Renewable energy

Voor personenvoertuigen drie vergelijkbare opties met goede klimaatprestaties

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

By / / 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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Quick scan on sustainable biomass supply-chains

By / / Analysis, Bio-based economy, Biomass, Landscape approach, Projects, Renewable energy, Social development, Sustainable development

For: Solidaridad [Sep – Dec 2019] Solidaridad is an development NGO that works towards sustainable production of various agro-based commodities. In particular, the organization aims at strengthening the social conditions and structures of smallholders at the beginning of supply chains. This project was about exploring in a quick scan the

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Support to development of strategic positioning in a low-carbon context

By / / Analysis, Bio-based economy, Biofuels, Circular economy, Climate change, E-fuels, Electric mobility, Greenhouse gas emissions, Low carbon fuels, Policy, Projects, Renewable energy, Renewable fuels, Road transport, Scenario, Shipping sector, Transport sector

For: FinCo Fuel Group BV [Mar – Dec 2019] studio Gear Up provided regulatory and technological insights on the policy and market developments of renewable Fuels to FinCo Fuel Group as input for an evaluation on a possible strategic positioning of the company in a changing contextual environment.

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Expert advisor to the Alternative and Renewable Transport Fuels Forum

By / / Aviation sector, Biofuels, Climate change, E-fuels, Heavy Duty vehicles, Low carbon fuels, Passenger cars, Projects, Renewable energy, Renewable fuels, Road transport, Shipping sector, Transport sector

For: European Commission [Jan 2019 – now] The Alternative and Renewable Transport Fuels Forum (ART Fuels Forum) is a forum initiated by DG Energy and DG MOVE of the European Commission in which European production industry, transport end user industry and other stakeholders explore policy and market issues impacting the

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European Green Deal: don’t overlook liquids!

By / / 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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EU is challenged to curb its rising energy consumption

By / / Analysis, Climate change, Publications, Renewable energy

Eurostat published early 2019 a press release that in 2017 energy consumption in the EU, again, has increased 1% compared to the year before. For three years in a row now energy consumption in EU28 is increasing. This makes it more difficult to achieve the energy efficiency improvement target. In

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