Energy in Demand News, October 6, 2024

Congratulations to the UK to finally bid farewell to the power of King Coal with the closing of its last coal-fired power plant. Britain opened the world’s first coal-burning power plant in 1882 (built by Thomas Edison) and now has become the first major country to end coal-fired power. Renewables’ share of UK electricity jumped … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, October 6, 2024 →

Report from the ENERGYNOW SDG7 Action Forum 2024

The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) published the report of the ENERGYNOW SDG7 Action Forum 2024 that was held in New York, September 25-27. The first ENERGYNOW SDG7 Action Forum convened in September 2022, bringing together a range of stakeholders to focus on ways to accelerate energy access and the energy transition. Below is … Continue reading Report from the ENERGYNOW SDG7 Action Forum 2024 →

Energy in Demand News, September 22, 2024

Global leaders will gather in New York next week for the UN Summit of the Future, the centrepiece of this year’s launch of the annual United Nations General Assembly. UN Secretary General, António Guterres, will try to persuade world leaders to extend their horizons beyond current wars by adopting a “Pact for the Future,” an … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, September 22, 2024 →

Learning lessons from Europe and elsewhere for Australia to fast-track renewables deployment

Anne Kallies, Senior Lecturer in Energy Law, RMIT University writes about the lessons that Australia should learn from experience in the EU, the United States and China as it takes the steps forward to deploy renewables at scale. If Australia wants to fast-track 100% renewables, it must learn from Europe’s risky path Even after … Continue reading Learning lessons from Europe and elsewhere for Australia to fast-track renewables deployment →

Energy in Demand News, September 15, 2024

The Hungarian presidency of the Council of the European Union proposes to exempt aviation and shipping from fuel tax for the next 20 years, according to Transport and Energy, Europe’s leading advocate for clean transport and energy. In an article posted on the eceee website, Transport and Energy says the Hungarian Presidency has put forward … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, September 15, 2024 →

Nigeria’s energy transition

In an article on The Conversation website, Dennis Gabriel Pepple, Associate Professor and Director for Employability and Enterprise at the School of Business, University of Leicester and Daminabo Pokubo, Senior Lecturer in Entrepreneurship, Nottingham Trent University, discussed their study to find out whether the energy choices made by individual families could influence Nigeria’s overall transition … Continue reading Nigeria’s energy transition →

European Commission unveils State of the Energy Union Report 2024

This week, the Commission has published the State of the Energy Union Report 2024 which describes how the EU has managed unprecedented challenges in the energy policy landscape during this Commission's mandate, equipping the EU with a regulatory framework for pursuing the clean energy transition and laying the foundations for renewed economic growth and competitiveness. … Continue reading European Commission unveils State of the Energy Union Report 2024 →

Energy in Demand News, September 8, 2024

The new academic year is now upon us. The Financial Times (behind a paywall) discusses a new study that raises concerns about university ties to the fossil fuel sector. The study provides the first review of research looking at the sector’s extensive role in higher education. It draws from nearly three dozen reports on how … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, September 8, 2024 →

Energy in Demand News, September 1, 2024

EU taxonomy is a classification system that is a cornerstone of the EU’s sustainable finance framework. It defines the criteria for economic activities that are aligned with a net zero trajectory by 2050 and the broader environmental goals beyond climate. The taxonomy regulation entered into force on July 12th 2020. Its classification of what constitutes “green” … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, September 1, 2024 →

Simple steps that cities can also slow the pace of urban heat island-driven warming trends – learning from ancient Rome

In an article on The Conversation website, Brian Stone Jr., Professor of Environmental Planning, Georgia Institute of Technology explains the importance of taking measures to counter extreme heat in cities. Ancient Rome had ways to counter the urban heat island effect – how history’s lessons apply to cities today As intense heat breaks records … Continue reading Simple steps that cities can also slow the pace of urban heat island-driven warming trends – learning from ancient Rome →