Latest Energy News 11 April 2019 TOP STORY: Renewables could account for 86% of global power generation in 2050 According to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), renewable energy sources (RES) could account for 86% of power generation in 2050. IRENA’s reference scenario foresees electricity to become the central…
ISEE Bulletin April 2019 THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS Dear German, Here is your weekly ISEE News in Review. Australian and New Zealand Society of Ecological Economists (ANZSEE) 2019 Conference Ecological Economics: Solutions Now and In the Future — Call for paper abstracts and registrations….
Latest Energy News 10 April 2019 TOP STORY: US crude oil production increased by 17% in 2018 thanks to tight oil According to the United States Energy Information Administration (EIA), US crude oil production grew by 17% in 2018 to a yearly average of 10.96 mb/d, reaching a…
Latest Energy News 09 April 2019 TOP STORY: Engie-led consortium wins 90% stake in Petrobras’ TAG gas pipeline (Brazil) Brazilian state-held oil and gas company Petrobras has agreed to sell a 90% stake in its wholly-owned gas pipeline unit TAG (Transportadora Associada de Gás) to a consortium of the French…
Latest Energy News 08 April 2019 TOP STORY: EDF sells 25% stake in Swiss power generation company Alpiq French energy group EDF has agreed to sell its 25.04% stake in the Swiss power utility Alpiq Holding for CHF489m (€436m) to the Swiss investors EOS Holding and Primeo Energie….
Latest Energy News 05 April 2019 TOP STORY: German GHG emissions fell by 4.5% in 2018 (-4.8% for CO2 emissions) According to the German Environment Ministry (Umweltbundesamt, UBA), German greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions contracted by 4.5% (-41 MtCO2eq) in 2018 to 869 MtCO2eq, as CO2 emissions decreased by…
Latest Energy News 04 April 2019 TOP STORY: Global wind power capacity rose by 51 GW in 2018 According to the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC), 51.3 GW of new wind capacity was commissioned in 2018, of which 46.8 GW onshore and 4.5 GW offshore. The top five onshore markets that led…
Latest Energy News 03 April 2019 TOP STORY: Total increases oil production by 115,000 bbl/d at Kaombo field (Angola) French oil and gas company Total has begun crude oil production from the second floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit of the deep offshore Kaombo project on Block…
Latest Energy News 01 April 2019 TOP STORY: European Parliament adopts new CO2 emission standards for cars and vans The European Parliament has approved new CO2 emission standards for new cars and vans in the EU for the 2021-2030 period, in line with the European decarbonation policy and…
Latest Energy News 29 March 2019 TOP STORY: British CO2 emissions dipped by 2.4% in 2018 as coal use declined According to preliminary statistics released by the British Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS), total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the United Kingdom declined by 2.5%…
Latest Energy News 28 March 2019 TOP STORY: Brazil plans to invest over US$500bn in its energy sector by 2027 The Ministry of Mines and Energy of Brazil estimates that almost BRL2,000bn (US$506bn) will be invested in the Brazilian energy sector by 2027, including BRL1,500bn (US$379m) in oil,…
Latest Energy News 27 March 2019 TOP STORY: China raised its coal mining capacity by 6% in 2018 According to the National Energy Administration (NEA) of China, total coal mining capacity in China increased by nearly 6% in 2018, reaching 3.53 Gt/year at the end of 2018, despite…
Executive Brief – Driving the Energy Transition Multiple technologies are at the forefront of the energy transition in transport. We’re all aware of electric vehicles – but is the decarbonization of electricity to power those electric vehicles happening quickly enough? And what about the role of biofuels? In our latest Brief, we examine the progress being…
Latest Energy News 26 March 2019 TOP STORY: Swiss Parliament approves linking the Swiss and EU ETS The Swiss Parliament has approved a November 2017 agreement for linking the Swiss and EU emissions trading schemes (ETS). The EU and Swiss ETS both cover the 2013-2020 period (with negotiations…
Latest Energy News 25 March 2019 TOP STORY: Gulf Energy Development plans 6 GW of gas-fired power projects in Vietnam Thailand’s Gulf Energy Development has started talks with the provincial government of the Ninh Thuan province of Vietnam about plans to build four gas-fired power plants with a…
Latest Energy News 22 March 2019 TOP STORY: US energy-related CO2 emissions should remain stable through 2050 According to the United States Energy Information Administration (EIA), CO2 emissions from the domestic energy consumption are predicted to remain near current levels through 2050 and reach a total of 5,019…
Latest Energy News 21 March 2019 TOP STORY: India’s SECI tenders 2 GW of solar PV under new procurement scheme State-run Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has launched a new tender for the development of 2,000 MW of solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity to be procured by Central…
Latest Energy News 19 March 2019 TOP STORY: Ørsted joins race for Hollandse Kust Zuid wind project (Netherlands) Danish power group Ørsted will submit a bid for the construction and operation of the Hollandse Kust Zuid 3 and 4 offshore wind projects, in the Dutch part of the North Sea….
Latest Energy News 18 March 2019 TOP STORY: US natural gas production rose by 11% in 2018 According to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA), the US natural gas production reached new highs in 2018, increasing by 11%. Gas production measured as marketed production and dry natural gas production have…
ISEE Bulletin,March 13th 2019 THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS Human Population and the Sixth Mass Extinction For conference registration and speaker list visit https://populationmatters.org/conference-2019. There is widespread consensus among scientists and conservationists that we are in the midst of the Sixth Mass Extinction, and that human beings are its cause….
Latest Energy News 15 March 2019 TOP STORY: RWE plans to add 9 GW of renewable capacity in the next 3 years (Germany) German power utility RWE has announced plans regarding the future development of its newly created subsidiary RWE Renewables, which will add up to 3 GW per year…
Latest Energy News 12 March 2019 TOP STORY: UK oil and gas production grew by 4% in 2018 According to the United Kingdom oil and gas regulator OGA (Oil and Gas Authority), the domestic hydrocarbon production increased by more than 4% in 2018, averaging 1.7 mboe/d. More specifically, nationwide oil…
Latest Energy News 11 March 2019 TOP STORY: The Netherlands to close Hemweg coal-fired power plant by 2020 The Dutch government has announced plans to retire Nuon’s 650 MW Hemweg-8 hard coal-fired unit by the end of 2019, five years earlier than originally planned. The decision comes in the wake…
Latest Energy News 08 March 2019 TOP STORY: Enel’s renewable power generation grew by 21% in 2018 (Italy) Italian energy group Enel has published its 2018 operational results. The group generated 250 TWh in 2018 (+0.2% on 2017), of which 151 TWh from thermal and nuclear sources (-10%, due to…
Latest Energy News 07 March 2019 TOP STORY: US net power generation rose by 4% in 2018 According to the United States Energy Information Administration (EIA) preliminary data, US utility-scale power generation rose by 4% in 2018, pulled by a 13% increase in gas-fired power generation and by a 9%…
Latest Energy News 06 March 2019 TOP STORY: China plans to set up new state-run oil and gas pipeline operator The Chinese state planner NDRC (National Development and Reform Commission) plans to establish a new nationwide oil and gas pipeline infrastructure group, which will combine the long-distance assets of the…
Latest Energy News 05 March 2019 TOP STORY: Alberta (Canada) sets 30% renewable target capacity share for 2030 The government of the Canadian province of Alberta has issued a roadmap for the renewable electricity programme (REP) laying out plans to help the province reach its target of sourcing 30% of…
Latest Energy News 04 March 2019 TOP STORY: Chinese total energy consumption increased by 3.3% in 2018 According to the Chinese National Bureau of Statistics, China’s total energy consumption increased by 3.3% in 2018. Coal consumption increased for the second year in a row (+1%), but its share in primary…
Latest Energy News 01 March 2019 TOP STORY: Rhode Island (US) clears 800 MW Vineyard Wind offshore project The Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council has approved the 800 MW Vineyard Wind offshore wind project, which will be located 15 miles (24 km) to the south of Martha’s Vineyard and…
Latest Energy News 28 February 2019 TOP STORY: Novatek could raise 2030 LNG production target to 70 Mt/year (Russia) Russian independent oil and gas producer Novatek is likely to review its current LNG future production plans over the next two years. The actual output forecast has been set at 57…