August 2018August 28, 2018 European utilities are coming back to life The latest on the hydrogen economy- from Finland, Australia and the Netherlands Why not build your own EV? Negative emissions with bioenergy + CCS? “Don’t expect miracles” “Be prepared” – UK energy law under no-deal Brexit Climate clashes in India, Australia, Washington and California Renewables can make the power system more (rather than less) reliable – but wind droughts worry investors Will Nord Stream 2 make Germany more reliant on Russian gas? “Germany can still meet 2020 climate targets” August 21, 2018 A new golden age of gas? Not likely in Europe TurkStream – how is it progressing? China is now a driver of the European energy transformation Another battery breakthrough! But do we need it? EU carbon price rises good news for nuclear and renewables Promises for coal jobs in southeastern Europe “out of touch with reality” Non-hydro renewables to reach almost 50% of capacity in Spain in 2030 Nuclear power stagnant/stable in 2017 but ridiculously expensive Facebook helps push wind and solar over 1 TW mark Australia takes cue from Donald Trump, South Australia follows California August 14, 2018 Aldi, Lidl, Shell and the future of electric mobility Climate action has no leaders today How to become an energy data management company Bottom-up, renewables are making more progress than many at the top may think Sonja van Renssen will be back in September “The end of the energy mainframe” – negative power prices growing and spreading French nuclear plants vulnerable, Flamanville delayed again, but hopes still for EPR Global CO2 initiative turns greenhouse gas into profitable products German headwind, global tailwind, Enel up, Uniper down August 7, 2018 #Exxon knew – so did everyone else As Germany corners EU gas market, will anyone be building new gas pipelines to Europe in future Here is what should be worrying you: clean energy output is falling behind demand growth Germany getting charged up by battery factories – but is lithium-ion the end game? Brussels Insider: EU news roundup Portugal aims at 1 GW of new solar power plants New renewables regime Ireland could be problem for offshore wind and solar UK government stays committed to offshore wind NGOs challenge new coal plant in Bulgaria