Policy & Regulatory Israel selects 11 projects (168 MW) in solar-plus-storage tender 17 Jul 2020 The Electricity Market Regulatory Authority of Israel, which had pre-qualified 15 bidders proposing 45 projects (465 MW) for its solar-plus-storage tender, has selected 11 projects proposed by three developers and totalling 168 MW. Israeli project developers…
Daily Reports Monday, 13 July 2020 HLPF 2020 On Monday, fourteen countries presented their voluntary national reviews (VNRs): Nepal, Georgia, Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, Bangladesh, India, Morocco, Niger, Panama, Benin, Costa Rica, Peru, and Argentina. English Side Events Third Local and Regional Governments Forum on the 2030 Agenda: The Decade of Action –…
Volume 3 Issue 7, July 2020 Converging carbon footprints Household carbon footprints reflect resource use and income level. Mi and colleagues find footprints for Chinese households generally converge with economic growth but convergence is highest in wealthy coastal regions. See Mi et al. Credit line: CHUNYIP WONG / E+ /…
Policy & Regulatory Germany issues tender for 650 MW of ‘innovative’ renewable projects 16 Jul 2020 The German energy regulator (Bundesnetzagentur, federal network agency) has launched a tender for 650 MW of renewable power projects with innovative technologies (400 MW for 2020 plus 250 MW for projects non awarded in 2019), focusing on bids on…
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…
Julia Carabias Lillo, El País, entrevista de Jacobo García, 7 de julio 2020 A los 65 años Julia Carabias (Ciudad de México, 1954) conserva intacta la gasolina que mueve a un defensor de la tierra en uno de los 15 países con mayor riqueza natural del mundo: la indignación y…
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…
Rodrigo García GalindoMiembro del grupo de negociación mexicano del capítulo 24 del Tratado de Libre Comercio México-Estados Unidos-Canadá (T-MEC)
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…
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…
+ + + Rafael Robles de BenitoDirector de Cambio Climático, en el gobierno del estado de Quintana Roo Descarga la presentación completa aquí
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 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…