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Climate change and EU energy challenges

This week sees one of the EU’s big announcements. On Wednesday it will set out its targets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and for increasing the use of renewables like solar panels and wind power. It is a major moment because the EU has long regarded itself as the leader when it comes to addressing climate change. There are signs, however, that its early ambition may be hard to sustain. These new proposals will replace the current 2020 strategy.

Natural gas export project could hinge on court case

The future of a massive, controversial construction project on the Chesapeake Bay for exporting natural gas could depend on one poorly written sentence. Attorneys for the Sierra Club were in court last week fighting the $3.8 billion proposal by Dominion Resources to renovate its terminal in Calvert County so the facility could send domestic gas overseas. The case — which turns on several words in a contract first signed in 1972 and rewritten over the years — is pending in the Maryland Court of Special Appeals.

Francia leader europeo nelle rinnovabili

È stata inaugurata a Paimpol-Bréahat, al largo della costa della Bretagna, in Francia la prima di quattro grandi turbine di marea che, sfruttando il flusso delle correnti, forniranno energia elettrica, pulita e rinnovabile. La Francia vanta il 20% dei flussi di marea più consistenti di tutta Europa ed il governo di Parigi vede questa forma di energia come una promettente integrazione agli impianti di energia rinnovabili già in uso.

OPEC, Foreseeing No Glut, Keeps Oil Production Level Steady

Members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries agreed on Wednesday to leave their combined daily quota for petroleum production at 30 million barrels, a decision that was expected to keep prices at their current steady and relatively high levels. Even though some analysts foresee challenges shaping up for the oil producers next year, OPEC officials, meeting in Vienna, saw no reason to make changes now, given the many uncertainties about the outlook for supply and demand.

Réduire à 50 % la part du nucléaire en France, crédible ou non?

A-t-elle été poussée par son tropisme pro-nucléaire ? A-t-elle dit tout haut ce que certains – y compris au sein de la majorité – pensent tout bas ? Toujours est-il qu’Anne Lauvergeon, ex-présidente du groupe nucléaire français Areva, a jeté un pavé dans la mare en déclarant, mardi 3 décembre au micro de France-Inter, que l’objectif du gouvernement de réduire à 50 % la part de l’atome dans la production électrique française, d’ici à 2025, «n’est pas réaliste ». Et d’ajouter : « Je crois que la date a été plus ou moins renvoyée à plus tard ». Une sortie qui a aussitôt entraîné une ferme mise au point de l’entourage deFrançois Hollande et du ministre de l’écologie, Philippe Martin, prompts à réaffirmer que les engagements présidentiels « seront bien évidemment respectés ».

Offshore wind gains in UK shake-up of renewables subsidies

Subsidies for onshore wind and solar power in the UK are to be cut in preference for larger subsidies for offshore power generation in a shake-up of the subsidy system for renewable energy. Details contained in the National Infrastructure Plan confirm the guaranteed price for onshore wind – which has been hugely controversial in rural England – is to be lower than the draft prices set out in a consultation in the summer.