08 août 2024
UN says a global ‘backlash’ against climate action is being stoked by fossil fuel companies
01 août 2024
Under current emission trajectories, temporarily overshooting the Paris global warming limit of 1.5 °C is a distinct possibility. Permanently exceeding this limit would substantially increase the probability of triggering climate tipping elements. Here, we investigate the tipping risks associated with several policy-relevant future emission scenarios, using a stylised Earth system model of four interconnected climate tipping elements. We show that following current policies this century would commit to a 45% tipping risk by 2300 (median, 10–90% range: 23–71%), even if temperatures are brought back to below 1.5 °C. We find that tipping risk by 2300 increases with every additional 0.1 °C of overshoot above 1.5 °C and strongly accelerates for peak warming above 2.0 °C. Achieving and maintaining at least net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2100 is paramount to minimise tipping risk in the long term. Our results underscore that stringent emission reductions in the current decade are critical for planetary stabili
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moinsde2 18 juillet 2024
A new study finds that the mining and processing of the metal critical to EV batteries and renewable energy storage projects depletes and contaminates surface water, often in already vulnerable communities.
20 juin 2024
Het wereldwijde gebruik van fossiele brandstoffen bereikte in 2023 een nieuw record. Dat blijkt uit een rapport van het Energy Institute, de Britse beroepsorganisatie voor werknemers in de energie-industrie. Ook de uitstoot van de energie-industrie was nog nooit zo hoog.
23 mai 2024
Foundational innovation in cloud technology and artificial intelligence will require more energy than ever before—shattering any illusion that we will restrict supplies.
17 mai 2024
Sharp declines in critical mineral prices mask risks of future supply strains as energy transitions advance - News from the International Energy Agency
15 mai 2024
This essay takes up and extends an analysis of the ambitions of the energy transition presented during the conference entitled “L’erreur fondamentale de la transition”, held in Lausanne in December 2022, at the annual Switzerland ShiftersDay. The intervention questioned the conceptualization of energy transition, given possible inaccuracies, or errors in the categorization of reality. It is not certain that the energy contained in the wind, solar radiation, or atoms is equivalent to hydrocarbon energy for human societalneeds. Although all energies are theoretically convertible into one another, the assumption that any type of energy can always be replaced by another is likely to prove false. An energy transition based on the substitution of energies would then be inconceivable.
12 avril 2024
Decarbonization efforts and sustainability transformations represent highly contested socio-political projects. Yet, they often encounter various forms of depoliticization. This article illuminates how a grand socio-ecological challenge like the energy transition gets depoliticized by an unusual suspect, namely Germany's Green Party. Based on a qualitative content analysis of Green Party programs, party conventions, and additional documents published between 1980 and 2021, this article traces how the Green Party has depoliticized the energy transition over time, emphasizing a shift from radical societal change to ecological modernization. The changing stance of the German Greens on the country's energy transition reflects more profound changes of a future society the party collectively envisions through their energy and climate change agenda. These changes result from a struggle between moderates advocating incremental political reforms and radicals aiming for more fundamental and systemic societal change.
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Allemagne 21 mars 2024
Une coalition internationale d'activistes va manifester jeudi dès 08h00 aux abords de l'Atomium, en marge du premier "Nuclear Energy Summit", a annoncé Greenpeace EU dans un communiqué.
Le Premier ministre Alexander De Croo était l’invité de Maxime Binet sur LN24 ce jeudi 21 mars 2024. A l'occasion du premier "Nuclear Energy Summit" en Belgique, il a insisté sur la présence du nucléaire dans un mix énergétique décarboné en Belgique.
13 mars 2024
Evidence shows a continuing increase in the frequency and severity of global heatwaves1,2, raising concerns about the future impacts of climate change and the associated socioeconomic costs3,4. Here we develop a disaster footprint analytical framework by integrating climate, epidemiological and hybrid input–output and computable general equilibrium global trade models to estimate the midcentury socioeconomic impacts of heat stress. We consider health costs related to heat exposure, the value of heat-induced labour productivity loss and indirect losses due to economic disruptions cascading through supply chains. Here we show that the global annual incremental gross domestic product loss increases exponentially from 0.03 ± 0.01 (SSP 245)–0.05 ± 0.03 (SSP 585) percentage points during 2030–2040 to 0.05 ± 0.01–0.15 ± 0.04 percentage points during 2050–2060. By 2060, the expected global economic losses reach a total of 0.6–4.6% with losses attributed to health loss (37–45%), labour productivity loss (18–37%) and i
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finances 12 mars 2024
Global investment in the clean energy transition grew by 17% in 2023, showing resilience despite geopolitical tensions, high interest rates, and inflation. But was it enough to keep the world on track to hit net zero by 2050? To answer this question, we compare 2023 clean energy investment by sector with what’s annually needed to reach net zero by 2050, in partnership with the National Public Utilities Council.
03 mars 2024
A new record high, but is there light at the end of the tunnel?
29 février 2024
Le navire-laboratoire Energy Observer, premier navire capable de produire son propre hydrogène, fait escale cette semaine en Floride, dans le sud-est des États-Unis, dernier pays qu'il visitera avant de revenir en France pour achever un tour du monde entamé en 2020.
17 janvier 2024
Small modular reactors (SMRs) have been the subject of endless hype in recent years but in fact, no SMRs have ever been built, none are being built now and in all likelihood none will ever be built because of the prohibitive costs. SMRs are defined as reactors with a capacity of 300 megawatts (MW) or less with serial factory production of reactor components (or ‘modules’). No SMRs have been built, but dozens of small (<300 MW) power reactors have been built in numerous countries, without factory production of reactor components.
26 octobre 2023
L'énergéticien allemand Siemens Energy a annoncé jeudi être en discussions avec l'Etat allemand pour obtenir des garanties afin de l'aider à surmonter ses problèmes dans l'éolien, ce qui a provoqué un plongeon du titre en Bourse.La direction du groupe "mène des discussions préliminaires avec diverses parties, notamment les banques (...) et le gouvernement fédéral" en vue d'obtenir "un volume croissant de garanties", a-t-il indiqué dans un communiqué.
12 septembre 2023
Forecast downturn still ‘nowhere near steep enough’ to limit temperature rise to 1.5C, says watchdog
04 septembre 2023
When attempting to quantify future harms caused by carbon emissions and to set appropriate energy policies, it has been argued that the most important metric is the number of human deaths caused by climate change. Several studies have attempted to overcome the uncertainties associated with such forecasting. In this article, approaches to estimating future human death tolls from climate change relevant at any scale or location are compared and synthesized, and implications for energy policy are considered. Several studies are consistent with the “1000-ton rule,” according to which a future person is killed every time 1000 tons of fossil carbon are burned (order-of-magnitude estimate). If warming reaches or exceeds 2 °C this century, mainly richer humans will be responsible for killing roughly 1 billion mainly poorer humans through anthropogenic global warming, which is comparable with involuntary or negligent manslaughter. On this basis, relatively aggressive energy policies are summarized that would enable im
24 août 2023
BP, Shell, and TotalEnergies found to be leading a multi-pronged influencing campaign that could lock in fossil gas across both continents, with push back coming from more renewables-focused European energy players.
16 août 2023
News of fusion has the effect of temporarily permitting people to shed the anxiety and embrace the dream all the more strongly.
07 août 2023
L'énergéticien allemand Siemens Energy a réévalué lundi à 1,6 milliard d'euros le coût des charges dévoilées en juin, lié aux défaillances dans des composants d'éoliennes produits par sa filiale Gamesa, ce qui se traduit par une perte record de 3 milliards d'euros au troisième trimestre."Les coûts attendus pour remédier aux problèmes de qualité (des éoliennes ndlr) ont été pris en compte au 3ème trimestre, les charges pour dépenses futures s'élevant à 1,6 milliard d'euros", a indiqué le groupe dans un communiqué lundi.
01 août 2023
The CEO of one of Infosys' other major clients, Shell, also joined Rishi Sunak's new business council two weeks ago.
16 juillet 2023
Energy firms have made record profits by increasing production of oil and gas, far from their promises of rolling back emissions
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L'Energy Institute(1) a mis en ligne ce 26 juin le « Statistical Review of World Energy 2023 », rapport précédemment produit par BP(2) qui fait partie des principales publications statistiques portant sur l'énergie. État des lieux en infographies. La consommation d'énergie dans le monde et la hausse des prix en 2022
26 juin 2023
The Energy Institute is, as of 2023, the home of the Statistical Review of World Energy, published previously for more than 70 years by bp. The Statistical Review analyses data on world energy markets from the prior year. It has been providing timely, comprehensive and objective data to the energy community since 1952.
24 juin 2023
Sweden formally renounces EU net zero roadmap championed by the likes of Germany.
23 juin 2023
A new climate case was filed this week. Multnomah County, the Oregon county that includes Portland, filed suit against several oil majors for their role in exacerbating the climate change that led to the county's "heat dome" in June 2021, which killed 69 people. But the case doesn't just place
22 juin 2023
Major fossil fuel entities and trade associations including Koch Industries, the American Petroleum Institute, and the Western States Petroleum Association, as well as consulting behemoth McKinsey & Company, were slapped with the latest climate liability lawsuit today with the filing of a complaint in the Oregon Circuit Court in Multnomah County, Oregon.
02 juin 2023
A major reason for the growth in the use of renewable energy is the fact that if a person looks at them narrowly enough--such as by using a model--wind and solar look to be useful. They don't burn fossil fuels, so it appears that they might be helpful to the environment. Energy modeling misses important points. I believe that profitability signals are much more important.
31 mai 2023
A pathway to bridge the climate neutrality, energy security and sustainability gap through energy sufficiency, efficiency and renewables
23 mai 2023
Read the latest news headlines and analysis about politics, sports, business, lifestyle and entertainment from award winning Irish and British journalists.
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focussanté 16 mai 2023
Le géant gazier du Qatar, Qatar Energy, a annoncé mardi l'attribution d'un contrat de 10 milliards de dollars à une co-entreprise entre la société française Technip Energies et Consolidated Contractors Company (CCC). Le contrat d'une valeur "d'environ 10 milliards de dollars" prévoit "la construction de deux trains de gaz naturel liquéfié (GNL) d'une capacité de production totale de 16 millions de tonnes par an" dans le champ de North Field South (NFS), a indiqué la compagnie dans un communiqué.
08 mai 2023
La compagnie pétrolière australienne Invictus Energy a annoncé lundi la découverte d'un gisement d'hydrocarbures, dans le nord du Zimbabwe, un pays qui souffre de coupures d'énergies massives. L'analyse des échantillons confirme la présence de pétrole, d'hélium et d'un gaz naturel "de grande qualité", a précisé la compagnie.La compagnie australienne a réévalué les données d'une étude menée dans les années 1990 par le géant pétrolier américain ExxonMobil (ex-Mobil) qui avait abandonné son projet sur ce site situé à 240 kilomètres au nord de la capitale Harare.
11 avril 2023
Wind and solar reached a record 12% of global electricity in 2022, and power sector emissions may have peaked.
07 avril 2023
Several nations plan to build new coal power plants, with China alone approving nearly 100 gigawatts. Each gigawatt is the equivalent of installing more than 3 million solar panels.
24 mars 2023
Pie-in-the-sky fantasies of carbon capture and geoengineering are a way for decision-makers to delay taking real action
Microplastic pollution reduces energy production in a microscopic creature found in freshwater worldwide, new research shows. Paramecium bursaria contain algae that live inside their cells and provide energy by photosynthesis. The results of a NEW STUDY showed a 50% decline in net photosynthesis—a major impact on the algae's ability to produce energy and release oxygen
09 février 2023
L'entreprise canadienne TC Energy, qui exploite l'oléoduc Keystone entre le Canada et les Etats-Unis, a estimé jeudi que les conséquences d'une grosse fuite de pétrole dans le Kansas en décembre allaient lui coûter 480 millions de dollars. Ce montant inclut les frais engagés pour le nettoyage et la remise en état de la zone souillée, les enquêtes et le retour d'expériences, précise un communiqué. TC Energy avait repéré l'incident le 7 décembre et avait, dans la foulée, arrêté en urgence les flux d'hydrocarbures dans le tuyau.
23 janvier 2023
Bienvenu sur le site web Energy-Charts Le site web pour des graphiques interactifs de la production d'électricité et les prix de l'électricité en bourse Avec ce site web, nous souhaitons contribuer à la transparence et à l'objectivation du débat sur la transformation du système énergétique.
16 janvier 2023
It beggars belief that the UN thought it a good idea to allow an authoritarian petro-state to host the already compromised summit, says Bill McGuire, professor emeritus of climate hazards
12 janvier 2023
Group says forcing polluters to store carbon dioxide underground is needed to help world reach net zero
01 janvier 2023
Russia’s war in Ukraine has earned Norway billions – and caused controversy. Thanks to oil and gas reserves in the waters off its coast, Norway is not only extremely rich but getting richer still. Already the World Bank’s seventh wealthiest country by GDP per capita at the start of this year, the resource-rich Scandinavian country’s profits have ballooned to record levels over the last 12 months, as prices on the energy markets tripled due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and Norway replaced bellicose Moscow as Europe’s largest supplier of gas.
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fossile 16 décembre 2022
Global coal demand is set to increase only marginally in 2022 but enough to push it to an all-time high amid the energy crisis, according to a new IEA report, which forecasts the world’s coal consumption will remain at similar levels in the following years in the absence of stronger efforts to accelerate the transition to clean energy.
23 novembre 2022
The Sea Port Oil Terminal, 30 miles off the Texas coast, is the first of four proposed offshore terminals designed to dramatically expand the U.S. oil export capacity.
22 novembre 2022
Greenpeace voerde op maandagochtend 21 november actie aan het partijbureau van de N-VA. De milieuorganisatie toont met een groot spandoek dat de partij de fossiele energiebedrijven een hand boven het hoofd houdt. Greenpeace vindt het onbegrijpelijk dat N-VA de Belgische uitstap uit het omstreden Energiehandvestverdrag (ECT) blokkeert.
04 novembre 2022
This study evaluates how Europe can fulfil its goal of “achieving resource security” and “reducing strategic dependencies” for its energy transition metals, through a demand, supply, and sustainability assessment of the Green Deal and its resource needs.
19 octobre 2022
Le groupe français HDF Energy s'est vu attribuer par le gestionnaire public du réseau électrique sud-africain Eskom la location de 1.700 hectares de terrain pour développer d'ici à 2027 des centrales électriques solaires à hydrogène vert dans la province minière de Mpumalanga, qui concentre 80% de la production de charbon d'Afrique du Sud. Ce projet, dont l'investissement total porte sur 3 milliards de dollars, est l'un des fers de lance de la transition énergétique du pays voué à abandonner à terme les centrales au charbon.
Er is een duidelijke mismatch tussen het beleid dat nodig is om de klimaatcrisis tegen te gaan en de systemen die vandaag in voege zijn, schrijft Marc Maes, beleidsmedewerker Handel bij 11.11.11. Nergens wordt die kloof duidelijker dan bij het Energy Charter Treaty, een miskleun van een verdrag dat maar niet wordt stopgezet.
03 octobre 2022
Fossil fuel companies that want a free pass to keep pumping oil and gas are making wildly unrealistic promises about 'capturing' their emissions at sites of pollution, or removing them from the atmosphere at later date. But the science says drastic emission cuts are needed now if we are to stay within 1.5ºC warming. Thus ‘net zero’ policies are in reality 'not zero', and effectively guarantee that we’ll overshoot 1.5ºC, triggering catastrophic climate impacts which we have no reason to believe can be reversed by speculative and unproven ‘carbon removal’ technologies.
23 septembre 2022
Investments of more than half a trillion euros will be needed to modernise Europe's energy grid this decade, if countries are to succeed in ramping up wind and solar power to break free from Russian gas, a draft EU document showed. The European Commission is set to publish next week a plan to "digitalise" Europe's energy system, as well as laying out new emergency measures to tame sky-high gas prices and help cash-strapped energy firms this winter. The draft plan, seen by Reuters, said electricity grid investments of 584 billion euros are needed until 2030, to support the planned rapid uptake of electric vehicles, renewable energy and heat pumps, and shift away from fossil fuels. Of this, around 400 billion euros would target the distribution grid. Some 170 billion of that would focus on ditigalisation, including the so-called "smart grids" that respond faster to local supply and demand fluctuations, helping waste less energy and benefit from cheaper periods.
20 septembre 2022
Eleven of the 20 largest economies got a C or worse on a renewable energy report card, which assessed their plans to reach net zero and their targets for producing and using renewable energy
13 septembre 2022
Energy return on investment (EROI) is a biophysical and ecological economics concept that is useful to think about how organisms, ecosystems and societies must obtain enough surplus energy returned from energy gathering activities to live, reproduce, and thrive. EROI can help us overcome the false dualism between nature and society. EROI is a useful metric for economics because it is based on immutable physical laws rather than sometimes arbitrary human preferences. It is essential for assessing useful power, energy trade-offs, efficiencies (and inefficiencies), resource depletion trends, resource quality, and surplus potentials of different fuels and technologies that power, or might power, our socio-economic systems. Apparent inconsistencies in the literature can generally be reduced or eliminated by paying careful attention and explicitly stating boundaries and definitions. We argue that proper use of EROI is critical to understand the interconnections among the environment, energy, and socio-economic deve
08 août 2022
The eyes of history will pierce the fog of politics. Science has exposed the course upon which our quest for energy has set our planet. Consequences will fall mainly on young people, their children, and grandchildren — unless decisive political leadership abandons wishful thinking and superficial half-measures. Climate change is a global matter and demands a global perspective.
21 juillet 2022
Climate change is reducing output and raising safety concerns at nuclear facilities from France to the US. But experts say adapting is possible—and necessary.
17 juillet 2022
He has weaponised food, energy and refugees, spreading economic and political pain across the continent. Sanctions don’t work, a land for peace deal would be a disaster. Only the military route remains
11 juillet 2022
Nuclear energy is too expensive to be considered an option to help Australia reduce its carbon emissions, at least in the next decade, according to the latest report by the CSIRO.
08 juillet 2022
Europe is in danger of highly damaging “very, very strong conflict and strife” this winter over high energy prices, and should make short-term return to fossil fuels to head off the threat of civil unrest, the vice-president of the European Commission has warned. Frans Timmermans, the second most senior official in the EU, said the threat of unrest this winter, a deliberate outcome of Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, must take precedence over the climate crisis.
04 juillet 2022
Russian energy company Rosneft announced the discovery of a massive oil resource in the Pechora Sea with an estimated 82 million tons of oil. A drilling campaign in the Medynsko-Varandeysky area led to the discovery of the field. “During the tests, a free flow of oil was obtained with a maximum flow rate of 220 cubic meters a day,” the company’s statement read on Wednesday, noting that the “oil is light, low-sulfur, low viscosity.” According to Rosneft, the exploratory work in the Pechora Sea confirmed the "substantial oil potential of the Timan-Pechora province on the shelf and served as the foundation for continuing the study and development of the region."
01 juillet 2022
L'Allemagne s'est fixé l'objectif ambitieux d'atteindre la neutralité carbone d'ici à 2045, en misant essentiellement sur le développement des énergies renouvelables et des gains d'efficacité énergétique. Dans l'analyse ci-après (en anglais) publiée le 30 juin par l'Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, Ralf Dickel(1) « montre pourquoi, pour l'Allemagne, une approche entièrement renouvelable et principalement électrique pour atteindre zéro émission nette d'ici 2045 ne fonctionnera pas, et ne permettra pas de maintenir un approvisionnement énergétique fiable ». Il souligne à ce titre le rôle essentiel du captage et de la séquestration du CO2 dans le cas allemand. L'auteur s'interroge en particulier sur les possibilités et infrastructures nécessaires pour exporter le CO2 capté sur le territoire allemand vers la Norvège.
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La major britannique BP a publié ce 28 juin son « Statistical Review of World Energy 2022 » qui fait partir des principales publications statistiques portant sur l'énergie. État des lieux en infographies.
It may sound like Marxism, but the proposal aimed at taming prices and cutting Putin’s funds came from the G7
24 juin 2022
Stellantis devient le deuxième actionnaire de Vulcan Energy et prolonge l'accord d'approvisionnement en lithium auprès de sa future mine allemande jusqu'à 2036, ont annoncé les deux groupes vendredi dans un communiqué.
22 juin 2022
After two years and 14 negotiation rounds to modernise the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT), the signatory states meet on 24 June 2022 to try to find a compromise.Three days before the conference, there are still no prospects of a genuinely ambitious reform, let alone one in line with the Paris Agreement. The only proposal on the table on which they may agree on June 24th will maintain the ECT protection of existing foreign investment in EU countries in fossil fuel for at least another decade and in gas power plants until 2040. In case an agreement in principle is reached by June 24th, the ECT might well be extended to several countries that host large fossil fuel investments.
13 juin 2022
En novembre 2020, la Commission européenne a présenté une stratégie visant à développer massivement l'éolien offshore dans l'UE, avec un objectif non contraignant de 300 GW cumulés au sein des différents États membres à l'horizon 2050 (et un objectif intermédiaire de 60 GW éoliens offshore en 2030)(1). En l'état des politiques actuelles et du cadre juridique, l'UE ne pourra toutefois porter la puissance installée potentielle de son parc éolien offshore qu'à 90 GW d'ici la moitié du XXIe siècle, selon les estimations de la Commission. Cette dernière réfléchit ainsi aux moyens de faciliter ce déploiement de l'éolien en mer, en « mettant davantage de pression sur les États membres », expliquent Elin Akinci et Siddarth Iyer dans l'analyse ci-après (en anglais) publiée le 9 juin par l'Oxford Institute for Energy Studies. Les auteurs y évoquent « les défis politiques et réglementaires » auxquels est actuellement confrontée l'industrie éolienne offshore et les moyens pour les entreprises du secteur de sur
28 mai 2022
Alors que resurgit le spectre des bombes nucléaires, on oublie qu’il en existe d’autres, moins expéditives mais tout aussi meurtrières. On les appelle les « bombes carbone » et elles se révèlent particulièrement pernicieuses. Cerise sur le gâteau, elles agissent en toute impunité si l’on en croit une enquête menée durant 5 mois et publiée le 11 mai dernier dans la revue Energy policy et la très sérieuse rédaction britannique du Guardian.
24 mai 2022
Coal plants will be reactivated if Russian President Vladimir Putin threatens a gas cutoff, a government official said. That would trigger the second of a three-stage Germany’s gas emergency plan.
20 mai 2022
Deux instituts d'études spécialisés ont appelé vendredi les pays du G20 à renforcer rapidement leurs engagements climatiques pour tenter de respecter les objectifs de l'accord de Paris comme ils l'ont promis lors de la dernière conférence climat COP26. "Aucun des pays du G20 n'en fait assez pour maintenir l'espoir de limiter le réchauffement à 1,5°C" par rapport à l'ère pré-industrielle, a déclaré dans un communiqué Tom Evans, de l'institut E3G qui publie une analyse des derniers engagements de ces pays conjointement avec le Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit.
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Un récent rapport de l’AIE prévoit que la transition énergétique va multiplier par six d’ici 2050, la demande mondiale de métaux (https://www.iea.org/reports/the-role-of-critical-minerals-in-clean-energy-transitions). Il s’agit d’une moyenne : l’AIE estime que la multiplication de la demande variera de 20 à 40 pour le lithium, le graphite, le cobalt (voir à ce sujet, le dernier documentaire de Thierry Michel sur les guerres au Congo) et le nickel. Il sera de 7 pour les terres rares, dont l’approvisionnement est déjà critique. On va donc passer d’un système énergétique dépendant des fossiles à un autre dépendant des ressources naturelles.
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Dans cet essai, Mickaël Correia, journaliste à Médiapart, révèle les limites de l’action individuelle face à Energy China, Saudi Aramco ou encore Gazprom. A lire de toute urgence… climatique.
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climatique Countries should move from coal to renewable energy without shifting to gas as a “transition” fuel to save money, as high gas prices and market volatility have made the fossil fuel an expensive option, analysis has found. Natural gas has long been touted as a “transition” fuel for economies dependent on coal for their power needs, as it has lower carbon dioxide emissions than coal but requires similar centralised infrastructure, and gas-fired power stations take only a couple of years to build. Earlier this year, before Russia invaded Ukraine, the European Commission angered green campaigners by including gas as a “bridge” to clean energy in its guidebook for green investment.
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A liquified natural gas (LNG) crisis is brewing for European countries dealing with energy insecurity in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, as demand will outstrip supply by the end of this year, Rystad Energy research shows. Although soaring demand has spurred the greatest rush of new LNG projects worldwide in more than a decade, construction timelines mean material relief is unlikely only after 2024. Global LNG demand is expected to hit 436 million tonnes in 2022, outpacing the available supply of just 410 million tonnes. A perfect winter storm may be forming for Europe as the continent seeks to limit Russian gas flows. The supply imbalance and high prices will set the scene for the most bullish environment for LNG projects in more than a decade, although supply from these projects will only arrive and provide relief from after 2024 The European Union’s REPowerEU plan has set an ambitious target to reduce dependence on Russian gas by 66% within this year – an aim that will clash with the EU’s goal of
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gaz liquéfié énergie 04 mai 2022
Previous studies show that city metrics having to do with growth, productivity and overall energy consumption scale superlinearly, attributing this to the social nature of cities. Superlinear scaling results in crises called ‘singularities’, where population and energy demand tend to infinity in a finite amount of time, which must be avoided by ever more frequent ‘resets’ or innovations that postpone the system's collapse. Here, we place the emergence of cities and planetary civilizations in the context of major evolutionary transitions. With this perspective, we hypothesize that once a planetary civilization transitions into a state that can be described as one virtually connected global city, it will face an ‘asymptotic burnout’, an ultimate crisis where the singularity-interval time scale becomes smaller than the time scale of innovation. If a civilization develops the capability to understand its own trajectory, it will have a window of time to affect a fundamental change to prioritize long-term homeosta
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energy,
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innovation,
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expansion,
focuscollaps 28 avril 2022
Les exportations de combustibles fossiles ont rapporté à la Russie près de « 63 milliards d’euros au cours des deux premiers mois de la guerre en Ukraine », selon une étude publié ce 28 avril par le CREA (Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air)(1).
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combustibles,
fossiles,
russie,
énergies,
exportations,
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energy 26 avril 2022
Weinig mensen zullen er ooit van hebben gehoord, maar het Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) is een groot obstakel voor de aanpak van klimaatverandering. Het verdrag biedt energiemultinationals de mogelijkheid overheden aan te klagen als deze beleid invoeren dat hun winsten beperkt. De fossiele industrie maakt dankbaar gebruik van deze mogelijkheid en jagen met miljardenclaims de kosten van de energietransitie verder omhoog.
Malgré les dommages causés au climat, la planète compte encore des projets de construction ou d'extension de centrales électriques au charbon dans 34 pays différents, surtout en Chine, dénonce le rapport annuel du Global Energy Monitor publié mardi.
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projets,
centrales,
charbon,
pays,
chine,
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énergies,
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construction,
extension,
électriques,
global,
energy,
co2 focusclimat yfc Selon le rapport annuel du Global Energy Monitor, des projets de construction ou d’extension sont en cours dans trente-quatre pays, essentiellement en Chine.
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charbon,
construction,
dommages,
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global,
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chine 25 avril 2022
Metals will play a central role in successfully building Europe’s clean technology value chains and meeting the EU’s 2050 climate-neutrality goal. In the wake of supply disruptions from the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Europe’s lack of resilience for its growing metals needs has become a strategic concern. This study evaluates how Europe can fulfil its goal of “achieving resource security” and “reducing strategic dependencies” for its energy transition metals, through a demand, supply, and sustainability assessment of the EU Green Deal and its resource needs . It concludes that Europe has a window of opportunity to lay the foundation for a higher level of strate- gic autonomy and sustainability for its strategic metals through optimised recycling, domestic value chain investment, and more active global sourcing. But firm action is needed soon to avoid bottlenecks for several materials that risk being in global short supply at the end of this decade.
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energy,
building,
technology,
2050,
climate,
ukraine,
resilience,
study,
europe,
transition,
sustainability,
green,
deal,
foundation,
recycling,
action,
risk,
ressources métaux transition 22 avril 2022
Les derniers engagements de Pékin en matière de climat, ont déjà conduit à l'annulation de 15 projets de centrales électriques au charbon, financés à l'étranger par la Chine, mais certains chantiers "dans une zone grise" pourraient aboutir, anticipent des experts. Les 15 projets annulés représentaient l'équivalent de 12,8 gigawatts (GW) d'électricité, selon une étude publiée vendredi par le Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA), un institut de recherche basé en Finlande.
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charbon,
projets,
zone,
grise,
énergies,
engagements,
climat,
électriques,
chine,
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étude,
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research,
energy,
institut,
recherche,
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co2 focusclimat 14 avril 2022
"La crise du carburant dans le pays est créée par des distributeurs d'essence exportant du carburant destiné au marché local, et Rubis a joué un large rôle là-dedans", a-t-elle précisé. Rubis est un important acteur des produits pétroliers au Kenya, y opérant selon son site internet 230 stations-service via les enseignes Rubis, Gulf Energy, Kenol et Kobil. L'entreprise gère également des dépôts de carburant au Kenya mais aussi au Burundi, Rwanda et Ouganda.
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carburant,
kenya,
français,
énergies,
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energy,
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ouganda,
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pétrole carburants 13 avril 2022
le profil carbone de la France: In this country profile, Carbon Brief examines the state of climate and energy policies in France, a major emitter that nevertheless relies on fossil fuels less than any other industrialised nation.
09 avril 2022
Germany is bracing for supplies to be cut by Moscow in retaliation for sanctions or as part of an energy embargo
08 avril 2022
Le GWEC (Global Wind Energy Council) a publié le 4 avril son Global Wind Report 2022(1). Voici ci-après quelques grandes données chiffrées de l’organisme défendant les intérêts de la filière éolienne au niveau international. La « 2e meilleure année » de la filière
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année,
éolien 07 avril 2022
The current energy transition is powered by the realization that avoiding the catastrophic effects of climate change requires a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. This infographic provides historical context for the ongoing shift away from fossil fuels using data from Our World in Data and scientist Vaclav Smil.
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transitions,
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pétrole,
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oil,
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nucléaire 06 avril 2022
La transition énergétique en Europe pourrait connaître « une petite accélération », en raison de l’invasion russe de l’Ukraine, selon une nouvelle analyse de l'Energy Transition Research de DNV publiée ce 6 avril(1).
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européenne,
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ukraine,
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russie transition 05 avril 2022
Rapid decarbonization of energy is non-negotiable if we are to avert catastrophic global heating, says the latest UN climate report.
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focusclimat yfc focusrapport 31 mars 2022
They argue that balancing supply represents just a fraction of nuclear power’s potential contribution to decarbonisation.
Veolia et Waga Energy ont annoncé jeudi le démarrage d'une unité de production de biométhane, la plus grande de France selon eux, installée sur le site de stockage de déchets de Claye-Souilly (Seine-et-Marne). Le site doit permettre de produire 120 GWh de gaz renouvelable par an, l'équivalent de la consommation annuelle de 20.000 foyers, soulignent-ils. L'unité, automatisée et pilotée à distance, récupère et traite le biogaz des déchets enfouis pour le transformer en biométhane, selon la technologie d'épuration mise au point par l'entreprise grenobloise Waga Energy. Ce gaz vert est ensuite injecté directement dans le réseau de gaz exploité par GRDF.
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déchets,
produire,
renouvelable,
consommation,
technologie,
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biométhane 24 mars 2022
L’énergéticien Engie a décidé d’étendre son contrat d’importation avec l’Américain Cheniere Energy, spécialiste du gaz naturel liquéfié. Ce choix fait bondir les écologistes : le gaz de schiste est très polluant.
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focusclimat,
gaz 23 mars 2022
Le gouvernement britannique, qui serait prêt selon la presse à reprendre les activités au Royaume-Uni du géant russe Gazprom en cas de faillite, a assuré mercredi travailler avec l'ensemble des fournisseurs à la continuité de l'approvisionnement des clients. Gazprom Energy, branche britannique du groupe russe, fournit du gaz et de l'électricité à plus de 30.000 entreprises privées ou organisations publiques au Royaume-Uni.
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publiques,
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ukraine,
guerre 18 mars 2022
Le marché mondial des équipements industriels de captage et de stockage du dioxyde de carbone (CO2) devrait exploser d'ici 2025 pour tenter de freiner le réchauffement climatique, selon le cabinet norvégien de recherche énergétique Rystad Energy. Ce marché des équipements de captage et stockage du CO2 (CCS) devrait "quadrupler" entre 2022 et 2025, pour atteindre en cumulé plus de 50 milliards de dollars en 2025, indique Rystad Energy dans une étude publiée jeudi.
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co2 17 mars 2022
Inflation is a disease that disproportionately afflicts the poor. Even before Vladimir Putin unleashed his brutal war on Ukraine, whose byproducts include soaring energy and food prices, inflation was already over 7.5% in the US and above 5% in Europe and the UK. Calls for its taming are, therefore, fully justified – and the interest rate rise in the US, with the same expected in the UK, comes as no surprise. That said, we know from history that the cure for inflation tends to devastate the poor even more. The new wrinkle we face today is that the supposed solutions threaten not only to deal another cruel blow to the disadvantaged but, ominously, to snuff out the desperately needed green transition.
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transition économie 09 mars 2022
Mickaël Correia est journaliste à Mediapart, spécialiste des questions climatiques. Dans son livre “Criminels climatiques”, il enquête sur les trois principales multinationales fossiles que sont Saudi Aramco, Gazprom et China Energy. Peu connues du grand public, ce sont pourtant les entreprises les plus polluantes, les plus climaticides et les plus prospères au monde ; elles sont d’ailleurs chacune solidement enracinées en France.
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monde 08 mars 2022
L'Oxford Institute for Energy Studies (OIES) a consacré plusieurs publications aux impacts de la guerre en Ukraine sur les marchés énergétiques depuis le début de l'invasion russe(1). Dans la publication en anglais ci-après mise en ligne le 7 mars, Michael Meidan(2) décrit en autres les conséquences possibles du conflit pour la Chine à court et plus long terme et la position de Pékin, « dans une impasse d'un point de vue géopolitique » : c'est un partenaire politique proche de la Russie, comme l'attestent plusieurs accords importants conclus dans le secteur énergétique en février 2022 mais le pays ne souhaite pas s'exposer à des risques de sanctions occidentales.
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occidentales 04 mars 2022
As head of state-owned oil firm Rosneft, oligarch commands central place in the economy
23 février 2022
Les gaz à effet de serre émis par les exploitations minières et gazières en Australie, un des plus grands producteurs de charbon et de gaz naturel au monde, sont supérieurs aux engagements des exploitants, selon une association environnementale. Au cours de 18 mois d'une enquête, publiée jeudi en Australie, les chercheurs de l'Australian Conservation Foundation ont ainsi découvert qu'une entreprise de combustibles fossiles sur cinq déclarait que ses émissions avait dépassé la quantité approuvée par le gouvernement. À lui seul, un gazoduc situé dans l'État du Queensland, exploité par Origin Energy, a rejeté 2 000% de plus que la quantité prévue avant l'approbation du projet.
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serre,
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exploitations gaz focusclimat 17 février 2022
La Compagnie nationale du Rhône (CNR) a annoncé lundi qu'elle allait l'an prochain installer une centrale osmotique - qui utilise la réaction entre eau douce et salée - de production d'électricité dans le delta du Rhône, une première en France. La CNR et son partenaire spécialisé Sweetch Energy vont installer «la première centrale osmotique de production d'électricité dans le delta du Rhône», qui «commencera à produire une électricité 100% renouvelable et permanente» à partir de la fin 2023.
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centrale osmotique 16 février 2022
Accusations of greenwashing against major oil companies that claim to be in transition to clean energy are well-founded, according to the most comprehensive study to date.
10 février 2022
To this day, the demand for metals has kept increasing. The energy transition necessary to meet climate objectives will add to that demand during the upcoming decades, for low-carbon energy technologies require larger metal quantities than their fossil-fuel based counterparts. This frequently raises concerns over the actual capacity of geological stocks to meet demand at scale, which we investigate in the present analysis.
08 février 2022
Infinite growth on a finite planet has pushed us into crisis, and this forum tackles the difficult questions and taboo topics: Bursting the fantasy of sustainability based on clean energy transition and arguing for equitable approaches to global population. Pathways forward include a deliberate contraction of the human enterprise and a planned collapse.
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focuscollaps 06 février 2022
Cinq ans après avoir lancé autour du globe un bateau laboratoire capable de produire son propre hydrogène, l'entrepreneur à la tête d'Energy Observer Victorien Erussard a annoncé dimanche le développement d'ici 2025 d'un navire de charge polyvalent zéro émission.
04 février 2022
La compagnie publique pétrolière namibienne, Namcor, a annoncé vendredi la découverte par les entreprises anglo-néerlandaise Shell et Qatar Energy de gisements de pétrole offshore, dont la taille reste à déterminer tout comme les possibilités d'extraction.
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extraction 02 février 2022
Commission’s move widely criticised as undermining efforts to keep global heating below 1.5C
01 février 2022
SACRAMENTO -- Data from the California Energy Commission (CEC) shows that 59 percent of the state’s electricity came from renewable and zero-carbon sources in 2020. The CEC estimates that in 2020, 34.5 percent of the state’s retail electricity sales were served by Renewables Portfolio Standard (RPS)-eligible sources such as solar and wind. When sources of zero-carbon energy such as large hydroelectric generation and nuclear are included, 59 percent of the state’s retail electricity sales came from non-fossil fuel sources in 2020. In 2019, over 60 percent of the state’s electricity came from renewable and zero-carbon sources. The decrease in 2020 is due to decline in hydroelectric generation caused by severe drought, as well as pandemic-related delays to new renewable energy projects.
31 janvier 2022
Berlin est accusé d'ambiguïté dans la crise, entre l'impératif de solidarité avec les alliés occidentaux et Kiev, et la nécessité de ménager son grand fournisseur. Plus de 55% des importations allemandes de gaz viennent de Russie, un chiffre en hausse de 15 points depuis 2012, selon le dernier rapport "Statistic Review of World Energy".
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gaz europe 26 décembre 2021
The IEA examines the full spectrum of energy issues including oil, gas and coal supply and demand, renewable energy technologies, electricity markets, energy efficiency, access to energy, demand side management and much more. Through its work, the IEA advocates policies that will enhance the reliability, affordability and sustainability of energy in its 30 member countries, 8 association countries and beyond.
10 décembre 2021
Chypre a signé vendredi un accord d'exploration de gisements gaziers et pétroliers dans sa Zone économique exclusive (ZEE) avec un consortium regroupant ExxonMobil et Qatar Energy, malgré l'opposition de la Turquie.
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contrat,
exploration,
énergies,
accord,
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pétroliers,
zone,
économique,
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turquie 20 novembre 2021
After almost six years of negotiations over the tangle of convoluted rules required to integrate the world’s burgeoning carbon markets – which were first put forward in article 6 of the 2015 Paris climate agreement – negotiators announced they had agreed a common set of tools. These would allow carbon markets to operate globally, and unleash trillions of dollars of green investments through so-called carbon offset programmes.
19 novembre 2021
Morocco has become famous for its vast, world-leading solar arrays. But these mega-projects are just the start of the action on climate change that Morocco could be capable of delivering.
16 novembre 2021
While 32 countries generate atomic energy, nine have nuclear weapons and seven countries have both.
04 novembre 2021
L'Etat des Emirats arabes unis, parmi les dix premiers exportateurs de pétrole au monde, est le premier du Golfe à se lancer dans le "waste-to-energy" (valorisation énergétique des déchets), pour trouver une solution au problème chronique des ordures mais aussi à sa dépendance au gaz pour le fonctionnement de ses centrales électriques.
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focusclimat 28 octobre 2021
Isotope Energy est un nouveau fournisseur d’électricité qui souhaite proposer une offre 100 % nucléaire. Une offre militante destinée aux consommateurs voulant soutenir l’industrie de l’atome. Un « déni de réalité » pour ceux qui étudient les risques de cette énergie.
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civil 25 octobre 2021
Energy transition and peak demand predictions have spooked investors in oil, putting the prospect of peak production sooner than anticipated accompanied by wild price spikes.
22 octobre 2021
Op 8 november start een vijfde onderhandelingsronde voor de modernisering van het Energy Charter Treaty (ECT-Verdrag inzake het Energiehandvest), een uitgebreid handels- en investeringsakkoord voor de energiesector.
13 octobre 2021
Le système énergétique de demain sera « plus électrifié, plus efficace, plus interconnecté et plus propre », assure sans surprise l’Agence internationale de l’énergie (AIE) en préambule de son World Energy Outlook 2021(1) publié ce 13 octobre. Elle y déplore toutefois la lenteur de cette « transformation » ainsi que l'important rebond de la consommation mondial de charbon et de pétrole en 2021.
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énergies 11 octobre 2021
Rooftop solar panels are up to 79% cheaper than they were in 2010. These plummeting costs have made rooftop solar photovoltaics even more attractive to households and businesses who want to reduce their reliance on electricity grids while reducing their carbon footprints. But are there enough rooftop surfaces for this technology to generate affordable, low-carbon energy for everyone who needs it?
07 octobre 2021
How close is nuclear fusion to break-even? If you trust the headlines we're getting close and the international project ITER is going to be the first to produce energy from fusion power. But not so fast. Scientists have, accidentally or deliberately, come to use a very misleading quantity to measure their progress. Unfortunately we're much farther away from generating fusion power than the headlines suggest. "Donc, si tout va bien, l'EROEI d'ITER sera de 0,4 ou 0,5 pour 1 - encore plus minable qu'un biocarburant basé sur les algues. " - Philippe Gauthier
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EROEI 05 octobre 2021
Une nappe de près de 480 000 litres de pétrole a pollué les légendaires plages d’Huntington Beach, dans le sud de la Californie, ces derniers jours. Elle serait due à une fuite sur un oléoduc d'Amplify Energy Corp datant d'une quarantaine d'années.
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oléoduc 30 septembre 2021
HAL is a multi-disciplinary open access archive for the deposit and dissemination of scientific research documents, whether they are published or not. The documents may come from teaching and research institutions in France or abroad, or from public or private research centers.
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énergies 27 septembre 2021
L'Indonésie joue « un rôle majeur sur les marchés du charbon, en particulier en Asie », rappelle l'EIA américaine (Energy Information Administration) dans l'analyse ci-après consacrée à ce pays, mise en ligne le 22 septembre. L'Indonésie est en effet le plus important exportateur de charbon au monde (32% des exportations mondiales en 2019(1)), devant l'Australie.
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Indonésie 14 septembre 2021
U.S. energy producers have cut so deeply into a once-large reserve of oil wells waiting to be turned on they soon may have to resume drilling to keep production from sagging, executives and analysts said.
This article argues that resource and logistical constraints weighing on low-carbon energy and CO2 capture technologies are likely to pave the way for geo-engineering solutions such as Stratospheric Aerosol Injection (SAI), which demand negligible land, material, and energy inputs. This “climate transition without carbon transition”, though technically feasible, is far from being that simple, raising a whole new set of environmental risks as well as geopolitical, institutional, and ethical issues.
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moinsde2 07 septembre 2021
An oil spill unleashed by Hurricane Ida is highlighting longstanding concerns about the more than 18,000 miles of decommissioned pipelines that still snake through the Gulf of Mexico, even though they no longer transport crude and natural gas.
02 septembre 2021
Today, the European Court of Justice stated that EU energy companies will no longer be allowed to sue EU governments using the Energy Charter Treaty – throwing into doubt a number of ongoing billion-euro arbitrations.
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yfc 28 août 2021
The most effective, updated and comprehensive energy & sustainability information
20 août 2021
Years of research has shown how the fracking boom has contaminated groundwater in some areas. But a study published on Thursday in the journal Science suggests there is also a previously undocumented risk to surface water in streams, rivers and lakes.
19 août 2021
one-third of all food produced each year is squandered or spoiled before it can be consumed. Research also suggests that high-income countries waste as much food as sub-Saharan Africa produces. This food waste then ends up in landfills to rot – which releases greenhouse gases. And when this is combined with the amount of energy it takes to produce, manufacture, transport and store this food, it contributes a staggering 3 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide to our planet.
09 août 2021
China's carbon emissions are vast and growing, dwarfing those of other countries. Experts agree that without big reductions in China's emissions, the world cannot win the fight against climate change. While all countries face problems getting their emissions down, China is facing the biggest challenge.
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yfc 05 août 2021
Lake Oroville’s water level has fallen so low that on Thursday, for the first time since the dam was built in 1967, its power plant was shut down because there is no longer enough water to spin the turbines and generate electricity.Last Friday, hoping to avert any more power shutdowns, Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an emergency order that temporarily waives some air pollution rules to allow natural gas power plants to generate more electricity and pays industries $2 a kilowatt-hour to reduce their electricity use during heat waves.
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California,
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yfc 01 août 2021
Stability in Earth's climate hinges on a delicate balance between the amount of energy the planet absorbs from the sun and the amount of energy Earth emits back into space. But that equilibrium has been thrown off in recent years — and the imbalance is growing, according to a paper published Wednesday in the journal Nature Communications.
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focusclimat 20 juillet 2021
The huge amount of money poured into the recovery from the pandemic—around $16 trillion, by the latest count—could have helped launch the world on a path to cut emissions quickly enough to meet the goals of the Paris climate agreement. But only around 2% of the spending is going to clean energy so far,
12 juillet 2021
Ranked by carbon intensity of electricity consumed (gCO₂eq/kWh) Cartographie de l’impact de l’électricité sur le climat
Des cartes aux forêts alimentaires, sept initiatives locales pour vous inspirer !
11 juillet 2021
The pipeline operator is repairing damage to its supports caused by a sliding slope of permafrost, and installing chillers to keep the ground around it frozen.
10 juillet 2021
Meeting human needs at sustainable levels of energy use is fundamental for avoiding catastrophic climate change and securing the well-being of all people. In the current political-economic regime, no country does so. Here, we assess which socio-economic conditions might enable societies to satisfy human needs at low energy use, to reconcile human well-being with climate mitigation.
20 juin 2021
Those are the key findings of Global Energy Monitor’s first comprehensive survey of global coal mine proposals, based on data from our new Global Coal Mine Tracker. We found more than 400 new mine proposals that could produce 2,277m tonnes per annum (Mtpa), of which 614Mtpa are already being developed. The plans are heavily concentrated in a few coal-rich regions across China, Australia, India and Russia.
18 juin 2021
Companies with high greenhouse gas emissions should be subject to a carbon price of $75 a tonne of carbon dioxide, the International Monetary Fund has said, as a way of reaching the goals of the Paris climate agreement. A carbon floor price would mean that companies, including energy generators and heavy industries, would have to pay for the carbon they produce. At present, many countries and regions have their own carbon pricing systems, but there is no globally agreed carbon price.
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climate 03 juin 2021
The world’s coal producers are currently planning as many as 432 new mine projects with 2.28 billion tonnes of annual output capacity, research published on Thursday showed, putting targets for slowing global climate change at risk. China, Australia, India and Russia account for more than three quarters of the new projects,
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focusclimat The nations that make up the G7 have pumped billions of dollars more into fossil fuels than they have into clean energy since the COVID-19 pandemic, despite their promises of a green recovery. A new analysis reveals that the countries attending committed $189 billion to support oil, coal, and gas between January 2020 and March 2021. In comparison, the same countries spent $147 billion on clean forms of energy. The support for fossil fuels from seven of the world’s richest nations included measures to remove or downgrade environmental regulations as well as direct funding of oil, gas and coal.
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focusclimat 23 mai 2021
18 mai 2021
Governments must close gap between net zero rhetoric and reality, says International Energy Agency head
11 mai 2021
La ville couvrira 50% de ses besoins avec des aliments produits localement, dans les meilleures conditions écologiques et sociales
05 mai 2021
11 mars 2021
Humans have amazing strengths, but also significant weaknesses. Chief among them, perhaps, is our collective difficulty in grasping the mathematical consequences of exponential growth. Alternative energy technologies have trouble preserving expectations. Human psychology and political/economic institutions turn a technically difficult predicament into a nearly hopeless trap. We are lamentably ill-equipped to appreciate the abnormality of our time and assess a more accurate picture of what long-term “normal” must look like.
22 février 2021
The Energy Charter Treaty is a little-known investment protection treaty. It allows foreign investors to claim billions in compensation from the signatory states before international arbitration tribunals if the companies feel treated unfairly by the states energy or climate policies. This procedure has numerous problems: The treaty is one-sided, because only companies can sue states. It is extremely vaguely worded and thus a gateway for investors to sue. The arbitration courts meet in secret like shadow courts. In some cases, it is not even made public that there are proceedings at all.
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focusclimat,
énergie 01 février 2021
Energy watchdog’s Fatih Birol says shift away from coal in key regions needs to be made a global priority
04 décembre 2020
On Thursday night the Danish government voted in favour of the plans to cancel the country’s next North Sea oil and gas licensing round, 80 years after it first began exploring its hydrocarbon reserves. Denmark’s 55 existing oil and gas platforms, scattered across 20 oil and gas fields, will be allowed to continue extracting fossil fuels but the milestone decision to end the hunt for new reserves in the ageing basin will guarantee an end to Denmark’s fossil fuel production.
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Danemark,
énergie,
fossile,
energy,
fossil,
gaz,
gas,
petrol,
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pétrole 03 décembre 2020
La thèse s’intitule « Les transports face au défi de la transition énergétique. Explorations entre passé et avenir, technologie et sobriété, accélération et ralentissement ». Elle a été soutenue le 23 novembre 2020 en visioconférence. En voici les principaux rendus :
16 novembre 2020
02 novembre 2020
27 octobre 2020
21 octobre 2020
Under a “climate lockdown,” governments would limit private-vehicle use, ban consumption of red meat, and impose extreme energy-saving measures, while fossil-fuel companies would have to stop drilling. To avoid such a scenario, we must overhaul our economic structures and do capitalism differently. Many think of the climate crisis as distinct from the health and economic crises caused by the pandemic. But the three crises – and their solutions – are interconnected.
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crises,
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governance,
focusclimat 28 septembre 2020
03 août 2020
CCS - Carbon Capture and Storage: A research brief published by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) concludes that the abrupt recent shutdown of the Petra Nova coal-fired carbon capture plant in Texas should be seen as a strong signal for investors to avoid such projects.
20 juillet 2020
L'étude annuelle, « BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2020 », est parue au mois de juin dernier. Pour la 69ème année consécutive, l'équipe d'économistes et de statisticiens de BP, a recueilli, vérifié et analysé les statistiques de l'énergie, en provenance du monde entier. Cette étude fournit aux chercheurs, aux entreprises, aux médias et aux politiques, une base de données mondiale exhaustive, sans équivalent.
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focusclimat 30 juin 2020
cnr,
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effondrement,
coronavirus,
urgence,
énergies,
pétroles,
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schistes 17 juin 2020
21 mai 2020
12 décembre 2019
01 décembre 2019
The fast fall of PG&E after California’s wildfires is a jolt for companies considering the uncertain risks of a warming planet
10 octobre 2019
For decades fossil fuel majors tried to fight the consensus – just as big tobacco once disputed that smoking kills.
06 septembre 2019
On Sept. 10, 1969, six and a half miles south of Rulison, Colorado, a 40-kiloton nuclear bomb exploded in the subterranean depths of the Piceance Basin. The device, more than twice as powerful as the weapon at Hiroshima and with muscle equivalent to 40,000 tons of TNT, was an unorthodox tool in a grand experiment to free natural gas and kickstart a boom. The nuclear age wanted to give the oil and gas age a hand up.
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fracking,
nuclear,
gas,
gaz,
nucléaire,
bombe,
USA,
history,
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énergie,
energy 03 juin 2019
A novel methodology is developed to dynamically assess the energy and material investments required over time to achieve the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources in the electricity sector. The obtained results indicate that a fast transition achieving a 100% renewable electric system globally by 2060 consistent with the Green Growth narrative could decrease the EROI of the energy system from current ~12:1 to ~3:1 by the mid-century, stabilizing thereafter at ~5:1. These EROI levels are well below the thresholds identified in the literature required to sustain industrial complex societies. Moreover, this transition could drive a substantial re-materialization of the economy, exacerbating risk availability in the future for some minerals. Hence, the results obtained put into question the consistence and viability of the Green Growth narrative.
21 mars 2019
The world’s five largest publicly traded oil companies are increasing their investments in oil and gas, putting a combined $110 billion in new fossil-fuel production. Meanwhile, those firms are projected to spend just $3.6 billion on low-carbon investments, such as biofuels and renewables, according to a new analysis that Influence Map
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focusclimat,
énergie 06 septembre 2018
14 mars 2018
Here are the real reasons we’re not building clean energy anywhere near fast enough.
26 août 2016
15 janvier 2016
THE INTERNATIONAL ENERGY CHARTER CONSOLIDATED ENERGY CHARTER TREATY
31 décembre 2014
xcept for specialized resource economics models, economics pays little attention to the role of energy in growth. This paper highlights basic difficulties behind the mainstream analytical arguments for this neglect, and provides an empirical reassessment of this role. We use an error correction model in order to estimate the long-run dependency ratio of output with respect to primary energy use in 33 countries between 1970 and 2011