Sophie Coste

Feb 8, 2024 | naturalgasworld.com | Gracelin Baskaran |Sophie Coste

Achieving Universal Energy Access in Africa amid Global Decarbonization [GGP] Universal access to electricity and clean cooking remains an elusive goal for most states in the region: in 2022, 600 million people lacked access to electricity on the continent, 98 percent of them located in sub-Saharan Africa.

Jan 31, 2024 | csis.org | Gracelin Baskaran |Sophie Coste

The Issue Africa is the most energy-deficient continent in the world, as it hosts 75 percent of the world’s population without access to electricity.[1] Universal access to electricity and clean cooking remains an elusive goal for most states in the region: in 2022, 600 million people lacked access to electricity on the continent, 98 percent of them located in sub-Saharan Africa.[2] There is an urgent need for intervention given Africa’s population of 1.4 billion is forecasted to reach 2.5...

Nov 17, 2023 | csis.org | Ben Cahill |Allegra Dawes |Mathias Zacarias |Sophie Coste

Methane challenges vary between the oil and gas, agriculture, and waste industries, but there are common problems. Experience in the oil and gas industry suggests that investor and public pressure on agriculture and landfills will grow, especially if the hydrocarbon sector begins to make larger strides toward methane mitigation over the medium term and beyond.

Sep 14, 2023 | csis.org | Allegra Dawes |Sophie Coste

State Strategies for Workforce DevelopmentAs with many clean energy technologies and supply chains, the Biden administration has tied the expansion of offshore wind to the creation of new well-paying jobs. Meeting the administration’s target of deploying 30 GW of offshore wind by 2030 is projected to create thousands of new jobs, including 44,000 positions in offshore wind and 33,000 jobs in communities supported by offshore wind activity.

Jul 28, 2023 | csis.org | Ben Cahill |Sophie Coste

The DOE has valid concerns over the authorization overhang, and the April policy statement does not signal a radical change. Seven years seems a reasonable amount of time for project promoters to prove their commercial viability. As the DOE pointed out, all of the large-scale LNG export projects currently in operation began commercial operations before their seven-year commencement deadline.