Special Report: Energy in Transition - 360
Reihana Mohideen, of Melbourne; Thomas Sattich, of Stavanger; Lisa Wijayani, of Indonesia; John Wiseman
Published on November 22, 2021
World leaders and their delegates walked away from the COP26 climate summit with their 1.5°C pledge on life support.
The parties to the Paris climate agreement largely agreed to accelerate action on climate this decade. But the International Energy Agency says if the latest round of commitments were met in full and on time, they would only be enough to hold the rise in global temperatures to 1.8°C by the end of the century.
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Electricity, heat and transport remain the largest sectors contributing to growing emissions. The UN is pushing for the energy transition to be sped up: the transition can no longer be limited to incremental steps if a decarbonised energy system is to be achieved by 2050.
A push at COP26 to phase out coal ended in the communique instead referring to “the phase down of unabated coal power and of inefficient subsidies for fossil fuels”. China and India were behind the softening. Earlier, a raft of countries including Indonesia, Poland and Vietnam pledged to phase out coal-fired power.
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said “We are still knocking on the door of climate catastrophe...I reaffirm my conviction that we must end fossil fuels subsidies, Phase out coal. Put a price on carbon.”
(Quotes attributable to Grahame Holmes, Honorary Professor, RMIT University)
(Feature articles available for republishing under Creative Commons 4.0)
Quitting coal need not end in crisis. Not quitting it is sure to
By John Wiseman, University of Melbourne
Many nations are well down the path of transitioning away from coal, providing guidance on what works to protect workers and economies.
Hydrogen rush could shift world energy order
By Thomas Sattich, University of Stavanger
The energy transition’s current darling, hydrogen, has moved from the world of engineering to politics.
India’s stake in the upcoming global hydrogen economy
By Ajay Shankar, The Energy and Resources Institute
India is the latest to display an ambitious hydrogen push. It will need to avoid some common missteps if it is to succeed.
Indonesia's carbon tax is a small step in a giant transition
By Lisa Wijayani, University of Indonesia
For Indonesia to transition to a low carbon economy it must spend billions. The carbon tax it just passed will deliver a fraction of that.
What if women designed the energy transition?
By Reihana Mohideen, University of Melbourne
The march toward renewables is an opportunity to rethink energy systems for the people using them, and the women of developing economies labouring without power.
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Originally published under Creative Commons by 360info™.
Professor Grahame Holmes is a world leading expert in the technology of electrical energy conversion using power electronic converters. Professor Holmes is a Fellow of the Institution of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (FIEEE), a Senior Member of the Institute of Engineers Australia (SMIEAust) and a Chartered Professional Engineer (CPEng).
The views expressed in this article are solely the author’s, and are not supported by any form of research funding.
Editors Note: In the story "Energy in Transition" sent at: 22/11/2021 11:24.
This is a corrected repeat.
Electricity, heat and transport remain the largest sectors contributing to growing emissions. The UN is pushing for the energy transition to be sped up: the transition can no longer be limited to incremental steps if a decarbonised energy system is to be achieved by 2050.
A push at COP26 to phase out coal ended in the communique instead referring to “the phase down of unabated coal power and of inefficient subsidies for fossil fuels”. China and India were behind the softening. Earlier, a raft of countries including Indonesia, Poland and Vietnam pledged to phase out coal-fired power.
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said “We are still knocking on the door of climate catastrophe…I reaffirm my conviction that we must end fossil fuels subsidies, Phase out coal. Put a price on carbon.”
(Quotes attributable to Grahame Holmes, Honorary Professor, RMIT University)
(Feature articles available for republishing under Creative Commons 4.0)
Quitting coal need not end in crisis. Not quitting it is sure to
By John Wiseman, University of Melbourne
Many nations are well down the path of transitioning away from coal, providing guidance on what works to protect workers and economies.
Hydrogen rush could shift world energy order
By Thomas Sattich, University of Stavanger
The energy transition’s current darling, hydrogen, has moved from the world of engineering to politics.
India’s stake in the upcoming global hydrogen economy
By Ajay Shankar, The Energy and Resources Institute
India is the latest to display an ambitious hydrogen push. It will need to avoid some common missteps if it is to succeed.
Indonesia’s carbon tax is a small step in a giant transition
By Lisa Wijayani, University of Indonesia
For Indonesia to transition to a low carbon economy it must spend billions. The carbon tax it just passed will deliver a fraction of that.
What if women designed the energy transition?
By Reihana Mohideen, University of Melbourne
The march toward renewables is an opportunity to rethink energy systems for the people using them, and the women of developing economies labouring without power.
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Originally published under Creative Commons by 360info™.
Professor Grahame Holmes is a world leading expert in the technology of electrical energy conversion using power electronic converters. Professor Holmes is a Fellow of the Institution of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (FIEEE), a Senior Member of the Institute of Engineers Australia (SMIEAust) and a Chartered Professional Engineer (CPEng).
The views expressed in this article are solely the author’s, and are not supported by any form of research funding.