Tag: Energy

Tackling the energy, food and water nexus – here are the key priorities (Arunabha Ghosh, Jane Nelson – World Economic Forum)

Demand for food, water and energy is rising rapidly – by 2050, food demand could increase by over 50%, energy by up to 19%...

Too Soon to Rule Out Middle East Energy Disruption (Clayton Seigle – CSIS)

The Israel-Iran conflict escalated dramatically during the weekend of June 14–15, with both sides attacking each other’s energy infrastructure, yet oil prices have since...

Russia’s Energy Pivot: India Replaces China as Key Energy Ally (Manish Vaid – Observer Research Foundation)

Russia’s post-oil survival strategy is undergoing a decisive shift. As Urals crude hovers around US$53 per barrel, well below the fiscal breakeven of US$69.70,...

The emerging global natural gas market and the energy crisis of 2021-2022 (Alex Gilbert, Morgan D. Bazilian, and Samantha Gross, Brookings)

The ongoing energy crisis of late 2021 looks sure to move into 2022. It has already had wide-ranging impacts on economics, the environment, and...

What would Norway be without oil? And Ukraine without Russian gas? (Trine Villumsen Berling, Izabela Surwillo, Sandra Sørensen, DIIS

Energy security used to be about uninterrupted flows of affordable and available resources. This article argues that it is much more than that. By...

Energy/Eastern Mediterranean – Energy: Factor of Stability or Conflict in the Eastern Mediterranean? (ELIAMEP)

Marika Karagianni writes: Security of critical economic and energy infrastructure has become a key element in the agenda of both the EU and NATO. ...

Belarus – Belarus’s Energy Sector Faces Challenging Times (GMF)

Aliaksei Patonia writes: As one of the world’s least energy self-sufficient countries, Belarus has always been extremely reliant on the import of Russian oil and...

Climate Change – A giant new offshore wind project is set to power 10 million US homes (WEF)

Image: GWEC Global Wind Report 2021 Sean Fleming Giant offshore wind plant in US will go live in 2030 | World Economic Forum (weforum.org)

Energy/Climate Change – How to green the planet – one revolution at a time (WEF)

Nandita Parshad, David G. Victor The energy transition is better understood as a series of industrial and agricultural revolutions. These revolutions begin locally -...

Energy – Renewable energy jumped nearly 50% in 2020 (WEF)

Niall McCarthy Amidst the global pandemic, 278 gigawatts of renewable energy was added last year. This was a 45% increase from the year before...

‘Exceptional new normal’: IEA raises growth forecast for wind and solar by another 25% (WEF)

Simon Evans The International Energy Agency (IEA) has increased its forecast for the global growth of wind and solar by another 25% from the previous...

Energy experts: Reaching net-zero by 2050 relies on these 7 things (WEF)

Dolf Gielen - Director, IRENA Innovation and Technology Centre, International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) Ricardo Gorini - Economist, PUC-RJ Several steps must be taken to achieve...

(Energy) Renewable energy: common myths debunked (WEF)

Emmanuel Lagarrigue Outdated misconceptions about the reliability and affordability of renewable energy must be challenged. https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/03/renewable-energy-myths-debunked/

(USA/Energy) A 21st century economy needs a 21st century grid (The Hill)

GREGORY WETSTONE As the millions of Texans who were plunged into darkness experienced, our current grid infrastructure doesn’t cut it, and the increased intensity and...

(Climate/Energy/Asia) 2021 Climate and Energy Trends in Asia (CSIS)

This week, Justin Wu (BloombergNEF) and Lachlan Carey (CSIS) take a tour of all things climate and energy related across Asia. They start with the...

(Energy) How can we ensure energy is clean, secure and affordable? (Shunichi Miyanaga, WEF)

The energy industry is at the heart of the global post-COVID-19 recovery. But it faces what has been called 'the energy trilemma'; the...