Publication – Coal phase-out: towards a major shift? Worldwide coal consumption decreased in 2019 for the first time, marking a decisive turning point. Meanwhile, many countries are planning a coal phase-out, and some funders are turning away from financing coal projects. However consumption in other countries, especially in Asia, still shows…
Adrián Fernández Bremauntz *Revista Este País, sección Medio Ambiente, marzo 2020 */ Licenciado en Biología y Ecología por la Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Maestro en Ciencias en Tecnología Ambiental y Doctor en Ciencias Ambientales por el Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine. Fue ganador de la beca Robert McNamara y del…
Policy & Regulatory British Columbia (Canada) postpones carbon tax increase 25 Mar 2020 The government of the Canadian province of British Columbia (5 million inhabitants) has decided to suspend the increase in the provincial carbon tax sine die, as part of a broader tax change plan. The CAD40/tC02eq (US$28/tC02eq) carbon tax was…
Policy & Regulatory Saudi Arabia shortlists 49 bidders for 1.2 GW solar PV tender 24 Mar 2020 The Renewable Energy Project Development Office (REPDO) of Saudi Arabia has announced the pre-qualified bidders for the third round of the National Renewable Energy Program (NREP) that was launched in January 2020 and offered four…
Policy & Regulatory Gujarat (India) launches tender for 700 MW of solar power projects 23 Mar 2020 Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Ltd. (GUVNL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Gujarat Electricity Board and holding company of all the power utilities in Gujarat (India), has launched a tender for 700 MW of…
Ponencia ante el Parlamento Europeo Bruselas, 4 de marzo 2020 Mi nombre es Greta Thunberg, soy una activista climática y parte del movimiento Fridays for Future. Durante un año y medio hemos estado sacrificando nuestra educación para protestar en contra de vuestra inacción y en septiembre 2019 alrededor de siete millones…
Policy & Regulatory Cambodia will not build dams on the Mekong River for the next decade 20 Mar 2020 Cambodia has abandoned plans to build new hydropower plants on the Mekong River for the next decade, according to a government master plan for the period 2020-2030. The country will instead…
Policy & Regulatory New York State (US) awards 21 renewable and storage projects (1,278 MW) 18 Mar 2020 The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) (United States) has awarded 21 solar, wind and energy storage projects across the state, totalling 1,278 MW of power capacity. The auction, totalling US$1bn…
Policy & Regulatory NSW (Australia) releases net zero emissions plan by 2050 17 Mar 2020 The government of New South Wales (NSW, 8.1 inhabitants) in Australia has released its Net Zero Plan Stage 1: 2020–2030, which aims to achieve net zero emissions by 2050 by attracting investment, cutting residential costs and…
Volume 1 Issue 3, March 2020 Though lessons learned from Earth are frequently applied to other planets, there is much to learn about our own planet from the Solar System and beyond. This Perspective highlights examples from geological and atmospheric sciences in which other planetary bodies have acted as analogues,…
Policy & Regulatory Austria and Lombardy (Italy) approve solar+storage investment grants 13 Mar 2020 The Austrian OeMAG energy agency has launched €36m investment grant scheme for small-scale solar PV installations up to 500 kW and electricity storage systems up to 60 MWh. Rooftop solar installations will receive €24m in rebates…
Daily Energy News Policy & Regulatory Angola plans to remove fuel price subsidies 12 Mar 2020 The government of Angola has announced plans to remove subsidies on fuel prices, though without specifying the implementation schedule. The government estimates that more than US$3.5bn/year are spent on fuel price subsidies and is absorbing…
Policy & Regulatory Sri Lanka launches 150 MW solar tender 10 Mar 2020 Sri Lanka has published a request for proposals for 150 MW of solar capacity. As part of the third phase of the Battle for Solar Energy programme, state-owned power utility Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) intends to build 20…
GLOCALFILIA || La Crónica de Hoy || 4 de marzo 2020 Virus SARS-Cov-2 = enfermedad COVID19, otro coronavirus ataca… Los coronavirus son muy comunes y pueden causar enfermedades leves en humanos. Pero dos de ellos causaron epidemias graves: el síndrome respiratorio agudo severo (SARS-CoV) en 2002 y síndrome respiratorio del Medio Oriente (MERS-CoV)…
ISEE Bulletin March 2020 THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS 2-Year Post Doc Position Closing 2 April Key Details Would you like to further your career by applying your quantitative energy and economic skills at one of the UK’s leading research-intensive Universities? Do you have the ability to work…
Policy & Regulatory Manitoba (Canada) implements flat CAD25/t carbon tax 9 Mar 2020 The Canadian province of Manitoba (1.4 million inhabitants) has decided to introduce a flat CAD 25/tCO2 (US$19/tCO2) carbon tax as of 1 July 2020, and to cut the provincial sales tax (PST) from 7% to 6%, saving Manitobans CAD325m/year (US$242m/year),…
Companies FPL (US) will develop 1.5 GW of solar capacity by mid-2021 6 Mar 2020 The Florida Public Service Commission (FPSC) (United States) has approved Florida Power & Light Company’s (FPL) plans to launch its community solar program SolarTogether. As part of the plan, FPL will add 20 new solar power plants, totalling…
¿De qué se ríe, señor ministro? Rafael Robles de Benito || La Jornada Maya || Viernes 6 de marzo, 2020 Un proyecto así no puede ser considerado como sustentable Tras las declaraciones del señor Alfonso Romo el día tres de marzo, nunca antes cayó tan al dedillo la pregunta de…
Policy & Regulatory Brazil raises minimum biodiesel threshold to 12% 4 Mar 2020 Brazil has raised the minimum share of bio-content in diesel from 11% to 12% on 1 March 2020. The maximum percentage is still capped at 15%. Since 2019, the minimum biodiesel percentage in diesel is increased by…
Tuesday, 3 March 2020 Summary Reports 2nd Meeting of the Open-ended Working Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework At its second meeting, the Working Group commented on the zero draft of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework that was released in January 2020. Delegates approved the final recommendation of the meeting…
Daily Energy News Policy & Regulatory SECI awards 1.2 GW of solar in oversubscribed auction (India) 2 Mar 2020 State-owned Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has awarded 1.2 GW of solar projects, receiving bids for 3.5 GW. SECI granted 600 MW to SB Energy, 300 MW to EDF and 100…
To support urgent research to combat the ongoing outbreak of COVID-19, caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, the editorial teams at Nature Research have curated a collection of relevant articles. Our collection includes research into the basic biology of coronavirus infection, its detection, treatment and evolution, research into the epidemiology…
Policy & Regulatory Japan clears bill to secure emergency electricity supply, renewable premiums 27 Feb 2020 The government of Japan has adopted a bill to revise the electricity business law, which intends to secure power in time of disaster, after some parts of the country experienced massive and prolonged power…
Policy & Regulatory Uzbekistan launches tender for 400 MW of solar projects 25 Feb 2020 The Government of Uzbekistan has published an invitation for expression of interest for two 200 MW solar power projects in the Samarkand and Jizzakh regions (east of the country). Interested parties have until 21 March…
Actualidad científica: Del 1 al 27 febrero, 2020 Farmacología Un compuesto del cannabis para vencer la resistencia a los antibióticos El cannabigerol presenta la capacidad de eliminar bacterias de tipo Staphylococcus aureus resistente a la meticilina, así como de inhibir el crecimiento de las biopeliculas que forma este microorganismo sobre…
El ridículo conflicto limítrofe Rafael Robles de Benito || La Jornada Maya || Lunes 24 de febrero, 2020 Tren Maya, un rehén de intereses El conflicto de límites entre los tres estados de la península de Yucatán es cualquier cosa menos novedoso. Nace en cuanto el gobierno central decide dividir…
GLOCALFILIA || La Crónica de Hoy || 17 de enero 2020 Los plásticos provienen de transformar alrededor del 6% del petróleo producido en sus monómeros constituyentes, proceso altamente intensivo en uso de energía que emite alrededor de 1% de las emisiones globales (OCDE 2018). Desde la década de 1950 el uso de plásticos…
Policy & Regulatory Andhra Pradesh (India) plans to create 10 GW solar plants 21 Feb 2020 The government of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh plans to create an affiliate of its AP Power Generation Corporation, named Andhra Pradesh Green Energy Corporation, to develop 10 GW of solar power plants….
La pesca y el cambio climático Rafael Robles de Benito || La Jornada Maya || Jueves 20 de febrero, 2020 Hace falta educación para adaptarnos a los cambios por la crisis del clima Rafael Robles de Benito Últimamente se ha hablado mucho acerca del cambio climático global, y de los…
ISEE Bulletin February 2020 THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS 7TH INTERNATIONAL DEGROWTH / 16TH INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS JOINT CONFERENCE Open Call for Contributions We are pleased to announce our open call for papers, special sessions (round tables, symposia), participative sessions, activist and artistic sessions. Information about the…