[email protected] quoted me arguing that in my view a lot of the bureaucratization is due to a power struggle between Brussels and member states 1-National policies become more complex to navigate EU rules that protect the single market (eg, nat capacity mechanisms). www.politico.eu/article/ursu...

It may be surprising that the EU's Climate Law - including the net 90% target for 2040 - passed in the European Parliament. A closer look at the adopted text explains why those in the EPP who favour weaker climate ambition could support the deal and did not vote with the far-right parties. /1

I wrote on Russia's cyber-attack against Poland's energy system in December, why it suggests a more aggressive Russian approach to disrupting critical infrastructure in Europe, and why the involvement of the FSB, Russia's security service, is bad news. www.economist.com/europe/2026/...

Russia launched its worst-ever attack on Ukraine's nuclear-connected substations on Feb. 7, cutting the volume of electricity generated by the country's nuclear power by around 50%, Vitaliy Zaichenko, CEO of Ukrenergo, the state grid operator, told the Kyiv Independent.

Updated @bruegel.org European gas import data for week 5, 2026 I spoke with @nytimes.com about Europe’s growing reliance on US gas 📰 www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/b... 📊 Download January LNG data: www.bruegel.org/dataset/euro...

As German media continue to worry about low gas storage volumes, EU gas markets go 🤷.

As German media continue to worry about low gas storage volumes, EU gas markets go 🤷.

European natural gas demand bounced back slightly in December 2025. Low prices and a drop in wind led to more gas burned for power. Slight growth in industrial demand too. www.bruegel.org/dataset/euro...

Germany substantially increased direct LNG imports, and import capacity during the past three years. Nominally, there is still a lot of underutilised import capacity.

Ukraine’s gas supply crisis last year wasn't just external - it was largely "home-made." In her new GDU piece, Agata Loskot-Strachota argues that market dysfunction stalled storage volumes. Urgent reforms are the only way to sustainably secure future supply. greendealukraina.org/products/ana...

Shmyhal : "Today at 10:42 a.m., a technical failure occurred, causing a simultaneous shutdown of the 400 kV line between RO and MD and the 750 kV line between the western and central parts of UA. This caused a cascade shutdown in Ukraine's power grid. Nuclear power plant units were unloaded".

Es ist unerträglich. Wo bleibt die Reaktion des Westens? Wollte Merz nicht Taurus schicken, wenn Putin die ukrainische Bevölkerung so terrorisiert? ME könnte und müsste man Russlands Ölexportinfrastruktur sehr empfindlich treffen - und dann würde Putins Terror auch schnell wieder aufhören.

This is insane. Kyiv has been under an intense russian drone attack for more than 4h now. In broad daylight, russia executes a city of 4M people. With full impunity, russia destroys Ukraine. #russiaisaterroriststate

Investigators on Berlin Blackout "are in the dark" and are now offering a € 1,000,000 reward for information.

🆕 EU natural gas demand bounced back slightly as TTF prices fell < €30 / MWh toward the end of 2025. This repeats the pattern of winter 23/24. After summer months of demand ≈ 20% down on pre-crisis 2019-21 AVG, winter months are ≈ 10% down

US LNG export capacity could double in just three years 📈, while EU demand is set to continue its downward trend 📉. Doesn’t exactly sound like a seller’s market.

Last week saw record LNG imports - have a look at our gas imports tracker for more details (thx @keliauskaite.bsky.social for updating).

Recently we were at 9g silver per kW solar panel (thx @solarchase.bsky.social) -> at today's elevated silver prices this is close to 25€ in silver, per kW.

My GDU colleague Rouven Stubbe had a first look into the actual impact of live-CBAM, using data from real-time electricity trading. And the distortions are pretty visible! www.linkedin.com/posts/rouven...

During the past weeks more LNG arrived in the EU than at the same time a year ago.

This is unbelievably sad news. Oleksii Brekht was acting CEO of Ukraine’s transmission system operator, Ukrenergo, during the turbulent and challenging first half of 2025. He died defending his country’s power system - a role that no civilian energy professional should ever be forced to assume.

I came across a useful Wikipedia page compiling various polling results for #Hungary’s April parliamentary elections, which strongly suggest that “he who pays the piper calls the tune.” en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion...

"Personalities linked to Trump are leading negotiations on a European contract to build a gas pipeline": [this is how the... by RTBF in Belgium

€: Everyone knows Germany's "Industriestrompreis". These "broad, uncoordinated national subsidy schemes … risk fragmenting the internal market,” the Austrian letter warns. However, whilst complaining, Vienna launched its own industry subsidy tariff “modelled after the German scheme”.

In the EU, at current withdrawal rates (10 TWh/day) storage volume (643 TWh) will last till mid March. But if fast storage depletion continues - at some moment EU prices will rise - attracting more LNG-tankers and lowering demand -> then storage withdrawal will slow.

Ugne wraps up the Bruegel gas imports tracker for 2025: - more imports (primarily from the US) - less gas in storage - higher implied gas demand

A coordinated assault on critical heat, water, and electricity lifelines serving a city of several million people during freezing temperatures is a calculated cruelty. Such a barbaric 'strategy' must not be allowed to succeed. kyivindependent.com/4-injured-ru...

There is about 20g of #silver in a 1 kW solar panel. The price of 20 g silver has tripled from €14 to €40 in the last two years. -> At a module cost of 100€/kW silver would be about 40% of the module cost. Good news: most silver in new PV can be replaced by copper www.pv-tech.org/wp-content/u...

Instead of about 25 LNG vessels in late 2024, the US now sends out about 35 LNG vessels per week. Accordingly, US LNG exports are now about 40% higher than one year ago.

The US Energy Information Administration coincidentally plans to update its Country Briefing on the Venezuelan energy sector next month. But already the current 2/2024 version is very insightful (really hope the high-quality, quite independent work can be kept up): www.eia.gov/internationa... 1/5

Kyiv in darkness. Blackouts in most districts, the city is in darkness from the Russian strikes. Emergency and planned power outages have been introduced. Many shops, pharmacies work from generators Russia terrorizes millions of people. 📹Galyna Lapina

Important power lines are typically configured as closed loops, so that a failure at one location still allows (almost) all substations to be supplied. The Berlin arson attack appears to have targeted a point where both lines run in parallel (the channel crossing). openinframap.org#12.41/52.429...

We see already the third large-scale power outage in Berlin in three years due to an arson attack: 2024 (Tesla), 2025 (Adlershof), 2026 (Zehlendorf). Now, 35k households without electricity and often heating for several days, during freezing temperatures. www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/strom...

For the first time since 2019, EU gas imports in 2025 structurally increased compared to the previous year - and this increase is essentially covered by US LNG.

See how Europe is concluding 2025 with updated data from @bruegel.org European gas imports tracker for week 50, 2025. www.bruegel.org/dataset/euro...

One question on #GridsPackage would be: Do all highways follow the North Star? [here, what it is about www.euractiv.com/news/brussels-pitches-north-star-for-eu-power-grid-planning-to-rein-in-electricity-prices/ by @nkurmayer.bsky.social ]

Poland secured the right to provide state aid to its first nuclear power plant: - equity injection of 30% of project cost - 100% state guarantees - and a guaranteed price of 120€/MWh ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

Very interesting project by @bruegel.org here. Remarkable differences still in market value across Europe.

We launched our @bruegel.org EU Renewables Value Tracker based on great work by @mariejuge.bsky.social & @aroth.bsky.social: www.bruegel.org/dataset/eu-renewables-value-track Five insights 🧵: 1) The value of additional solar plants in south-east Europe and particularly Italy is still very high.

✨ NEW DATASET: EU renewables value tracker 📊 This new tracker quantifies and visualises the economic value of EU variable renewable energy sources. 🖊️ Compiled by @mariejuge.bsky.social, @aroth.bsky.social and @gzachmann.bsky.social 🔗 Explore the dataset here: buff.ly/g2rTPT3 #EconSky

My positive read of yesterday’s agreement: by handing control 🔑 of Russian gas to Brussels, we prevent member states from being played against each other ... also in the future. youtu.be/eXF3EkzHy0A?...

EU reached a provisional agreement to ban RU gas, with LNG on 1 January 2027 and pipeline on 30 September 2027. See current gas imports at @bruegel.org European gas imports tracker: -Weekly RU gas via Turkstream at record seasonal levels -RU LNG in November increased www.bruegel.org/dataset/euro...

My positive read of yesterday’s agreement: by handing control 🔑 of Russian gas to Brussels, we prevent member states from being played against each other ... also in the future. youtu.be/eXF3EkzHy0A?...

My quick take on last night's agreement by Council and Parliament on phasing out Russian gas. [let's hope I did not miss any big loophole]: www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...

As reported in DER SPIEGEL my GreenDealUkraїna colleagues prepared a briefing on the state of the Ukrainian energy system ahead of the winter, based on publicly available sources. The situation has rapidly deteriorated, but it isn’t beyond saving. www.linkedin.com/posts/green-...

As reported in DER SPIEGEL my GreenDealUkraїna colleagues prepared a briefing on the state of the Ukrainian energy system ahead of the winter, based on publicly available sources. The situation has rapidly deteriorated, but it isn’t beyond saving. www.linkedin.com/posts/green-...

My highlights from our new Capacity Mechanism - Policy Brief. www.linkedin.com/pulse/new-br...

The importance of the internal electricity market to balance the German electricity system is increasing fast. When demand is high and/or wind & solar generation low (i.e., residual demand is high) Germany imports. When wind & solar generation is high and/or demand low Germany exports.

My highlights from our new Capacity Mechanism - Policy Brief. www.linkedin.com/pulse/new-br...

Let’s hope megaphone diplomacy is used to persuade, not to assign blame.