaking to reach its renewable energy goals areimpressive.
AUTHOR: ANDY GHEORGHIU Author: Andy Gheorghiu. A former public servant, Andy Gheorghiu became involved in the anti-fracking movement when an international oil and gas company requested a permission license for shale gas development in North-Hesse, Germany, where he lives. He works as a full-time freelance campaigner, consultant, and activist for climate and GERMAN COGENERATION ACT German Cogeneration Act. Germany wants to get 25 percent of its power supply from cogeneration units by 2020 because cogeneration is much more efficient than separate power and heat generation. The Cogeneration Act therefore pays bonuses for cogeneration relative to system size. Although it is possible to count kilowatt-hours of heatjust as we
TAG: ENERGY SYSTEM
In May, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) published the draft of its new energy policy, a big step, given its clout over energy systems in Asia and the Pacific.The document pledges a new era in the multilateral bank’s financing approach. But despite FRACKING IN GERMANY: TRULY BANNED, ALLOWED A LITTLE OR Only “commercial, unconventional fracking projects” are temporarily banned until 2021. The German government thus distinguishes between “conventional fracking” in sandstone layers and “unconventional fracking” in shales and coal seams. Fracking in sandstone strata is still explicitly permitted. This is intended tosuggest to the
HOW THE EU ASSISTS DEFORESTATION IN BRAZIL According to a recent study, published in the journal Global Environmental Change the governments of the European Union themselves bear considerable responsibility for Brazil’s deforestation rate thanks to their import of large quantities of soy. Soy is one of Brazil’s main commodities, with exports exceeding 33 billion USD in 2018, and ever more forest areas being eroded and turned to soy FLAWED BUT VITAL, “PLANET OF THE HUMANS” POSES SEVERAL Flawed but vital, “Planet of the Humans” poses several inconvenient questions. Michael Moore and Jeff Gibbs new movie, Planet of the Humans (POTH) serves to uncomfortably remind viewers that in many ways, despite our increased awareness of the growing biodiversity and climate crises, often our “environmental” and “sustainable A ROADMAP FOR THE ENERGY TRANSITION A roadmap proposal published in December ( PDF, unfortunately only in German) by IFEU and Fraunhofer IBP aims to fill that gap. It recommends a focus on onshore wind power distributed throughout the country and calls for a reduction of “must-run” capacity (such as nuclear). It also discusses the need for efficiency, energy democracy,and a
DECARBONIZATION PLAN IN CHILE: AN UNAMBITIOUS BUT DYNAMIC Decarbonization plan. When the Chilean government announced its energy policy 2018 –2022, they included the goal to go forward with the decarbonization of the energy matrix. To optimize this process, a (national) Coal Commission was founded in 2018, representing the Ministries of Energy and Environment, energy companies, agenciesrepresenting
HOW BATTERIES CAN STABILIZE THE GRID The grid frequency drops when more power is taken out of the grid than put into it; likewise, frequency increases when more power is pushed into the grid than taken out. Power plants adjust production ever so slightly to stabilize the frequency within a tight range (around 50 hertz in Europe). But as we see below, the blue line representing WIND ENERGY IN MEXICO COULD JEOPARDIZE THE ENERGY Rebecca Bertram takes a look at wind farms in Mexico. In Mexico, the wind companies promised local communities benefits and failed. ( Public Domain) Mexico’s wind energy sector is currently demonstrating how not to orchestrate an energy transition. The efforts the country is undertaking to reach its renewable energy goals areimpressive.
AUTHOR: ANDY GHEORGHIU Author: Andy Gheorghiu. A former public servant, Andy Gheorghiu became involved in the anti-fracking movement when an international oil and gas company requested a permission license for shale gas development in North-Hesse, Germany, where he lives. He works as a full-time freelance campaigner, consultant, and activist for climate and BIOMASS – THE GROWTH IS OVER IN GERMANY Biomass – the growth is over in Germany. Because biomass can be used not only to generate electricity, but also as a source of heat and motor fuel, it makes up the largest chunk of renewable energy in most countries by far. Craig Morris says, however, that the growth of biomass is largely over in Germany. The gold rush for biomass is over. RENEWABLES: THE END OF ENERGY GLOBALIZATION? In the end, renewables make countries prosumers, lessening the need for energy source imports, the remainder of which can be met by fossil fuels or energy carriers. Regarding location, renewable energy implies a regionalization of trade. Electricity is the primary carrier for most renewables and faces long-distance losses in transportation. GOOD NEWS FROM CHILE Good news from Chile. by Rebecca Bertram. 11 May 2021. Chile is the new renewable energy champion of Latin America. It has overtaken Brazil and Mexico in attracting more foreign direct investment in the sector. Smart and stable energy policy lies behind this success as Rebecca Bertram reports. Santiago de Chile – License: Public Domain FLAWED BUT VITAL, “PLANET OF THE HUMANS” POSES SEVERAL Flawed but vital, “Planet of the Humans” poses several inconvenient questions. Michael Moore and Jeff Gibbs new movie, Planet of the Humans (POTH) serves to uncomfortably remind viewers that in many ways, despite our increased awareness of the growing biodiversity and climate crises, often our “environmental” and “sustainable URUGUAY, LATIN AMERICA’S RENEWABLE CHAMPION Uruguay, Latin America’s Renewable Champion. Uruguay lies between Argentina and Brazil on the Atlantic Ocean and is home to about 3.5 million people. But this small country has made it to the top 5 in wind and solar energy producers worldwide. Rebecca Bertram reports. The decision to rely on renewable energies in Uruguay was made inorder to
FRACKED UP: THE LINK BETWEEN PLASTIC, FOSSIL GAS AND Teaming with the oil and gas industry, petrochemical firms are ramping up fracked gas usage to fuel virgin plastic production. One of the largest drivers of this increase is the growing Ineos conglomerate. Based in the U.K. and owned by its richest citizen, Jim Ratcliffe, Ineos is developing a massive new “cracking” facility in the Portof
BOOK REVIEW: ‘HOW TO AVOID A CLIMATE DISASTER’ BY BILL A review by Paul Hockenos. To avoid a climate disaster, Bill Gates probes a combination of furious innovation, the adoption of best practices, smart investment, and clear-headed state policies. (Picture: Pete Linforth) Few climate crisis books give cause for hope. But Bill Gates’s new title does just that as the Microsoftco-founder and
AUTHOR: ANDY GHEORGHIU Author: Andy Gheorghiu. A former public servant, Andy Gheorghiu became involved in the anti-fracking movement when an international oil and gas company requested a permission license for shale gas development in North-Hesse, Germany, where he lives. He works as a full-time freelance campaigner, consultant, and activist for climate and WIND ENERGY IN MEXICO COULD JEOPARDIZE THE ENERGY Rebecca Bertram takes a look at wind farms in Mexico. In Mexico, the wind companies promised local communities benefits and failed. ( Public Domain) Mexico’s wind energy sector is currently demonstrating how not to orchestrate an energy transition. The efforts the country is undertaking to reach its renewable energy goals areimpressive.
A ROADMAP FOR THE ENERGY TRANSITION A roadmap proposal published in December ( PDF, unfortunately only in German) by IFEU and Fraunhofer IBP aims to fill that gap. It recommends a focus on onshore wind power distributed throughout the country and calls for a reduction of “must-run” capacity (such as nuclear). It also discusses the need for efficiency, energy democracy,and a
GERMAN COGENERATION ACT German Cogeneration Act. Germany wants to get 25 percent of its power supply from cogeneration units by 2020 because cogeneration is much more efficient than separate power and heat generation. The Cogeneration Act therefore pays bonuses for cogeneration relative to system size. Although it is possible to count kilowatt-hours of heatjust as we
RENEWABLES: THE END OF ENERGY GLOBALIZATION? In the end, renewables make countries prosumers, lessening the need for energy source imports, the remainder of which can be met by fossil fuels or energy carriers. Regarding location, renewable energy implies a regionalization of trade. Electricity is the primary carrier for most renewables and faces long-distance losses in transportation. GOOD NEWS FROM CHILE Good news from Chile. by Rebecca Bertram. 11 May 2021. Chile is the new renewable energy champion of Latin America. It has overtaken Brazil and Mexico in attracting more foreign direct investment in the sector. Smart and stable energy policy lies behind this success as Rebecca Bertram reports. Santiago de Chile – License: Public Domain FLAWED BUT VITAL, “PLANET OF THE HUMANS” POSES SEVERAL Flawed but vital, “Planet of the Humans” poses several inconvenient questions. Michael Moore and Jeff Gibbs new movie, Planet of the Humans (POTH) serves to uncomfortably remind viewers that in many ways, despite our increased awareness of the growing biodiversity and climate crises, often our “environmental” and “sustainable URUGUAY, LATIN AMERICA’S RENEWABLE CHAMPION Uruguay, Latin America’s Renewable Champion. Uruguay lies between Argentina and Brazil on the Atlantic Ocean and is home to about 3.5 million people. But this small country has made it to the top 5 in wind and solar energy producers worldwide. Rebecca Bertram reports. The decision to rely on renewable energies in Uruguay was made inorder to
FRACKED UP: THE LINK BETWEEN PLASTIC, FOSSIL GAS AND Teaming with the oil and gas industry, petrochemical firms are ramping up fracked gas usage to fuel virgin plastic production. One of the largest drivers of this increase is the growing Ineos conglomerate. Based in the U.K. and owned by its richest citizen, Jim Ratcliffe, Ineos is developing a massive new “cracking” facility in the Portof
BOOK REVIEW: ‘HOW TO AVOID A CLIMATE DISASTER’ BY BILL A review by Paul Hockenos. To avoid a climate disaster, Bill Gates probes a combination of furious innovation, the adoption of best practices, smart investment, and clear-headed state policies. (Picture: Pete Linforth) Few climate crisis books give cause for hope. But Bill Gates’s new title does just that as the Microsoftco-founder and
AUTHOR: ANDY GHEORGHIU Author: Andy Gheorghiu. A former public servant, Andy Gheorghiu became involved in the anti-fracking movement when an international oil and gas company requested a permission license for shale gas development in North-Hesse, Germany, where he lives. He works as a full-time freelance campaigner, consultant, and activist for climate and WIND ENERGY IN MEXICO COULD JEOPARDIZE THE ENERGY Rebecca Bertram takes a look at wind farms in Mexico. In Mexico, the wind companies promised local communities benefits and failed. ( Public Domain) Mexico’s wind energy sector is currently demonstrating how not to orchestrate an energy transition. The efforts the country is undertaking to reach its renewable energy goals areimpressive.
A ROADMAP FOR THE ENERGY TRANSITION A roadmap proposal published in December ( PDF, unfortunately only in German) by IFEU and Fraunhofer IBP aims to fill that gap. It recommends a focus on onshore wind power distributed throughout the country and calls for a reduction of “must-run” capacity (such as nuclear). It also discusses the need for efficiency, energy democracy,and a
GERMAN COGENERATION ACT German Cogeneration Act. Germany wants to get 25 percent of its power supply from cogeneration units by 2020 because cogeneration is much more efficient than separate power and heat generation. The Cogeneration Act therefore pays bonuses for cogeneration relative to system size. Although it is possible to count kilowatt-hours of heatjust as we
FRACKING IN GERMANY: TRULY BANNED, ALLOWED A LITTLE OR Only “commercial, unconventional fracking projects” are temporarily banned until 2021. The German government thus distinguishes between “conventional fracking” in sandstone layers and “unconventional fracking” in shales and coal seams. Fracking in sandstone strata is still explicitly permitted. This is intended tosuggest to the
A ROADMAP FOR THE ENERGY TRANSITION A roadmap proposal published in December ( PDF, unfortunately only in German) by IFEU and Fraunhofer IBP aims to fill that gap. It recommends a focus on onshore wind power distributed throughout the country and calls for a reduction of “must-run” capacity (such as nuclear). It also discusses the need for efficiency, energy democracy,and a
HOW THE EU ASSISTS DEFORESTATION IN BRAZIL Soy is one of Brazil’s main commodities, with exports exceeding 33 billion USD in 2018, and ever more forest areas being eroded and turned to soy production. For the study, a research team from Germany, Spain and Sweden examined how Brazil’s soy production and subsequent deforestation intertwined with international soy trade between 2010 BADEN-WUERTTEMBERG DISCOVERS GEOTHERMAL ENERGY: WILL 15 Jul 2020. Geothermal energy has been slow to contribute to Germany’s Energiewende, or clean energy transition. But this is changing. Bavaria has 20 deep-well plants and more in planning. Now its neighbor state in the south, Baden-Wuerttemberg, is picking up the thread. Deep geothermal energy is to become a cornerstone of itseffort to
JUST TRANSITION IN GREEK LIGNITE REGIONS: THE CLOCK’S Just Transition in Greek Lignite Regions: The Clock’s Ticking. by Daniel Argyropoulos. 11 Jan 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. WIND ENERGY IN MEXICO COULD JEOPARDIZE THE ENERGY Rebecca Bertram takes a look at wind farms in Mexico. In Mexico, the wind companies promised local communities benefits and failed. ( Public Domain) Mexico’s wind energy sector is currently demonstrating how not to orchestrate an energy transition. The efforts the country is undertaking to reach its renewable energy goals areimpressive.
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Infographics. Here you can see and download all our English-language graphics about the German Energiewende! For graphics in other languages, see the Languages Page.NUCLEAR PHASEOUT
The nuclear phase-out is a central part of Germany’s transition to renewable energy. Germans view nuclear as unnecessarily risky, too expensive, and incompatible with renewables. Only around five percent of Germans think having a nuclear power plant is good or very good. In 2022, the last nuclear plant in Germany is to be shut down; at the BIOMASS – THE GROWTH IS OVER IN GERMANY Biomass – the growth is over in Germany. Because biomass can be used not only to generate electricity, but also as a source of heat and motor fuel, it makes up the largest chunk of renewable energy in most countries by far. Craig Morris says, however, that the growth of biomass is largely over in Germany. The gold rush for biomass is over. GERMAN COGENERATION ACT German Cogeneration Act. Germany wants to get 25 percent of its power supply from cogeneration units by 2020 because cogeneration is much more efficient than separate power and heat generation. The Cogeneration Act therefore pays bonuses for cogeneration relative to system size. Although it is possible to count kilowatt-hours of heatjust as we
RENEWABLES: THE END OF ENERGY GLOBALIZATION? In the end, renewables make countries prosumers, lessening the need for energy source imports, the remainder of which can be met by fossil fuels or energy carriers. Regarding location, renewable energy implies a regionalization of trade. Electricity is the primary carrier for most renewables and faces long-distance losses in transportation. GOOD NEWS FROM CHILE Good news from Chile. by Rebecca Bertram. 11 May 2021. Chile is the new renewable energy champion of Latin America. It has overtaken Brazil and Mexico in attracting more foreign direct investment in the sector. Smart and stable energy policy lies behind this success as Rebecca Bertram reports. Santiago de Chile – License: Public Domain FLAWED BUT VITAL, “PLANET OF THE HUMANS” POSES SEVERAL Flawed but vital, “Planet of the Humans” poses several inconvenient questions. Michael Moore and Jeff Gibbs new movie, Planet of the Humans (POTH) serves to uncomfortably remind viewers that in many ways, despite our increased awareness of the growing biodiversity and climate crises, often our “environmental” and “sustainable URUGUAY, LATIN AMERICA’S RENEWABLE CHAMPION Uruguay, Latin America’s Renewable Champion. Uruguay lies between Argentina and Brazil on the Atlantic Ocean and is home to about 3.5 million people. But this small country has made it to the top 5 in wind and solar energy producers worldwide. Rebecca Bertram reports. The decision to rely on renewable energies in Uruguay was made inorder to
FRACKED UP: THE LINK BETWEEN PLASTIC, FOSSIL GAS AND Teaming with the oil and gas industry, petrochemical firms are ramping up fracked gas usage to fuel virgin plastic production. One of the largest drivers of this increase is the growing Ineos conglomerate. Based in the U.K. and owned by its richest citizen, Jim Ratcliffe, Ineos is developing a massive new “cracking” facility in the Portof
BOOK REVIEW: ‘HOW TO AVOID A CLIMATE DISASTER’ BY BILL A review by Paul Hockenos. To avoid a climate disaster, Bill Gates probes a combination of furious innovation, the adoption of best practices, smart investment, and clear-headed state policies. (Picture: Pete Linforth) Few climate crisis books give cause for hope. But Bill Gates’s new title does just that as the Microsoftco-founder and
WIND ENERGY IN MEXICO COULD JEOPARDIZE THE ENERGY Rebecca Bertram takes a look at wind farms in Mexico. In Mexico, the wind companies promised local communities benefits and failed. ( Public Domain) Mexico’s wind energy sector is currently demonstrating how not to orchestrate an energy transition. The efforts the country is undertaking to reach its renewable energy goals areimpressive.
AUTHOR: ANDY GHEORGHIU Author: Andy Gheorghiu. A former public servant, Andy Gheorghiu became involved in the anti-fracking movement when an international oil and gas company requested a permission license for shale gas development in North-Hesse, Germany, where he lives. He works as a full-time freelance campaigner, consultant, and activist for climate and A ROADMAP FOR THE ENERGY TRANSITION A roadmap proposal published in December ( PDF, unfortunately only in German) by IFEU and Fraunhofer IBP aims to fill that gap. It recommends a focus on onshore wind power distributed throughout the country and calls for a reduction of “must-run” capacity (such as nuclear). It also discusses the need for efficiency, energy democracy,and a
GERMAN COGENERATION ACT German Cogeneration Act. Germany wants to get 25 percent of its power supply from cogeneration units by 2020 because cogeneration is much more efficient than separate power and heat generation. The Cogeneration Act therefore pays bonuses for cogeneration relative to system size. Although it is possible to count kilowatt-hours of heatjust as we
RENEWABLES: THE END OF ENERGY GLOBALIZATION? In the end, renewables make countries prosumers, lessening the need for energy source imports, the remainder of which can be met by fossil fuels or energy carriers. Regarding location, renewable energy implies a regionalization of trade. Electricity is the primary carrier for most renewables and faces long-distance losses in transportation. GOOD NEWS FROM CHILE Good news from Chile. by Rebecca Bertram. 11 May 2021. Chile is the new renewable energy champion of Latin America. It has overtaken Brazil and Mexico in attracting more foreign direct investment in the sector. Smart and stable energy policy lies behind this success as Rebecca Bertram reports. Santiago de Chile – License: Public Domain FLAWED BUT VITAL, “PLANET OF THE HUMANS” POSES SEVERAL Flawed but vital, “Planet of the Humans” poses several inconvenient questions. Michael Moore and Jeff Gibbs new movie, Planet of the Humans (POTH) serves to uncomfortably remind viewers that in many ways, despite our increased awareness of the growing biodiversity and climate crises, often our “environmental” and “sustainable URUGUAY, LATIN AMERICA’S RENEWABLE CHAMPION Uruguay, Latin America’s Renewable Champion. Uruguay lies between Argentina and Brazil on the Atlantic Ocean and is home to about 3.5 million people. But this small country has made it to the top 5 in wind and solar energy producers worldwide. Rebecca Bertram reports. The decision to rely on renewable energies in Uruguay was made inorder to
FRACKED UP: THE LINK BETWEEN PLASTIC, FOSSIL GAS AND Teaming with the oil and gas industry, petrochemical firms are ramping up fracked gas usage to fuel virgin plastic production. One of the largest drivers of this increase is the growing Ineos conglomerate. Based in the U.K. and owned by its richest citizen, Jim Ratcliffe, Ineos is developing a massive new “cracking” facility in the Portof
BOOK REVIEW: ‘HOW TO AVOID A CLIMATE DISASTER’ BY BILL A review by Paul Hockenos. To avoid a climate disaster, Bill Gates probes a combination of furious innovation, the adoption of best practices, smart investment, and clear-headed state policies. (Picture: Pete Linforth) Few climate crisis books give cause for hope. But Bill Gates’s new title does just that as the Microsoftco-founder and
AUTHOR: ANDY GHEORGHIU Author: Andy Gheorghiu. A former public servant, Andy Gheorghiu became involved in the anti-fracking movement when an international oil and gas company requested a permission license for shale gas development in North-Hesse, Germany, where he lives. He works as a full-time freelance campaigner, consultant, and activist for climate and WIND ENERGY IN MEXICO COULD JEOPARDIZE THE ENERGY Rebecca Bertram takes a look at wind farms in Mexico. In Mexico, the wind companies promised local communities benefits and failed. ( Public Domain) Mexico’s wind energy sector is currently demonstrating how not to orchestrate an energy transition. The efforts the country is undertaking to reach its renewable energy goals areimpressive.
A ROADMAP FOR THE ENERGY TRANSITION A roadmap proposal published in December ( PDF, unfortunately only in German) by IFEU and Fraunhofer IBP aims to fill that gap. It recommends a focus on onshore wind power distributed throughout the country and calls for a reduction of “must-run” capacity (such as nuclear). It also discusses the need for efficiency, energy democracy,and a
GERMAN COGENERATION ACT German Cogeneration Act. Germany wants to get 25 percent of its power supply from cogeneration units by 2020 because cogeneration is much more efficient than separate power and heat generation. The Cogeneration Act therefore pays bonuses for cogeneration relative to system size. Although it is possible to count kilowatt-hours of heatjust as we
FRACKING IN GERMANY: TRULY BANNED, ALLOWED A LITTLE OR Only “commercial, unconventional fracking projects” are temporarily banned until 2021. The German government thus distinguishes between “conventional fracking” in sandstone layers and “unconventional fracking” in shales and coal seams. Fracking in sandstone strata is still explicitly permitted. This is intended tosuggest to the
A ROADMAP FOR THE ENERGY TRANSITION A roadmap proposal published in December ( PDF, unfortunately only in German) by IFEU and Fraunhofer IBP aims to fill that gap. It recommends a focus on onshore wind power distributed throughout the country and calls for a reduction of “must-run” capacity (such as nuclear). It also discusses the need for efficiency, energy democracy,and a
HOW THE EU ASSISTS DEFORESTATION IN BRAZIL Soy is one of Brazil’s main commodities, with exports exceeding 33 billion USD in 2018, and ever more forest areas being eroded and turned to soy production. For the study, a research team from Germany, Spain and Sweden examined how Brazil’s soy production and subsequent deforestation intertwined with international soy trade between 2010 BADEN-WUERTTEMBERG DISCOVERS GEOTHERMAL ENERGY: WILL 15 Jul 2020. Geothermal energy has been slow to contribute to Germany’s Energiewende, or clean energy transition. But this is changing. Bavaria has 20 deep-well plants and more in planning. Now its neighbor state in the south, Baden-Wuerttemberg, is picking up the thread. Deep geothermal energy is to become a cornerstone of itseffort to
JUST TRANSITION IN GREEK LIGNITE REGIONS: THE CLOCK’S Just Transition in Greek Lignite Regions: The Clock’s Ticking. by Daniel Argyropoulos. 11 Jan 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. WIND ENERGY IN MEXICO COULD JEOPARDIZE THE ENERGY Rebecca Bertram takes a look at wind farms in Mexico. In Mexico, the wind companies promised local communities benefits and failed. ( Public Domain) Mexico’s wind energy sector is currently demonstrating how not to orchestrate an energy transition. The efforts the country is undertaking to reach its renewable energy goals areimpressive.
INFOGRAPHICS
Infographics. Here you can see and download all our English-language graphics about the German Energiewende! For graphics in other languages, see the Languages Page.NUCLEAR PHASEOUT
The nuclear phase-out is a central part of Germany’s transition to renewable energy. Germans view nuclear as unnecessarily risky, too expensive, and incompatible with renewables. Only around five percent of Germans think having a nuclear power plant is good or very good. In 2022, the last nuclear plant in Germany is to be shut down; at the BIOMASS – THE GROWTH IS OVER IN GERMANY Biomass – the growth is over in Germany. Because biomass can be used not only to generate electricity, but also as a source of heat and motor fuel, it makes up the largest chunk of renewable energy in most countries by far. Craig Morris says, however, that the growth of biomass is largely over in Germany. The gold rush for biomass is over. GERMAN COGENERATION ACT German Cogeneration Act. Germany wants to get 25 percent of its power supply from cogeneration units by 2020 because cogeneration is much more efficient than separate power and heat generation. The Cogeneration Act therefore pays bonuses for cogeneration relative to system size. Although it is possible to count kilowatt-hours of heatjust as we
TOPICS | ENERGY TRANSITION Authors. Agata Skrzypczyk; Energiewende Team; Andy Gheorghiu; Anna Leidreiter; Ben Paulos; Chris Bentley; Christina Lucha & Lisa Meinecke; Craig Morris; Daniel RENEWABLES: THE END OF ENERGY GLOBALIZATION? In the end, renewables make countries prosumers, lessening the need for energy source imports, the remainder of which can be met by fossil fuels or energy carriers. Regarding location, renewable energy implies a regionalization of trade. Electricity is the primary carrier for most renewables and faces long-distance losses in transportation. FLAWED BUT VITAL, “PLANET OF THE HUMANS” POSES SEVERAL Flawed but vital, “Planet of the Humans” poses several inconvenient questions. Michael Moore and Jeff Gibbs new movie, Planet of the Humans (POTH) serves to uncomfortably remind viewers that in many ways, despite our increased awareness of the growing biodiversity and climate crises, often our “environmental” and “sustainable GOOD NEWS FROM CHILE Good news from Chile. by Rebecca Bertram. 11 May 2021. Chile is the new renewable energy champion of Latin America. It has overtaken Brazil and Mexico in attracting more foreign direct investment in the sector. Smart and stable energy policy lies behind this success as Rebecca Bertram reports. Santiago de Chile – License: Public Domain URUGUAY, LATIN AMERICA’S RENEWABLE CHAMPION Uruguay, Latin America’s Renewable Champion. Uruguay lies between Argentina and Brazil on the Atlantic Ocean and is home to about 3.5 million people. But this small country has made it to the top 5 in wind and solar energy producers worldwide. Rebecca Bertram reports. The decision to rely on renewable energies in Uruguay was made inorder to
HOW THE EU ASSISTS DEFORESTATION IN BRAZIL Soy is one of Brazil’s main commodities, with exports exceeding 33 billion USD in 2018, and ever more forest areas being eroded and turned to soy production. For the study, a research team from Germany, Spain and Sweden examined how Brazil’s soy production and subsequent deforestation intertwined with international soy trade between 2010 BADEN-WUERTTEMBERG DISCOVERS GEOTHERMAL ENERGY: WILL 15 Jul 2020. Geothermal energy has been slow to contribute to Germany’s Energiewende, or clean energy transition. But this is changing. Bavaria has 20 deep-well plants and more in planning. Now its neighbor state in the south, Baden-Wuerttemberg, is picking up the thread. Deep geothermal energy is to become a cornerstone of itseffort to
AUTHOR: ANDY GHEORGHIU Author: Andy Gheorghiu. A former public servant, Andy Gheorghiu became involved in the anti-fracking movement when an international oil and gas company requested a permission license for shale gas development in North-Hesse, Germany, where he lives. He works as a full-time freelance campaigner, consultant, and activist for climate and HOW BATTERIES CAN STABILIZE THE GRID The grid frequency drops when more power is taken out of the grid than put into it; likewise, frequency increases when more power is pushed into the grid than taken out. Power plants adjust production ever so slightly to stabilize the frequency within a tight range (around 50 hertz in Europe). But as we see below, the blue line representing BIOMASS – THE GROWTH IS OVER IN GERMANY Biomass – the growth is over in Germany. Because biomass can be used not only to generate electricity, but also as a source of heat and motor fuel, it makes up the largest chunk of renewable energy in most countries by far. Craig Morris says, however, that the growth of biomass is largely over in Germany. The gold rush for biomass is over. TOPICS | ENERGY TRANSITION Authors. Agata Skrzypczyk; Energiewende Team; Andy Gheorghiu; Anna Leidreiter; Ben Paulos; Chris Bentley; Christina Lucha & Lisa Meinecke; Craig Morris; Daniel RENEWABLES: THE END OF ENERGY GLOBALIZATION? In the end, renewables make countries prosumers, lessening the need for energy source imports, the remainder of which can be met by fossil fuels or energy carriers. Regarding location, renewable energy implies a regionalization of trade. Electricity is the primary carrier for most renewables and faces long-distance losses in transportation. FLAWED BUT VITAL, “PLANET OF THE HUMANS” POSES SEVERAL Flawed but vital, “Planet of the Humans” poses several inconvenient questions. Michael Moore and Jeff Gibbs new movie, Planet of the Humans (POTH) serves to uncomfortably remind viewers that in many ways, despite our increased awareness of the growing biodiversity and climate crises, often our “environmental” and “sustainable GOOD NEWS FROM CHILE Good news from Chile. by Rebecca Bertram. 11 May 2021. Chile is the new renewable energy champion of Latin America. It has overtaken Brazil and Mexico in attracting more foreign direct investment in the sector. Smart and stable energy policy lies behind this success as Rebecca Bertram reports. Santiago de Chile – License: Public Domain URUGUAY, LATIN AMERICA’S RENEWABLE CHAMPION Uruguay, Latin America’s Renewable Champion. Uruguay lies between Argentina and Brazil on the Atlantic Ocean and is home to about 3.5 million people. But this small country has made it to the top 5 in wind and solar energy producers worldwide. Rebecca Bertram reports. The decision to rely on renewable energies in Uruguay was made inorder to
HOW THE EU ASSISTS DEFORESTATION IN BRAZIL Soy is one of Brazil’s main commodities, with exports exceeding 33 billion USD in 2018, and ever more forest areas being eroded and turned to soy production. For the study, a research team from Germany, Spain and Sweden examined how Brazil’s soy production and subsequent deforestation intertwined with international soy trade between 2010 BADEN-WUERTTEMBERG DISCOVERS GEOTHERMAL ENERGY: WILL 15 Jul 2020. Geothermal energy has been slow to contribute to Germany’s Energiewende, or clean energy transition. But this is changing. Bavaria has 20 deep-well plants and more in planning. Now its neighbor state in the south, Baden-Wuerttemberg, is picking up the thread. Deep geothermal energy is to become a cornerstone of itseffort to
AUTHOR: ANDY GHEORGHIU Author: Andy Gheorghiu. A former public servant, Andy Gheorghiu became involved in the anti-fracking movement when an international oil and gas company requested a permission license for shale gas development in North-Hesse, Germany, where he lives. He works as a full-time freelance campaigner, consultant, and activist for climate and HOW BATTERIES CAN STABILIZE THE GRID The grid frequency drops when more power is taken out of the grid than put into it; likewise, frequency increases when more power is pushed into the grid than taken out. Power plants adjust production ever so slightly to stabilize the frequency within a tight range (around 50 hertz in Europe). But as we see below, the blue line representing BIOMASS – THE GROWTH IS OVER IN GERMANY Biomass – the growth is over in Germany. Because biomass can be used not only to generate electricity, but also as a source of heat and motor fuel, it makes up the largest chunk of renewable energy in most countries by far. Craig Morris says, however, that the growth of biomass is largely over in Germany. The gold rush for biomass is over. FRACKING BANS: IRELAND FIRMLY IN FAVOR WHILE GERMANY SITS 1 day ago · Fracking is a highly controversial technique to extract hydrocarbons (oil and gas) from geological layers. The legal framework for fracking in Europe differs from country to country but the technique as such is either banned outright or restricted. RENEWABLES: THE END OF ENERGY GLOBALIZATION? In the end, renewables make countries prosumers, lessening the need for energy source imports, the remainder of which can be met by fossil fuels or energy carriers. Regarding location, renewable energy implies a regionalization of trade. Electricity is the primary carrier for most renewables and faces long-distance losses in transportation.ENERGY TRANSITION
Electric transportation. Electric transportation refers to trains, trams, cars, buses and bikes which run on electricity. Worldwide the use of electric vehicles has spiked in the first half of 2018, with sales surpassing a million vehicles so far this year. BOOK REVIEW: ‘HOW TO AVOID A CLIMATE DISASTER’ BY BILL A review by Paul Hockenos. To avoid a climate disaster, Bill Gates probes a combination of furious innovation, the adoption of best practices, smart investment, and clear-headed state policies. (Picture: Pete Linforth) Few climate crisis books give cause for hope. But Bill Gates’s new title does just that as the Microsoftco-founder and
HOW BATTERIES CAN STABILIZE THE GRID The grid frequency drops when more power is taken out of the grid than put into it; likewise, frequency increases when more power is pushed into the grid than taken out. Power plants adjust production ever so slightly to stabilize the frequency within a tight range (around 50 hertz in Europe). But as we see below, the blue line representing FRACKED UP: THE LINK BETWEEN PLASTIC, FOSSIL GAS AND Teaming with the oil and gas industry, petrochemical firms are ramping up fracked gas usage to fuel virgin plastic production. One of the largest drivers of this increase is the growing Ineos conglomerate. Based in the U.K. and owned by its richest citizen, Jim Ratcliffe, Ineos is developing a massive new “cracking” facility in the Portof
A NEW DAY FOR COMMUNITY ENERGY IN EUROPE A new day for community energy in Europe. The EU institutions have agreed on a new 2030 Renewable Energy Directive. Josh Roberts explains the new opportunities for Europe’s community energy movement. There is currently a lack of political leadership on renewables in Europe. Europe’s 2030 ambition for renewables has just been agreed, but it GERMANY PLANS TO CONVERT COAL PLANTS INTO RENEWABLE ENERGY Germany plans to convert coal plants into renewable energy storage sites. With Germany’s coal plants scheduled to close by 2038, operators now face some major decisions about how to restructure energy systems. One idea is to convert polluting power stations into batteries. L. Michael Buchsbaum takes a look.TAG: UNITED KINGDOM
The United Kingdom’s embattled Prime Minister, Theresa May, promised on Friday that “Brexit will not be a race to the bottom” for the country as she spoke at Danish energy giant Orsted’s offshore wind factory in Grimsby, heralding the importance of offshore wind to the future of the country a day after her government had launched its long-awaited Offshore Wind Sector Deal. CITIZENS OWN HALF OF GERMAN RENEWABLE ENERGY Citizens own half of German renewable energy. by Craig Morris. 29 Oct 2013. German renewables organization AEE has updated and simplified its statistics on green energy ownership. Craig Morris says the new figures are much easier for foreigners to understand. “We are the Energiewende”: The initiative “Energiewende in Bürgerhand” isone
TOPICS | ENERGY TRANSITION Authors. Agata Skrzypczyk; Energiewende Team; Andy Gheorghiu; Anna Leidreiter; Ben Paulos; Chris Bentley; Christina Lucha & Lisa Meinecke; Craig Morris; Daniel RENEWABLES: THE END OF ENERGY GLOBALIZATION? In the end, renewables make countries prosumers, lessening the need for energy source imports, the remainder of which can be met by fossil fuels or energy carriers. Regarding location, renewable energy implies a regionalization of trade. Electricity is the primary carrier for most renewables and faces long-distance losses in transportation. FLAWED BUT VITAL, “PLANET OF THE HUMANS” POSES SEVERAL Flawed but vital, “Planet of the Humans” poses several inconvenient questions. Michael Moore and Jeff Gibbs new movie, Planet of the Humans (POTH) serves to uncomfortably remind viewers that in many ways, despite our increased awareness of the growing biodiversity and climate crises, often our “environmental” and “sustainable GOOD NEWS FROM CHILE Good news from Chile. by Rebecca Bertram. 11 May 2021. Chile is the new renewable energy champion of Latin America. It has overtaken Brazil and Mexico in attracting more foreign direct investment in the sector. Smart and stable energy policy lies behind this success as Rebecca Bertram reports. Santiago de Chile – License: Public Domain URUGUAY, LATIN AMERICA’S RENEWABLE CHAMPION Uruguay, Latin America’s Renewable Champion. Uruguay lies between Argentina and Brazil on the Atlantic Ocean and is home to about 3.5 million people. But this small country has made it to the top 5 in wind and solar energy producers worldwide. Rebecca Bertram reports. The decision to rely on renewable energies in Uruguay was made inorder to
HOW THE EU ASSISTS DEFORESTATION IN BRAZIL Soy is one of Brazil’s main commodities, with exports exceeding 33 billion USD in 2018, and ever more forest areas being eroded and turned to soy production. For the study, a research team from Germany, Spain and Sweden examined how Brazil’s soy production and subsequent deforestation intertwined with international soy trade between 2010 BADEN-WUERTTEMBERG DISCOVERS GEOTHERMAL ENERGY: WILL 15 Jul 2020. Geothermal energy has been slow to contribute to Germany’s Energiewende, or clean energy transition. But this is changing. Bavaria has 20 deep-well plants and more in planning. Now its neighbor state in the south, Baden-Wuerttemberg, is picking up the thread. Deep geothermal energy is to become a cornerstone of itseffort to
AUTHOR: ANDY GHEORGHIU Author: Andy Gheorghiu. A former public servant, Andy Gheorghiu became involved in the anti-fracking movement when an international oil and gas company requested a permission license for shale gas development in North-Hesse, Germany, where he lives. He works as a full-time freelance campaigner, consultant, and activist for climate and HOW BATTERIES CAN STABILIZE THE GRID The grid frequency drops when more power is taken out of the grid than put into it; likewise, frequency increases when more power is pushed into the grid than taken out. Power plants adjust production ever so slightly to stabilize the frequency within a tight range (around 50 hertz in Europe). But as we see below, the blue line representing BIOMASS – THE GROWTH IS OVER IN GERMANY Biomass – the growth is over in Germany. Because biomass can be used not only to generate electricity, but also as a source of heat and motor fuel, it makes up the largest chunk of renewable energy in most countries by far. Craig Morris says, however, that the growth of biomass is largely over in Germany. The gold rush for biomass is over. TOPICS | ENERGY TRANSITION Authors. Agata Skrzypczyk; Energiewende Team; Andy Gheorghiu; Anna Leidreiter; Ben Paulos; Chris Bentley; Christina Lucha & Lisa Meinecke; Craig Morris; Daniel RENEWABLES: THE END OF ENERGY GLOBALIZATION? In the end, renewables make countries prosumers, lessening the need for energy source imports, the remainder of which can be met by fossil fuels or energy carriers. Regarding location, renewable energy implies a regionalization of trade. Electricity is the primary carrier for most renewables and faces long-distance losses in transportation. FLAWED BUT VITAL, “PLANET OF THE HUMANS” POSES SEVERAL Flawed but vital, “Planet of the Humans” poses several inconvenient questions. Michael Moore and Jeff Gibbs new movie, Planet of the Humans (POTH) serves to uncomfortably remind viewers that in many ways, despite our increased awareness of the growing biodiversity and climate crises, often our “environmental” and “sustainable GOOD NEWS FROM CHILE Good news from Chile. by Rebecca Bertram. 11 May 2021. Chile is the new renewable energy champion of Latin America. It has overtaken Brazil and Mexico in attracting more foreign direct investment in the sector. Smart and stable energy policy lies behind this success as Rebecca Bertram reports. Santiago de Chile – License: Public Domain URUGUAY, LATIN AMERICA’S RENEWABLE CHAMPION Uruguay, Latin America’s Renewable Champion. Uruguay lies between Argentina and Brazil on the Atlantic Ocean and is home to about 3.5 million people. But this small country has made it to the top 5 in wind and solar energy producers worldwide. Rebecca Bertram reports. The decision to rely on renewable energies in Uruguay was made inorder to
HOW THE EU ASSISTS DEFORESTATION IN BRAZIL Soy is one of Brazil’s main commodities, with exports exceeding 33 billion USD in 2018, and ever more forest areas being eroded and turned to soy production. For the study, a research team from Germany, Spain and Sweden examined how Brazil’s soy production and subsequent deforestation intertwined with international soy trade between 2010 BADEN-WUERTTEMBERG DISCOVERS GEOTHERMAL ENERGY: WILL 15 Jul 2020. Geothermal energy has been slow to contribute to Germany’s Energiewende, or clean energy transition. But this is changing. Bavaria has 20 deep-well plants and more in planning. Now its neighbor state in the south, Baden-Wuerttemberg, is picking up the thread. Deep geothermal energy is to become a cornerstone of itseffort to
AUTHOR: ANDY GHEORGHIU Author: Andy Gheorghiu. A former public servant, Andy Gheorghiu became involved in the anti-fracking movement when an international oil and gas company requested a permission license for shale gas development in North-Hesse, Germany, where he lives. He works as a full-time freelance campaigner, consultant, and activist for climate and HOW BATTERIES CAN STABILIZE THE GRID The grid frequency drops when more power is taken out of the grid than put into it; likewise, frequency increases when more power is pushed into the grid than taken out. Power plants adjust production ever so slightly to stabilize the frequency within a tight range (around 50 hertz in Europe). But as we see below, the blue line representing BIOMASS – THE GROWTH IS OVER IN GERMANY Biomass – the growth is over in Germany. Because biomass can be used not only to generate electricity, but also as a source of heat and motor fuel, it makes up the largest chunk of renewable energy in most countries by far. Craig Morris says, however, that the growth of biomass is largely over in Germany. The gold rush for biomass is over. FRACKING BANS: IRELAND FIRMLY IN FAVOR WHILE GERMANY SITS 1 day ago · Fracking is a highly controversial technique to extract hydrocarbons (oil and gas) from geological layers. The legal framework for fracking in Europe differs from country to country but the technique as such is either banned outright or restricted. RENEWABLES: THE END OF ENERGY GLOBALIZATION? In the end, renewables make countries prosumers, lessening the need for energy source imports, the remainder of which can be met by fossil fuels or energy carriers. Regarding location, renewable energy implies a regionalization of trade. Electricity is the primary carrier for most renewables and faces long-distance losses in transportation.ENERGY TRANSITION
Electric transportation. Electric transportation refers to trains, trams, cars, buses and bikes which run on electricity. Worldwide the use of electric vehicles has spiked in the first half of 2018, with sales surpassing a million vehicles so far this year. BOOK REVIEW: ‘HOW TO AVOID A CLIMATE DISASTER’ BY BILL A review by Paul Hockenos. To avoid a climate disaster, Bill Gates probes a combination of furious innovation, the adoption of best practices, smart investment, and clear-headed state policies. (Picture: Pete Linforth) Few climate crisis books give cause for hope. But Bill Gates’s new title does just that as the Microsoftco-founder and
HOW BATTERIES CAN STABILIZE THE GRID The grid frequency drops when more power is taken out of the grid than put into it; likewise, frequency increases when more power is pushed into the grid than taken out. Power plants adjust production ever so slightly to stabilize the frequency within a tight range (around 50 hertz in Europe). But as we see below, the blue line representing FRACKED UP: THE LINK BETWEEN PLASTIC, FOSSIL GAS AND Teaming with the oil and gas industry, petrochemical firms are ramping up fracked gas usage to fuel virgin plastic production. One of the largest drivers of this increase is the growing Ineos conglomerate. Based in the U.K. and owned by its richest citizen, Jim Ratcliffe, Ineos is developing a massive new “cracking” facility in the Portof
A NEW DAY FOR COMMUNITY ENERGY IN EUROPE A new day for community energy in Europe. The EU institutions have agreed on a new 2030 Renewable Energy Directive. Josh Roberts explains the new opportunities for Europe’s community energy movement. There is currently a lack of political leadership on renewables in Europe. Europe’s 2030 ambition for renewables has just been agreed, but it GERMANY PLANS TO CONVERT COAL PLANTS INTO RENEWABLE ENERGY Germany plans to convert coal plants into renewable energy storage sites. With Germany’s coal plants scheduled to close by 2038, operators now face some major decisions about how to restructure energy systems. One idea is to convert polluting power stations into batteries. L. Michael Buchsbaum takes a look.TAG: UNITED KINGDOM
The United Kingdom’s embattled Prime Minister, Theresa May, promised on Friday that “Brexit will not be a race to the bottom” for the country as she spoke at Danish energy giant Orsted’s offshore wind factory in Grimsby, heralding the importance of offshore wind to the future of the country a day after her government had launched its long-awaited Offshore Wind Sector Deal. CITIZENS OWN HALF OF GERMAN RENEWABLE ENERGY Citizens own half of German renewable energy. by Craig Morris. 29 Oct 2013. German renewables organization AEE has updated and simplified its statistics on green energy ownership. Craig Morris says the new figures are much easier for foreigners to understand. “We are the Energiewende”: The initiative “Energiewende in Bürgerhand” isone
TOPICS | ENERGY TRANSITION Authors. Agata Skrzypczyk; Energiewende Team; Andy Gheorghiu; Anna Leidreiter; Ben Paulos; Chris Bentley; Christina Lucha & Lisa Meinecke; Craig Morris; Daniel RENEWABLES: THE END OF ENERGY GLOBALIZATION? In the end, renewables make countries prosumers, lessening the need for energy source imports, the remainder of which can be met by fossil fuels or energy carriers. Regarding location, renewable energy implies a regionalization of trade. Electricity is the primary carrier for most renewables and faces long-distance losses in transportation. FLAWED BUT VITAL, “PLANET OF THE HUMANS” POSES SEVERAL Flawed but vital, “Planet of the Humans” poses several inconvenient questions. Michael Moore and Jeff Gibbs new movie, Planet of the Humans (POTH) serves to uncomfortably remind viewers that in many ways, despite our increased awareness of the growing biodiversity and climate crises, often our “environmental” and “sustainable GOOD NEWS FROM CHILE Good news from Chile. by Rebecca Bertram. 11 May 2021. Chile is the new renewable energy champion of Latin America. It has overtaken Brazil and Mexico in attracting more foreign direct investment in the sector. Smart and stable energy policy lies behind this success as Rebecca Bertram reports. Santiago de Chile – License: Public Domain URUGUAY, LATIN AMERICA’S RENEWABLE CHAMPION Uruguay, Latin America’s Renewable Champion. Uruguay lies between Argentina and Brazil on the Atlantic Ocean and is home to about 3.5 million people. But this small country has made it to the top 5 in wind and solar energy producers worldwide. Rebecca Bertram reports. The decision to rely on renewable energies in Uruguay was made inorder to
HOW THE EU ASSISTS DEFORESTATION IN BRAZIL Soy is one of Brazil’s main commodities, with exports exceeding 33 billion USD in 2018, and ever more forest areas being eroded and turned to soy production. For the study, a research team from Germany, Spain and Sweden examined how Brazil’s soy production and subsequent deforestation intertwined with international soy trade between 2010 BADEN-WUERTTEMBERG DISCOVERS GEOTHERMAL ENERGY: WILL 15 Jul 2020. Geothermal energy has been slow to contribute to Germany’s Energiewende, or clean energy transition. But this is changing. Bavaria has 20 deep-well plants and more in planning. Now its neighbor state in the south, Baden-Wuerttemberg, is picking up the thread. Deep geothermal energy is to become a cornerstone of itseffort to
AUTHOR: ANDY GHEORGHIU Author: Andy Gheorghiu. A former public servant, Andy Gheorghiu became involved in the anti-fracking movement when an international oil and gas company requested a permission license for shale gas development in North-Hesse, Germany, where he lives. He works as a full-time freelance campaigner, consultant, and activist for climate and HOW BATTERIES CAN STABILIZE THE GRID The grid frequency drops when more power is taken out of the grid than put into it; likewise, frequency increases when more power is pushed into the grid than taken out. Power plants adjust production ever so slightly to stabilize the frequency within a tight range (around 50 hertz in Europe). But as we see below, the blue line representing BIOMASS – THE GROWTH IS OVER IN GERMANY Biomass – the growth is over in Germany. Because biomass can be used not only to generate electricity, but also as a source of heat and motor fuel, it makes up the largest chunk of renewable energy in most countries by far. Craig Morris says, however, that the growth of biomass is largely over in Germany. The gold rush for biomass is over. TOPICS | ENERGY TRANSITION Authors. Agata Skrzypczyk; Energiewende Team; Andy Gheorghiu; Anna Leidreiter; Ben Paulos; Chris Bentley; Christina Lucha & Lisa Meinecke; Craig Morris; Daniel RENEWABLES: THE END OF ENERGY GLOBALIZATION? In the end, renewables make countries prosumers, lessening the need for energy source imports, the remainder of which can be met by fossil fuels or energy carriers. Regarding location, renewable energy implies a regionalization of trade. Electricity is the primary carrier for most renewables and faces long-distance losses in transportation. FLAWED BUT VITAL, “PLANET OF THE HUMANS” POSES SEVERAL Flawed but vital, “Planet of the Humans” poses several inconvenient questions. Michael Moore and Jeff Gibbs new movie, Planet of the Humans (POTH) serves to uncomfortably remind viewers that in many ways, despite our increased awareness of the growing biodiversity and climate crises, often our “environmental” and “sustainable GOOD NEWS FROM CHILE Good news from Chile. by Rebecca Bertram. 11 May 2021. Chile is the new renewable energy champion of Latin America. It has overtaken Brazil and Mexico in attracting more foreign direct investment in the sector. Smart and stable energy policy lies behind this success as Rebecca Bertram reports. Santiago de Chile – License: Public Domain URUGUAY, LATIN AMERICA’S RENEWABLE CHAMPION Uruguay, Latin America’s Renewable Champion. Uruguay lies between Argentina and Brazil on the Atlantic Ocean and is home to about 3.5 million people. But this small country has made it to the top 5 in wind and solar energy producers worldwide. Rebecca Bertram reports. The decision to rely on renewable energies in Uruguay was made inorder to
HOW THE EU ASSISTS DEFORESTATION IN BRAZIL Soy is one of Brazil’s main commodities, with exports exceeding 33 billion USD in 2018, and ever more forest areas being eroded and turned to soy production. For the study, a research team from Germany, Spain and Sweden examined how Brazil’s soy production and subsequent deforestation intertwined with international soy trade between 2010 BADEN-WUERTTEMBERG DISCOVERS GEOTHERMAL ENERGY: WILL 15 Jul 2020. Geothermal energy has been slow to contribute to Germany’s Energiewende, or clean energy transition. But this is changing. Bavaria has 20 deep-well plants and more in planning. Now its neighbor state in the south, Baden-Wuerttemberg, is picking up the thread. Deep geothermal energy is to become a cornerstone of itseffort to
AUTHOR: ANDY GHEORGHIU Author: Andy Gheorghiu. A former public servant, Andy Gheorghiu became involved in the anti-fracking movement when an international oil and gas company requested a permission license for shale gas development in North-Hesse, Germany, where he lives. He works as a full-time freelance campaigner, consultant, and activist for climate and HOW BATTERIES CAN STABILIZE THE GRID The grid frequency drops when more power is taken out of the grid than put into it; likewise, frequency increases when more power is pushed into the grid than taken out. Power plants adjust production ever so slightly to stabilize the frequency within a tight range (around 50 hertz in Europe). But as we see below, the blue line representing BIOMASS – THE GROWTH IS OVER IN GERMANY Biomass – the growth is over in Germany. Because biomass can be used not only to generate electricity, but also as a source of heat and motor fuel, it makes up the largest chunk of renewable energy in most countries by far. Craig Morris says, however, that the growth of biomass is largely over in Germany. The gold rush for biomass is over. FRACKING BANS: IRELAND FIRMLY IN FAVOR WHILE GERMANY SITS 22 hours ago · Fracking is a highly controversial technique to extract hydrocarbons (oil and gas) from geological layers. The legal framework for fracking in Europe differs from country to country but the technique as such is either banned outright or restricted. RENEWABLES: THE END OF ENERGY GLOBALIZATION? In the end, renewables make countries prosumers, lessening the need for energy source imports, the remainder of which can be met by fossil fuels or energy carriers. Regarding location, renewable energy implies a regionalization of trade. Electricity is the primary carrier for most renewables and faces long-distance losses in transportation.ENERGY TRANSITION
Electric transportation. Electric transportation refers to trains, trams, cars, buses and bikes which run on electricity. Worldwide the use of electric vehicles has spiked in the first half of 2018, with sales surpassing a million vehicles so far this year. BOOK REVIEW: ‘HOW TO AVOID A CLIMATE DISASTER’ BY BILL A review by Paul Hockenos. To avoid a climate disaster, Bill Gates probes a combination of furious innovation, the adoption of best practices, smart investment, and clear-headed state policies. (Picture: Pete Linforth) Few climate crisis books give cause for hope. But Bill Gates’s new title does just that as the Microsoftco-founder and
HOW BATTERIES CAN STABILIZE THE GRID The grid frequency drops when more power is taken out of the grid than put into it; likewise, frequency increases when more power is pushed into the grid than taken out. Power plants adjust production ever so slightly to stabilize the frequency within a tight range (around 50 hertz in Europe). But as we see below, the blue line representing FRACKED UP: THE LINK BETWEEN PLASTIC, FOSSIL GAS AND Teaming with the oil and gas industry, petrochemical firms are ramping up fracked gas usage to fuel virgin plastic production. One of the largest drivers of this increase is the growing Ineos conglomerate. Based in the U.K. and owned by its richest citizen, Jim Ratcliffe, Ineos is developing a massive new “cracking” facility in the Portof
A NEW DAY FOR COMMUNITY ENERGY IN EUROPE A new day for community energy in Europe. The EU institutions have agreed on a new 2030 Renewable Energy Directive. Josh Roberts explains the new opportunities for Europe’s community energy movement. There is currently a lack of political leadership on renewables in Europe. Europe’s 2030 ambition for renewables has just been agreed, but it GERMANY PLANS TO CONVERT COAL PLANTS INTO RENEWABLE ENERGY Germany plans to convert coal plants into renewable energy storage sites. With Germany’s coal plants scheduled to close by 2038, operators now face some major decisions about how to restructure energy systems. One idea is to convert polluting power stations into batteries. L. Michael Buchsbaum takes a look.TAG: UNITED KINGDOM
The United Kingdom’s embattled Prime Minister, Theresa May, promised on Friday that “Brexit will not be a race to the bottom” for the country as she spoke at Danish energy giant Orsted’s offshore wind factory in Grimsby, heralding the importance of offshore wind to the future of the country a day after her government had launched its long-awaited Offshore Wind Sector Deal. CITIZENS OWN HALF OF GERMAN RENEWABLE ENERGY Citizens own half of German renewable energy. by Craig Morris. 29 Oct 2013. German renewables organization AEE has updated and simplified its statistics on green energy ownership. Craig Morris says the new figures are much easier for foreigners to understand. “We are the Energiewende”: The initiative “Energiewende in Bürgerhand” isone
TOPICS | ENERGY TRANSITION Authors. Agata Skrzypczyk; Energiewende Team; Andy Gheorghiu; Anna Leidreiter; Ben Paulos; Chris Bentley; Christina Lucha & Lisa Meinecke; Craig Morris; Daniel RENEWABLES: THE END OF ENERGY GLOBALIZATION? In the end, renewables make countries prosumers, lessening the need for energy source imports, the remainder of which can be met by fossil fuels or energy carriers. Regarding location, renewable energy implies a regionalization of trade. Electricity is the primary carrier for most renewables and faces long-distance losses in transportation. FLAWED BUT VITAL, “PLANET OF THE HUMANS” POSES SEVERAL Flawed but vital, “Planet of the Humans” poses several inconvenient questions. Michael Moore and Jeff Gibbs new movie, Planet of the Humans (POTH) serves to uncomfortably remind viewers that in many ways, despite our increased awareness of the growing biodiversity and climate crises, often our “environmental” and “sustainable GOOD NEWS FROM CHILE Good news from Chile. by Rebecca Bertram. 11 May 2021. Chile is the new renewable energy champion of Latin America. It has overtaken Brazil and Mexico in attracting more foreign direct investment in the sector. Smart and stable energy policy lies behind this success as Rebecca Bertram reports. Santiago de Chile – License: Public Domain URUGUAY, LATIN AMERICA’S RENEWABLE CHAMPION Uruguay, Latin America’s Renewable Champion. Uruguay lies between Argentina and Brazil on the Atlantic Ocean and is home to about 3.5 million people. But this small country has made it to the top 5 in wind and solar energy producers worldwide. Rebecca Bertram reports. The decision to rely on renewable energies in Uruguay was made inorder to
HOW THE EU ASSISTS DEFORESTATION IN BRAZIL Soy is one of Brazil’s main commodities, with exports exceeding 33 billion USD in 2018, and ever more forest areas being eroded and turned to soy production. For the study, a research team from Germany, Spain and Sweden examined how Brazil’s soy production and subsequent deforestation intertwined with international soy trade between 2010 BADEN-WUERTTEMBERG DISCOVERS GEOTHERMAL ENERGY: WILL 15 Jul 2020. Geothermal energy has been slow to contribute to Germany’s Energiewende, or clean energy transition. But this is changing. Bavaria has 20 deep-well plants and more in planning. Now its neighbor state in the south, Baden-Wuerttemberg, is picking up the thread. Deep geothermal energy is to become a cornerstone of itseffort to
AUTHOR: ANDY GHEORGHIU Author: Andy Gheorghiu. A former public servant, Andy Gheorghiu became involved in the anti-fracking movement when an international oil and gas company requested a permission license for shale gas development in North-Hesse, Germany, where he lives. He works as a full-time freelance campaigner, consultant, and activist for climate and HOW BATTERIES CAN STABILIZE THE GRID The grid frequency drops when more power is taken out of the grid than put into it; likewise, frequency increases when more power is pushed into the grid than taken out. Power plants adjust production ever so slightly to stabilize the frequency within a tight range (around 50 hertz in Europe). But as we see below, the blue line representing BIOMASS – THE GROWTH IS OVER IN GERMANY Biomass – the growth is over in Germany. Because biomass can be used not only to generate electricity, but also as a source of heat and motor fuel, it makes up the largest chunk of renewable energy in most countries by far. Craig Morris says, however, that the growth of biomass is largely over in Germany. The gold rush for biomass is over. TOPICS | ENERGY TRANSITION Authors. Agata Skrzypczyk; Energiewende Team; Andy Gheorghiu; Anna Leidreiter; Ben Paulos; Chris Bentley; Christina Lucha & Lisa Meinecke; Craig Morris; Daniel RENEWABLES: THE END OF ENERGY GLOBALIZATION? In the end, renewables make countries prosumers, lessening the need for energy source imports, the remainder of which can be met by fossil fuels or energy carriers. Regarding location, renewable energy implies a regionalization of trade. Electricity is the primary carrier for most renewables and faces long-distance losses in transportation. FLAWED BUT VITAL, “PLANET OF THE HUMANS” POSES SEVERAL Flawed but vital, “Planet of the Humans” poses several inconvenient questions. Michael Moore and Jeff Gibbs new movie, Planet of the Humans (POTH) serves to uncomfortably remind viewers that in many ways, despite our increased awareness of the growing biodiversity and climate crises, often our “environmental” and “sustainable GOOD NEWS FROM CHILE Good news from Chile. by Rebecca Bertram. 11 May 2021. Chile is the new renewable energy champion of Latin America. It has overtaken Brazil and Mexico in attracting more foreign direct investment in the sector. Smart and stable energy policy lies behind this success as Rebecca Bertram reports. Santiago de Chile – License: Public Domain URUGUAY, LATIN AMERICA’S RENEWABLE CHAMPION Uruguay, Latin America’s Renewable Champion. Uruguay lies between Argentina and Brazil on the Atlantic Ocean and is home to about 3.5 million people. But this small country has made it to the top 5 in wind and solar energy producers worldwide. Rebecca Bertram reports. The decision to rely on renewable energies in Uruguay was made inorder to
HOW THE EU ASSISTS DEFORESTATION IN BRAZIL Soy is one of Brazil’s main commodities, with exports exceeding 33 billion USD in 2018, and ever more forest areas being eroded and turned to soy production. For the study, a research team from Germany, Spain and Sweden examined how Brazil’s soy production and subsequent deforestation intertwined with international soy trade between 2010 BADEN-WUERTTEMBERG DISCOVERS GEOTHERMAL ENERGY: WILL 15 Jul 2020. Geothermal energy has been slow to contribute to Germany’s Energiewende, or clean energy transition. But this is changing. Bavaria has 20 deep-well plants and more in planning. Now its neighbor state in the south, Baden-Wuerttemberg, is picking up the thread. Deep geothermal energy is to become a cornerstone of itseffort to
AUTHOR: ANDY GHEORGHIU Author: Andy Gheorghiu. A former public servant, Andy Gheorghiu became involved in the anti-fracking movement when an international oil and gas company requested a permission license for shale gas development in North-Hesse, Germany, where he lives. He works as a full-time freelance campaigner, consultant, and activist for climate and HOW BATTERIES CAN STABILIZE THE GRID The grid frequency drops when more power is taken out of the grid than put into it; likewise, frequency increases when more power is pushed into the grid than taken out. Power plants adjust production ever so slightly to stabilize the frequency within a tight range (around 50 hertz in Europe). But as we see below, the blue line representing BIOMASS – THE GROWTH IS OVER IN GERMANY Biomass – the growth is over in Germany. Because biomass can be used not only to generate electricity, but also as a source of heat and motor fuel, it makes up the largest chunk of renewable energy in most countries by far. Craig Morris says, however, that the growth of biomass is largely over in Germany. The gold rush for biomass is over. FRACKING BANS: IRELAND FIRMLY IN FAVOR WHILE GERMANY SITS 21 hours ago · Fracking is a highly controversial technique to extract hydrocarbons (oil and gas) from geological layers. The legal framework for fracking in Europe differs from country to country but the technique as such is either banned outright or restricted. RENEWABLES: THE END OF ENERGY GLOBALIZATION? In the end, renewables make countries prosumers, lessening the need for energy source imports, the remainder of which can be met by fossil fuels or energy carriers. Regarding location, renewable energy implies a regionalization of trade. Electricity is the primary carrier for most renewables and faces long-distance losses in transportation.ENERGY TRANSITION
Electric transportation. Electric transportation refers to trains, trams, cars, buses and bikes which run on electricity. Worldwide the use of electric vehicles has spiked in the first half of 2018, with sales surpassing a million vehicles so far this year. BOOK REVIEW: ‘HOW TO AVOID A CLIMATE DISASTER’ BY BILL A review by Paul Hockenos. To avoid a climate disaster, Bill Gates probes a combination of furious innovation, the adoption of best practices, smart investment, and clear-headed state policies. (Picture: Pete Linforth) Few climate crisis books give cause for hope. But Bill Gates’s new title does just that as the Microsoftco-founder and
HOW BATTERIES CAN STABILIZE THE GRID The grid frequency drops when more power is taken out of the grid than put into it; likewise, frequency increases when more power is pushed into the grid than taken out. Power plants adjust production ever so slightly to stabilize the frequency within a tight range (around 50 hertz in Europe). But as we see below, the blue line representing FRACKED UP: THE LINK BETWEEN PLASTIC, FOSSIL GAS AND Teaming with the oil and gas industry, petrochemical firms are ramping up fracked gas usage to fuel virgin plastic production. One of the largest drivers of this increase is the growing Ineos conglomerate. Based in the U.K. and owned by its richest citizen, Jim Ratcliffe, Ineos is developing a massive new “cracking” facility in the Portof
A NEW DAY FOR COMMUNITY ENERGY IN EUROPE A new day for community energy in Europe. The EU institutions have agreed on a new 2030 Renewable Energy Directive. Josh Roberts explains the new opportunities for Europe’s community energy movement. There is currently a lack of political leadership on renewables in Europe. Europe’s 2030 ambition for renewables has just been agreed, but it GERMANY PLANS TO CONVERT COAL PLANTS INTO RENEWABLE ENERGY Germany plans to convert coal plants into renewable energy storage sites. With Germany’s coal plants scheduled to close by 2038, operators now face some major decisions about how to restructure energy systems. One idea is to convert polluting power stations into batteries. L. Michael Buchsbaum takes a look.TAG: UNITED KINGDOM
The United Kingdom’s embattled Prime Minister, Theresa May, promised on Friday that “Brexit will not be a race to the bottom” for the country as she spoke at Danish energy giant Orsted’s offshore wind factory in Grimsby, heralding the importance of offshore wind to the future of the country a day after her government had launched its long-awaited Offshore Wind Sector Deal. CITIZENS OWN HALF OF GERMAN RENEWABLE ENERGY Citizens own half of German renewable energy. by Craig Morris. 29 Oct 2013. German renewables organization AEE has updated and simplified its statistics on green energy ownership. Craig Morris says the new figures are much easier for foreigners to understand. “We are the Energiewende”: The initiative “Energiewende in Bürgerhand” isone
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RENEWABLES: THE END OF ENERGY GLOBALIZATION? by Energiewende Team Over the last two centuries, energy trade has become increasingly global. Where wood was found and used locally, coal was mined and transported nationally, and oil emerged as a global commodity. Natural gas is also moving from regional markets to the global shipping of LNG. The same holds for energy demand, which is growing and shifting Southward, away from traditional OECD markets, to China,...April 22, 2020
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RENEWABLES: THE END OF ENERGY GLOBALIZATION? by Energiewende Team Over the last two centuries, energy trade has become increasingly global. Where wood was found and used locally, coal was mined and transported nationally, and oil emerged as a global commodity. Natural gas is also moving from regional markets to the global shipping of LNG. The same holds for energy demand, which is growing and shifting Southward, away from traditional OECD markets, to China,...April 22, 2020
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FRACKED UP: THE LINK BETWEEN PLASTIC, FOSSIL GAS AND METHANEPOLLUTION. PT.I
by L. Michael Buchsbaum In May, the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, Environmental Action Germany (DUH), and Food and Water Europe organized online conferences entitled “Fracking, Plastics, Methane Emissions and the Gas Lobby” to better explain the connection between them and climate crisis. The first of the two drew upon startling new satellite data explained by globally renowned methane and fracking expert, Prof. Robert Howarth from Cornell University. In his presentation, he...May 18, 2020
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CLIMATE DECAY AND FIRES JOIN PANDEMIC IN HONDURASby Rebecca Bertram
The coronavirus hit the poor Central American country Honduras at the worst possible time during these hot and dry summer months. March and April in particular see almost no rainfall at all and rising temperatures turn many parts of the country into a breeding place for forest fires and dangerous fumes. This is particular ominous at the time of a deadly virus that attacks...May 11, 2020
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FLAWED BUT VITAL, “PLANET OF THE HUMANS” POSES SEVERAL INCONVENIENT QUESTIONS by L. Michael Buchsbaum Michael Moore and Jeff Gibbs new movie, Planet of the Humans (POTH) serves to uncomfortably remind viewers that in many ways, despite our increased awareness of the growing biodiversity and climate crises, often our “environmental” and “sustainable” solutions, such as “natural” fossil gas, biomass and biofuels, have proven as bad or worse than the coal and petroleum they were intended to replace.Though the...
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HOW TO GET THE RENEWABLES STORY WRONG: PLANET OF THE HUMANSby Craig Morris
Our blogger Craig Morris has a cameo appearance in the new film “Planet of the Humans.” He says the way he was quoted out of context reveals what’s fundamentally wrong with the movie. As we mentioned earlier on Energy Transition, the new picture has created quite a buzz since its online launch on Earth Day and not necessarily for the right reasons. Craig Morris...May 6, 2020
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A HEATED DEBATE: THE NEW FILM “PLANET OF THE HUMANS” by L. Michael Buchsbaum Famous for his attacks on Republicans, outspoken filmmaker and activist Michael Moore long ago also staked out a provocative position left of the neoliberal Clinton/Obama/Biden-led Democratic party. But despite becoming a leading progressive figure, Moore has largely stayed clear—at least cinematically–from environmental topics…until now. Working with life-long friend and frequent collaborator, Jeff Gibbs, on the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day they released their new...May 5, 2020
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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...May 4, 2020
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RED ALARM: EUROPE’S NEXT DROUGHT IS ALREADY UPON USby Paul Hockenos
In much of Europe, this April is proving one of the driest in history. In Germany, wildfires are blazing, forests and farmlands are bone dry, and river depth in some areas is a half of what it should be. According to climate scientists, this could be the new normal as global warming enhances the frequency of severe droughts. Farmers though could do more to...April 29, 2020
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For the last two weeks of March, while Poland was experiencing the difficulties created by Covid-19, electricity demand dropped by as much as 8.5 percent. This drop has effectively increased the share of renewable energy sources within the national energy mix. How will the crisis provoked by the new virus affect Poland’s energy and climate policy? Will changes in the energy market make it...April 27, 2020
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PUMP PUNISHMENT: AS OIL PRICES FALL, SO DOES THE AMERICAN ECONOMY by L. Michael Buchsbaum Despite the recent historic agreement between OPEC, Russian, American and other global oil producers to slash supply by the 1st of May with the hopes of bolstering prices, the United States will still suffer an “unprecedented” economic blow according to the International Energy Agency. With high production costs and deeply in debt, many U.S. producers, especially those extracting from shale fields, arebleeding cash...
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RENEWABLES: THE END OF ENERGY GLOBALIZATION? by Energiewende Team Over the last two centuries, energy trade has become increasingly global. Where wood was found and used locally, coal was mined and transported nationally, and oil emerged as a global commodity. Natural gas is also moving from regional markets to the global shipping of LNG. The same holds for energy demand, which is growing and shifting Southward, away from traditional OECD markets, to China,...April 22, 2020
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FRACKED UP: THE LINK BETWEEN PLASTIC, FOSSIL GAS AND METHANEPOLLUTION. PT.I
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