#Japan was the first to release a national #hydrogen strategy, but 6 years later has little to show for it, reports vow. bit.ly/3KlAUt1 via Energy Monitor Is coal conversion with hydrogen or ammonia is critical to the energy transition?

The UK is the only country among the top 10 leading the energy transition that does not have its own state-owned renewable energy generation company. Instead, almost half of its offshore wind capacity is owned by other national governments. bit.ly/3KwEcsj

"There is no ambition for onshore wind in these proposals. As they stand, the proposed changes do not give the industry, communities or businesses the confidence to start investing in onshore wind in England again.” - James Robottom RenewableUK

Interesting read, together with bit.ly/3Mm9JiT by Mirela Petkova, about how the #UkraineRussiaWar is affecting countries like #Morocco #Turkey and their energy transitions - and how the latter could reshape geopolitics.

New webinar/report! 📢 Burning question: why #hydrogen boilers are not the answer There's a lot of hype about hydrogen ❌ But don't get caught up! It shouldn't be used to heat homes. Find out why at our webinar with Coolproducts.eu 📅25 April ⏰10:30 ➡️ ecostandard.org/news_events/jo…

Are you also attending #windeurope2023 in Copenhagen next week? If so, let's have a chat (preferably over coffee)! DMs are open.

It was clear that after e-fuels, Germany's next fight would be a domestic one over boilers. In a surprise move they have however once more succeeded in turning this from a German problem into an EU problem – @EURACTIV euractiv.com/section/energy…

Day 1 #WindEurope2023: 38% is Energy Monitor's "Number of the Day". That's the cost increase of a wind turbine over the past 2 years. Underpinning that, is a 93% price rise in the 7 most critical minerals for wind. By Nick Ferris: bit.ly/3Apl3Uq @WindEurope

❗️Big news out of the EU Court, where judges have annulled the Commission's decision to approve Germany's huge €6bn Lufthansa Covid bailout [...]

French minister for energy: Our government has nationalized EDF at 100% to take control of its assets & industrial strategy The nuclear plants are owned by the country: the country will determine the price of this electricity and not the company. lesechos.fr/industrie-serv…

Two of Energy Monitor's correspondents Polly Bindman and Nick Ferris will be reporting from #COP28 in Dubai - message them if you have a story of fancy a coffee!

Making the link between #circulareconomy and #climateaction at #COP28 . Join us in person or watch the webstream at 3pm Dubai time. Looking forward to a good discussion!

New partnership! Carbon Pulse and LSEG partner up on #carbonmarkets. carbon-pulse.com/338262/ LSEG customers can now read CP news and analysis directly on their Workspace platform.

Check out Carbon Pulse's free access Article 6 portal - recently revamped and updated last week: nr of carbon projects interested in participating in the Paris Agreement Crediting Mechanism (PACM) grew by 30% over the past month: carbon-pulse.com/article-6-port…

If you didn't get round to it all yesterday, here's what you need to know about the German elections and what they mean for climate and energy policy: carbon-pulse.com/371744/ Carbon Pulse

Looking forward to moderating and reporting at Carbon Forward's second event of the year, in Singapore: carbon-forward.com/carbon-forward… Carbon Pulse Redshaw Advisors Carbon Forward Hope to see you there!

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