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Enerdata Newsletter – February 2019

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Enerdata Newsletter – February 2019

Executive Brief – Does Coal Threaten the Global Energy Transition? Many developed countries are now moving away from coal – the most carbon-intensive way to produce electricity – in their domestic power-mixes. But some emerging nations are just now starting to build coal-fired power plants. Find out why, and what this could mean for the transition to low-carbon global electricity, from our latest executive brief. Read or Downloadthe Analysis Contract – EU Energy Market Observation System Enerdata is proud to have been selected for the third time by the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Energy to provide data and analysis for the European Market Observation System.   Read this and other updates in English – in French Enerdata Website – New Spanish Language Site Available In order to satisfy our international clients, we’ve developed a new Spanish-language version of our website that we’re excited to launch today. In addition to Spanish, our website is now available in English, French, German, Russian, Japanese and Korean.  View website in Spanish New Staff – Introducing Our New Arrivals We added several new roles across various departments in 2018. We’ll let the new members of the team introduce themselves here, in their own words. See who’s new on our teams Opportunities at Enerdata – Are You Passionate About Energy? As we’ve won some exciting new contracts recently and are constantly looking to expand our services, new positions are now available at our HQ in Grenoble, France. We’re hiring for several departments — including data, marketing and sales — which means we’re looking for computer-people, word-people, and people-people.  Read about and apply for positions Publication – EU Publishes Enerdata Study The European Commission recently published a report summarizing the main conclusions of a study about European energy prices, costs and subsidies conducted by Enerdata with partners Trinomics and Cambridge Econometrics. The study found not only significant increases in total subsidies, but also a small uptick in fossil fuel subsidies – contrary to EU commitments. Read more in English – in French Partner Publication – Rocky Mountain Institute Negative Emissions Scenarios The Rocky Mountain Institute, an independent non-profit based in the US, recently published a report describing why negative CO2 emissions are a crucial part of limiting climate change, and some possible techniques to achieve negative emissions. These techniques include engineered solutions and land use methods. View or Download the Report