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Can electric vehicles deliver a just energy transition?
The growing EV sector promises to end our reliance on oil, but its benefits may not be evenly distributed worldwide…
14 September 2022
The growing EV sector promises to end our reliance on oil, but its benefits may not be evenly distributed worldwide…
LNG production can be a boon to East African nations, but security risks and institutional gaps will pose hurdles to growth…
Immediately after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, world oil prices jumped above US$100 per barrel, hitting US$130 for Brent crude on March 8…
The United Kingdom attempts to balance energy and climate security by extending the productive use of its North Sea oil and gas fields…
Russia has long been foreseeing a shift toward Asia when it comes to exporting its fossil fuels, but it was by no means prepared to lose the European market…
Small modular reactors could make nuclear energy accessible to more countries, but their viability still has to be tested on a wider scale.
Many technologies needed for the green transition exist, but there are still significant hurdles before they can be deployed at the scale needed to reach net-zero emissions in the coming decades.
After a brief sluggish period in August 2021, when oil prices reversed the gains made in June and July, by the fall prices regained momentum.
It is hard to imagine that natural gas was once an unwanted fuel. “What is worse than finding a dry hole? A gas discovery!” – early oil explorers reportedly quipped.
Iraq is a textbook example of the problems of high dependence on a single sector – that is, hydrocarbons. In fact, the Iraqi economy is one of the most oil dependent in the world.
Modern history is peppered with energy shocks, shortages, price spikes and panics.
In its latest climate change assessment, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) – the United Nations body for assessing the science related to climate change – concluded that “human influence has warmed the climate at a rate that is unprecedented in at least the last 2000 years.