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#Energy and #Security are two finely intertwined topics. For example, let’s consider Sustainable Aviation Fuel #SAF. Both in its renewable and synthetic forms, SAF will be the key tool to decarbonize aviation, as it is a drop-in replacement for fossil kerosene that can be used on the existing fleet and logistics chain. This is recognized by #ReFuelEUAviation and other regulatory initiatives driven by decarbonization efforts. However, there is another relevant and little-known #advantage to SAF. As it is originated from waste or biomass (renewable SAF) or renewable energy and captured CO2 (e-SAF), it enables the development of fully domestic and localized fuel production chains. This is a truly remarkable feature from an #energy #security, #geoestrategic and #defence perspective. Glad to see that NATO and #allied #countries are analyzing this topic together with #academia and #industry.

MEMBERS OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ADOPT PLANS TO BOOST EUROPE’S NET-ZERO TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTION Last thrusday (25th of April), Parliament approved the Net-Zero industry Act to bolster EU production in technologies needed for decarbonisation. The "Net-Zero industry Act", already informally agreed upon with the Council, sets a target for Europe to produce 40% of its annual deployment needs in net-zero technologies by 2030, based on National Energy and Climate Plans (NECPs) and to capture 15% of the global market value for these technologies. A considerable amount of clean energy technology is needed to support reaching Europe’s 2030 and 2050 climate targets. Europe largely imports these technologies, and many non-EU countries have stepped up their efforts to expand their clean energy manufacturing capacity. Main takeaways: ✔ Aim is to make EU internal market fit for industrial decarbonisation ✔ The bill supports manufacturing of key technologies needed for EU’s climate and energy objectives ✔ Faster permitting procedures and establishing net-zero industry valleys ✔ New criteria for public procurement procedures, auctions for renewable energy sources ➡ Technologies to be supported include all renewable technologies, nuclear, industrial decarbonisation, grid, energy storage technologies, and biotech. The law will simplify the permitting process, setting maximum timelines for projects to be authorised depending on their scope and output. ➡ The agreement provides for the creation of "Net-Zero Acceleration Valleys" initiatives, speeding up the permitting process by delegating parts of the evidence collection for environmental assessments to member states. https://lnkd.in/dW4Ze_kQ #netzero #industry #act #technology #EU #renewableenergy #decarbonisation #permiting #energy #climatechange #cleanenergy #lowcarbon #energytransition

“The #UK still has a unique opportunity to create a new #energy future. Accelerating the re-purposing of the #NorthSea as a world-class, multi-energy basin will ensure the sector can power the country for decades to come. The prize for the UK to get this right is enormous. But to deliver this requires action and urgency, which means faster planning and consenting and access to the grid,” highlighted Professor Paul de Leeuw, Director of RGU’s Energy Transition Institute. #energytransition #oilgas #offshorewind #decarbonization #netzero #offshoreenergy Robert Gordon University

The next US Administration may be all about "drill, baby, drill", but one thing they will be doing is to drill for heat (ie geothermal). Which is why I have written so much about next-generation geothermal systems, esp for Ring of Fire countries like Indonesia and Philippines. I really believe geothermal is about to take off. But it's a very heavy capex sector and the right policies must be put into place to promote it. https://lnkd.in/gA4iqmyq

With deep geothermal wells becoming a reality, the UK needs to add them to the energy mix.

Geothermal energy, often seen as a “mature” but underutilized resource, is gaining renewed attention as a transformational solution in the U.S. energy mix. During Senator Lisa Murkowski for U.S. Senate’s discussion with DOE Secretary Nominee Chris Wright, the potential of innovative geothermal technologies like hot dry rock systems was spotlighted. These advancements aim to unlock the vast heat resources beneath our feet, offering scalable, low-carbon energy production for electricity and heating. Wright’s enthusiasm for driving geothermal forward, coupled with his commitment to bolstering Alaska’s abundant natural gas and renewable energy infrastructure, underscores the untapped potential of energy diversification. It's time to elevate geothermal from the shadows to a core pillar of America’s energy future. #GeothermalEnergy #EnergyInnovation #Energy #SustainableEnergy #EnergyTransition #EnergyPolicy #DOE #AlaskaEnergy #TexasEnergy #SuperHotRock #UltraDeep #HotDryRock #RenewableEnergy #EnergyLeadership #EnergySecurity #Drilling #DrillingInnovation Geek Mode Initiated: https://lnkd.in/g_NhdW5J https://lnkd.in/gMFczFiQ https://lnkd.in/gUudHUKF https://lnkd.in/gEZq2RxA https://lnkd.in/g9yhw34m https://lnkd.in/gpcSZ-F9 https://lnkd.in/gY5z62-a https://lnkd.in/gfEDC8yx

I have been re-reading an article that I recently co-authored with Arman Aghahosseini, Christian Breyer and a group of other very talented academics. The article was published in the highly respected journal Applied Energy (Impact Factor 10.1). "Energy system transition pathways to meet the global electricity demand for ambitious climate targets and cost competitiveness" presents a novel energy system modelling approach for the analysis and comparison of global #energytransition pathways for decarbonisation. ✅️ 9 global transition pathways are analysed for decarbonisation. ✅️ Input-output data of simulation models are remodelled by a cost-optimisation model. ✅️ The least-cost, highly diversified, and business-as-usual pathways are compared. ✅️ Pace, CO2 costs and energy diversity are found crucial across the scenarios. ✅️ Ambitious paths show competitive costs, ranging between 45.2 and 59.2 €/MWh by 2050. #Energy #SustainableEnergy #SDGs #COP29 Chris Stark Mark Jacobson David Toke Dave Jones Michael Mann Matthew Hannon Karen Turner Thomas Muinzer Energy Voice Gillian Martin Aberdeen Business School, RGU Brian Vad Mathiesen Henrik Lund

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Failed Green Energy Dreams: Time for Realistic Solutions The current green energy transition in the United States represents one of the US's most expensive and potentially damaging policy experiments. While environmental protection and climate change mitigation are crucial goals, implementation has ignored fundamental technical and economic realities. Grid stability presents an urgent challenge. The rapid retirement of reliable baseload power plants in favor of intermittent sources has created dangerous vulnerabilities. California and Texas have experienced blackouts due to over-reliance on weather-dependent wind and solar energy. Wind and solar typically operate at just 25-35% of nameplate capacity, requiring nearly 100% conventional backup. The environmental costs remain hidden but significant. Electric vehicle batteries each require processing 500,000 pounds of earth materials, while solar panel production in China relies heavily on coal power, and generates toxic waste. Green mandates have dramatically increased energy costs - Germany's energiewende resulted in electricity prices triple those in the US, while California residents face both high rates and reliability issues. Germany is paying for inefficient solar and wind, storage backup costs, and higher electricity prices. Technical limitations cannot be ignored. Current global battery production could store only minutes of US electricity needs, and the raw materials required for a wind/solar/battery grid would exceed known global reserves of critical minerals. Practical solutions must start with nuclear power as our primary carbon-free baseload energy source. We need streamlined regulatory approval for new plants, particularly small modular reactors, and speeding up their development, extending licenses for existing facilities, and increased research investment. Strategic fossil fuel management, particularly efficient natural gas plants, must provide reliable backup while we develop better storage technologies. Renewable integration should proceed where geographically and economically viable, but projects must include storage or backup power. We must end subsidies that distort market signals and replace arbitrary renewable mandates with technology-neutral carbon reduction goals. Success requires abandoning ideologically driven policies in favor of practical solutions based on current technology and economic realities. Only by following the science and economics, rather than political narratives, can we build a truly sustainable energy future. #EnergyPolicy #GridReliability #NuclearEnergy #RenewableEnergy #EnergyTransition #Sustainability #PowerGrid #CleanEnergy #EnergyStorage #Infrastructure #ClimateAction #Innovation #EnergyIndependence #SmallModularReactors #GreenTech #PowerGeneration #EnergyEfficiency #CriticalMinerals #UtilitySector #TechnologyInnovation