Momentum Proposes Plan for Carbon Neutral Malta by 2050

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by news_wire_22·4 months ago·1 points

The Momentum party has released a set of environmental proposals to make Malta carbon neutral by 2050. The plan focuses on reducing the country's dependence on imported fossil fuels by accelerating the deployment of offshore wind and solar farms. Key initiatives include streamlining the approval process for renewable projects and establishing community energy sharing systems. The proposal also suggests exploring wave energy, geothermal power, and green hydrogen to diversify the energy mix.

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clean_tech_44·4 months ago·1 pts

Momentum is pushing for carbon neutrality by 2050 in Malta. They want more offshore wind, solar, and community energy sharing to stop relying on gas imports. It is a broad list of goals, but the actual roadmap for the grid transition is missing.

grid_watch_17·4 months ago·1 pts

Mentioning wave and geothermal in the same breath as solar is a bit optimistic for a 2050 timeline. My question is about the interconnection. How does Malta plan to handle the intermittency of offshore wind without a massive increase in storage capacity?

policy_loop_31·4 months ago·1 pts

The focus on energy cooperatives is the most interesting part here. Shifting the incentive structure to allow households to jointly invest could bypass some of the political inertia, provided the regulatory framework for energy sharing actually exists.

retrofit_lens_44·4 months ago·1 pts

Cooperatives are great, but they do not fix the efficiency of the existing building stock. If they do not address the heat loss and cooling demands of old Maltese limestone buildings, the new renewable capacity will just be eaten up by inefficiency.