Policy & Regulatory Saudi Arabia updates its net-metering scheme for rooftop PV systems 15 Jul 2020 The Electricity and Cogeneration Regulatory Authority (ECRA) of Saudi Arabia has released new rules for distributed solar PV systems ranging from 1 kW to 2 MW for all kinds of energy consumers, in order to…
Policy & Regulatory EU creates a €10bn fund to support energy transition in Eastern Europe 13 Jul 2020 The European Commission has approved the rules on operation of the Modernisation Fund, an EU solidarity fund to support 10 Central and Eastern European EU Member States in their transition to climate…
Policy & Regulatory UK Ofgem unveils a €28bn green investment plan for 2021-2026 10 Jul 2020 The UK Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem) has released a £25bn (€27.9bn) green investment plan for 2021-2026, which seeks to improve the country’s gas and electricity transmission and distribution infrastructure and to deliver emissions-free…
Volume 1 Issue 7, July 2020 Pyroclastic density currents are complex multiphase flows originating from volcanic eruptions, accounting for almost a third of global volcanic fatalities. This Review discusses recent advances in understanding the complex internal processes within PDCs and how these influence the flow dynamics and hazard footprints. See…
Policy & Regulatory Jordan’s energy strategy for 2020-2030 focuses on reducing gas imports 9 Jul 2020 The Jordanian government has unveiled its energy sector strategy for 2020-2030, which seeks to diversify energy sources and reduce fuel imports. The contribution of (imported) natural gas to power generation will decrease from more than…
Policy & Regulatory Romania will invest €12.5bn in the energy sector over 2020-2025 8 Jul 2020 The Romanian government has presented its National Investment and Economic Recovery Plan. Read more Chile awards development rights for 2.6 GW of renewables projects 8 Jul 2020 The Ministry of National Assets of Chile…
Con los recortes presupuestales al medio ambiente, México compromete su futuro Opinion by Enrique Provencio || The Washington Post || Martes 7 de julio, 2020 Enrique Provencio es investigador asociado del Programa Universitario de Estudios del Desarrollo de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México En México se ha recrudecido el…
Policy & Regulatory Ukraine approves feed-in-tariff reductions for wind and solar 7 Jul 2020 The Ukrainian parliament has approved a draft law on feed-in-tariff (FiTs) reductions for renewable power generation. FiTs will be cut by 15% for solar parks and by 7.5% for wind parks commissioned between 2015 and 2019 and…
Policy & Regulatory Japan identifies 10 additional offshore wind areas 6 Jul 2020 The Japanese Ministries of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) have identified 10 areas as potentially suitable for offshore wind development. Four areas are more advanced: Aomori Prefecture off the Sea of…
Volume 4 Issue 7, July 2020 Biodiversity under stress A school of fish on a remote coral reef in the Indian Ocean. Biodiversity was found to be the primary driver of ecosystem functioning of coral-reef fishes. The positive biodiversity-ecosystem function relationships were robust to two human-caused stressors: climate change and…
Policy & Regulatory Poland plans to develop 3.8 GW of offshore wind capacity by 2030 3 Jul 2020 The government of Poland and representatives of the offshore wind industry have signed an agreement to develop 3.8 GW of offshore wind capacity in the Baltic Sea by 2030. The first offshore…
Volume 10 Issue 7, July 2020 Plant hydraulics improve models Evapotranspiration links productivity with water cycling between land and atmosphere and is restricted by plant responses to soil moisture and vapour pressure deficit stresses. In this issue, Liu et al. show that a model including plant hydraulics better describes the…
Policy & Regulatory Poland plans to develop 3.8 GW of offshore wind capacity by 2030 3 Jul 2020 The government of Poland and representatives of the offshore wind industry have signed an agreement to develop 3.8 GW of offshore wind capacity in the Baltic Sea by 2030. The first offshore…
Policy & Regulatory Germany approves a €40bn plan to phase out hard coal by 2033 1 Jul 2020 The German coalition government has approved a €40bn compensation package for power utilities, which operate hard coal-fired power plants in the country and should shut them down by 2038 at the latest….
Companies Iberdrola raises its bid for Australian renewable producer Infigen 30 Jun 2020 The Spanish energy group Iberdrola has raised its bid for Infigen Energy, Australia’s largest renewable power producer, by 3.5%, offering AUD 0.89 (€0.545, or US$0.61) per staple security of Infigen, instead of the AUD 0.86 (€0.527, or US$0.59) bid…
Policy & Regulatory Israel launches third offshore oil and gas offshore bid round 29 Jun 2020 The Ministry of Energy of Israel has launched its third offshore bid round for gas and oil exploration offshore Israel, inviting companies to bid for an exploration license in Block #72. This license, which…
Policy & Regulatory German onshore wind tender undersubscribed once again 26 Jun 2020 The Germany Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur, BNetzA), which regulates the energy sector, has published the results of two tenders for 826 MW of onshore wind and 96 MW of solar projects, with a bidding date set for…
ECOLOGÍA La flora del sotobosque de Europa se está empobreciendo cada vez más La contaminación por nitrógeno fomenta la sustitución de las plantas especializadas del sotobosque por especies más cosmopolitas y comunes. Párkinson La inhibición de un solo gen permite obtener neuronas a partir de astrocitos En un modelo animal…
Policy & Regulatory German government approves €4.3bn package for lignite plants operators 25 Jun 2020 The German government has endorsed a €4.3bn compensation package for power utilities RWE, Uniper, EnBW, Vattenfall, Steag and LEAG, which operate lignite-fired power plants in the country. Before the contracting parties can sign, the Bundestag…
Policy & Regulatory Spain approves a decree to speed up renewable energy project development 24 Jun 2020 The Spanish government has approved a decree to promote the transition towards a 100% renewable electricity system by 2050, with an intermediate target of 74% renewable electricity by 2030. The text includes measures to…
Policy & Regulatory Denmark’s coalition government approves new climate agreement 23 Jun 2020 The Danish government and parliament have signed a climate agreement that targets a 3.4 Mt reduction in CO2 emissions. As part of the deal, the country will approve the creation of two offshore wind hubs totalling 5…
Volume 5 Issue 6, June 2020 Life supports hydrogen Photosynthetic and catalytic machineries from living cells can be coupled to produce hydrogen outside the cell using solar energy, though the production is short-lived. Now, Appel et al. rewire cyanobacteria to fuse these machineries in the cell, allowing the cell’s maintenance…
Policy & Regulatory Poland considers separating coal-fired power capacity from energy groups 22 Jun 2020 The Polish government is working on a plan to take over coal-fired power capacity from energy groups, including PGE, Tauron, Enea and Energa, and to consolidate it in a separate entity. The objective would be…
Policy & Regulatory China plans to cap coal-fired power capacity at 1,100 GW by end-2020 19 Jun 2020 China intends to cap its coal-fired power capacity at 1,100 GW and the number of coal mines at 5,000 (down from 5,268 in late 2019) by the end of 2020. According to the National…
Policy & Regulatory New Zealand reforms its GHG emissions trading scheme 18 Jun 2020 The New Zealand Parliament has approved the Emissions Trading Reform Bill, which will introduce a cap on the total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions allowed within the Emissions Trading Scheme from 2021. The government proposed to cap the country’s…
Volume 3 Issue 6, June 2020 Experiences of charging stations Public confidence in the reliability of electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure is a barrier to adoption. With large-scale social data and machine learning, this study provides evidence on how well existing charging infrastructure is serving the needs of EV drivers…
Policy & Regulatory Ireland’s new government plans to levy €100/tCO2 on carbon by 2030 17 Jun 2020 Ireland’s new government plans to increase the carbon tax by €7.5/tCO2 in every budget until 2029, as the coalition government intends to levy €100/tCO2 on carbon by 2030, against €80/tCO2 under the current…
Policy & Regulatory South Africa issues RFI for its 2,500 MW nuclear power programme 16 Jun 2020 The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy of South Africa has published a Request For Information (RFI) for a 2,500 MW nuclear new-build programme. The RFI will be opened until 15 September 2020 and…
Policy & Regulatory Mexico plans to merge energy regulator CRE with two other parastatals 15 Jun 2020 The Mexican government is considering merging the energy regulator CRE, the antitrust agency Federal Economic Competition Commission (COFECE), and the telecoms regulator IFT. The new parastatal would be named the National Institute of…
Policy & Regulatory Germany adopts the final version of its national energy and climate plan 12 Jun 2020 The German government has adopted the final version of its national energy and climate plan (NECP). According to the plan, Germany intends to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by at least 55%…
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