5 spunti per approfondire (36/2024)

La rubrica settimanale con i consigli di lettura di RivistaEnergia.it, dall’Europa e dal mondo. Settimana 36/2024

“Europe’s datacenter boom is a welcome demand boost for utilities, but as the rollout of artificial intelligence gathers pace, questions are being asked about the technology’s impact on grids, electricity prices and society at large. According to Adair Turner, chair of the Energy Transitions Commission (ETC) think tank, datacenter electricity usage could become a practical and moral problem in the coming years. While the ETC expects sufficient clean energy to become available in the long term, power-hungry datacenters could burden consumers with higher prices until the supply of clean energy can catch up.”

Sustainability questions could put guardrails on Europe’s datacenter boom
Articolo – S&P Global

“Announcing its plans for what could be called TurkStream 2 on Aug. 21, Turkey finally dropped all pretenses. According to the country’s energy minister, Alparslan Bayraktar, the state-owned gas monopoly BOTAŞ would now be able export around 7 to 8 billion cubic meters (bcm) of natural gas through Bulgaria to Central Europe under a new brand called “Turkish Blend,” mixing gas from various sources.”

Closing the backdoor: The new TurkStream is here. Can the West stop it?
Articolo – Politico

“The Japanese government on Friday agreed to take several steps to secure local consent for restarting Tokyo Electric Power’s (Tepco) Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant, including reinforcing evacuation measures in the area. Tepco has been eager to bring the world’s largest nuclear power plant by generation capacity back online to slash operating costs, but still requires local consent.”

Japan government agrees to measures to help restart Tepco’s nuclear reactor
Articolo – Reuters

“Egypt is seeking to buy 20 cargoes of liquefied natural gas starting in October, marking the first time in years it will import the fuel in the run up to winter. State-owned Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation issued a tender for 17 cargoes for its floating import terminal at Ain Sukhna and three more cargoes to be delivered into neighboring Aqaba, Jordan, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Egypt is seeking the deliveries from October to December, the people said.”

Egypt Seeks to Import LNG for Winter as Its Gas Output Plunges
Articolo – Bloomberg

“This book discusses the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine on the European Union’s climate and energy policy. By examining the positions of the various actors involved, the book analyses whether the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine has contributed to greater unity, decarbonisation, and security of energy supply, and if not, whether these crises prompted member states to turn inwards and opt for national solutions to climate and energy challenges. It thus provides a new outlook for EU energy policy in relation to the experience of the two crises. This book will be of key interest to scholars, students and practitioners of climate and energy policy, energy security, EU policy, and more broadly to energy politics, European integration and European Union governance.”

EU Energy and Climate Policy after COVID-19 and the Invasion of Ukraine
Libro – Matúš Mišík, Andrea Figulová

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