February 2017 - ArchiveFebruary 24, 2017 THIS WEEK: It’s the electricity system, stupid! “Burning wood almost never good for climate” Big Money is discovering Big Batteries After stranded assets, stranded cars? State of the energy transition in North West Europe THIS WEEK: EU’s Achilles Heel: import dependency Europe’s buildings aren’t so smart THIS WEEK: Building more gas pipelines may not be so bright Most oil and gas companies get hacked How to get rich with carbon pricing The inside story of Brussels energy policy February 17, 2017 THIS WEEK: Hydropower will save us. Or not? Why the OPAL exemption decision is crucial to the EU gas market Will gas turn into a niche technology? Why EVs aren’t cars THIS WEEK: Sonja van Renssen on the EU ETS vote: Brussels lets down Paris Uniper: from Eon’s “bad bank” to Europe’s systemic energy bank THIS WEEK: A fossil fuel subsidy (I) A fossil fuel subsidy (II) EU Energy Union: no deliveries, just takeaways The first shall be the last February 10, 2017 THIS WEEK: The OECD’s nuclear suicide What’s the story on storage? Too complex for a headline Lithium boom in Britain? Brexit and security of gas supply: Nord Stream 2 to the UK instead of Germany? More wind power? Half of EU member states did not build a single turbine Record number of solar jobs in U.S. THIS WEEK: EU sceptical of waste-to-energy Cement throws bricks at emission trading THIS WEEK: Dutch pay a price for “getting rid of gas” Local warming to fight global warming Grind on, renewable energy! Mr Trump, tackle a real issue: the grid February 3, 2017 THIS WEEK: The State of the European Power Sector (I) The State of the European Power Sector (II) The end of the Energiewende (revisited)? Brexit and Euratom Myron Ebell and Michael Liebreich come to Brussels Help! We need CCS THIS WEEK: Energy Union: stuck in the middle EU States drag heels on national climate plans Interview MEP Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy: “I cannot say Member States radiate the sentiment that climate change is urgent” THIS WEEK: Challenging BP/ExxonMobil/Shell/IEA scenarios Challenging BP’s Energy Outlook Why the EV revolution may come from an unexpected place Emissions trading: do it right – or don’t do it
