Originally published on Energy Post. By Karel Beckman They are the biggest companies in the world and they are making a huge bet: they are staking their – and our – future on natural gas. At the World Gas Conference in Paris, the major oil companies all avowed their belief … [continued]
Originally published on RenewEconomy by Sophie Vorrath The fact that global energy markets are changing shape – and fast – is fairly well accepted these days, even by Australia’s big incumbent gentailers. But suggestions that the arrival of affordable battery storage, on top of affordable renewables, could trigger a utility … [continued]
Originally published on 1Sun4All. The pilots of Solar Impulse, Bertrand Piccard and Andre Borschberg, have released statements in support of the negotiations taking place in Bonn, Germany, this week in advance of the United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP21, that will be held in Paris, France, in November and December of 2015. Enjoy! As COP 21 negotiations … [continued]
Originally published on Energy Post. By Diego Zuluaga Capacity problems can best be tackled by letting prices fluctuate and making energy providers responsible for intermittent supply. To the extent that support schemes are used, they should be technology-neutral and driven by market forces to ensure efficiency, argues Diego Zuluaga, Deputy … [continued]
The top seven industrialized countries (Group of Seven, or G7)—whose carbon dioxide emissions total 25% of the world’s output—decided at a meeting in Germany today to phase out their use of fossil fuels by the end of this century. It’s a breakthrough move on climate change and a strong signal … [continued]
The French gas utility named Engie (formerly GDF Suez) is developing new geothermal projects in the Paris, France, area to the tune of 50 MW, which will bring the company’s total geothermal capacity there to 100 MW. A single plant, Noisy-le-Sec, has a capacity of 10 MW. So when will … [continued]
A ten-day meeting to hone the draft text of the Paris 2015 universal climate agreement has begun in Bonn, Germany. Presidents of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change’s Lima COP20 (Manuel Pulgar-Vidal, the deft and diplomatic Environment Minister of Peru) and the upcoming Paris COP21 meetings (Laurent Fabius, who is … [continued]
Six of the world’s major oil and gas companies have called for national or regional carbon pricing. They also propose that governments and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change work on creating “clear, stable, ambitious policy frameworks that could eventually connect national systems.” These actions would reduce global … [continued]
The world’s largest container ship operator, Maersk Line, has announced a target to significantly reduce emissions produced per container moved. Maersk Line plans to cut emissions per container moved by 60% by 2020 as part of a five year plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 200 million tonnes of … [continued]
Originally published on 1Sun4All. After the victories of MS Tûranor PlanetSolar‘s earlier 2013 DeepWater and 2014 TerraSubmersa expeditions, the boat’s next solar mission commissioned by the Race for Water Foundation begins with the solar ship leaving Venice after an 8-month winter stay on Certosa Island, in the Veneto region of Italy. In recent news, PlanetSolar says the start of this new campaign … [continued]
