Energy Update
Well, what was unthinkable just a short while ago is now the reality, and Donald Trump is President-elect of the United States, sending shockwaves across the U.S. and around the world. The press and social media are rife with speculation about which of the many and often conflicting positions he took during the campaign will become reality.
China’s aggregate wind power curtailment reached 39.47 billion kWh during the first nine months of 2016, according to data from the National Energy Administration of China. The country’s average wind power curtailment rate was 19 percent, down from 26 percent in the first quarter of 2016 and 21 percent in the first half of this year.
The U.S. Department of the Army announce in the Dec. 2 Federal Register that it has completed a Programmatic Environmental Assessment (PEA) for construction, operation, and maintenance of solar photovoltaic (PV) renewable energy projects on Army installations and is making the PEA and a draft Finding of No Significant Impact (FNSI) available for public comment.
McKinsey Energy Insights (MEI), the data and analytics specialist that provides distinctive insight and support to the global energy industry, forecasts that until 2020, global refining will move towards lower utilization and margins as capacity growth exceeds demand.
For those who are worried about the future of renewables following the reality of a Trump presidency, the news isn’t looking good. These are worrying times. Don’t let anyone tell you different. Rumors abound that he is looking to climate change deniers in selecting his energy secretary.
BRUSSELS, Dec 7 (Reuters) - The European Union will take
action on Thursday against seven nations including Germany and
Britain for failing to police car emissions rules, EU sources
said, after the Volkswagen cheating scandal showed suspicious
behaviour in the industry.
OTTAWA, Dec 7 (Reuters) - Canada's government and 10
provinces are set to agree a national carbon price on Friday,
doubling down on a bid to cut greenhouse gas emissions just
weeks before avowed climate change skeptic Donald Trump becomes
U.S. President.
WASHINGTON, Dec 7 (Reuters) - Donald Trump will pick an
ardent opponent of President Barack Obama's measures to curb
climate change as head of the Environmental Protection Agency, a
Trump transition team source said on Wednesday, a choice that
enraged green activists and cheered the oil industry.
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