In a news article on the Euractiv website, recent data from the industry association WindEurope shows solid progress but much more needed. EU built record new wind farms last year but lags green energy goal European Union countries built 17 gigawatts of new wind power farms in 2023, the most for any year so … Continue reading Europe’s energy transition is gathering speed but even with record new wind farms in 2023, EU still not on track to meet 2030 goals
Category: renewable energy
Energy in Demand News, January 14, 2024
EiD welcomes that the IEA published Renewables 2023 this week. It is encouraging to see that the world added 50% more renewable capacity in 2023 than in 2022 and next 5 years will see fastest growth yet. The IEA says that the world’s capacity to generate renewable electricity is expanding faster than at any time … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, January 14, 2024
Ghana’s energy transition – Ghana’s electricity conundrum
In an article on The Conversation website, Naaborle Sackeyfio, Associate Professor of Global and Intercultural Studies, Miami University discusses the electricity crisis in Ghana and what it will take to put it on a sustainable foundation. Ghana’s electricity crisis is holding the country back - how it got here For well over a decade … Continue reading Ghana’s energy transition – Ghana’s electricity conundrum
Australia’s energy transition – electricity generated by solar and on-shore wind is the cheapest
Graham Readfearn writes on the Guardian website about recent analysis showing that solar and on-shore wind is the cheapest options in Australia. Analysis shows that small modular nuclear reactors would provide most expensive power and will not be available until 2030. What are your views? Note that CSIRO is the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research … Continue reading Australia’s energy transition – electricity generated by solar and on-shore wind is the cheapest
It’s a nuclear future for France’s energy transition
France’s latest Energy Bill has sparked controversy as it prioritises nuclear power over renewables. Dimitris Mavrokefalidis discusses France’s new energy bill in an article on the Energy Live News website. France shifts focus: Nuclear over renewables in new Energy Bill France faces criticism for its new Energy Bill prioritising nuclear power over renewables, omitting … Continue reading It’s a nuclear future for France’s energy transition
Energy in Demand News, January 7, 2024
With the devastation of floods, heatwaves, hurricanes, forest fires and more, we know much more needs to be done to mitigate GHG emissions. Many commentators were concerned after COP28 last year that there was no sense of urgency. Read once more the comment from Fiona Harvey, published on EiD in December, on the need for … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, January 7, 2024
Bringing off-grid, pay-as-you-go power to Africa
Mansoor Hamayun, the co-founder and chief executive of Bboxx, started out with a university project to bring solar power to a few villages in Rwanda. Now he is set to expand tenfold across sub-Saharan Africa. In an article on the Guardian website, Jillian Ambrose discusses what Mr. Hamayun is trying to achieve. ‘Electricity is … Continue reading Bringing off-grid, pay-as-you-go power to Africa
Energy in Demand News, December 31, 2023
EiD wishes you a Happy New Year and all the best for 2024 Hopefully you had a chance to relax over the festive season and to prepare for 2024. While the EU policy framework for energy efficiency and renewable energy is now in place, every effort must be made to scale up implementation. Check out … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, December 31, 2023
Reflecting on COP28
Jack Marley writes on The Conversation website about many of the highlights from the climate change summit that ended a few weeks ago. Jack Marley edits the UK edition of the Environment + Energy section of The Conversation website. What are your views? How fossil fuel companies won COP28 Another climate summit has come … Continue reading Reflecting on COP28
Energy in Demand News, December 17, 2023
EiD wishes you all a very festive season and we look forward to seeing you in 2024 Let's all do our best to get our zero-carbon energy transition on track COP28 ended this week and there definitely are split opinions on how successful it was. You will see several of this week’s posts covering aspects … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, December 17, 2023
