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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 18d

It's absolutely astonishing: In just about 13 years, Norway has skyrocketed from virtually no sales of zero-emission battery electric vehicles to nearly 100% of all new passenger car purchases.

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Clara Bachorz @clarabachorz.bsky.social · Apr 29

⚡ New paper in @natcomms.nature.com on decarbonizing the hard-to-electrify sectors!

Which abatement option is most cost-efficient for the steel, cement, chemical, or long-distance transport sectors? In this paper, we explore the mitigation landscape of each sector.

🔗 Article: rdcu.be/ejLI0

Exploring techno-economic landscapes of abatement options for hard-to-electrify sectors

Nature Communications - Abatement options for hard-to-electrify sectors (e.g., steel, aviation) face uncertainty in future costs and feasibility. This techno-economic analysis shows that despite...

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Gunnar Luderer @gunnarenergyclima.bsky.social · Feb 22

🚨 Now CCN-official 🚨 Trump issues stop-work-order to NASA chief scientist #KateCalvin, who is also co-chair of the IPCC's working group in charge of the next assessment on climate change mitigation. This is brutal, on so many levels. edition.cnn.com/2025/02/21/c...

Trump bars federal scientists from working on pivotal global climate report | CNN

The Trump administration told US government scientists working on a vital global climate report to stop their work – the president’s latest move to withdraw the US from global climate action and resea...

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TRANSIENCE @transienceproject.bsky.social · Feb 12

🚀🚀🚀𝐄𝐱𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐎𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲!

Our partner @pik-potsdam.bsky.social is offering a new research position to model circularity and industry transformation scenarios - with a focus on the #chemical sector (mostly plastics).

More info:🔗https://tinyurl.com/24udxdkv

#transience #industry4netzero

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Falko Ueckerdt @falkoueckerdt.bsky.social · Feb 10

Job: Circularity & industry transformation

Do you want to learn about material flow analyses and modeling of transformation scenarios?

@pik-potsdam.bsky.social is a renowned institute with scientific and real-world impact - and a beautiful location near Berlin

All info here: tinyurl.com/24udxdkv

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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · Jan 31

🚨 New Research!

Can heat pumps be cheaper than gas boilers? Our study shows how.

🔹 Cost parity at SCOP 3.3 in UK
🔹 Shifting ⚡levies to taxation lowers costs
🔹 Moving levies to gas even more
🔹 Time-of-use tariffs unlock savings

Full paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🧵 THREAD ⬇️

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Adrian Odenweller @adrianodenweller.bsky.social · Jan 29

ICYMI (esp. new followers): Two weeks ago @falkoueckerdt.bsky.social and I published an Article (+Policy Brief) on the past setbacks and future challenges of green hydrogen in @natureenergy.bsky.social.

Questions? Get in touch!

🔗Paper: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
🔗Policy Brief: doi.org/10.1038/s415...

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Nature Energy @natenergy.nature.com · Jan 17

A new study from @adrianodenweller.bsky.social and @falkoueckerdt.bsky.social quantifies the green hydrogen ambition and implementation gap, finding that meeting expectations will remain challenging and costly. https://bit.ly/40mppIh

The green hydrogen ambition and implementation gap - Nature Energy

Green hydrogen is critical for hard-to-electrify sectors, but faces economic headwinds. Odenweller and Ueckerdt quantify green hydrogen ambition and implementation gaps, showing that meeting expectations will remain challenging and costly.

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Christian Breyer @christianonre.bsky.social · Jan 15

1/ New research @UniLUT shows the impact of transportation on the final cost of green e-methanol imported to #Europe from #Chile & #Morocco doi.org/10.1016/j.re.... Import costs are estimated for the case of shipping and pipelines in 2030-2050.

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Expertenrat für Klimafragen @expertenratklima.bsky.social · Jan 15

📅 Save the date: Der Expertenrat für Klimafragen veröffentlicht am Mittwoch, 5.2.2025, sein Zweijahresgutachten. Darin betrachtet er die Entwicklungen und Trends der vergangenen Jahre sowie die Wirksamkeit von klimapolitischen Maßnahmen und formuliert Anforderungen an die künftige Klimapolitik.

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Adrian Odenweller @adrianodenweller.bsky.social · Jan 14

🚨New Paper and Policy Brief🚨

How has green hydrogen developed recently? How much hydrogen is needed for 1.5°C? And what are plausible future pathways?

In a new Nature Energy study, we look at these questions.

🔗Article: https://buff.ly/3WeOh3G
🔗Policy Brief: https://buff.ly/3C2F6wm

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Netzwerk Klimajournalismus Deutschland @klimajourno.bsky.social · Jan 13

Am 21. Januar um 12 Uhr haben wir mit @brigitteknopf.bsky.social von @klimasozial.bsky.social, Christoph Pistner vom @oekoinstitut.bsky.social und @falkoueckerdt.bsky.social vom @pik-potsdam.bsky.social
Wissenschaftler*innen zu Gast, um Fragen Klimafragen aus dem Wahlkampf zu klären.

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Adrian Odenweller @adrianodenweller.bsky.social · Jan 11

🚨 New paper and webinar on green hydrogen! 🚨

How have green hydrogen projects performed in recent years? How has the role of hydrogen in 1.5°C scenarios changed? What are plausible future pathways given announced support policies?

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Philipp C. Verpoort @philippverpoort.bsky.social · Dec 11

📄 Heute erschienen: unser Report zur langfristigen Wettbewerbsfähigkeit energieintensiver Grundstoffe in DE und der Option des Imports grüner Vorprodukte.

🔗 ariadneprojekt.de/publikation/...

Zusammenfassung der Kernergebnisse im 🧵 … 1/7

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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · Dec 3

I keep hearing people say that we could scale green hydrogen so that it could replace fossil gas used for heating buildings.

My take: this is highly unrealistic.

Let's look at the numbers in more detail in this 🧵

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Adrian Odenweller @adrianodenweller.bsky.social · Dec 3

Thanks for sharing our article @janrosenow.bsky.social! Sadly, two years after its publication, most green hydrogen projects have been delayed or abandoned. @falkoueckerdt.bsky.social and I will soon publish a follow-up article to explore recent setbacks and future challenges of green hydrogen.

Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · Dec 3

I keep hearing people say that we could scale green hydrogen so that it could replace fossil gas used for heating buildings.

My take: this is highly unrealistic.

Let's look at the numbers in more detail in this 🧵

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Jörn Richstein @jrichstein.bsky.social · Nov 27

Our new commentary in Joule (authors.elsevier.com/a/1k9mf925JE...) describes the rationale behind the major design choices underlying Germany’s recently concluded 4-billion € tender of Carbon Contracts for Difference (CCfD) for emissions reductions in energy-intensive industry: 1/6 🔌💡 #climatesky

Screenshot of the title page of the commentary.

Title
Catalyzing the transition to a climate-neutral industry with carbon contracts for difference

Authors
Jörn C. Richstein
Vasilios Anatolitis
Robin Blömer
Lennart Bunnenberg
Jakob Dürrwächter
Johannes Eckstein
Karl-Martin Ehrhart
Nele Friedrichsen
Till Köveker
Sascha Lehmann
Oliver Lösch
Felix Christian Matthes
Karsten Neuhoff
Paula Niemölller
Matia Riemer
Falko Ueckerdt
Jakob Wachsmuth
Runxi Wang
Jenny Winkler

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Wolf-Peter Schill @wpschill.bsky.social · Jun 21

🎙️ Morgen, 22.6. um 17:00 Uhr machen @aroth.bsky.social und ich auf der Langen Nacht der Wissenschaften #LNDW24 unseren ersten Live-Podcast zum Stand der #Energiewende!

Live auch auf YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJmr...

Alle bisherigen Folgen von fossilfrei: www.diw.de/de/diw_01.c....

Fossilfrei – Live von der Langen Nacht der Wissenschaften

Wolf-Peter Schill und Alexander Roth diesmal live aus der Chausseestraße in Mitte. Alle Informationen über den Podcast 'fossilfrei' findet Ihr auf der DIW-Website: https://www.diw.de/fossilfrei

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Brigitte Knopf @brigitteknopf.bsky.social · Jun 4

#Sondergutachten des Expertenrats @expertenratklima.bsky.social zur Prüfung der Projektionsdaten: Das Ergebnis ist die Festellung einer erstmaligen Zielverfehlung für 2021-2030 nach neuem #Klimaschutzgesetz.
Hier ein kurzer Mitschnitt der Pressekonferenz: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pVX...

Pressekonferenz zum Sondergutachten zur Prüfung der Treibhausgas-Projektionsdaten 2024 am 03.06.24

Pressekonferenz zum Sondergutachten zur Prüfung der Treibhausgas-Projektionsdaten 2024.

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Gunnar Luderer @gunnarenergyclima.bsky.social · May 14

#JobOpportunity @pik-potsdam.bsky.social: We are looking for a postdoc or research analyst working with us on energy systems modeling of decarbonization pathways for the transport system 0cn.de/PIKtransport....

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Agora Industrie @agoraind.bsky.social · May 10

Job opportunity: Project Officer Hydrogen (f/m/d) wanted, Berlin-based, full or part-time.

You have expertise in the fields of #energy, #hydrogen & #PtX and want to contribute to complex research projects in collaboration with Agora colleagues?

Deadline is May 22. More details ➡️ bit.ly/3UyMLrj

Open positions

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Pao-Yu Oei @paoyuoei.bsky.social · Apr 24

Eindrücke von #FFF-Veranstaltung 👇
"Unite behind the science", die vor #Klimakrise & Angriff auf Demokratie warnt - sinnbildlich aber allein mit der Zivilgesellschaft im Regen stehen gelassen wird...
#KeepTheGreenDealAlive 🔥@luisaneubauer.bsky.social @ckemfert.bsky.social @matthiasquent.bsky.social

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Tom Brown @nworbmot.bsky.social · Apr 24

Great to see the International Energy Agency (IEA) embrace #opensource energy modelling tool PyPSA

used for hourly modelling in their new report on future flexibility needs at different scales (hourly, seasonal, inter-annual)

#openmod #freethemodels

www.iea.org/reports/mana...

Managing the Seasonal Variability of Electricity Demand and Supply – Analysis - IEA

Managing the Seasonal Variability of Electricity Demand and Supply - Analysis and key findings. A report by the International Energy Agency.

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Philipp C. Verpoort @philippverpoort.bsky.social · Apr 24

📄💡 New paper published in Nature Energy estimating the “renewables pull” for green value chains of basic materials (steel & chemicals)!

Read online (open access): nature.com/articles/s41560-024-01492-z

Impact of global heterogeneity of renewable energy supply on heavy industrial production and green value chains - Nature Energy

A new study of low-carbon value chains of basic materials (steel and chemicals) demonstrates how regional differences in renewable energy prices may lead to a global relocation of energy-intensive pro...

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Falko Ueckerdt @falkoueckerdt.bsky.social · Apr 24

Unfortunately, this is not an accurate representation of our research.

Please read our
1) PIK press release,
www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...
2) our article
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
3) our posts
bsky.app/profile/phil...
www.linkedin.com/posts/philip...
twitter.com/PhilippVerpo...