Carbon Dioxide Removal: what start-ups want from policymakers, partners. Not just funding. Permitting, sourcing the CO2, validating removal, hosting of pilot sites + more go.shr.lc/3R0CrY9 #CDR #CCS #CCUS #startups #biogenic #bCDR #sCDR #DAC #electrochemical #risks

Big Data’s huge power demand can migrate globally, instantaneously: planning regional capacity needs and designing markets will become even more difficult go.shr.lc/3V0XdIC #datacentres #AI #computing #electricity #markets #generation #renewables #flexibility #price #peak

Hemp-based building materials: a low-carbon substitute for timber, concrete. “Embodied carbon” much lower too. Low irrigation, pesticide use for growing. Sequestered CO2 double that of timber go.shr.lc/3V9dZWZ #hemp #timber #concrete #buildings #biogenic #costs #emissions

REPowerEU gas cuts have exceeded targets. But that means the same 2025 target allows gas to rise again! So lift the target!! go.shr.lc/4dZw69s #REPowerEU #EU #gas #targets #EC #Russia #LNG #Ukraine #geopolitics #weather

EU’s first hydrogen subsidy auction. 3 lessons. Low bids = subsidy pot stretches further. Private sector can cover the “green premium.” Winning bids came from Iberia + Nordics = “renewables pull” is happening go.shr.lc/3yt135B #Spain #Portugal #Finland #Norway #HydrogenBank

District Heating trials face local permitting blocks because there’s too little national and EU guidance. No regulations in place means no permit + more go.shr.lc/3UO0cUq #DistrictHeating #heating #cooling #HVAC #WEDISTRICT #permitting #Poland #Spain #EU

After the EU elections: what are our energy and climate priorities for 2024-29? The challenges: wealth gaps between nations + citizens, institutional weaknesses, wars abroad, industry, political polarisation, public acceptance, EU enlargement go.shr.lc/3V2oag9 #EUelections

Green Hydrogen: creating markets that get firm commitments from buyers. Investors don’t like poor “demand signals”. Variable CfDs, double-sided auctions in Saudi Arabia, NL, UK, Germany go.shr.lc/4dE67Ee #hydrogen #markets #CfD #auctions #subsidies #incentives #investment

Investors beware: per € of revenue, truckmakers are more carbon intensive than oil, steel, cars (but not coal!) When will ESG ratings get real?! go.shr.lc/3yjPhKK #EU #trucks #emissions #Scope3 #electric #ESG #Scania #MAN #Renault #Volvo #Mercedes #DAF #Iveco #Daimler

European support for U.S. gas pipelines can cut inflation + interest rates, thus help capital-intensive energy transitions, and thwart Putin. Long term goal remains cutting unabated fossils go.shr.lc/3UXRyEj #EU #Europe #US #Permian #Texas #gas #pipelines #Russia #Ukraine

IEA analysis of Clean Technology Manufacturing around the world: solar PV, wind, batteries, electrolysers, heat pumps go.shr.lc/3ym0ryl #manufacturing #solar #wind #batteries #electrolysers #heatpumps #industry #jobs #China #US #Europe #EU #India

When is bioenergy green? Key questions for every project. What’s the source? Collection, transport emissions? For power or synfuels etc? Environmental impacts? go.shr.lc/3woJLG5 #biomass #forests #residues #agriculture #waste #environment #biofuels #biochar #petrochemicals

The benefits of Vertical-Axis Wind Turbines: omnidirectional, close-packed, easier to maintain + more. Less efficient than mainstream “horizontal” but it’s still early days go.shr.lc/4dsM9wb #wind #vertical #VAWT #innovation #offgrid #onshore #offshore #urban #buildings

Europe’s EV charging infrastructure roll-out is ahead of targets. It’s EV sales that are lagging behind, so don’t let charger availability put you off. Analysis go.shr.lc/3ww1j2U #EU #EVs #charging #infrastructure #transport #AFIR

EU Elections 2024: the Green Deal is being sidelined. Protests have scared politicians. So its omissions must be addressed (e.g. job security), and benefits explained honestly go.shr.lc/4bkAzBa #GreenDeal #farmers #cars #populism #decarbonisation #jobs #JustTransition #SDG

V2G: modelling how EV batteries can provide storage to the grid. Design of EV parking incentives is key. Standardisation, market design too go.shr.lc/3Wo635e #V2G #EVs #batteries #storage #grids #congestion #charging #parking #EU #PicloFlex #GOPACS #UK #Netherlands

Green steelmakers’ global future: import iron from where renewables are cheap, ore abundant. Germany: using “green iron corridors” makes the steel competitive, keeps most of the jobs at home go.shr.lc/4aZeEQs #steel #iron #EU #Japan #SouthKorea #Germany #USA #hydrogen

“Magnetisation switching” can replace transistors, cutting global energy demand from computing by an order of magnitude go.shr.lc/3WnkC9h #computing #servers #demand #magnetisation #magnets #switches #switching #transistors #processors #emissions

“Capacity adequacy” for grid stability. How China, Germany, and Texas are designing incentives to back-up plants go.shr.lc/3wmIVJJ #China #Germany #Texas #intermittent #renewables #wind #solar #gas #coal #nuclear #storage #capacitymechanisms

France’s Macron wants 14 new nuclear reactors by 2050. 6 is more realistic (and sufficient). Construction delays, budget overruns etc. Nuclear can be 30-40% of power mix by 2050 go.shr.lc/3xWgRxz #EU #nuclear #reactors #electricity #energysecurity #Flamanville #refits