
Times letters: High energy prices and the switch to net zero
Sir, You argue in your editorial (“Power Up”, Dec 28) that “supply constraints would not now be biting so hard if western governments had scaled up investment in new technologies”.
Sir, You argue in your editorial (“Power Up”, Dec 28) that “supply constraints would not now be biting so hard if western governments had scaled up investment in new technologies”.
In its latest climate change assessment, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) – the United Nations body for assessing the science related to climate change – concluded that “human influence has warmed the climate at a rate that is unprecedented in at least the last 2000 years.
Today, hardly any energy-related discussion can go without a mention of the energy transition. The focus is on greening the world’s primary energy and electricity mixes…
Hydrogen has become the linchpin of green energy transition strategies in many parts of the world. However, there is still no infrastructure that could accommodate wide-scale hydrogen use, and fossil fuels remain the most common energy source for production…
The Covid-19 crisis has not diminished the momentum of ambitious climate and energy targets and policies; if anything, this pursuit continues to grow as more governments are determined to “build back better…
Today, many believe that COVID-19 has pressed the green accelerator at the expense of conventional fuels which face a heightened risk of an imminent decline…
“A crisis like no other.” This is how the International Monetary Fund (IMF) described the COVID-19 crisis, which hit the world economy like a tsunami, imposing unparalleled financial pain
Nigeria has long been battling structural problems, particularly in its economy and oil sector. The Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent economic shocks only magnified them.
Dr Valentina Dedi, Panagiotis Mavroeidis-Kamperis Last December, in alignment with the European Union (EU) legislation, Greece submitted a revised version of its 10-year National Plan