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Hoe in het Klimaatakkoord de doelstelling voor mobiliteit verdween

By / 15/07/2020 / Analysis, Carbon emissions, Climate change, Greenhouse gas emissions, Netherlands, Publications, Transport sector

Bij de aanvang van de klimaatakkoord-tafels in 2018 had ‘Mobiliteit’ de opdracht om 7 Mton reductie in 2030 te bereiken.[1] De maatregelen in het uiteindelijk vastgestelde Klimaatakkoord (zomer 2019) leveren niet deze reductie op. Onderstaande tabel is belangrijk. Het Klimaatakkoord wilde, conform energieakkoord en regeerakkoord, bij aanvang op maximaal 25 …

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Ongoing dominance of fossil oil in EU28 energy consumption

By / 15/07/2020 / Analysis, Energy consumption, EU28, Publications

Analysing the public data set of BP on the 2020 World Energy Statistics provides interesting insights. The data set starts with information from the year 1965 and thus provides more than half a century of data on energy production and consumption from national level, continental level (e.g. European Union), up …

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Voor personenvoertuigen drie vergelijkbare opties met goede klimaatprestaties

By / 15/07/2020 / Analysis, Electric mobility, Low carbon fuels, Netherlands, Publications, Renewable energy

In een analyse van studio Gear Up naar brandstofkosten versus CO2-emissie-uitstoot van personenvoertuigen blijkt dat moderne dieselvoertuigen (Euro 6) met 100% hernieuwbare diesel de minste CO2-emissies hebben per 100 gereden kilometers. Gevolgd door elektrisch rijden, de optie die tegelijkertijd ook lagere energiekosten heeft per 100 km. Opvallend is dat de …

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studio Gear Up welcomes new partner Carlo Hamelinck

By / 02/04/2020 / Analysis, Bio-based, Bio-based economy, Biofuels, Circular economy, Climate change, EU28, Greenhouse gas emissions, Netherlands, Policy, Publications, RED, Renewable energy, Renewable fuels, Scenario

1st April 2020 Carlo Hamelinck has joined studio Gear Up as one of the three partners. Carlo’s more than twenty years experience in sustainable bioenergy and international consultancy services is a valuable addition to the service portfolio of studio Gear Up. Carlo will dedicate his strategic thinking to what both …

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2019 is a disruptive year in Dutch new car sales

By / 26/05/2020 / Analysis, Electric mobility, Netherlands, Passenger cars, Publications, Renewable energy, Renewable fuels, Road transport, Transport sector

Sales of electric vehicle shake up the Dutch passenger car market. 2019 sees for the first time in new car sales the bestselling model electric rather than a combustion engine. A popular website in the Netherlands for passenger car information – Autoweek.nl – keeps record of the best selling passenger …

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Dutch Minister wants an obligation for sustainable aviation fuels

By / 31/03/2020 / Aviation sector, Biofuels, Climate change, EU28, Netherlands, Policy, Publications, Renewable energy

Within three years from now, airplanes in Europe should be obliged to partially use sustainable aviation fuels, says Cora van Nieuwenhuizen, Dutch Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management. studio Gear Up, together with E4tech, provided the underlying analysis. Together with a group of EU Member States Van Nieuwenhuizen wants to …

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2030 CO2 emission targets in transport demand 30% reduction of fossil fuels use

By / 24/02/2020 / Biofuels, Climate change, Electric mobility, ESR, EU28, Policy, Publications, RED, Renewable fuels, Road transport, Scenario, Transport sector

To achieve the 2030 CO2 emission reduction targets that are in line with the Effort Sharing Regulation (ESR), fossil energy use in transport will have to be capped to a level of maximum 9 thousand PJ, nearly 30% lower than the 2017 amount of 12,7 thousand PJ. The current targets …

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18% renewable energy in EU28 by 2018 – 82% to go

By / 26/02/2020 / Electricity sector, Heating and cooling sector, Policy, Publications, Renewable energy, Transport sector

18% renewable energy in total energy use in EU28 by 2018, show data of Eurostat. So more than 80% still fossil. We have to gear up.   Renewable use in heating an cooling provides largest contribution (> 100 Mtoe) in energy demand. Heating and cooling is half of all energy needs …

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EV-target achieved one year earlier, but 2020 is a year to watch

By / 26/02/2020 / Electric mobility, Netherlands, Passenger cars, Policy, Publications

11% of 2019-registered passenger cars in The Netherlands have a plug Early December 2019, at the time of this blog, data by RVO on new car registrations up to November indicate that The Netherlands have achieved one of the targets agreed in the Green Deal Electric Transport 2016-2020. For 2020 …

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European Green Deal: don’t overlook liquids!

By / 26/02/2020 / Biofuels, Climate change, E-fuels, Greenhouse gas emissions, Publications, Renewable energy, Renewable fuels, Road transport, Transport sector

[Blog for Friends of Europe] To bring down greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions – in the context of the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement to keep the world’s temperature rise well below 2°C and preferably below 1.5°C – the share of renewable energy in the power and the transport sector needs to …

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