Solving the coal puzzle

Lessons from four years of coal phase-out policy in Europe

Playing With Fire

An assessment of company plans to burn biomass in EU coal power stations

The A-B-C of BCAs

An overview of the issues around introducing Border Carbon Adjustments in the EU

Coal mine methane leaks are worse for climate change than all shipping and aviation

New IEA World Energy Outlook shows coal mine methane leaks add up to a third to emissions from coal

Coal Free Kingdom

UK election manifestos should commit to take the UK fully coal-free, including in industry, finance, and domestic heating – ready for next year’s COP26 in Glasgow

The cash cow has stopped giving: Are Germany’s lignite plants now worthless?

Our new research finds German lignite gross profits collapsed 54% so far in 2019. With lignite now loss-making, the case for Gov. compensation has collapsed

Hydro CERs and the EU ETS

The UNFCCC separates CDM and joint implementation (JI) project credits into 15 sectoral scope types. These sectoral scopes broadly differentiate the different project types, however, they do not always provide the most useful definitions, for example renewable and non-renewable project are included under the same sectoral type. For this reason Sandbag has further broken down the UN definitions into more detailed project types. This makes it clear what type of emissions reductions credits are entering the EU ETS and also makes the data more accessible for the lay person.

Skills

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September 1, 2010