February 2018February 27, 2018 THIS WEEK: The Great Gas transition: a new chance for hydrogen and renewable gas The Age of Carbon Capture and Storage may finally be here Wind and solar auctions, grid fights, price rises and Siemens wind turbine blade problems BP’s Energy Outlook: “modelling errors all lead to higher oil demand projections” THIS WEEK: Industry 2030: how the EU plans to industrialise clean tech MEPs propose a “green” EU electricity market design that sets up clash with Member States THIS WEEK: “Very very scary” – the shale oil technique to end all oil scarcity? “EU can get to one-third renewable energy in 2030” – if it chooses Nuclear energy challenged by Austria, supported by Trump, questioned in France South Korea goes green, Japan hesitates February 20, 2018 THIS WEEK: How solar and wind are overcoming intermittency and inertia (and threatening natural gas) Renewables plus gas – renewables versus gas? The real big business in sustainable energy? Energy efficiency Ukraine: a European (energy) problem THIS WEEK: EU Battery Alliance – VP Šefčovič expects “10 European gigafactories by 2025” THIS WEEK: ExxonMobil sees conspiracy in climate litigation Record offshore and onshore wind year in Europe, but prospects uncertain Biomethane share to grow in declining European gas production National Grid to build superfast charging network for EVs February 13, 2018 THIS WEEK: The oil industry’s 20-year window of opportunity 100% renewable energy revisited: the window could close even quicker In fact, it is closing quicker: solar, storage displacing fossil fuels faster than ever Why are electricity prices so high for UK industry? No, it’s not climate policy THIS WEEK: EU ties itself into knots with capacity market decisions How air quality concerns increasingly shape Europe’s energy agenda THIS WEEK: UK capacity auction: the biggest winner is gas (the biggest loser too) Climate, energy and transport in Germany’s coalition agreement: there’s lots of it European solar market grows, led by … Turkey (and held back by tariffs) “France can become powerhouse of global tidal energy industry” February 6, 2018 THIS WEEK: China: “Detroit of electric cars”; Norway: only electric planes; California: 5 million EVs Chinese CATL soon biggest battery maker, Europe far behind, can grid cope with EVs? BP hopes gas will make it big, market for gas turbine collapses, Ukraine has one last chance to stop Nord Stream 2 Nuclear as flexible as gas, says EDF, and Netherlands has remarkable plan for long-term storage of nuclear waste THIS WEEK: “Big electricity” and “big gas” get EU billions – smart grids “afterthought” Gas under fire in Europe: do we need the Southern Gas Corridor? THIS WEEK: EU seeks “transformation of the entire financial system” A breakthrough for grid-scale batteries Record year for offshore wind in Europe EU: “no new trade deals with countries not in Paris Agreement”
