5 spunti per approfondire (38/2024)

La rubrica settimanale con i consigli di lettura di RivistaEnergia.it, dall’Europa e dal mondo. Settimana 38/2024

“Australia has reached a trade agreement with the United Arab Emirates that is expected to boost shipments of agricultural products and resources, as well as provide Abu Dhabi with greater access to investment in green energy and critical minerals. Trade Minister Don Farrell announced the accord at a press conference in Canberra on Tuesday, marking the center-left Labor government’s first trade pact since coming to office in May 2022. The deal is expected to boost Australian exports by A$678 million ($458 million) annually, Farrell said.”

Australia, UAE Reach Trade Deal to Boost Exports, Investment
Articolo – Bloomberg

“South Sudan and Sudan have made progress towards restarting the pumping of South Sudan’s crude oil through a pipeline running to a port in its neighbour, South Sudan’s finance minister and the president’s office said. The exports are a crucial source of revenue for South Sudan and Sudan takes a cut of the oil as a transit fee. The main pipeline carrying oil from South Sudan through Sudan for export was halted in February because of damage stemming from a war between Sudan’s army and the Rapid Support Forces.”

South Sudan says it is ready to restart pumping oil through Sudan
Articolo – Reuters

“For much of the American shale boom of the last two decades, natural gas producers found that the more they pumped, the more demand grew, as cheaper gas displaced coal. But here in Pennsylvania — home to one of the largest U.S. gas deposits and a critical prize in the presidential election — that is no longer the case. The state’s hilly southwest, where gas extends beneath homes and river valleys, is so awash in the fuel that prices have cratered, drilling has slowed and thousands of jobs have disappeared.”

Big Energy Issue in Pennsylvania Is Low Natural Gas Prices. Not Fracking.
Articolo – The New York Times

“The host country for the upcoming UN COP29 climate summit skipped over the transition from fossil fuels in a list of priorities for the gathering in Azerbaijan, focusing instead on energy storage, waste methane and war. The “action agenda” of global initiatives and pledges that Azerbaijan plans to put forward in Baku in November includes a sixfold increase in battery storage capacity, sweeping expansions to electricity networks and cuts in emissions from methane from organic waste. It also includes a call for action plans for tourism and water. But it did not cover plans for the end of fossil fuel use in energy systems that was set down last year’s landmark pact in Dubai, where almost 200 countries struck an agreement then described as UN leadership as the “beginning of the end of the fossil fuel era”. The burning of fossil fuels is the single biggest contributor to climate change.”

COP29 host skips over fossil fuels to waste methane and energy storage
Articolo – Financial Times

“This Chapter examines the complex and heterogeneous nature of the energy security challenges faced by the 28 EU Member States. It considers whether collective action at an EU level to increase the deployment of renewable energy may be a solution to these challenges. The chapter critically analyses the current state of European energy security and the history of EU interventions into the renewable energy sector. It then examines whether the recent changes to European energy law and policy are likely to solve the EU’s energy security concerns by facilitating accelerated deployment of renewable energy. It concludes that given the complex economic and political circumstances in which the European Union currently finds itself, unless there are binding national targets and clear guidelines for implementing the 2030 target of 27 per cent renewable energy, it may be difficult to motivate all Member States to engage in collective action to accelerate their uptake of renewable energy. This could have serious implications for the energy security of the European Union, with levels of import dependency predicted to rise by 2030.”

From the climate change to war: the evolving role of renewable energy law and policy in meeting the EUs energy security challenges
Ricerca – Penelope Crossley

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