At Clean Cooking Forum #CCF2022 in Accra, US announce awarding 2.1 M$ to @BurnMfg expansion to West Africa. Burn was a @EEP_Africa grantee 2014-2016: youtu.be/9Z8p1OjP0Lg?t=… eepafrica.org/Portfolio/burn…

The military junta in #Myanmar plans to procure a small #nuclear reactor from #Russia. I would be surprised if nuclear safety and non-proliferation concerns caused any delays in this partnership. irrawaddy.com/specials/junta…

Biogas for 2,050 €/kg Natural gas for 3,220 €/kg Glad that Finland didn't #CutTheGreenCrap.

This #EnergyCrisis will boost #PositiveEnergyDistricts and #Prosumers. People will buy excess heat and power from neighbors rather than utilities they can`t trust. Once #energyCommunities laws are in place, utilities will lose monopoly and struggle. nytimes.com/2022/09/01/bus…

With every weather forecast, we should also be informed on day-ahead power prices

After shower, wiping the floor & wall with a rubber squeegee instead of evaporating the water with floor heating can save 0,1 kWh in just a few seconds. #energytip

It is both fair and more incentivising that reducing indoor temperatures by 2-3 °C is rewarded with lower heating bills. But Finland lobbied against measuring apartment-specific heat consumption in multi-family residential buildings. Heat was considered too cheap to meter.

Jos jostain pitäisi ALV poistaa niin #aurinkosähkö -laitteista. #Sähköhinta on vielä keväälläkin korkea, ja korkeimmillaan keskipäivisin. #Energiatransitio´on käytetään paljon julkisia varoja, joista kotitaloudetkin ansaitsevat osansa. #prosumer #energiayhteisö #kansalaisenergia

My work on climate & energy development in Myanmar became extremely complicated because of the military coup. I have now returned to @Ulkoministerio in Helsinki, working as adviser for energy sector development interventions, the same position I held until 2019.

High fuel price in Myanmar increases demand for #bicycles. Imported Japanese 2nd hand cycles are popular, as they are more durable than Chinese. Compared to Thailand, there are lots of electric bicycles as prices are affordable (under 200€). gnlm.com.mm/used-bikes-fro…

Hydro power plants, even small ones, should have proper environmental & social impact assessments done and consult local communities for free, prior and informed consent. Dams can have devastating effects on river ecology and local livelihoods. myanmar-now.org/en/news/junta-…

EU wind power manufacturers struggle with Asian competition. Moventas (gears) lays off 60 in FIN:Nordex (blades) lays off 600 in DE:Policitians shouldn't choose winners, but when they do they should at least choose wisely ndr.de/nachrichten/me… yle.fi/uutiset/3-1251…

Former Thai finance minister claims oil refineries have increased margins 10-fold and wants to 'windfall-tax' their profits into the Oil Fuel Fund that spends 20m USD per day to cap diesel price. Oil companies disagree, say this would 'distort market'. bangkokpost.com/business/23359…

#Myanmar and #Rosatom discuss ’production of equipment using Russia’s #nuclear energy technology’ Meaning what? Even basic solar tenders keep failing in Myanmar, so please not a nuclear reactor again! Tracing or medical isotopes? gnlm.com.mm/20-6-2022/#art… myanmar-now.org/en/news/myanma…

Couldn't agree more with Guterres: -Enduring power imbalances and patriarchy continue to fail us -Women's right to equal participation at all levels is essential for building and maintaining peace -Misogyny and authoritarianism are mutually reinforcing mizzima.com/article/un-chi…

Thailand increases electricity tariffs from 3,5 to 4 THB (9,4 to 10,7 €-cnt) per kWh due to higher LNG costs. 20bn THB (530 M€) are used monthly to subsidise electricity, 10% of which is generated by gas from Myanmar, enriching the military junta. bangkokpost.com/business/23296…

The #Olkiluoto3 nuclear power plant delayed. Again. Appears unrelated to Taishan problem or neutron flux anomaly. yle.fi/uutiset/3-1249…

Energy projects in Myanmar fail to attract private investors and energy services do not reach those most in need. Contracts for new plants are awarded to close family, and site locations are close to the capital. irrawaddy.com/news/burma/sol…

World Bank #ESMAP meeting of #EnergyStorage Partnership last weekPresentations: Pumped hydroGravitationalSizing & Dispatch optimisation esmap.org/sites/default/… esmap.org/sites/default/… esmap.org/sites/default/… esmap.org/ESMAP_Energy_S…

US $4M investment in Kenyan clean cookstove manufacturer BURN will drive expansion to new markets, expecting to add 47 million customers and save 70 MtCO2 annually by 2030. @BurnMfg was supported by @EEP_Africa 🇫🇮🇬🇧🇦🇹 cleancooking.org/news/spark-inv…

After leaving the Yadana gas project in Myanmar, TotalEnergies expect to develop 50 GW renewables in Asia by 2030. Targeting B2B customers, captive #RooftopSolar is cheaper, cleaner and more reliable than grid power without subsidies asia.nikkei.com/Editor-s-Picks…

#LoadShedding is a primitive form of #DemandSideManagement. During a rolling blackout consumption drops 100%. The smarter option of dynamic day-ahead pricing would allow consumers to choose which energy needs are critical, and which can be postponed. frontiermyanmar.net/en/all-i-want-…

The 29 successful bids in #Myanmar 2020 #solarPower auction were supposed to deliver 1GWp much-needed power for less than 5 cents/kWh. After the coup only 3 are making progress. Others refuse to sign PPAs and project developers are now blacklisted. irrawaddy.com/news/burma/mya…

Event on ♻️#CircularEconomy ♻️Green Cities ♻️Sustainable Industries 🇹🇭&🇫🇮 At @FCCThai Bangkok On Wed 11th May Speakers @TEIThailand @SitraFund @GreenLahti2021 @AFRY_global #valmet #SiamCementGroup ... By@FinEmbThai #ThaiFinCE ait.ac.th industry.go.th/en/home

New transmission lines between Myanmar and China could add pressure to build mega-dams on Irrawaddy and Salween rivers, currently free-flowing but with combined hydro power potential of 90GW. researchgate.net/publication/35… elevenmyanmar.com/news/union-min…

Bangkokin ensimmäinen #salibandy-kaukalo otettiin eilen käyttöön facebook.com/groups/bangkok…

Korkia🇫🇮 and Climate ER 🇬🇧to develop 500MW #SolarPower in Europe in 3 years, starting with unsubsidised 45MW in 🇬🇧. @Korkia_Group is 'convinced that solar energy is the way to go even in northern latitudes'. Still, 🇫🇮 has less than 400MW solar power today korkia.fi/en/korkia-and-…

Paljon on muuttunut 4 kuukaudessa raahenseutu.fi/laajan-sodan-u…

The @UNESCAP sustainable development progress report for 2022 shows that South-East Asia urgently needs to do more on #SDG13 #ClimateAction and sustainable #SDG12 consumption and #SDG11 cities. Same worrying trend throughout Asia & Pacific. unescap.org/kp/2022/asia-a…

#WNISR suggests 'generic design issues' seen in Taishan & Flamanville EPRs could impact #Olkiluoto3 too. @STUK_FI says failures are unlikely as fuel assemblies are different, but will visually inspect fuel rods during annual outage stuk.fi/documents/1254… worldnuclearreport.org/Europe-s-First…

Lethem, south #Guyana🇬🇾 replaces 25% of diesel power with🌞1MW #SolarPower in May & refurbishes small hydro to reach #100RE in 'near future'. Other towns Mahdia, Bartica to follow. #SDG7 Cheap #renewablePower could also spur electric transportation. newsroom.gy/2022/03/24/gea…

Nurinkurista. Sen sijaan että @helsinki kieltää #aurinkopaneelit Kalliossa katukuvaan vedoten, niitä pitäisi vaatia lisää uudis/korjausrakentamisessa. Toisaalta parkkipaikkoja voitaisiin vähentää katukuvan kohentamiseksi ja luopua #pysäköintinormi'sta. hs.fi/mielipide/art-…

EU sallii markkinoiden vääristämisen tukemalla yrityksiä, jotka ovat energiatehokkudeltaan kaikkein surkeimpia. Energiaintensiivisen teollisuuden lisäsubventio olisi suora palkkio energian törsäämisestä. Typerintä mitä veronmaksajien rahalla voi tehdä. hs.fi/politiikka/art…

#Cambodia announces forest monitoring system, hoping for 50% cut in GHG emissions from logging by 2030. 🇫🇮 & FAO supported similar National Forest Inventory in #Myanmar before coup, facilitating REDD+ carbon credits verification. #NFI_MY phnompenhpost.com/national/kingd…

The Aurora wind project in Sweden has applied for Natura 2000 permit. It appears to connect to the more expensive southern price areas SE3/4, closer to Central European markets: -370 turbines -Capacity 5,500 MW -Electricity production 24 TWh per year offshorewind.biz/2022/03/14/550…

French utility EDF has launched a EUR 3.1bn recapitalisation, as it faces struggling nuclear power output and investments in existing and planned reactors in the coming years, it said on Friday.#MontelNews montelnews.com/news/1307075/e…

After Total and Chevron announced to exit the Yadana gas field in #Myanmar in January, a Thai state-owned company takes over to keep gas and revenues flowing. It appears the departure of western companies didn't quite produce the desired effect. irrawaddy.com/news/burma/tha…

One of the benefits of distributed, citizen-centered renewable energy is that autocrats and cronies cannot control who gets energy and who is left out. #EnergyDemocracy irrawaddy.com/news/burma/mya…

'When a developer said Lyme could sell #CarbonCredits on already protected land, Hourdequin could scarcely believe it. After all, the company had already been compensated to safeguard the forest. It was legally prohibited from cutting any of the trees. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Suomi 🇫🇮 on vuosia ollut Friends of Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform -ryhmässä #FFFSR vaatien fossiilisten polttoaineiden tukien lopettamista. #SDG12c Pienituloisia autetaan parhaiten kohdennetuilla sosiaalipoliittisilla toimilla, ei bensan hintaa alentamalla. fffsr.org

Water pumps don't work without power. Because of #LoadShedding, Yangon residents need to cope without electricity and running water much of the time. irrawaddy.com/news/burma/yan…

The Government of Thailand expects to spend THB40b by end of May to subsidise diesel fuel. That's USD 1.2 billion in three months. #FossilFuelSubsidies bangkokpost.com/thailand/gener…

Baijerin ainoa terästehdas pysähtyy korkeiden sähköhintojen takia. #Kulutusjousto isossa mittakaavassa😉 Sähkön säästö vastaa 300.000 asukkaan kaupunkia. #Ilmastoteko varsinkin jos seisokki hillitse myös verrattain kookkaiden saksalaisautojen valmistusta. spiegel.de/wirtschaft/unt…

Nyt on hyvä aika paperitehtaiden lakolle, sähköhän on hyvin kallista ja energiaintensiivinen paperinvalmistus on Suomen suurin sähkönkuorma. UPM luultavasti ansaitsee hyvin sillä että myy tehtailta säästyneen sähkön sitä enemmän tarvitseville. hs.fi/paakirjoitukse…

So according to #EUtaxonomy fine print only ‘capital market oriented’ companies with more than 500 employees can qualify for sustainable energy investment? This would undermine EU efforts to promote Citizen’s #EnergyCommunities. sueddeutsche.de/wirtschaft/nac…

Before pouring taxpayer money into low-emission steel and cement production, we should cut excessive consumption. If cities were built for people instead of cars (including electric) we would need 2t less steel per household, and 25% less floor area in buildings.

In addition to the devastating effects of coup and covid in #Myanmar, people now suffer from #loadShedding as gas power plants (some delivered by 🇫🇮) struggle to procure the costly fuel. Some Yangon wards have 7h rolling blackouts a day, rural townships probably more.

Any public scheme that intends to protect car owners from rising gasoline prices should exclude SUV owners. In just 5 years, the share of SUVs has risen in new car registrations in Europe from 26% to 44%, far higher than electric vehicles. jato.com/oems-are-selli…

The governance of #Myanmar's vast forests must be -sustainable -equitable -transparent -conflict sensitive -#HumanRights based In support, 🇫🇮@Ulkoministerio provided funding for a National Forest Inventory. Because of the coup this project was terminated. fao.org/news/story/en/…

A not-so-beautiful sunrise in Bangkok. #AirPollution, not fog.