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Many people think solar and wind won't be able to keep the grid stable because they lack "inertia". I think solar, wind and batteries will do a BETTER job and I think you can explain it thus: - the old grid is a record player - the new grid a digital player 🧵

Electricity consumption for data centres is set to surge through the end of the decade But this additional power use accounts for less than 10% of global electricity demand growth, outpaced by other sectors like industry & transport Learn more 👉 iea.li/4lR8Ii6

China is on track to become the world’s first major “electrostate,” with its electrification rate reaching 30%. This puts China ahead of both the EU and the US, where the proportion of electricity in total energy use has remained steady at about 22% in recent years.

This is one of the the largest heat pumps in the world (60MW). It is located in Esbjerg, DK and provides heating for 100,000 people. The heat pump replaced coal-fired thermal generation using Denmark's electricity which is 2/3 from wind and solar.

Europa verteidigt den Klimaschutz und bezahlbare Energie - gegen die überdrehten Gaspläne der neuen Energieministerin. Zur Erinnerung: 20 Gigawatt fossile Gaskraftwerke wollte Katherina Reiche bauen lassen. Jetzt stellt die Vize-Chefin der EU-Kommission klar: So geht es nicht!

Ungerührt durch internationale Bemühungen um Waffenstillstand intensiviert Putin die Luftangriffe auf Kyjiw und das ukrainische Hinterland. Russland beginnt mit einer von langer Hand geplanten Offensive an vier Frontabschnitten. Wie ist die Lage und was wird gebraucht? 🧵

EU Commission is still waiting for France Renewable Energy target....

5/ Something else worth noting: the collapse in British Nobel Prize awards after 1979. That's no coincidence, as the government of Margaret Thatcher slashed funding for basic research because it was not considered to be of value to industry. Many British scientists fled abroad.

You could watch the news 24/7 & not know that: Our planet’s at its hottest in 120,000 years. Methane levels are their highest in MILLIONS of years. CO2 levels their highest in 3 MILLION years. We're in a climate crisis. Denying it won't solve the problem. #ActOnClimate

„Viele halten eine Niederlage der Ukraine für unausweichlich. Es wäre eine gewaltige Katastrophe. Unsere Wut und unsere Hilfsbereitschaft müssten viel größer sein.“ Unbedingt lesen! zeit.de/politik/auslan…

Greece, Spain are promising locations to let Europes energy-intensive industries migrate. Abundant energy, lower labour costs. Their regions are already showing strong growth in intra-EU goods exports. Germany should let some of its steel and chemical industry go there. 1/

Russland schießt jede Nacht Raketen und Marschflugkörper in schlafende Städte - Häufige Frage: Muss die Ukraine nicht endlich Zugeständnisse machen? Ukraine zerstört russische Bomber - Häufige Frage: Gefährdet das nicht die Friedensverhandlungen? Wir kommen so nicht weiter.

Part of me has been feeling the time is approaching for a reckoning with the implicit solarmaxxing of both much of the Abundance movement *and* its critics. The next 10 yrs is when these political groups must grapple deeply with the grid and power markets. 🧵

In ITRE Committee Press today, EPP, S&D, Renew and Greens join forces to block far-right MEP's attempt to overturn electricity market reform. A centrist majority adopted a joint "counter-report" on "European technological sovereignty & digital infrastructure" Knafo's report rejected

💡 New study on cross-border grid cost recovery: What if foreign consumers helped finance domestic grid investments? Our latest analysis of #neon and consentec explores injection charges as currently proposed in 🇳🇱 to recover offshore grid costs. Here's what we found 🧵👇

So, the notion that Europe can laissez-faire its way out of this challenge — that industrial policy is unnecessary, comparative advantages will simply reassert themselves — is dangerously complacent. A “do nothing” strategy carries serious risks of its own. 9/9

Realsatire. Oder wie man bei der SPD sagt: „Erneuerung“ mit Jens Plötner.

Die volkswirtschaftlichen Kosten der Engpässe bestehen allerdings nicht in den gezahlten Entschädigungen an die EE-Anbieter, sondern in den variablen Kosten der Kraftwerke, die hochfahren müssen, um den nicht transportierbaren EE-Strom zu substituieren.

Absolute, cartoonish weakness to the point of absurdity.

So let me get this straight: the first person to announce Putin’s “decisive response” to Ukraine’s operation wasn’t Putin himself — it was Donald Trump. And not just announce it, but present it as part of a “good conversation.” No condemnation. No call for restraint. No