Adrian Hiel
@adrianhiel.bsky.social
Director of the Electrification Alliance. Representing the major actors in delivering European energy to European homes and industry. 🇨🇦 🇮🇪
https://electrification-alliance.eu/
https://electrification-alliance.eu/
Germany has about 8GW of balcony solar.
That's more than Ireland's entire generating capacity.
That's more than Ireland's entire generating capacity.
Today on Volts: I've had more requests to cover this than almost any other topic in the pod's history, so now, at long last, balcony solar! We dig into how "plug-in solar" took off in Europe & how it's making its way to the US, starting in Utah. Backyard DIY types rejoice!
What's the deal with balcony solar?
Cora Stryker joins me to explain how "plug-in" solar took Europe by storm and is finally, via Utah (?), making its way to America.
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November 26, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Germany has about 8GW of balcony solar.
That's more than Ireland's entire generating capacity.
That's more than Ireland's entire generating capacity.
Wow. 1% of US houses are heated with a groundsource, or geothermal, heat pump. That's far more than I would have thought.
From the January 2025 geothermal report here: www.constructive.org/liftoff
From the January 2025 geothermal report here: www.constructive.org/liftoff
November 25, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Wow. 1% of US houses are heated with a groundsource, or geothermal, heat pump. That's far more than I would have thought.
From the January 2025 geothermal report here: www.constructive.org/liftoff
From the January 2025 geothermal report here: www.constructive.org/liftoff
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Very good interview and important fact-checking.
November 25, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Very good interview and important fact-checking.
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According to Oxford professor of energy Jan Rosenow, rapid electrification of Europe's industry, not rolling back the EU's Green Deal, will save European industry.
Why electrification, not repealing green laws, will save Europe's industry
According to Oxford professor of energy Jan Rosenow, rapid electrification of Europe's industry, not rolling back the EU's Green Deal, will save European industry.
euobserver.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:00 AM
According to Oxford professor of energy Jan Rosenow, rapid electrification of Europe's industry, not rolling back the EU's Green Deal, will save European industry.
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"In today’s Brussels, appeals to heritage and identity land more softly than calls for food system innovation." www.politico.eu/article/vegg...
How a ‘veggie burger’ ban nobody wanted became one Brussels might actually pass
A fringe amendment to protect meaty vocabulary has become a test of Europe’s loyalty to tradition and its waning appetite for food innovation.
www.politico.eu
November 24, 2025 at 10:04 AM
"In today’s Brussels, appeals to heritage and identity land more softly than calls for food system innovation." www.politico.eu/article/vegg...
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CO₂ des voitures
25 maires de grandes villes européennes demandent à la Commission de sauvegarder la cible 2035
Dont les maires de Paris et de Bordeaux, et les présidents des métropoles de Lyon et de Grenoble.
eurocities.eu/latest/mayor...
25 maires de grandes villes européennes demandent à la Commission de sauvegarder la cible 2035
Dont les maires de Paris et de Bordeaux, et les présidents des métropoles de Lyon et de Grenoble.
eurocities.eu/latest/mayor...
Mayors join call to maintain the EU’s 2035 CO₂ targets - Eurocities
Twenty-five mayors representing cities and regions across Europe have co-signed a letter demanding that the European Commission upholds the phase-out of new CO₂-emitting cars and vans by 2035. At a ti...
eurocities.eu
November 24, 2025 at 7:33 AM
CO₂ des voitures
25 maires de grandes villes européennes demandent à la Commission de sauvegarder la cible 2035
Dont les maires de Paris et de Bordeaux, et les présidents des métropoles de Lyon et de Grenoble.
eurocities.eu/latest/mayor...
25 maires de grandes villes européennes demandent à la Commission de sauvegarder la cible 2035
Dont les maires de Paris et de Bordeaux, et les présidents des métropoles de Lyon et de Grenoble.
eurocities.eu/latest/mayor...
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People (good people) get very confused about fabric and its potential (it only has one lever) and promote "fabric first" not understanding that heat input has two levers. I wrote this to help people:
www.linkedin.com/posts/nathan...
www.linkedin.com/posts/nathan...
BEYOND FABRIC FIRST : Understanding the Full Picture of Home Energy… | Nathan Gambling | 37 comments
BEYOND FABRIC FIRST : Understanding the Full Picture of Home Energy Control
🙏This post is for anyone trying to navigate the confusion around 'fabric first' and heat pumps🙏
Immediate truth: Heat pump...
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November 24, 2025 at 7:36 AM
People (good people) get very confused about fabric and its potential (it only has one lever) and promote "fabric first" not understanding that heat input has two levers. I wrote this to help people:
www.linkedin.com/posts/nathan...
www.linkedin.com/posts/nathan...
A (great) movie that takes place where you're from
November 23, 2025 at 9:33 PM
A (great) movie that takes place where you're from
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🚨 SCOOP: Toyota and Aston Martin secretly lobbied a Conservative cabinet minister to weaken Britain’s climate policy.
We only know this because Democracy for Sale won a two-year legal fight to force the government to hand over the documents.
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/victory-we...
We only know this because Democracy for Sale won a two-year legal fight to force the government to hand over the documents.
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/victory-we...
Victory! We’ve won major legal battle exposing car industry lobbying
After two years we can finally reveal “backdoor channels where corporate money hijacks our democracy.”
democracyforsale.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:57 AM
🚨 SCOOP: Toyota and Aston Martin secretly lobbied a Conservative cabinet minister to weaken Britain’s climate policy.
We only know this because Democracy for Sale won a two-year legal fight to force the government to hand over the documents.
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/victory-we...
We only know this because Democracy for Sale won a two-year legal fight to force the government to hand over the documents.
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/victory-we...
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I'm going to set up a new page here for The Sentinel. Does anyone have a list of accounts to follow on European defence, please?
November 22, 2025 at 12:04 PM
I'm going to set up a new page here for The Sentinel. Does anyone have a list of accounts to follow on European defence, please?
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📣 European mayors are sending a clear message to Brussels: maintain the 2035 CO₂ targets for cars and vans.
🏙️ 25 mayors of cities & regions have sent a letter to the @ec.europa.eu stating that keeping the 2035 target is a public-health imperative.
🔗 Read more 👉 eurocities.eu/latest/mayor...
🏙️ 25 mayors of cities & regions have sent a letter to the @ec.europa.eu stating that keeping the 2035 target is a public-health imperative.
🔗 Read more 👉 eurocities.eu/latest/mayor...
November 21, 2025 at 1:35 PM
📣 European mayors are sending a clear message to Brussels: maintain the 2035 CO₂ targets for cars and vans.
🏙️ 25 mayors of cities & regions have sent a letter to the @ec.europa.eu stating that keeping the 2035 target is a public-health imperative.
🔗 Read more 👉 eurocities.eu/latest/mayor...
🏙️ 25 mayors of cities & regions have sent a letter to the @ec.europa.eu stating that keeping the 2035 target is a public-health imperative.
🔗 Read more 👉 eurocities.eu/latest/mayor...
We at the Electrification Alliance wrote a thing about how to boost the use of clean European energy in our buildings, transport and industry.
With the Electrification Alliance, @solarpowereu.bsky.social has published a 🆕 paper outlining 11 recommendations to accelerate electrification in the @ec.europa.eu's upcoming Electrification Action Plan ⚡
Read the paper 👇
www.solarpowereurope.org/advocacy/pos...
Read the paper 👇
www.solarpowereurope.org/advocacy/pos...
November 21, 2025 at 11:34 AM
We at the Electrification Alliance wrote a thing about how to boost the use of clean European energy in our buildings, transport and industry.
Canada 🤝 EU
New from me, Rick Smith, and Peter Nicholson.
“Our policy advice is pretty simple: Clean up electricity and electrify everything possible. This is the nation-building project Canada needs…”
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
“Our policy advice is pretty simple: Clean up electricity and electrify everything possible. This is the nation-building project Canada needs…”
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
New data shows the world is embracing renewable energy. Canada can’t follow Trump’s fossil fuel obsession
North America at risk of becoming an island of fossil fuels in an electrifying world. Canada should take note and choose a better path.
www.thestar.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Canada 🤝 EU
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Capacity mechanisms in Europe are here to stay (to my regret) – and their role in electricity market design will only grow. Yet, unlike short-term power markets, they remain poorly coordinated across borders. This is a problem for security of supply.
November 19, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Capacity mechanisms in Europe are here to stay (to my regret) – and their role in electricity market design will only grow. Yet, unlike short-term power markets, they remain poorly coordinated across borders. This is a problem for security of supply.
We need a lot more electricians and heat pump installers.
November 19, 2025 at 8:18 AM
We need a lot more electricians and heat pump installers.
Want to talk bo!!ocks about renewable gases? There's a Sec Gen role going to represent Gas DSOs.
mavence.com/jobs/secreta...
mavence.com/jobs/secreta...
Secretary General
mavence.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Want to talk bo!!ocks about renewable gases? There's a Sec Gen role going to represent Gas DSOs.
mavence.com/jobs/secreta...
mavence.com/jobs/secreta...
Stellantis chair wants every European to pay more for their electricity.
(EVs are batteries on wheels, they charge on renewables that might otherwise be curtailed thereby lowering overall system costs.)
(EVs are batteries on wheels, they charge on renewables that might otherwise be curtailed thereby lowering overall system costs.)
The EU should relax its green car rules in an upcoming policy update or risk sending the auto industry into a tailspin, Stellantis Chair John Elkann warned in an interview with POLITICO.
Stellantis chair presses EU to gut 2035 combustion engine ban
The sector has three weeks to convince EU policymakers to create flexibilities in its green car rules.
www.politico.eu
November 18, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Stellantis chair wants every European to pay more for their electricity.
(EVs are batteries on wheels, they charge on renewables that might otherwise be curtailed thereby lowering overall system costs.)
(EVs are batteries on wheels, they charge on renewables that might otherwise be curtailed thereby lowering overall system costs.)
Can't remember the last time I saw a movie with an intermission and an epilogue but The Brutalist was very good.
November 16, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Can't remember the last time I saw a movie with an intermission and an epilogue but The Brutalist was very good.
We're three weeks shy of the 5th anniversary of my hydrogen ladder being published. Back then, there wasn't a lot of clarity where H2 might fit and the ladder was designed to direct efforts to feedstocks, ammonia, etc.
There is no excuse for this waste today.
There is no excuse for this waste today.
German taxpayers are handing BMW €273m to once again attempt to push hydrogen-powered cars, when battery prices have once again dropped >50% in the past ~18 month and CATL is on its 5th-gen LFP battery.
CATL, BYD et al must be laughing all the way to the bank.
Sigh.
www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/w...
CATL, BYD et al must be laughing all the way to the bank.
Sigh.
www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/w...
Wasserstoff-Autos: BMW erhält staatliche Förderung zur Entwicklung
Hat der Einsatz von Wasserstoff eine Zukunft bei der Autoentwicklung? BMW glaubt nach wie vor daran. Jetzt erhält der Konzern eine staatliche Förderung für die Weiterentwicklung der Technologie.
www.spiegel.de
November 16, 2025 at 1:45 PM
We're three weeks shy of the 5th anniversary of my hydrogen ladder being published. Back then, there wasn't a lot of clarity where H2 might fit and the ladder was designed to direct efforts to feedstocks, ammonia, etc.
There is no excuse for this waste today.
There is no excuse for this waste today.
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Ukraine to import gas from Greece, Zelensky says
Ukraine to import gas from Greece, Zelensky says
Ukrainian president seeks alternative supplies as Kremlin targets gas infrastructure ahead of winter
dlvr.it
November 16, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Ukraine to import gas from Greece, Zelensky says
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“The rise in high-fronted SUVs poses a clear and growing threat to public safety, especially for children,” states the report. “With no benefit to society, it’s time for lawmakers at all levels to act.” Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com.
Cap SUV/truck hood heights. And ban unsafe designs.
Cap SUV/truck hood heights. And ban unsafe designs.
EU Must Cap SUV Hood Heights Urges Report. Crash Test Body Says Not As Simple As That
Higher fronts on cars significantly increase the death rate when pedestrians and cyclists are struck, says new report. EuroNCAP says more complex than that.
www.forbes.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:18 AM
“The rise in high-fronted SUVs poses a clear and growing threat to public safety, especially for children,” states the report. “With no benefit to society, it’s time for lawmakers at all levels to act.” Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com.
Cap SUV/truck hood heights. And ban unsafe designs.
Cap SUV/truck hood heights. And ban unsafe designs.
VAT on heat pumps in Belgium down to 6% from January in Belgium.
I was torn between trying to rush and get one in before Xmas or wait until January so that makes the decision easy.
La TVA sur les pompes à chaleur passera à 6% dès janvier - RTBF Actus share.google/EnDruuaENAnw...
I was torn between trying to rush and get one in before Xmas or wait until January so that makes the decision easy.
La TVA sur les pompes à chaleur passera à 6% dès janvier - RTBF Actus share.google/EnDruuaENAnw...
La TVA sur les pompes à chaleur passera à 6% dès janvier - RTBF Actus
En raison de la crise énergétique, le gouvernement précédent avait temporairement réduit la TVA sur l’installation de...
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November 14, 2025 at 9:05 PM
VAT on heat pumps in Belgium down to 6% from January in Belgium.
I was torn between trying to rush and get one in before Xmas or wait until January so that makes the decision easy.
La TVA sur les pompes à chaleur passera à 6% dès janvier - RTBF Actus share.google/EnDruuaENAnw...
I was torn between trying to rush and get one in before Xmas or wait until January so that makes the decision easy.
La TVA sur les pompes à chaleur passera à 6% dès janvier - RTBF Actus share.google/EnDruuaENAnw...
Definitely worth your attention. Great writing!
🥳 Hey everyone! It was a year ago today that I launched my newsletter The Reengineer - and it's been such fun! 🥳
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I'm getting closer to 1,000 subscribers and some have been kind enough to go for a paid subscription. THANK YOU!
🧵 Here are some highlights from the last 12 months...
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I'm getting closer to 1,000 subscribers and some have been kind enough to go for a paid subscription. THANK YOU!
🧵 Here are some highlights from the last 12 months...
November 14, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Definitely worth your attention. Great writing!
I went to visit my old colleagues at @energycities.bsky.social today and they pointed out that my high vis vest suits my job perfectly.
November 14, 2025 at 5:48 PM
I went to visit my old colleagues at @energycities.bsky.social today and they pointed out that my high vis vest suits my job perfectly.
Thoughtful piece (in Flemish) from @rbae.bsky.social on the impact of electricity market complexity on citizens and the energy transition.
I doubt most people even understand their bills - so motivating their actions via bills is an uphill battle.
www.tijd.be/opinie/algem...
I doubt most people even understand their bills - so motivating their actions via bills is an uphill battle.
www.tijd.be/opinie/algem...
Moet de burger het energiesysteem dienen, of het systeem de burger?
Als we de energietransitie willen versnellen, moeten we de complexiteit bij het systeem durven te houden in plaats van ze bij de burger te leggen.
www.tijd.be
November 14, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Thoughtful piece (in Flemish) from @rbae.bsky.social on the impact of electricity market complexity on citizens and the energy transition.
I doubt most people even understand their bills - so motivating their actions via bills is an uphill battle.
www.tijd.be/opinie/algem...
I doubt most people even understand their bills - so motivating their actions via bills is an uphill battle.
www.tijd.be/opinie/algem...