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From Bad To Worse: Another French Nuclear Reactor Cuts Output Due To Strike
From Bad To Worse: Another French Nuclear Reactor Cuts Output Due To Strike France’s energy crisis worsened overnight when another nuclear power plant had to reduce electricity output. Power prices jumped as the government requested one of the largest utility companies to restart more nuclear reactors amid cold weather. Following last week’s shuttering of two nuclear […]
7 Ways To Make Your Home Sustainable And Eco-Friendly
Image by David Blaikie (Flickr) under CC BY 2.0 7 Ways To Make Your Home Sustainable And Eco-Friendly Introduction As a homeowner, you might think that there is not enough that you can do to contribute to environmental sustainability. You are wrong! By implementing small everyday steps, every individual or homeowner can make a large […]
European Nuke Plants Offline As Power Prices Hit Record
European Nuke Plants Offline As Power Prices Hit Record Bloomberg’s Chief Energy Correspondent Javier Blas tweeted a disturbing map of European day-ahead electricity prices that will hit record highs on Monday. “EUROPEAN ENERGY CRISIS: Wow, wow, wow… I’m running out of words to describe the European short-term electricity market,” Blas said. He continued, “Multiple records breached for Monday. With […]
Entice and Orbit become latest energy firms to go bust
Entice and Orbit become latest energy firms to go bust IMAGE SOURCE,GETTY IMAGES Two more energy suppliers have gone bust amid the surge in gas prices, the regulator Ofgem has said. Entice Energy and Orbit Energy, which have about 5,400 and 65,000 customers respectively, ceased trading on Wednesday. The two firms are the latest companies […]
Global Coal Power Demand On Track For Record As Green Energy Transition Crumbles
Global Coal Power Demand On Track For Record As Green Energy Transition Crumbles There’s no question that the ‘greenification’ of the global economy has returned many industrial countries to coal in 2021. New data from the International Energy Agency (IEA) shows that the amount of electricity generated worldwide from coal is on track to hit a […]
The Age of Energy Disruptions
THE AGE OF ENERGY DISRUPTIONS In recent months the world has been thrown into a global energy crisis that seems to have taken observers as well as global leaders by surprise. In September and October, wholesale prices of natural gas and electricity brutally surged in Europe, several energy providers went bust in the UK, China […]
German Cold Blast To Extend Into January Amid Energy Crisis
German Cold Blast To Extend Into January Amid Energy Crisis A combination of factors creates a perfect storm of turbulence for many Europeans paying some of the highest energy prices ever. Natural gas stockpiles remain at low levels as gas flows from Europe are depressed. The continuation of cold weather and an energy crunch is […]
Russia Puts The Blame On Europe As Energy Crisis Worsens
Russia Puts The Blame On Europe As Energy Crisis Worsens The EU is reconsidering its position on extending long-term natural gas contracts. Russia has maintained that the contracts are beneficial for Europe and moving away from them would be a mistake. Russia even went as far as suggesting that Europe’s current energy crisis is its […]
‘It doesn’t have to be this way’: Lessons from the slow death of Louisiana’s oil industry
‘It doesn’t have to be this way’: Lessons from the slow death of Louisiana’s oil industry The Gulf Coast is bleeding oil jobs. Here’s what it tells us about a just transition. AP Photo/Cheryl Gerber David Dismukes studies the energy industry for a living. As the executive director of the Center for Energy Studies at […]
France’s EDF Shutters Two Nuclear Power Plants After Cracks Found
France’s EDF Shutters Two Nuclear Power Plants After Cracks Found Électricité de France S.A., commonly known as EDF, a French electric utility company primarily owned by the state, shuttered two nuclear power plants after routine safety inspections found cracks at one power plant. EDF wrote in a press release, “preventive maintenance checks on the primary circuit […]
‘The Big Stall’ details how neoliberal think tanks blocked action on climate change
‘The Big Stall’ details how neoliberal think tanks blocked action on climate change Donald Gutstein’s well-researched new book is a deep dive into the strategies that Canadian oil companies and their friends have implemented to prevent political action and reverse catastrophe. The Bill Stall: How Big Oil and Think Tanks are Blocking Action on Climate […]
Cascadia’s Chance for a Zero-Carbon Future: What We Learned
Cascadia’s Chance for a Zero-Carbon Future: What We Learned Lessons from a year of reporting on climate solutions for the bioregion spanning BC, Washington and Oregon. We started this series in January with this image of Aji Piper taken in Washington state during a wildfire smoke emergency. At age 15 he joined a lawsuit against […]
European Gas Prices Hit Record High As Germany Blocks Nord Stream 2
European Gas Prices Hit Record High As Germany Blocks Nord Stream 2 European gas futures surged to a record high on Tuesday after Germany blocked Russia’s Nord Stream 2 pipeline from launch because it did not comply with European law. German foreign minister Annalena Baerbock said all three parties that make up the new government […]
Net Zero by 2050? Here’s What It Takes To Get It
Net Zero by 2050? Here’s What It Takes To Get It FacebookTwitterMore52 Here is what a reasonably objective study from the Geological Survey of Finland concludes on just how much more electricity generation will be required to retire natural gas and coal… The answer: a stink load! But you need batteries to provide power when […]
