May 18, 2018 European Union, Renewable energy The Renewable Energy Directive: Wasting renewable electricity? To make the most of the steadily growing renewable power and address the urgent need to tackle climate change, renewable electricity sources […]
May 17, 2018 Electric mobility, European Union, Future energy system Bellona welcomes EU Battery Strategy but concrete actions must follow BRUSSELS, 17 May 2018 – The European Commission has today published its third and final mobility package, consisting of a number of key […]
May 15, 2018 Carbon Capture and Storage, Climate change Norway Industrial CCS – Budget 2018. Research to continue, Government to proceed with at least one facility but investment decision deferred On Tuesday 15th May the Norwegian Government presented its revised Budget proposal to Parliament. The proposal sees new funding announced […]
May 3, 2018 Energy storage, Future energy system, Renewable energy Battery production in Innlandet county, Norway Access to cheap, renewable energy and specialized expertise creates great business opportunities for a large-scale production of high […]
April 16, 2018 Climate change, Transport Letter: Environmental safeguards needed for CCU fuels in the Renewable Energy Directive In light of the trilogue on the RED II taking place in early May, Bellona has, together with Transport&Environment, Zero Waste Europe, […]
April 13, 2018 Carbon Capture and Storage, Climate change, Industrial Pollution Building with Low Carbon Cement is Affordable Recent studies looking at cement production, which accounts for around 5% of global CO2 emissions (ECA, 2018), show that costs associated […]
March 23, 2018 Electric mobility, European Union, Future energy system Transitioning from niche to reality: revised EU legislation can foster mass replication of electric bus success stories Buses carry around half of all public transport passengers, accounting for around 8% of the EU’s transport emissions. As part of the […]
March 16, 2018 Climate change, European Union, Transport IPCC Conference: Transport and cities key for decarbonisation The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change held a conference in Edmonton, Canada earlier this month to discuss recent findings and share […]
March 8, 2018 Carbon Capture and Storage, Climate change Will changes to the US Budget Act of 2018 incentivise CCS in the US? CCS in the US has over the past decade or so been primarily linked to enhanced oil recovery (EOR) as its main driver. The recently passed […]
February 6, 2018 Carbon Capture and Storage Unlocking learning potential and wider applications in emission reducing solutions Alexander Bell, the founding father of the American telephone, once noted that “great discoveries and improvements invariably involve the […]
January 22, 2018 Electric mobility, Transport From vision to reality: Norway to fly fully electric by 2040 It may sound like something out of a science fiction movie, however, Norway’s newly announced pledge to electrify all planes in the next […]
January 19, 2018 Electric mobility, European Union, Transport Rapid technological progress paves way for electric freight While the EU is slowly undertaking first legislative steps towards decarbonisation of heavy duty transport, the progress is already well […]
January 18, 2018 Carbon Capture and Storage, Industrial Pollution Norwegian-Swedish climate cooperation on carbon capture and storage (CCS) and ‘green’ construction materials Norway and Sweden, Oslo and Gothenburg, must join forces for CO2 management; it is key for important emission cuts. In addition, the public […]
January 18, 2018 Climate change, European Union EU Parliament concludes synthetic low carbon fuels should indeed be low carbon Yesterday, the European Parliament voted on the growth of renewable energy in the coming decade. Of all the big issues on the radar, the […]
January 11, 2018 Electric mobility, European Union, Transport Newly agreed EU buildings law to require buildings’ “readiness” for electric vehicles BRUSSELS- After lengthy negotiations the European Parliament and EU Member States late last month came to an agreement over new rules […]
January 11, 2018 European Union, Fossil fuels, Transport Synthetic fossil fuels: A dieselgate 2.0 in the making? Audi, the German car manufacturer, is pitching ‘e-fuels’ as a clean alternative to produce petrol, diesel or gas, without having to […]
January 9, 2018 Electric mobility, Industrial Pollution, The Kola Mining and Metallurgy Combine Consumers demand transparency on the origin of heavy metals used in batteries Bellona believes Norway should be pushing to establish an international system for tracking materials used in batteries. Nickel, which is […]
December 18, 2017 Electric mobility, Future energy system, Transport Bellona gets green light for projects to electrify construction machinery OSLO – 15 December, a critical step was made towards emission free construction sites: Two pilot projects initiated by Bellona in […]
December 14, 2017 European Union, Future energy system, Transport What to expect from the Bulgarian EU Council Presidency on the climate and energy front BRUSSELS – From 1 January 2018 Bulgaria will be taking over the six-month presidency of the Council of the European Union for the first […]
December 12, 2017 Carbon Capture and Storage, Future energy system, Ukraine New Bellona report presents opportunities for Ukraine in a low-carbon future Ukraine has in recent years dealt with many more challenges than opportunities. The economic situation in the country has fluctuated over […]
