Key meeting this Thursday on the 'Energy Performance of Buildings Directive’ or #EPBD. As chief negotiator for European Parliament, I'm hoping for a deal on: 🏡Renovation targets ☀️Rooftop solar mandate 🔥Fossil fuel phase out

For years gas distribution companies have been trying to tell a story about how using renewable hydrogen in existing gas pipes would save us money on *electricity* distribution grid investments. This new analysis comes to a quite different conclusion! op.europa.eu/en/publication…

Let’s hope this is also the outcome of todays #Epbd trilogue! Ciarán Cuffe Tim McPhie

Kudos 👏 to European Parliament & EU Council for reaching a provisional agreement on the #EPBD! It’s not only an important toolbox to deliver on our #climate ambitions, but also a set of concrete measures improving the life of our citizens, lowering energy bills & boosting the economy.

🚨 We have a deal! #EPBD

Delighted & relieved that after 2 yrs. work & a lot of v tough meetings we now have a deal on #EPBD . #Retroffiting buildings will now really take off as an essential element of #emissions reductions & #ClimateAction . Well done all.Full marks to spanishpresidency also.

Fossil fuel boiler phase-out planning in EPBD:👇 "in relation to the plan to phase out fossil fuels boilers, both institutions agreed on including in the National Building Renovation Plans a roadmap with a view to phase out of fossil fuel boilers by 2040" consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press…

“Setting a date for ending fossil fuel heating in Europe’s buildings provides clarity for consumers and charts the path for the heating sector. It makes any investment in heat pumps a future-proof choice." Our comment on #EPBD deal: ehpa.org/news-and-resou… #heatright

This is a great success for the much-needed progress in the building sector. It was never enough to acknowledge that "building decarbonisation lags behind". Even this #EPBD could have been more ambitious ... but its about right to start. Ciarán Cuffe Morten Helveg Seán Kelly MEP

5/ die letzten 40 % Dekarbonisierung werden aber viel teurer werden als die ersten 60. So lange das EE-Angebot weit unter der Last lag, war es technisch einfach und relativ günstig, fossile und Kernkraftwerke durch Wind und PV zu ersetzen >>...

Neue Studie von Agora / FfE zu dezentraler Flex Mit Festpreis *erhöhen* die neuen Stromverbraucher EV, Wärmepumpe + Heimspeicher die Last in den kritischen Abend- und Morgenstunden 2035 um durchschn. 10 GW Mit dynamischen Tarifen *senken* sie sie um knapp 10GW Jeden Tag.

Worrying development! 👇 The European Commission has indicated it will further delay the Heat Pump Action Plan to after the EP election. Next to putting its adoption at risk this delay would weaken the policy signals the action plan is intended to achieve. The time to act is now.

Expert talk: winter is coming. Where are the heat pumps? | VITO vito.be/en/news/expert…

It's a wrap! Based on the nearly complete Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air EU CO2 emission tracker data, energy-related CO2 emissions for the EU in 2023 were: -8% below 2022 levels -5% below 2020 pandemic levels -14% below 2019 pre-pandemic levels You can find the data here: energyandcleanair.org/product/eu-co2…

Raketenwissensschaft für Deutschland, laut einiger meiner Parteikollegen bei der @cdu, in Skandinavien so normal wie ne elektrische Zahnbürste, für die FDP eine willkommene populistische Chance, gegen effektive Klimapolitik zu wettern. Eine tolle, sehenswerte Doku von NDR.de zum

Junge, räumt Habeck den zu praktisch jedem Thema alle zwei Minuten seine Meinung ändernden wannabe-Sonnenkönig Söder hier ab 💀

The 4⃣ Science-for-Policy sessions of #Think2030 conference this March will look at: 🔄Adaptation& resilience 🌾Reaching climate neutrality in agri-food ♻️Just transitions towards a net-zero economy ⚖️Towards EU resource management law think2030.eu/2024-conferenc…

Today, fossil fuels are used to heat most buildings around the world. But an important clean energy technology – heat pumps – offers an efficient & climate-friendly heating solution Our video explores how heat pumps works & their benefits for people & the planet 📺👇

Wärmepumpen und Wärmenetze - eine Kombination ohne Gleichen. podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/e-7…