It's absolutely astonishing: In just about 13 years, Norway has skyrocketed from virtually no sales of zero-emission battery electric vehicles to nearly 100% of all new passenger car purchases.

⚡ New paper in @natcomms.nature.com on decarbonizing the hard-to-electrify sectors! Which abatement option is most cost-efficient for the steel, cement, chemical, or long-distance transport sectors? In this paper, we explore the mitigation landscape of each sector. 🔗 Article: rdcu.be/ejLI0

🚨 Now CCN-official 🚨 Trump issues stop-work-order to NASA chief scientist #KateCalvin, who is also co-chair of the IPCC's working group in charge of the next assessment on climate change mitigation. This is brutal, on so many levels. edition.cnn.com/2025/02/21/c...

🚀🚀🚀𝐄𝐱𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐎𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲! Our partner @pik-potsdam.bsky.social is offering a new research position to model circularity and industry transformation scenarios - with a focus on the #chemical sector (mostly plastics). More info:🔗https://tinyurl.com/24udxdkv #transience #industry4netzero

Job: Circularity & industry transformation Do you want to learn about material flow analyses and modeling of transformation scenarios? @pik-potsdam.bsky.social is a renowned institute with scientific and real-world impact - and a beautiful location near Berlin All info here: tinyurl.com/24udxdkv

🚨 New Research! Can heat pumps be cheaper than gas boilers? Our study shows how. 🔹 Cost parity at SCOP 3.3 in UK 🔹 Shifting ⚡levies to taxation lowers costs 🔹 Moving levies to gas even more 🔹 Time-of-use tariffs unlock savings Full paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🧵 THREAD ⬇️

ICYMI (esp. new followers): Two weeks ago @falkoueckerdt.bsky.social and I published an Article (+Policy Brief) on the past setbacks and future challenges of green hydrogen in @natureenergy.bsky.social. Questions? Get in touch! 🔗Paper: doi.org/10.1038/s415... 🔗Policy Brief: doi.org/10.1038/s415...

A new study from @adrianodenweller.bsky.social and @falkoueckerdt.bsky.social quantifies the green hydrogen ambition and implementation gap, finding that meeting expectations will remain challenging and costly. https://bit.ly/40mppIh

1/ New research @UniLUT shows the impact of transportation on the final cost of green e-methanol imported to #Europe from #Chile & #Morocco doi.org/10.1016/j.re.... Import costs are estimated for the case of shipping and pipelines in 2030-2050.

📅 Save the date: Der Expertenrat für Klimafragen veröffentlicht am Mittwoch, 5.2.2025, sein Zweijahresgutachten. Darin betrachtet er die Entwicklungen und Trends der vergangenen Jahre sowie die Wirksamkeit von klimapolitischen Maßnahmen und formuliert Anforderungen an die künftige Klimapolitik.

🚨New Paper and Policy Brief🚨 How has green hydrogen developed recently? How much hydrogen is needed for 1.5°C? And what are plausible future pathways? In a new Nature Energy study, we look at these questions. 🔗Article: https://buff.ly/3WeOh3G 🔗Policy Brief: https://buff.ly/3C2F6wm #EnergySky

Am 21. Januar um 12 Uhr haben wir mit @brigitteknopf.bsky.social von @klimasozial.bsky.social, Christoph Pistner vom @oekoinstitut.bsky.social und @falkoueckerdt.bsky.social vom @pik-potsdam.bsky.social Wissenschaftler*innen zu Gast, um Fragen Klimafragen aus dem Wahlkampf zu klären.

🚨 New paper and webinar on green hydrogen! 🚨 How have green hydrogen projects performed in recent years? How has the role of hydrogen in 1.5°C scenarios changed? What are plausible future pathways given announced support policies?

📄 Heute erschienen: unser Report zur langfristigen Wettbewerbsfähigkeit energieintensiver Grundstoffe in DE und der Option des Imports grüner Vorprodukte. 🔗 ariadneprojekt.de/publikation/... Zusammenfassung der Kernergebnisse im 🧵 … 1/7

I keep hearing people say that we could scale green hydrogen so that it could replace fossil gas used for heating buildings. My take: this is highly unrealistic. Let's look at the numbers in more detail in this 🧵

Thanks for sharing our article @janrosenow.bsky.social! Sadly, two years after its publication, most green hydrogen projects have been delayed or abandoned. @falkoueckerdt.bsky.social and I will soon publish a follow-up article to explore recent setbacks and future challenges of green hydrogen.

Our new commentary in Joule (authors.elsevier.com/a/1k9mf925JE...) describes the rationale behind the major design choices underlying Germany’s recently concluded 4-billion € tender of Carbon Contracts for Difference (CCfD) for emissions reductions in energy-intensive industry: 1/6 🔌💡 #climatesky

🎙️ Morgen, 22.6. um 17:00 Uhr machen @aroth.bsky.social und ich auf der Langen Nacht der Wissenschaften #LNDW24 unseren ersten Live-Podcast zum Stand der #Energiewende! Live auch auf YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJmr... Alle bisherigen Folgen von fossilfrei: www.diw.de/de/diw_01.c....

#Sondergutachten des Expertenrats @expertenratklima.bsky.social zur Prüfung der Projektionsdaten: Das Ergebnis ist die Festellung einer erstmaligen Zielverfehlung für 2021-2030 nach neuem #Klimaschutzgesetz. Hier ein kurzer Mitschnitt der Pressekonferenz: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pVX...

#JobOpportunity @pik-potsdam.bsky.social: We are looking for a postdoc or research analyst working with us on energy systems modeling of decarbonization pathways for the transport system 0cn.de/PIKtransport....

Job opportunity: Project Officer Hydrogen (f/m/d) wanted, Berlin-based, full or part-time. You have expertise in the fields of #energy, #hydrogen & #PtX and want to contribute to complex research projects in collaboration with Agora colleagues? Deadline is May 22. More details ➡️ bit.ly/3UyMLrj

Eindrücke von #FFF-Veranstaltung 👇 "Unite behind the science", die vor #Klimakrise & Angriff auf Demokratie warnt - sinnbildlich aber allein mit der Zivilgesellschaft im Regen stehen gelassen wird... #KeepTheGreenDealAlive 🔥@luisaneubauer.bsky.social @ckemfert.bsky.social @matthiasquent.bsky.social

Great to see the International Energy Agency (IEA) embrace #opensource energy modelling tool PyPSA used for hourly modelling in their new report on future flexibility needs at different scales (hourly, seasonal, inter-annual) #openmod #freethemodels www.iea.org/reports/mana...

📄💡 New paper published in Nature Energy estimating the “renewables pull” for green value chains of basic materials (steel & chemicals)! Read online (open access): nature.com/articles/s41560-024-01492-z

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How will green and blue hydrogen compete with natural gas and with each other? New paper that combines ranges for direct cost developments and residual emissions. Importantly, CO2 & methane pricing or emission regulation will have an increasing impact authors.elsevier.com/c/1iMSj925JE... 1/9

Job posting: Please apply or share. At @pik-potsdam.bsky.social we are looking for Postdocs and PhD candidates to model and explore circularity and industry transformation scenarios of energy-intensive industries (steel, cement, and plastics). www.pik-potsdam.de/de/aktuelles...