Energy transition trends

Renewable power’s growth is being turbocharged as countries seek to strengthen energy security | IEA: https://www.iea.org/news/renewable-power-s-growth-is-being-turbocharged-as-countries-seek-to-strengthen-energy-security

Coal up

• Global coal demand to match record high this year, IEA says | Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/global-coal-demand-match-record-high-this-year-iea-says-2022-07-28/?utm_campaign=Daily Briefing&utm_content=20220729&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue newsletter
• The world’s coal consumption is set to reach a new high in 2022 as the energy crisis shakes markets | IEA: https://www.iea.org/news/the-world-s-coal-consumption-is-set-to-reach-a-new-high-in-2022-as-the-energy-crisis-shakes-markets

Solar up

• Solar power is booming in Germany as Russia turns down the gas | CNN: https://edition.cnn.com/2022/08/24/business/germany-solar-power-russia-gas-crisis-intl-hnk/index.html?utm_campaign=Carbon Brief Daily Briefing&utm_content=20220825&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue Daily
• Sichuan uses 5,000 solar panels to boost power supply | Global Times: https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202208/1273926.shtml?utm_campaign=Carbon Brief Daily Briefing&utm_content=20220830&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue Daily
• EU’s record solar summer helps avoid €29 bil in gas imports | Ember: https://ember-climate.org/app/uploads/2022/09/Analysis-EUs-record-solar-summer-helps-avoid-E29bn-in-gas-imports.pdf?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosgenerate&stream=top
• Solar powers India towards its 175GW renewables target for 2022 | Energy Monitor: https://www.energymonitor.ai/tech/renewables/solar-powers-india-towards-its-175gw-renewables-target-for-2022?utm_campaign=Carbon Brief Daily Briefing&utm_content=20221019&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue Daily
• Europe added 41.4 GW of new solar in 2022 | PV Magazine: https://www.pv-magazine.com/2022/12/19/europe-added-41-4-gw-of-new-solar-in-2022/

Offshore wind up

• Offshore wind in 2022: Billions in bids and new confidence | E&E News: https://www.eenews.net/articles/offshore-wind-in-2022-billions-in-bids-and-new-confidence/
• Vietnam firm launches $220 mil offshore wind farm amid renewables drive | Reuters (Jan 17-31): https://www.reuters.com/article/vietnam-energy-windfarm/vietnam-firm-launches-220-mln-offshore-wind-farm-amid-renewables-drive-idUSL4N2TX13N?utm_campaign=Carbon Brief Daily Briefing&utm_content=20220117&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue Daily
• UK government commits 32 mil pounds for floating wind projects | Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-government-commits-32-mln-pounds-floating-wind-projects-2022-01-25/?utm_campaign=Carbon Brief Daily Briefing&utm_content=20220125&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue Daily
• France Installing First Wind Farm at Sea a Decade After Approval | Bloomberg: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-04-13/france-installing-first-wind-farm-at-sea-a-decade-after-approval?utm_campaign=Daily Briefing&utm_content=20220414&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue newsletter
• California unveils ambitious set of offshore wind targets | The Hill: https://thehill.com/policy/equilibrium-sustainability/3482063-california-unveils-ambitious-set-of-offshore-wind-targets/?utm_campaign=Daily Briefing&utm_content=20220510&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue newsletter
• Four countries pledge tenfold rise in EU offshore wind power capacity | Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/four-eu-countries-increase-offshore-wind-power-capacity-tenfold-2022-05-17/?utm_campaign=Daily Briefing&utm_content=20220519&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue newsletter
• Floating windfarms could be hosted off Cornwall and Wales, crown estate says | The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/jul/05/floating-windfarms-cornwall-wales-crown-estate-celtc-sea?utm_campaign=Daily Briefing&utm_content=20220705&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue newsletter
• Wind farm deals secured for three sites off Shetland | BBC News: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-62632865?utm_campaign=Daily Briefing&utm_content=20220823&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue newsletter
• German-Danish Offshore Wind Hub to Help Replace Russian Gas | Bloomberg: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-08-29/german-danish-wind-hub-in-baltic-will-help-replace-russian-gas?cmpid=BBD082922_GREENDAILY&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_term=220829&utm_campaign=greendaily
• Hornsea 2: North Sea wind farm claims title of world’s largest | BBC News: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-62731923?at_campaign=KARANGA&at_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=Carbon Brief Daily Briefing&utm_content=20220901&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue Daily
• The Philippines makes its first move towards offshore wind | Energy Monitor: https://www.energymonitor.ai/tech/renewables/the-philippines-makes-its-first-move-towards-offshore-wind?utm_campaign=Carbon Brief Daily Briefing&utm_content=20220907&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue Daily
• France’s first commercial scale offshore wind farm starts operations | Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/frances-first-commercial-scale-offshore-wind-farm-starts-operations-2022-11-23/?utm_campaign=Carbon Brief Daily Briefing&utm_content=20221124&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue Daily

Fusion

Nuclear up and down

• France and Japan double down on nuclear while Germany and Belgium back away
• China has world’s second largest number of nuclear power units | Xinhua: https://english.news.cn/20220810/6adb708ac03a466bb709488f2c9342c8/c.html?utm_campaign=Daily Briefing&utm_content=20220811&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue newsletter
• Korea Pares Back Renewables as it Taps Nuclear for Climate Goal | Bloomberg: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-08-30/korea-pares-back-renewables-as-it-taps-nuclear-for-climate-goal?sref=Oz9Q3OZU&utm_campaign=Carbon Brief Daily Briefing&utm_content=20220831&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue Daily
• Germany extends lifespan of all three nuclear power plants | Politico: https://www.politico.eu/article/germany-olaf-scholz-extends-lifespan-of-all-three-nuclear-power-plants/?utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication&utm_content=20221018&utm_medium=RSS&utm_source=RSS_Feed
• What the climate bill does for nuclear industry | CNBC: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/08/22/what-the-climate-bill-does-for-the-nuclear-industry.html
• France to build six new nuclear reactors | Politico: https://www.politico.eu/article/france-to-build-6-new-nuclear-reactors/?utm_campaign=Carbon Brief Daily Briefing&utm_content=20220211&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue Daily

LNG up

• US Firms Secure 19 deals to Export Liquified Natural Gas, Driven in Part by the War in Ukraine | Inside Climate News: https://insideclimatenews.org/news/09062022/lng-exports-19-deals-war-in-ukraine/
• Breakneck LNG build-out shows germany can move fast, Scholz says | Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/breackneck-lng-build-out-shows-germany-can-move-fast-scholz-says-2022-12-17/
• Germany-Senegal gas plan sparks outcry from environmentalists | DW: https://www.dw.com/en/germany-senegal-gas-plan-sparks-outcry-from-environmentalists/a-62673733?utm_campaign=Daily Briefing&utm_content=20220802&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue newsletter
• Sending Canadian LNG to Germany is ‘doable,’ Trudeau says | Politico: https://www.politico.com/news/2022/08/22/canada-lng-germany-trudeau-00053144
• Europe plan for floating gas terminals raises climate fears | AP News: https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-science-climate-and-environment-1051e3540b14349dd0c37e5ea3025022
• Nigeria plans gas-led transition to full energy access and net-zero emissions | Climate Change News: https://www.climatechangenews.com/2022/09/01/nigeria-plans-gas-led-transition-to-full-energy-access-and-net-zero-emissions/?utm_campaign=Carbon Brief Daily Briefing&utm_content=20220902&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue Daily
• Scholz welcomes Qatar LNG deal as ‘building block’ for German energy security | Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/scholz-welcomes-qatar-lng-deal-building-block-german-energy-security-2022-11-29/?utm_campaign=Carbon Brief Daily Briefing&utm_content=20221130&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue Daily
• US poised to regain crown world’s top LNG exporter | Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/us-poised-regain-crown-worlds-top-lng-exporter-2023-01-04/

EVs get a boost, ICEs get banned

EVs up

• India Plans $10 Bil Electric Bus Contract to Curb Emissions | Bloomberg: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-07-20/india-plans-10-billion-electric-bus-contract-to-curb-emissions?cmpid=BBD072022_GREENDAILY&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_term=220720&utm_campaign=greendaily
• Indonesia Pans EV Subsidies in 2023 to Reduce Pollution, Spur Adoption | Bloomberg: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-10-09/indonesia-may-start-ev-purchase-subsidies-in-2023-to-spur-sales?cmpid=BBD101122_GREENDAILY&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_term=221011&utm_campaign=greendaily
• Clean Energy, Electric Cars Are Hitting Tipping Points for Global Mass Adoption | Bloomberg: https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2022-clean-energy-electric-cars-tipping-points/?cmpid=BBD101822_GREENDAILY&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_term=221018&utm_campaign=greendaily

Walkable cities/public transit

• London Pushes its Ultra-Low Emissions Zone to City Limits | Bloomberg: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-03-04/london-s-ultra-low-emission-zone-is-going-citywide?srnd=citylab-transportation&utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Top+news%3A&utm_campaign=ATF+Daily
• Ultra Low Emissions Zone to cover all of London | BBC News: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-63754724
• In Paris, a ‘quiet zone’ will ban through traffic in the city center | Fast Company: https://www.fastcompany.com/90723701/in-paris-a-new-quiet-zone-will-ban-through-traffic-in-the-the-city-center?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Climate+news%3A&utm_campaign=TDC+Daily
• Germany lays out plan to overhaul rail network | DW: https://www.dw.com/en/germany-lays-out-plan-to-overhaul-rail-network/a-62220421

ICE banned

• EPA to Tighten Tailpipe Rules for the Biggest Polluters on the Road | NYTimes: Tens of thousands take part in climate protests across France | The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/mar/12/tens-of-thousands-take-part-in-climate-protests-across-france?utm_campaign=Daily Briefing&utm_content=20220314&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue newsletterhttps://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/07/climate/trucks-pollution-rules-epa.html?utm_campaign=Daily Briefing&utm_content=20220308&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue newsletter
• Germany backs phasing out combustion engine cars by 2035 | Politico: https://www.politico.eu/article/germany-backs-phasing-out-combustion-engine-cars-by-2035/?utm_campaign=Daily Briefing&utm_content=20220317&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue newsletter
• California bans the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035 | CNBC: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/08/25/california-bans-the-sale-of-new-gas-powered-cars-by-2035.html
• Washington state to ban sale of new gasoline cars by 2035 | king5.com: https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/washington-california-ban-sale-new-gasoline-car/281-5abf10c8-14b6-4a48-8450-5791667bb85a
• NY Implements 2035 All-EV Plan After California Clears the Way | Bloomberg: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-09-29/new-york-follows-california-in-banning-sale-of-gas-cars-by-2035?cmpid=BBD100122_GREENDAILY&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_term=221001&utm_campaign=greendaily
• EU approves ban on new combustion-engine cars from 2035 | AP News: https://apnews.com/article/europe-business-european-parliament-climate-and-environment-a9c3f6c3c123ede7566ae7425b4f7181?utm_campaign=Carbon Brief Daily Briefing&utm_content=20221031&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue Daily

Methane up but addressed more