There are a lot of complaints about holding COPs in such socially, politically, and technically laggard countries as Azerbaijan, but it does tend to speed them up some. Azerbaijan needs speeding up a lot.
Mukhtar Babayev, Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Azerbaijan . He is also a former oil executive. He has been picked to preside over the COP29 climate summit that will take place in 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan.
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Gas and oil make up two-thirds of Azerbaijan's GDP, making it one of the top ten most fossil fuel-dependent economies in the world.[1] Azerbaijan has some renewable energy projects.[2][3] These include hydropower, wind, and solar and biomass power plants.[4]
The country's currently installed renewable energy capacity is 4.5 MW.[5] Azerbaijan began installment of its first major solar plant in 2023.[6] The government of Azerbaijan aims to increase share of renewables in total electricity production to 30% by 2030.[7]
Azerbaijan reveals potential of renewable energy sources
Potential of renewable energy sources in the country exceeds25,400 megawatt, said Nurali Yusifbeyli, Vice-Present of the State Agency on Alternative and Renewable Energy Sources, while addressing the first Eurasian Conference of the International Association for Energy Economics (IAEE).
He further said that the potential of solar energy in the country is more than 8,000 megawatts, while the capacity of wind power and geothermal energy are 15,000 and 800 megawatts respectively.
That’s more like it. Actually doing something with it assumes a government interested in the interests of energy users, not just in how much can be skimmed off corrupt fossil fuel deals. As always, never mind what they say, watch what they do. (H/T Rachel Maddow)
Azerbaijan pursues clean energy to export more ‘god-given’ gas to Europe
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17/05/2024, 2:00pm
Baku rolls out its first large-scale renewables, but a rise in clean energy does not mean leaving fossil fuels in the ground
However, gas has begun its long decline to nothing and nowhere.
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How corrupt is Azerbaijan, you might ask? This is one of those “Flame Towers”.
The President helped build a hotel in Azerbaijan that appears to be a corrupt operation engineered by oligarchs tied to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard.
Reuters: US and China make progress in climate talks
China and the United States still have "some differences" on issues such as climate finance but have made progress in narrowing them during talks this week
Podesta said the two sides had "excellent discussions" on the upcoming COP29
where agreement on a major new fund to help developing countries will be a top priority.
The U.S. is seeking to broaden the fund's contributor base
the two countries also discussed their preparations to submit ambitious 2035 climate targets to the United Nations ahead of the deadline early next year.
"Notwithstanding some friction in our bilateral relationship, we can find places to collaborate for the good of our people and of our climate,"
During their meeting on Friday, Chinese foreign minister Wang told Podesta that he "hoped that the U.S. side would maintain policy stability", according to a summary of the meeting issued by China late on Friday.
That’s diplomat-speak for hoping that Harris and Walz win in November.
The US is actually lagging China on renewables, HVDC transmission lines, and especially electric cars.
Japan ate Detroit’s lunch and dinner way back when. Then it was Korea’s turn. Now it’s going to be China. Confiscatory tariffs won’t hold them off, now that EV manufacturing has gone global.
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IMF: Paying Africa's Climate Bill
The global need for investment to address the worst of climate change exceeds $1.3 trillion a year for the next decade. This amount will not address all climate issues; it will only avoid the worst effects.
The African Development Bank estimates that Africa needs to spend [invest] $3 trillion by 2030. For context, all sub-Saharan Africa combined had a GDP of $2 trillion in 2022. Even if you added the entire $1 trillion lending capacity of the IMF to the $400 billion lending portfolio of the World Bank, it is clear that the global financial institutions do not have the lending capacity to address climate change at the speed and scale needed.
So where are the 2023 numbers? What is COP29 proposing?
Sorry about the “dancing” oil guy, and whoever the others are supposed to be.
No decision from these countries yet. HINT: It won’t be enough, and then they won’t do it.
Azerbaijan reveals number imported e vehicles in eight years [paywalled]
From 2017 to 2023, Azerbaijan imported a total of 4,236 electric vehicles.
According to the State Statistics Committee, there were 579 electric vehicles in Azerbaijan in 2022, consisting of 570 passenger cars, 7 buses, and 2 trucks. By 2023, the total number of electric vehicles registered in the country reached 3,135, including 3,115 passenger cars, 15 buses, and 5 trucks.
So where did the other 1,000+ go? Were they exported again?
The next Renewable Friday will resume our regular astonishing series of tipping points toppling.
