November 2017 - ArchiveNovember 28, 2017 THIS WEEK: All you want to know about blockchain, hydrogen, Tesla Semi Truck, concentrated solar power and other innovations Battery storage: it has just begun Brexit and energy: not too much to worry about (though devil is in the detail) European Commission “has delivered” the Energy Union (says the European Commission) THIS WEEK: Who is afraid of energy communities and prosumers? EU Member States, that’s who THIS WEEK: Community projects win 99% of onshore wind tenders in Germany’s third auction The provisional end of green subsidies in the UK The red line of the German greens The green gas fields of France November 21, 2017 THIS WEEK: Alternative energy realities: 1 – Biofuels: “fuel mandates contribute to global warming” 2 – Nuclear power: forging ahead – with decades old technologies 3 – CCS: a shield for fossil fuels? 4 – Natural gas: the environmental case for/against 5 – The old man and the battery 6 – On the long and not so lonesome EV highway THIS WEEK: Wood Mackenzie report: Europe’s gas import dependency does not need to increase over the next 25 years THIS WEEK: The two faces of the Energiewende Energy Union Choices: “We can have a much higher renewable target, much lower gas use” What came out of COP23 The new energy regulation: “forget the Energy Trilemma” November 14, 2017 THIS WEEK: The IEA’s World Energy Outlook – or is it Donald Trump’s Energy Outlook? The European Commission’s last-ditch effort to stop Nord Stream 2: how likely is it to succeed? The European Commission’s non-binding transport plan New chances for nuclear? THIS WEEK: It’s definitive now: the ETS won’t do it (alone) THIS WEEK: Beyond the World Energy Outlook: “Electricity can be 100% renewable” EU electricity market: to interconnect or not to interconnect Small is beautiful: decentralised energy providers balk at becoming balancing responsible Heat pumps in Europe show record growth November 7, 2017 THIS WEEK: How far can we rely on offshore wind? Can we do without nuclear and gas? “We can’t do without gas!” – says the Great Brussels Gas Lobby Effort “We must get rid of gas!” – say researchers We have to go beyond coal – says almost everyone THIS WEEK: Europe’s solar sector expects recovery after long steep plunge THIS WEEK: Digitalization: IEA discovers Google Maps! All you wanted to know about multilateral climate funds (but were afraid to ask) European platform for corporate renewable energy sourcing launched Low-carbon energy: China is thundering on