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Adrian Hiel @adrianhiel.bsky.social · 1d

Listening to this now delighted that @kirataylor.bsky.social pulled out this @louisesunderland.bsky.social quote:
“The great thing, I think, about electricity now is we talk about prices, not price. There are times of the day where ... you can get really low prices for electricity."

Regulatory Assistance Project @regassistproj.bsky.social · 2d

🎧 RAP’s @louisesunderland.bsky.social joins journalist @kirataylor.bsky.social to talk about making electricity cheaper and fairer.

Smart policies can cut bills and speed up the energy transition.

Listen here 👉 foresightmedia.com/story/sizlfj...

#Energy #Policy #Podcast

Steps to slash power prices

In today’s episode of The Jolt, Kira looks into how Europe could cut its electricity bills, plus pushback on sustainability reporting as the United Nations calls for stronger ESG in mining

foresightmedia.com

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laurentfranckx.bsky.social @laurentfranckx.bsky.social · 21h

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Kevin J. CREATURE @kevinjkircher.com · 1d

Over 40% of corn grown in Indiana is used to make ethanol that cars burn. One acre of corn yields about 16,500 vehicle-miles per year of ethanol, which sounds high until you realize that one acre of solar yields about 2,700,000 vehicle-miles per year: 16,000% more driving for a given plot of land.

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James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 1d

Pretty damning report from Transport & Environment, which explains that 'yes, you can have sustainable and low emission biofuels, but at the global level that is not what is happening, we're still reliant on energy crops with huge land use impacts'. www.businessgreen.com/news-analysi...

'Doing more harm than good': How the global biofuel industry is still struggling to deliver promised emissions reductions

New report warns rising demand of biofuels and the impact on land use is leading to 'significant' greenhouse gas emissions, but industry insists transition to cleaner fuels is making progress

www.businessgreen.com

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Adrian Hiel @adrianhiel.bsky.social · 1d

Happy travels!

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Adrian Hiel @adrianhiel.bsky.social · 1d

Listening to this now delighted that @kirataylor.bsky.social pulled out this @louisesunderland.bsky.social quote:
“The great thing, I think, about electricity now is we talk about prices, not price. There are times of the day where ... you can get really low prices for electricity."

Regulatory Assistance Project @regassistproj.bsky.social · 2d

🎧 RAP’s @louisesunderland.bsky.social joins journalist @kirataylor.bsky.social to talk about making electricity cheaper and fairer.

Smart policies can cut bills and speed up the energy transition.

Listen here 👉 foresightmedia.com/story/sizlfj...

#Energy #Policy #Podcast

Steps to slash power prices

In today’s episode of The Jolt, Kira looks into how Europe could cut its electricity bills, plus pushback on sustainability reporting as the United Nations calls for stronger ESG in mining

foresightmedia.com

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Adrian Hiel @adrianhiel.bsky.social · 2d

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Regulatory Assistance Project @regassistproj.bsky.social · 2d

🎧 RAP’s @louisesunderland.bsky.social joins journalist @kirataylor.bsky.social to talk about making electricity cheaper and fairer.

Smart policies can cut bills and speed up the energy transition.

Listen here 👉 foresightmedia.com/story/sizlfj...

#Energy #Policy #Podcast

Steps to slash power prices

In today’s episode of The Jolt, Kira looks into how Europe could cut its electricity bills, plus pushback on sustainability reporting as the United Nations calls for stronger ESG in mining

foresightmedia.com

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Adrian Hiel @adrianhiel.bsky.social · 2d

We need a 'friends of electrification' group at the Council of the EU to drive home the message that security and growth comes from an economy based primarily on European energy for European homes, transport and industry.

Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 2d

Energy and foreign policy. #Poland www.economist.com/europe/2025/...

Why Poland is becoming less central European and more Baltic

Thanks to energy and security concerns, its centre of gravity is shifting north

www.economist.com

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Frédéric Moreau @goodclimate.bsky.social · 2d

In its damning report on the Brussels Metro 3 project, the Court of Audit criticized gaps in the geotechnical tests and a failure to consult information available in certain archives. I wrote about these exact problems lurking underground and many more.
www.brusselstimes.com/1765462/laye...

Layers of time: How digging for a car park revealed the soul of Brussels

When Brussels broke ground for a sleek new city hall, it stumbled into its own origins: the buried remains of a medieval port.

www.brusselstimes.com

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Adrian Hiel @adrianhiel.bsky.social · 2d

If this was a conversation about food I think she just said, 'Yes, we have enough to eat. Unless all the food disappears, then all bets are off.'

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Adrian Hiel @adrianhiel.bsky.social · 2d

He is right there.

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Adrian Hiel @adrianhiel.bsky.social · 2d

Oh my.
As soon as I get my home fusion reactor up and running I'll have unlimited H2!
And you can run your CC machine for unlimited bubbly water.

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Adrian Hiel @adrianhiel.bsky.social · 2d

They could have at least tried to make them look nice.

I want it to come with a home electrolyser for easy fuelling !

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Adrian Hiel @adrianhiel.bsky.social · 2d

I think it's the lack of a locational/distance element. Making it a general purchase subsidy works directly against the modal shift (in mostly urban/ suburban areas) and that modal shift brings huge benefits. You can't look at it as pure industrial strategy. Lots of knock-on effects.

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Adrian Hiel @adrianhiel.bsky.social · 2d

How big a TCO gap are we talking about? The lack of smart meters and dynamic tariffs in Germany is definitely an unnecessary increase in TCO of an EV. And the incoming wave of EVs have significantly cheaper batteries to help too.

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Adrian Hiel @adrianhiel.bsky.social · 2d

Have to agree with that sadly.

Adrian Hiel @adrianhiel.bsky.social · 2d

Right. We need to make it clear to policy makers that the current difficulties are not due to climate policies that bite in ten years' time and loosening those policies doesn't help, at all, with current struggles.
But it's understandable to like simple solutions to complex problems.

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Adrian Hiel @adrianhiel.bsky.social · 2d

I think France did a decent job of this with their social leasing programme. Specifically targeting poorer households, longer commutes in smaller cars. The best car, at the time, to meet those criteria was the Renault Zoe. Does a similar mix of social leasing + corporate fleets do enough?

Adrian Hiel @adrianhiel.bsky.social · 2d

I think France got it right with their social leasing criteria. Specifically targeting poorer households with longer commutes in smaller cars.

What do you think?

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Adrian Hiel @adrianhiel.bsky.social · 2d

It is and it isn't.
Blanket demand side measures to boost purchases can be good fiscal policy but also terrible mobility policy.
More targeted measures at greening corporate fleets would, I think, do a better job of boosting demand without impeding urban mobility shifts.

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Adrian Hiel @adrianhiel.bsky.social · 2d

Sander has a point about demand-side support being a fiscal policy no-brainer for Germany but demand side support for cars is also the worst mobility policy. A tough needle to thread.

Greening corporate fleets gets you part way there (how much?) without too negative impacts on mobility shifts.

Sander Tordoir @sandertordoir.bsky.social · 3d

German auto summit tomorrow.

The sole focus on the EU combustion engine phase-out, which is 10 years away, is baffling because German cars have a demand problem today

Berlin worries a new EV subsidy scheme would be fiscally too expensive.

But demand-side support is a fiscal no-brainer here.

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Adrian Hiel @adrianhiel.bsky.social · 2d

And in the text that accompanied the original hydrogen ladder H2 powered bikes were the closing note.

energy-cities.eu/where-should...

I think you'll agree!

Where should green hydrogen fit in your city? - Energy Cities

Hydrogen is being touted as a solution to many challenges in the energy transition. And it is an exciting and flexible energy carrier that will […]

energy-cities.eu

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Adrian Hiel @adrianhiel.bsky.social · 2d

What a rich vein to mine. A love of e-bikes! My favourite thing about e-bikes is that my commute takes the exact same amount of time every day. Terrible weather, traffic accidents, strikes, etc... I am never late to pick up my kids. It reduces my daily stress levels considerably!

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Clean Energy Wire | CLEW @cleanenergywire.bsky.social · 2d

City of Berlin’s solar mandate drives surge in rooftop photovoltaics

Since 2023, the number of PV systems in Germany's capital has tripled

www.cleanenergywire.org/news/city-be...

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Regulatory Assistance Project @regassistproj.bsky.social · 4d

⚡ Europe’s clean energy transition can only move as fast as its electricity grids.

But outdated regulation and limited oversight are slowing things down. RAP and @beyondfossilfuels.bsky.social propose two urgent reforms for national governments to make grids fit for the energy transition.👇

https://www.raponline.org/blog/better-oversight-better-foresight/👇

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