August 2017 - ArchiveAugust 28, 2017 THIS WEEK: Special feature: Welcome to the Age of Abundant Cheap Energy 1. Super cheap solar to rule the world 2. Sorry, no “baseload” needed 3. Super cheap shale oil and gas will also rule the world 4. The implications? Bye, bye energy trilemma THIS WEEK: The next step in energy and climate policy: time for “national capital-raising plans” THIS WEEK: Trump’s “grid study” is a dud Solar eclipse spurs gas generation and imports Total back in Iran – Shell and ENI may follow China puts brake on 150 GW of coal power August 21, 2017 Energy Watch: Trends in energy storage Shale gas in the UK: 55 million years too late? Does the U.S. nuclear industry have a future? (And if not, what are the consequences?) Fact check: what is cheaper, coal or renewables? Brussels Insider: Green energy through Guarantees of Origin shows strong growth Express: EU and Switzerland link emission trading – will UK follow? Desertec died, long live TuNur Oil companies: are they going electric? What the Saudi Aramco IPO will tell us about climate policy August 14, 2017 Karel Beckman’s Energy Watch: Amory Lovins still not crazy after all these years Cost and benefits of the Energiewende How bad are methane emissions from the gas industry? U.S. sanctions on Russia: do they impact Nord Stream 2 and the European gas market? Energy transition? Let’s not forget the option of a Green Gas Grid Brussels Insider: EU: time for energy storage targets? Express: “Utilities knew” – and they may become target of “tobacco-style lawsuits” JP Morgan greens 27 Empire State Buildings China goes into geo-engineering, scientists prefer stratospheric aerosol injection EU energy trends in 2016: here’s a wake-up call! August 7, 2017 Karel Beckman’s Energy Watch: The EV revolution: how will it affect power grids – and greenhouse gas emissions? BNEF upgrades EV forecast but Koch brothers and MIT are sceptical Shell adopts “lower-forever mindset”, OPEC raises EV forecast 500% “Costly nuclear bad for climate” – but can costs come down? by David Thorpe for Brussels Insider: The European energy efficiency debacle – what’s next? and in Express: European Investment Bank puts €4.3 billion into renewable energy (and natural gas) European wind power in the doldrums? Not if countries cooperate Mandatory disclosure of energy performance leads to lower house prices in Germany UK Euratom “position paper” fails to allay concerns over effects Brexit on UK nuclear industry