Earlier this month, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced that Klaus Hasselmann of the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology in Hamburg, Germany, and Syukuro Manabe of Princeton University in New Jersey, United States, would share this year’s Nobel Prize…
Carbon border adjustment will not provide an equal playing field for EU business, according to a new research
Researchers from the University of Cologne’s Institute of Energy Economics (EWI) write in a policy briefing that while a European CO2 border adjustment payment can be a first step toward a fairer competition environment in terms of emission costs, not…
Green lawmakers in Germany outline ideas for night rail services across Europe
A group of German Green Party lawmakers has proposed expanding rail services in Europe, particularly night trains, to reduce the number of short-haul flights in Europe. The proposed night rail network would link key European cities and vacation spots that…
Investment in Singapore’s microgrid technology has been secured
SUSI Partners will provide financing to Canopy Power, which will enable the company to provide solutions throughout Southeast Asia. By partnering with Canopy Power, a Singapore-based developer of microgrid technology, SUSI Partners, through its Asia Energy Transition Fund (SAETF), is…
‘By 2030, emissions from the technology industry will have decreased by 40%’
The idea comes from a recent research, which predicts that technological advancements may result in 8.5 Gt of carbon reductions by the end of the decade. During the next decade, the technology industry is expected to cut its energy consumption…
The German government claims that electric vehicle batteries are the “greatest successful industry policy project since Airbus.”
According to German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier, the manufacture of electric vehicle battery cells in Europe is on pace to become “the most successful industrial policy initiative since Airbus.” The CDU lawmaker made the comment in response to Mercedes-decision Benz’s…
According to a media source, the Environmental Protection Agency has called for more aggressive climate objectives
As reported by Spiegel, the German Environment Agency (UBA) has recommended for the country’s greenhouse gas emission reduction target for 2030 to be increased to 70 percent below 1990 levels (from the existing aim of -65 percent). UBA also wants…
Renewable energy growth to continue, according to the EIA
According to the EIA’s ‘International Energy Outlook 2021’ (IEO2021) reference case, unless major policy or technological improvements are made, global energy consumption would grow by approximately 50% over the next 30 years. Although petroleum and other liquid fuels will continue…
In an effort to reduce emissions, Germany has doubled its spending on building repairs to 11.5 billion euros
Following last year’s emissions exceeding government limits, Germany will invest an additional 5.7 billion euros to make buildings more energy efficient. Ministers agreed to spend additional 5.8 billion euros earlier this year, which the government’s Council of Experts on Climate…
VW claims that a faster departure from coal in Germany is required to decrease the automotive sector’s carbon impact
According to news agency dpa, in a piece reported by Focus Online, carmaker VW believes an early German coal departure is required to ensure that its electric vehicle fleet obtains the clean electricity it need to efficiently fulfill carbon emission…