03 March 2019 by Helena Uhde, ECECP Junior Postgraduate Fellow Interview with Marion Malafosse and Jan Steinkohl of the European Commission On 8 January 2020, Jan Steinkohl presented 'Promoting Investment in Renewable Generation in the EU' at the ECECP workshop in Beijing on "Promoting and Integrating Renewable Energy in the EU: Considerations for China". This article is based on the follow up online interview that took place on 19 February with Jan Steinkohl and his colleague Marion Malafosse, both Policy Offic

03 March 2020 by Helena Uhde, ECECP Junior Postgraduate Fellow It was not just recently, that researchers, think tanks and decision makers started warning about the wasted investment into coal power plants. There is a political consensus in the EU and in China, that a shift towards a low-carbon economy is necessary. Leading financial institutions are increasingly backing out of coal investments and reports show that the existing coal mines are sufficient to cover demand. According to an analysis

December 10, 2019 by Dolf Gielen and Emanuele Taibi, via Energy Post Although 100Mt/year of hydrogen is produced globally and at scale, it’s overwhelmingly for the chemical industry. So there’s a long way to go for it to play a role in the energy transition. It’s not even clear whether hydrogen will be best used directly as a power source or through further conversion into other powerfuels. That’s why Dolf Gielen and Emanuele Taibi at IRENA are scoping out the challenges of reducing production costs and finding markets. The cos

January 23, 2020 by Mary Beth Gallagher, via Energy Post Buildings represent one third of energy usage in the U.S., and that will be typical of similar economies around the world. The cost of re-fitting buildings to conserve energy is very high and can take decades. Specifically, 30% of the energy used to heat and cool buildings is down to the heat that either escapes or enters through windows. What if there was a way to control that heat flow without re-designing or replacing the windows? MIT’s Mary Beth Galla