decarbonisation

4 min.
Reducing carbon dioxide emissions is the main driver of the energy transition, supported by the large-scale expansion of wind and solar energy production, writes Marcel Eijgelaar, researcher at DNV GL. Due to the variable output of these renewables, maintaining the balance between supply and demand is becoming more challenging with a higher need for grid flexibility and more volatile prices on electricity markets. New solutions are emerging, from battery storage to hydrogen electrolysis24/May/2019

New applications for surplus energy
6 min.
Applying large heat pumps in industry is in its early days, but interest is increasing07/May/2019

Industrial heat demand: Hot cows and heat pumps
5 min.
06/May/2019

Green gas, really?
4 min.
Burning imported waste for energy will be incompatible with climate targets in the longer term, say researchers in Denmark15/March/2019

Limited future for energy from incinerated waste imports
8 min.
European policymakers are convinced, the energy transition cannot rely on electrification alone. “Molecules” will be needed, but the new molecules will not be based on natural gas, and there will be a lot less of them11/March/2019

Will Nord Stream 2 be the last great European gas pipeline?
5 min.
Distribution system operators could compromise the energy transition if they delay their response to changes in the networks, says Serge Colle, EY Global Power and Utilities Advisory Leader22/February/2019

Where does change start if the future is already decided?
4 min.
Europe urgently needs an industrial strategy in line with international climate targets, backed by a smart policy framework to help heavy industry decarbonise and remain competitive18/February/2019

Towards a climate neutral industrial strategy in Europe
4 min.
FORESIGHT Editor in Chief Philippa Nuttall Jones speaks to Matilda Axelson about how policy makers in Europe can create an industrial strategy that supports heavy industry’s clean energy transition and ensures it remains competitive globally18/February/2019

Good policies will allow heavy industry to drive a European clean energy economy
14 min.
07/February/2019

The Dutch Energiewende: Goodbye to natural gas
10 min.
A start-up based in Scotland is confident it has found an affordable silver bullet to allow the world’s grids to deal with massive amounts of renewables, but system operators are not so sure18/January/2019

Modernising the grid without breaking the bank
4-5 min.
EU proposals to fund new gas infrastructure projects make no sense given Europe’s decarbonisation commitments. The European Parliament can vote on 12 December to ensure clean energy infrastructure is prioritised, say Elisa Giannelli and Lisa Fischer from think-tank E3G10/December/2018

Energy infrastructure for a climate neutral Europe
4-5 min.
We have the technologies needed for the energy transition, but more funding is needed to find innovative ways to scale them up and win social acceptability, argues Peter Sweatman, Chief Executive of Climate Strategy & Partners19/November/2018

Innovating, not inventing, our net-zero emissions future
11-12 min.
Carbon capture and storage may be needed to decarbonise highly polluting sectors such as steel production, but the power sector would be best advised to focus on renewables and efficiency given the significant costs of the technology16/November/2018

Carbon storage struggles with costs
11-12 min.
The focus on awarding contracts to the lowest bidders among established renewables technologies under Europe’s auctions of power purchase contracts could prevent less developed forms of renewable energy from reaching their potential07/November/2018

Strength in diversity
10-11 min.
Consumers will become more active market players as the amount of renewable energy in the grids increases, providing, for a fee, greater flexibility for power systems and increasing decarbonisation29/October/2018

Power On Demand
11-12 min.
Heavy industries are slowly starting to wake up to the reality of the energy transition, but full decarbonisation of the steel, cement and petrochemicals sectors is a significant challenge that will require new processes and significant amounts of clean energy05/September/2018

The heavy industry challenge
4-5 min.
13/August/2018

Policy action needed to decarbonise residential heating by 2050
5-6 min.
29/June/2018

More renewables means more electrification
11-12 min.
20/April/2018

Gas in transition
6-7 min.
Americans say they lack the consensus for the change seen in Europe18/April/2018

Utilities and distributed generation