I wrote this more than 7 years ago. "Nobody is listening" - SMEs on having to leave country to continue doing business with the EU. Anyone you now who left the country like this SME? please pass on if you know of anyone My email: [email protected] www.theguardian.com/politics/201...

We habe a guide in German: balkon.solar/news/2024/11...

My guide to building a solar fence: 1) buy solar panels. 2) lean them against the existing fence. Jk - there is a bit more to do, like put them on a base, fix them in place, etc. but you get the idea.

Anyone want to go in on an 18th c. chateau with a rather spectacular interior? Must have own lawnmower. www.lesviviers.be/biens/achete...

We're doing good work on getting people to drive, and enjoy, electric vehicles. Now is the time to set a date after which petrol won't be sold. A decade from now seems about right.

JUST DROPPED: Europe thought it won the energy war. Build LNG terminals, swap Russian pipelines for LNG, job done. Then Hormuz closed & prices doubled. We didn't end our dependency. We just changed who we are dependent on. But bright spots on horizon. open.substack.com/pub/janrosen...

IRENA proposes global electrification target of 35% by 2035 www.pv-magazine.com/2026/05/21/i...

🗓 Chile's #FossilDependenceDay is May 23rd. From this date, the country effectively depends on imported fossil fuels to meet its energy needs for the rest of the year. ember-energy.org/foc...#FossilDependenceDay

My plan for the second half of the year is to visit some these projects and highlight both the industries that are electrifying and the clear need to maintain and grow the industrial heat auction. 1.5bcm of gas in five years is a pretty start! Here's to a lot more.

Not 175 - the number of hours of negative prices in Belgium the last year is 472, and for the moment a decreasing trend. Value of the negative price remains high and could be increasing.

New from us: China's total power sector emissions fell in 2025 and clean power generation saw a record increase, but which provinces made the most progress and which slid back? 🧵

125 hours of negative prices in Belgium last year. Maybe 175 (?) hours this year when I will be paid to run my air conditioning. If I had an EV I could probably get paid for driving the next three months.

A NEW TWIST in Africa's soaring solar story: It's now manufacturing its own panels. The factories use imported Chinese cells, which are 40% of the value of panels, keeping much of the value domestically. 9 GW of cells+wafers in Mar/Apr alone🧵

Balcony solar panels have arrived. More fun! Foolishly, I neglected to check their physical size before ordering. They are huge! It's ok though, I am going to stick them in the garden.

www.reuters.com/business/ene... @chittimarco.bsky.social

Certains accidents de la route bientôt considérés comme des homicides : "Le Parlement vient de légiférer", annonce le ministre de la Mobilité

NEW RESEARCH: We modelled three Hormuz closure scenarios. Europe never physically runs out of gas in any of them. But under the worst shock, LNG hits $54.9/MMBtu, above the 2022 peak. Energy security in 2026 isn't empty pipelines. It's empty wallets. Full paper here www.cell.com/one-earth/fu...

Well two different people have told me that the Electrification Action Plan has been pushed back from June 10 to July 10. I really hope it is worth the wait

EU gas price sold off hard in last few minutes on latest BS reports claiming a US-Iran deal is 'close'. The two sides are further apart than when the US was raining Esptein Fury down on Tehran. And yet, natgas is now ~6% cheaper than it was a few minutes ago. Likelihood of insider trading? 99.999%

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen yesterday:

Love this! The tunnel-boring machine has started digging the extension of #Montreal ‘s Blue Line. Like all TBMs, it has a name. “Lisette,” after Lisette St-Onge, the first female operator of a Montreal métro train. montrealgazette.com/news/tunnel-...

Brad and @sandertordoir.bsky.social are doing God’s work cutting through German political inertia with facts and figures. Required reading - especially in Berlin, and especially given the debates coming this summer.

Cripes. Lidl in Germany having a sale on plug and play batteries. €300 for 2.24 kWh! That is mind-bogglingly cheap. www.pv-magazine.com/2026/05/19/l...

Renewables are unstoppable. BNEF's New Energy Outlook for this year says solar is set to be the biggest source of electricity in 2032 and wind will be second biggest in 2034. Both coal and gas displaced from those thrones. This is the business-as-usual scenario. 🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

The news cycle now gets bored and jaded so quickly it is able to move on from 'there's about to be a self-inflicted global economic disaster of historic proportions' within a matter of days. www.reuters.com/business/ene...

What do Europeans want? Affordable electric cars. And when do they want them? Now.

Anyone have a breakdown of China's electrification path? Obviously they are well ahead of Europe overall as a percentage of electricity in final energy demand but I am looking for a sector by sector breakdown and the technologies used. Thanks!

These findings use pre-crisis data, making them conservative estimates. In the current energy market, potential savings are up to 59% higher. See the full analysis here: concito.dk/analyser/the...

Municipality revenue from wind and solar power could double across Germany – analysis Revenues could climb from 5.5 to over 12 billion euros by 2033 if country achieves renewables expansion targets, rural areas stand to benefit most www.cleanenergywire.org/news/municip...

Tempted to put in a bid on of these retiring AR41 trainsets. They are only 25 years old. But you need to buy a minimum of five trainsets. Anyone need four trainsets who could go in with me?

Small Happy News. Sibelga, the local electricity grid operator, is proactively emailing households neighbourhood by neighbourhood to entice people to install smart meters. I would like to see some info about how people can use smart meters to take advantage of time of use or dynamic tariffs.

"democracies across the planet are now threatened by what might be called fossil fuel fascism – an extremist political movement that breaks laws, spreads lies and threatens violence in an increasingly desperate attempt to maintain markets for oil, gas and coal"

Brilliant new report from Concito showing the average EU household could save €2220 per year by switching to a heat pump and EV. concito.dk/analyser/the... NB: these are pre-crisis energy costs and also don’t include the additional benefits of flexibility.

Brilliant new report from Concito showing the average EU household could save €2220 per year by switching to a heat pump and EV. concito.dk/analyser/the... NB: these are pre-crisis energy costs and also don’t include the additional benefits of flexibility.

Electrification, the most powerful tool to protect the Europeans. Green and smart electricity.

700 MW interconnector between France and Ireland going in the water. The first time Ireland's grid will be connected to the European continent. l'impressionnante installation d'un câble électrique de 500 kilomètres entre la France et l'Irlande | TF1 Info share.google/kwJTbswHNPL9...

Challenge 1: we have an ongoing oil crisis and no one knows when it will end. Challenge 2: we have so much solar electricity we will pay people to use it on a regular basis. If only there were some kind of globally proven technology that solves both challenges (with other massive benefits).

Are these new banners in the EEAS building or did I just not notice them before? It's an understated message in any case but in this crazy world it's not the worst one.

Europe underestimates the advantages of rapid electrification, overestimates hydrogen & nuclear, and argues over energy scarcity when alternatives are available. My interview with Jan Rosenow, Professor of Energy and Climate Policy at Oxford University: review.brunswickgroup.com/article/euro...

Challenge 1: we have an ongoing oil crisis and no one knows when it will end. Challenge 2: we have so much solar electricity we will pay people to use it on a regular basis. If only there were some kind of globally proven technology that solves both challenges (with other massive benefits).

Seizing the moment: Pakistan targets 95% renewable electricity by 2040, 60% by 2030! The key rationale is cutting reliance on imported fossil fuels.

“This is the first energy shock with a superior alternative” www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/daw...

The question is: how much is left in Europe, and how bad can it get? One of the problems with answering that question is that unlike gas and electricity, oil markets are opaque. There is no standardised European process for collecting and sharing real-time data on stocks and flows oil and fuel.

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93 % of battery-electric truck users in Germany are (very) satisfied with the vehicle, @oekoinstitut.bsky.social survey finds. Favorable road toll, low energy costs for depot charging and high reliability are seen as biggest advantages.

@davidfickling.bsky.social laying out the simple math on LNG. "Here’s some back-of-the-napkin math to show why LNG producers should be fearful for their future" And the rest of us who plan to live on this planet should be thankful that the economics of liquid methane don't work anymore

Just picking up on this one element, electrified trucking because people might read it and think, job done! A massive part of the business case for logisitics companies is buying the newest, most efficient vehicles, driving the hell out of them, and then selling them to poorer areas.

"More and more people want to drive with the sun and not with the Saudis" - Peter Liese