Throughout Africa, access to electricity has been a challenge. Increasingly, however, mobile phones are everywhere. Eduardo Alejandro Martínez Ceseña, Joseph Mutale, Mathaios Panteli and Pierluigi Mancarella from the University of Manchester write on The Conversation website How data collected from mobile phones can help electricity planning Access to reliable and affordable electricity brings many … Continue reading Smart phones for smart electricity systems
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Energy transition underway in Asia
The low-carbon energy transition includes many important choices for the future. Ben Smee and Daniel Hurst write in The Guardian that Japan has made an important choice. Australia’s largest export customer for thermal coal is scrapping plans to build power plants. Energy analysts forecast 'the end of coal' in Asia as Japanese investors back … Continue reading Energy transition underway in Asia
BP changes its tune on climate change
Where they will be when we fully decarbonise by 2050 is hard to know, but some oil giants are starting to talk more positively about needing to take climate change seriously. Steven Mufson writes about BP in an article in the Washington Post. Let us hope this is a positive step and not simply greenwashing. … Continue reading BP changes its tune on climate change
Public infrastructure makes it an obvious target for cutting emissions
Just this week, I was with people in Brussels and we were talking about the importance of addressing infrastructure in the low carbon energy transition. Sarah Petrevan and Joanna Kyriazis provide an article on the Policy Options website about the Canadian situation. As they say, over the next decade, C$180 billion is earmarked for roads, … Continue reading Public infrastructure makes it an obvious target for cutting emissions
“Climate change is not the only reason to ditch fossil fuels”
Three academics – Noel Healy, Associate Professor of Geography at Salem State University; Jennie C. Stephens, Professor of Sustainability Science & Policy, Director, School of Public Policy & Urban Affairs, Global Resilience Institute at Northeastern University; and Stephanie Malin, Associate Professor of Sociology, at Colorado State University – discuss in an article on The Conversation … Continue reading “Climate change is not the only reason to ditch fossil fuels”
New waste-plastic enhanced bitumen is also cheaper, stronger, longer lasting and more flexible than standard bitumen to resurface roads and fill potholes
We have a waste plastic problem but EiD was not expecting to see it used for resurfacing roads. Tom Bawden writes on The i newsletter about latest developments. Why plastic roads could be the future Carrier bags, bottles and nappies will be used to resurface roads and fill potholes across Cumbria – leading a … Continue reading New waste-plastic enhanced bitumen is also cheaper, stronger, longer lasting and more flexible than standard bitumen to resurface roads and fill potholes
The collapse of the UK’s nuclear power plans provides an opportunity to think again
Some day policy makers are going to realise that Bob Dylan is right, the answer my friends is blowing in the wind. Okay, or the sun . . . David Toke, Reader in Energy Policy at the University of Aberdeen analyses the current situation in Britain with companies pulling out from investing and building planned … Continue reading The collapse of the UK’s nuclear power plans provides an opportunity to think again
How to promote electric vehicle charging states in urban areas
Everyone is promoting electric vehicles and sales are climbing. Yet, the infrastructure is still not there to make major inroads. Jerome Mayaud, Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of British Columbia writes about how growing cities can do more to promote at-home EV charging. What are your views? How growing cities can support at-home electric … Continue reading How to promote electric vehicle charging states in urban areas
Who is acting in our best interest?
Anand Giridharadas, in an article in The Guardian, raises important issues about the elite’s charade about changing the world. Without taking a position, EiD simply presents this to you to make you pause and think about the dynamics of change. The new elite’s phoney crusade to save the world – without changing anything A … Continue reading Who is acting in our best interest?
Important lessons from the energy transition in Spain
The Transnational Institute (TNI) published an article on its website about important developments in Spain’s energy transition. What do you think? A renewable energy model based on participation, collective ownership and gender equity The Spanish electricity sector has undergone major changes since 1997, when the government of José María Aznar adopted a decision to … Continue reading Important lessons from the energy transition in Spain
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