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Monitoring Energy Use and Saving Money - On the surface, the electric grid might seem like a solved piece of infrastructure... - https://hackaday.com/2023/11/29/monitoring-energy-use-and-saving-money/ #microcontrollers #energymonitor #kilowatthour #electricity #greenhacks #smartmeter #smartgrid #energy #clock

My latest for #EnergyMonitor is on 🇮🇩 #Indonesia's #JETP, aimed at transitioning the country away from coal & towards #renewables.

Many are cautiously hopeful, fearing that #coal may, sneakily, continue as an energy source & that renewables may mean co-firing biomass or nuclear, and not #wind #solar 🌞 or #geothermal ♨️

https://www.energymonitor.ai/policy/green-deals/how-will-indonesias-jetp-move-it-beyond-coal/

Japan is a leader in solar PV innovation and is now looking to grow its industry further amid US-China tensions and a shift to renewables, reports @nourghantous: https://www.energymonitor.ai/policy/japans-solar-pv-industry-is-set-for-fresh-growth/ via #EnergyMonitor

Gustavo Petro is six months into a presidency that promised new measures to accelerate Colombia's energy transition. Can the country’s first progressive government in recent history pull this off? Julián Reingold reports: https://www.energymonitor.ai/policy/what-are-the-challenges-to-a-just-energy-transition-in-colombia/ via #EnergyMonitor

"Transoceanic supply corridors, as currently exist for oil and LNG, seem unlikely to emerge in the hydrogen industry any time soon," writes Nick Ferris: https://www.energymonitor.ai/tech/hydrogen/why-lng-terminals-will-not-be-transporting-hydrogen-any-time-soon/ via #EnergyMonitor

In allowing utility RWE
to destroy the village of Lützerath in exchange for an earlier net-zero target, the German government has further destabilized its already shaky strategy to phase out coal, writes Polly Bindman: https://www.energymonitor.ai/policy/canary-in-a-lignite-coal-mine-how-lutzerath-became-a-symbol-for-germanys-addiction-to-coal/ via #EnergyMonitor

The EU Critical Raw Materials Act to be adopted next month will focus on securing Europe’s supply of building blocks for the energy transition. @DaveKeating reports from Brussels: https://www.energymonitor.ai/policy/eu-to-launch-quest-for-raw-materials-critical-for-cleantech/ via #EnergyMonitor

An unusually high number of beached whales along the US East Coast has some pointing the finger at offshore wind developers. However, scientists say there is no evidence for the claim, reports Isabeau van Halm: https://www.energymonitor.ai/tech/renewables/weekly-data-are-whales-really-killed-by-offshore-wind-farms/ via #EnergyMonitor

Oliver Gordon caught up with the senior management of renewables powerhouse BayWa r.e. to find out what is in store for the renewable energy industry in 2023: https://www.energymonitor.ai/tech/renewables/more-needs-to-be-done-to-accelerate-renewables-deployment-baywa-r-e/ via #EnergyMonitor

Two-thirds of US voters have heard of President Biden’s landmark climate law, but few think it will succeed. The White House will have to sell it to them: https://www.energymonitor.ai/policy/green-deals/opinion-selling-the-inflation-reduction-act-is-joe-bidens-next-test/ by me for #EnergyMonitor #InflationReductionAct

Natural disasters driven by climate change cost the world $360bn in 2022. A new way of funding the humanitarian response promises to act before natural hazards become catastrophes, reports Oliver Gordon: https://www.energymonitor.ai/finance/sustainable-finance/why-anticipatory-insurance-is-the-next-frontier-for-climate-aid/ via #EnergyMonitor

“There is so much more to do. We will finish the job,” Biden said last night of the climate fight. Finishing the job means creating the conditions to ensure the Inflation Reduction Act’s successors will pass: https://www.energymonitor.ai/policy/green-deals/opinion-selling-the-inflation-reduction-act-is-joe-bidens-next-test/ my latest for #EnergyMonitor

Two-thirds of US voters have heard of President Biden’s landmark climate law, but few think it will succeed. The White House will have to sell it to them: https://www.energymonitor.ai/policy/green-deals/opinion-selling-the-inflation-reduction-act-is-joe-bidens-next-test/ by me for #EnergyMonitor

The combined profits of some of the world’s biggest oil companies – Chevron, ExxonMobil, BP, Shell and TotalEnergies – amounted to nearly $200bn in 2022, reports Isabeau van Halm: https://www.energymonitor.ai/finance/big-oil-profits-soared-to-nearly-200bn-in-2022/ via #EnergyMonitor

Young energy innovators are asking to be let into boardrooms and plenaries, ready to shake up business and policy, writes Nour Ghantous: https://www.energymonitor.ai/policy/just-transition/at-the-kids-table-what-youth-can-do-for-the-energy-transition/ via #EnergyMonitor

Some are calling for greater state support for the UK automotive industry, but the failure of Britishvolt was probably unavoidable, writes Investment Monitor's Jon Whiteaker: https://www.energymonitor.ai/tech/energy-storage/britishvolt-collapse-shows-structural-weakness-of-uk-automotive-industry/ via #EnergyMonitor

Cleantech companies say the European Commission’s Green Deal Industrial Plan is a good start, but the obsession with Biden’s ‘unfair’ Inflation Reduction Act is proving unhelpful, writes @DaveKeating: https://www.energymonitor.ai/finance/regulation-policy/in-green-subsidy-race-with-us-eu-lacks-focus/ via #EnergyMonitor

The Inflation Reduction Act has already led to a surge in US EV battery investment, with the EU scrambling to keep up, reports Nick Ferris: https://www.energymonitor.ai/sectors/transport/weekly-data-ev-battery-investment-us-outpaces-eu/ via #EnergyMonitor

EU lawmakers’ recent decision to abandon proposals for stricter capital requirements on fossil fuel lending has let banks off the hook for risky investments in fossil fuel expansion, reports Polly Bindman: https://www.energymonitor.ai/finance/banking/can-voluntary-net-zero-initiatives-save-us-from-a-fossil-fuel-financial-crash/ via #EnergyMonitor

Oliver Gordon talks with Russell Karas from Xpansiv, the world’s largest carbon offsets marketplace, about a testing year for the voluntary carbon market: https://www.energymonitor.ai/policy/carbon-markets/carbon-offsets-will-weather-the-storm-xpansiv/ via #EnergyMonitor

Don't miss Nick Ferris' two-part series:

- How just 25 oil companies are set to blow the 1.5°C carbon budget: https://www.energymonitor.ai/sectors/industry/exclusive-how-just-25-oil-companies-are-set-to-blow-the-worlds-1-5c-carbon-budget/

- Oil majors’ expansion plans paying little heed to net zero: https://www.energymonitor.ai/finance/risk-management/exclusive-oil-majors-expansion-little-heed-to-net-zero/

via #EnergyMonitor

Data reveals the world’s leading oil and gas majors continue risk-laden, global expansion, despite net-zero pledges, reports Nick Ferris: https://www.energymonitor.ai/finance/risk-management/exclusive-oil-majors-expansion-little-heed-to-net-zero/ via #EnergyMonitor

ICYMI: Isabeau van Halm on @emberclimate's latest European Electricity Review:

- Europe: “Any fears of a coal rebound are now dead”: https://www.energymonitor.ai/sectors/power/europe-any-fears-of-a-coal-rebound-are-now-dead/

- Europe: Renewables in 2022 in five charts – and what to expect in 2023: https://www.energymonitor.ai/tech/renewables/europe-renewables-in-2022-in-five-charts-and-what-to-expect-in-2023/

via #EnergyMonitor

While 2022 saw some major challenges for power markets, they did not slow Europe’s transition to renewable electricity, shows a new @emberclimate report. A story told in five charts, by Isabeau van Halm: https://www.energymonitor.ai/tech/renewables/europe-renewables-in-2022-in-five-charts-and-what-to-expect-in-2023/ via #EnergyMonitor

Coal’s expected rebound in Europe didn't happen in 2022, shows a new @emberclimate report on EU electricity markets. Instead, there was more power from renewables, reports Isabeau van Halm: https://www.energymonitor.ai/sectors/power/europe-any-fears-of-a-coal-rebound-are-now-dead/ via #EnergyMonitor