The German nuclear power plant Grafenrheinfeld before it was decommissioned in 2015. Photo credit: Christian VisualBeo Horvat – CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia. By Anders Lorenzen As Germany completed its nuclear phase-out earlier this month, it becomes clear that Europe’s economic and industrial powerhouse is further away from climate action than almost every single EU member country. It is also […]
A pro-nuclear demonstration in Berlin, Germany. Photo credit: Reuters / Nadja Wohlleben. By Anders Lorenzen It has been on the cards for a long time and earlier this month it became official – Germany’s nuclear phase-out is complete. The decision to close down this low-carbon source of energy comes at a time when energy security and the climate crisis are […]
energy Photo credit: RWE. By Anders Lorenzen EDF, the French energy giant known for its nuclear portfolio, has confirmed its decarbonisation commitment by announcing it will construct the largest offshore wind farm in France. Eoliennes en Mer Manche Normandie (EMMN), a company partly owned by EDF Renewables (the renewable energy arm of EDF) and Maples Power, was selected to build […]
The Alps with very little snow this winter. Photo credit: EPA-EFE / Laurent Gillieron. By Anders Lorenzen Scientists from the European Union have announced that this last winter is the second-warmest in Europe on record ever. Data published by the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) shows that the average temperature in Europe from December 2022 to February 2022 was […]
climate change Photo credit: European Commission (EC). By Anders Lorenzen Capturing and storing carbon has by some experts been cited as a necessity if we are to stick to global climate targets. In a recent proposal, the European Commission (EC) listed carbon capture and storage (CCS) as a key green transition technology and proposed an EU wide-target to capture CO2, […]
A boat is seen on the dry banks of the partially dry Lake Montbel at the foot of the Pyrenees Mountains as France faces a records winter dry spell. Photo credit: Reuters / Sarah Meyssonnier. By Anders Lorenzen At the base of the French side of the iconic Pyrenees mountain chain, a famous and critically important water source, Lake Montbel, […]
Photo credit: Reuters / Peter Andrews. By Anders Lorenzen The price of carbon pollution in the EU is nearing record-high levels. In the EU’s carbon market, EU ETS, the cost of emitting a tonne of CO2 on Monday the 20th of February, became close to breaching 100 euros at 98.30 euros. Forecasts of cool weather and expectations of lower wind […]
An illustration of Korsnäs offshore wind farm, By Anders Lorenzen The Swedish energy giant Vattenfall has won the right to build the largest offshore wind farm in Finland. It will be the first Finnish offshore wind farm to be built in open water. The Korsnäs offshore wind farm will be constructed 15 kilometres off the Finnish coast near the […]
Ski slopes in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina pictured in early January with barely any snow. Photo credit: Reuters / Kirsten Donovan. By Anders Lorenzen 2022 was dominated by extreme weather events, and if the start of 2023 is anything to go by, this trend is set to continue. As 2022 turned into 2023, record-high temperatures swept across the European […]
The President and CEO of Swedish mining company LKAB Jan Mostrom and Sweden’s Energy Minister Ebba Busch host a joint news conference at LKAB in Kiruna, Sweden upon the discovery of Europe’s largest deposit of rare earth metals. Photo credit: TT News Agency / Jonas Ekstromer. By Anders Lorenzen The Swedish state-owned mining company, LKAB, (Luossavaara-Kiirunavaara Aktiebolag) has announced […]