In the Arab world Morocco is one the very few countries without oil or gas resources. To cover its fast rising energy consumption it has been totally dependent on imports. Fortunately it possesses a big potential of renewable energy, in particular wind and solar: more than 1000 km coast line with winds blowing almost continuously;… » read more
Posted by Eberhard Rhein
April 22, 2015
According to the calculations of the world’s top climate scientists, humanity has only 30 years to go, until 2045, before reaching an increase of global temperature of more than two centigrade, its self-imposed “red light”. Indeed, at present annual global emissions of 40 billion tons the atmosphere will no longer be able to absorb additional… » read more
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Business & Climate Change, Climate & Environment, Climate change, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Supply |
March 27, 2015
That is what Pheng Guagong, Head of the Meteorological Administration, has demanded March 22 in an interview with the Xinhua News Agency. Climate change is a serious threat for China. The temperature rises already higher than the global average. Droughts and floods risk food supplies. Chinese leaders have failed to lay out the full scale… » read more
Posted by Eberhard Rhein
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Climate & Environment, Climate Negotiations, Energy Efficiency |
June 23, 2014
With the presentation on June 18th of a comprehensive energy transition programme the French energy minister has started to fulfil promises made during the 2012 Presidential election campaign. The programme is a valuable contribution to the ongoing discussion on European energy and climate policy beyond 2020 and the preparation for the decisive international climate conference… » read more
Posted by Eberhard Rhein
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C02, C02 Emission, C02 Emission Rights, Climate & Environment, Energy, Energy and Climate, Energy Efficiency, English, EU climate policy, EU Priorities 2020 |
September 19, 2013
This year’s Frankfurt Automobile Show has been marked by an impressive presentation of electric cars. New manufacturers like BMW and Volkswagen have entered the fray, with considerable delay, to contest the dominant position of incumbents like Nissan/Renault, Daimler and GM. No major manufacturer can any longer afford not to offer a range of electric cars.… » read more
Posted by Eberhard Rhein
North Africa and the Arab peninsula are among the best insolated regions on earth. There are very few other areas with comparable duration and intensity of sunshine. If anywhere, it is in the huge Arab desert areas that solar electricity could be generated at competitive terms, provided it will be possible to cope with the… » read more
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Climate & Environment, Energy Efficiency, Energy Supply, English |
April 8, 2013
The decision by BP to sell off 4.6 GW capacity of wind power plants and projects in North America puts an end to an expensive dream to combine renewable with fossil energies that has cost BP some $ 6.5 billion since 2005. Through their investment in 16 wind farms across nine US States, BP had… » read more
Posted by Eberhard Rhein
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Climate & Environment, Energy and Climate, Energy Efficiency, Energy Supply, EU Priorities 2020, Trade & Industry |
February 19, 2013
Germany is about to lose its image as the most climate-friendly EU member country. The precipitated closure by 2022 of all nuclear power plants has led to a costly expansion of PV and wind power capacity, fed by exorbitant feed-in tariffs for widely scattered small-scale electricity producers. The German support regime for PV power generation… » read more
Posted by Eberhard Rhein
For its energy supply, Humanity depends presently more on the Gulf countries than on any other part of the earth: one third of global oil and one fifth of gas reserves lie there; and production costs are lower than anywhere else. This situation will not be sustainable: The Gulf countries have to envisage a progressive… » read more
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Climate & Environment, Energy Efficiency, Energy Supply, Global Europe |
July 12, 2012
With China and and the USA starting their phase-out of incandescent light bulbs in October 2012, the world will soon be without the venerable lighting system that has been with us since the19th century when Humphrey Davy invented the arc lighting (1806) and Thomas Edison made it safer and commercially viable (1879). Much more energy-efficient… » read more
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Climate change, Energy Efficiency, Energy Supply, Environment, EU, EU Priorities and Opinion |
Thoughts on energy and climate, the Mediterranean and whatever comes to mind.
