Wider use of heat pumps is important for the energy transition

A recent study in the US describes heat pumps for home heating and cooling as “the low hanging fruit when it comes to saving customers money and reducing greenhouse gas emissions." John Fialka explains in an article on the Scientific American website. Heat Pumps Gain Traction as Renewable Energy Grows A cluster of new … Continue reading Wider use of heat pumps is important for the energy transition →

Britain’s the Orkney Islands being used as a laboratory to learn how to make all the components of a fully renewable energy network function together

Steve Hanley writes on the CleanTechnica website that there are a lot of pieces to the puzzle to fit together before we can be completely dependent on renewable energy. Well, they are trying on the Orkney Islands. What are your views? Orkney Islands Are Key To Renewable Energy In The UK There’s theory and … Continue reading Britain’s the Orkney Islands being used as a laboratory to learn how to make all the components of a fully renewable energy network function together →

Thoughts on the low-carbon energy transition

If the world is to quit coal and gas for renewable energy sources, they have to be reliable and affordable. Is that realistic? Researchers have crunched the numbers and come up with some surprising answers. Gero Rueter explains in an article on the Deutsche Welle website. How to make the world affordably carbon-free How … Continue reading Thoughts on the low-carbon energy transition →

Understanding the energy transition in Texas

Texas is one of those interesting regions where there are competing views of the energy system and the energy transition. Steve Hanley discusses latest developments in an article on the CleanTechnica website. Renewable Energy Advocates Learn To Not Say “Climate Change” In Texas Renewable energy, particularly wind power, has been hugely successful in Texas, … Continue reading Understanding the energy transition in Texas →

Big business and the energy transition

Jesse Barron writes a long article on the New York Times website about how big business is hedging its bets in the energy transition. It will take you a few minutes but it is worth reading. How Big Business Is Hedging Against the Apocalypse Rex Tillerson stood under a 32-foot pipe organ at the Morton … Continue reading Big business and the energy transition →

Latest on Germany’s energy transition

Germany could fall 10 points short of a deadline to cut emissions by 40% from 1990 levels. Austin Davis and Jens Thurau write on the Deutsche Welle website about latest developments. Lofty goals of German 'climate cabinet' met with scepticism Germany's "climate cabinet" convenes as protests grow, fines for noncompliance loom and political impasses … Continue reading Latest on Germany’s energy transition →

There is an extraordinary opportunity for the IEA to step up its leadership in the low-carbon energy transition

EiD was pleased to read the letter signed by investors/scientists and sent to Dr. Fatih Birol, the Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA). Prior to this letter, in 2018 EiD published a post which compares the energy demand in the 2018 Efficient World Scenario included in the IEA’s flagship energy efficiency publication entitled … Continue reading There is an extraordinary opportunity for the IEA to step up its leadership in the low-carbon energy transition →

Tracing our fossil fuel use

Simon Pirani, Senior Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Oxford explains how difficult it is to trace our use of fossil fuels in an article on The Conversation website. What do you think? Why it's so hard to trace the patterns of unsustainable fossil fuel use Our future depends on a transition away … Continue reading Tracing our fossil fuel use →

International Energy Charter needs to focus on low-carbon energy transition

In a previous article Sarah Keay-Bright said the outdated Energy Charter Treaty protects old world fossil fuel investments over the wide range of new green investments now being made. The treaty is being reviewed by its signatories this year. In a concluding article on the energypost.eu website, she and Steivan Defilla warn that the terms … Continue reading International Energy Charter needs to focus on low-carbon energy transition →

“Big oil” transitioning into energy companies with move to generate, trade and sell electricity

The energy transition is not a straight road and we see many players changing their roles to adapt to new conditions. Rachel Millard writes in The Sunday Times about how oil giants are changing their approaches to take advantage of the energy transition. What are your views? Electric shock as oil giants make a power … Continue reading “Big oil” transitioning into energy companies with move to generate, trade and sell electricity →