October 2018 October 30, 2018 In Energy Watch Redefining the future of transport –and of energy European EV battery industry is (finally) racing ahead It’s not easy being an oil producer (why Europe should not envy the U.S.) A new industrial wind power model –and “another big battery”that has “changed thinking about the grid” In Brussels Insider Roads to 2050: hydrogen hype runs up against electrification reality And in the Express section The EU’s great CCS and bioenergy debacle –and what we should learn from it Surprise: “Gas is as bad as diesel –for the climate and for air quality” Coal battles in Europe intensify: unique court case in Poland, Kosovo turns to Trump Spain boosts solar, discourages coal, while Belgium seeks back-up power October 23, 2018 In Energy Watch How to get the GET right (please give us a carbon tax and skip EU and UN boondoggles) How to get the GET right (II): should we go for energy efficiency or nuclear power? Why battery prices will plunge even further Carbon removal: hopes and dreams of CCS, BECCS, direct-air capture In Brussels Insider Germany’s next Energiewende: creating a global power-to-X market In Energy Post Express New power-to-gas plant in Germany largest to date Innovations: cooling of data centres, new electric heaters, organic PV films, green hydrogen The real emissions of Chinese coal power plants (and why they have no future) Exploratory opinion: let’s go for the bioeconomy October 9, 2018 Global warming? Climeworks “offers everyone the opportunity to remove their CO2 from the air!” Renewables don’t grow fast enough, CO2 emissions keep rising –fossil fuels more expensive Three more reasons to reduce oil and gas use: Russia, Saudi Arabia and petrochemicals Russia sees gas exports to Europe grow –but Europe boosts competition and renewables New tool tells governments how to entice energy investors Denmark, Netherlands move on EVs, Germany on batteries and charging Energiewende: “catastrophic mismanagement”and “unprecedented waste of resources” EDF’s Flamanville EPR: “inadequate”and “dysfunctional” Italy, Spain boost renewables, Serbia boosts lignite October 2, 2018 In Energy Watch Is Paris dead? A new Chinese coal boom and what it means for Europe How Trump’s trade war is undermining his own policy of “energy dominance” Germany’s Mittelstand threatened by high power prices, can’t save any more power Nuclear power: a drop in the bucket (at best) In Brussels Insider The future of gas: the start of a new debate in Brussels In the Express section Blackout fears in EU as a result of “policy failures” Bill Gates, Shell, the World Bank, BlackRock, IKEA: billions poured into energy gamechangers EVs will cost Irish exchequer hundreds of millions –but they won’t come unless there are more models Germany’s 56 GW of wind power can be relied upon for less than 1% Recent posts...
