Loïc Delorme
@loicdelorme.bsky.social
Online: nerd for politics and science
Work hours: EU energy policy expert⚡️☀️
IRL: board games fan, with some hiking and MtG ♟️🎲
He/him
Work hours: EU energy policy expert⚡️☀️
IRL: board games fan, with some hiking and MtG ♟️🎲
He/him
Excellent article which clearly and simply repeats the basic equation: the future is electric ⚡🔌💡
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Electrification is the key to energy efficiency
Productivity gains could cut final energy demand by nearly a quarter over the next 25 years, even as global GDP doubles
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November 11, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Excellent article which clearly and simply repeats the basic equation: the future is electric ⚡🔌💡
on.ft.com/47PPh3c
on.ft.com/47PPh3c
I'm no fan of this gas but gas-to-coal displacement is absolute madness 😱
Apparently not entirely Trump-driven but caused by higher gas prices but still devastating for climate (and the health of Americans) 🔌💡
Apparently not entirely Trump-driven but caused by higher gas prices but still devastating for climate (and the health of Americans) 🔌💡
November 4, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I'm no fan of this gas but gas-to-coal displacement is absolute madness 😱
Apparently not entirely Trump-driven but caused by higher gas prices but still devastating for climate (and the health of Americans) 🔌💡
Apparently not entirely Trump-driven but caused by higher gas prices but still devastating for climate (and the health of Americans) 🔌💡
Just listened to an excellent keynote from Climate and Taxation Commissioner Hoekstra followed by a word from the event sponsor... a Hungarian oil and gas company calling for cuts to taxes and regulation 🫠
#EuSky 🔌💡
#EuSky 🔌💡
October 28, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Just listened to an excellent keynote from Climate and Taxation Commissioner Hoekstra followed by a word from the event sponsor... a Hungarian oil and gas company calling for cuts to taxes and regulation 🫠
#EuSky 🔌💡
#EuSky 🔌💡
Speaking as someone who struggled to find my oat milk when I moved to Brussels because they all had confusing names, this is blatantly anti-consumer
#EUSky
#EUSky
Today the EU parliament voted to ban the word burger if they are made with plant protein, instead of animal protein. 🤦🏻♀️
They claim it’s to stop consumers being ‘confused between meat and plant products’ - solving a problem that nobody had!
This new rule leaves a bad taste in the mouth…
They claim it’s to stop consumers being ‘confused between meat and plant products’ - solving a problem that nobody had!
This new rule leaves a bad taste in the mouth…
October 10, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Speaking as someone who struggled to find my oat milk when I moved to Brussels because they all had confusing names, this is blatantly anti-consumer
#EUSky
#EUSky
Wait, the French government has collapsed AGAIN!? Already!?
If Liz Truss was a lettuce, Sebastien Lecornu was, what, a gently simmering pint of unpasteurised milk?
October 6, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Wait, the French government has collapsed AGAIN!? Already!?
Surprised @politico.com doesn't name the main culprit here. "A member state looking out for their domestic industry" in a manner that undermines EU solidarity? 🤔 Perhaps who tried to negotiate a deal around their car industry? I wonder who that could be!
(It's Germany. It's always Germany.) #EurSky
(It's Germany. It's always Germany.) #EurSky
August 4, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Surprised @politico.com doesn't name the main culprit here. "A member state looking out for their domestic industry" in a manner that undermines EU solidarity? 🤔 Perhaps who tried to negotiate a deal around their car industry? I wonder who that could be!
(It's Germany. It's always Germany.) #EurSky
(It's Germany. It's always Germany.) #EurSky
Great to see the amazing analysis by RMI (@rockymtninst.bsky.social) get picked up in mainstream press. It's the story of the decade but few people outside the energy sector realise just how far behind we've fallen.
May 12, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Great to see the amazing analysis by RMI (@rockymtninst.bsky.social) get picked up in mainstream press. It's the story of the decade but few people outside the energy sector realise just how far behind we've fallen.
ENTSOE has a dry sense a humour.
Headline: Germany splitting their bidding zone into 5 (!) saves €339 million/year, with payback in 4 to 8yrs.
Punchline: The Netherlands splitting in two saves €9mill/year; with ROI in 6 to ... 1240 years!
ENTSOE could not possibly comment which TSOs should pick.
Headline: Germany splitting their bidding zone into 5 (!) saves €339 million/year, with payback in 4 to 8yrs.
Punchline: The Netherlands splitting in two saves €9mill/year; with ROI in 6 to ... 1240 years!
ENTSOE could not possibly comment which TSOs should pick.
![A screenshot of a table of numbers.
6.5 Step 4: Consolidation of Results
6.5.1 Ranking and Acceptability of Alternative Bidding Zone Configurations
Columns: Ranking ; BZ configuration ; Monetised benefits for 2025
target year [€ mn] ; Transition costs [€ million] min to max ; Minimum lifetime [years] min to max ; Accepted/rejected ; Justification
Anything with a positive monetised benefit is accepted. On line NL2, "1240 years maximum minimum lifetime" is highlighted by the curser.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ge5mtefqzzhoxy5iby5yabqc/bafkreibmbjc4bluwrt3oetahd3o3322epigyu55yux4myf5hrrdxxyxlym@jpeg)
May 5, 2025 at 1:30 PM
ENTSOE has a dry sense a humour.
Headline: Germany splitting their bidding zone into 5 (!) saves €339 million/year, with payback in 4 to 8yrs.
Punchline: The Netherlands splitting in two saves €9mill/year; with ROI in 6 to ... 1240 years!
ENTSOE could not possibly comment which TSOs should pick.
Headline: Germany splitting their bidding zone into 5 (!) saves €339 million/year, with payback in 4 to 8yrs.
Punchline: The Netherlands splitting in two saves €9mill/year; with ROI in 6 to ... 1240 years!
ENTSOE could not possibly comment which TSOs should pick.
Some further excellent infographics by @ember-energy.org can be found in the full slide deck here: ember-energy.org/latest-insig...
A clear case for how #electrotech is the clear path to #EnergySecurity for the world, and just in time for this week's @iea.org UK summit.
#EnergySky🔌 💡
A clear case for how #electrotech is the clear path to #EnergySecurity for the world, and just in time for this week's @iea.org UK summit.
#EnergySky🔌 💡
April 23, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Some further excellent infographics by @ember-energy.org can be found in the full slide deck here: ember-energy.org/latest-insig...
A clear case for how #electrotech is the clear path to #EnergySecurity for the world, and just in time for this week's @iea.org UK summit.
#EnergySky🔌 💡
A clear case for how #electrotech is the clear path to #EnergySecurity for the world, and just in time for this week's @iea.org UK summit.
#EnergySky🔌 💡
Um, what on Earth @linkedin.com? Read the room a little
March 7, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Um, what on Earth @linkedin.com? Read the room a little
Note the mysterious 32% #electrification KPI! For reference, the Electrification Alliance were calling for a legally-binding target of 35% by 2030. This falls short but still a major improvement on what came before. What's not clear to me yet is the weight behind a "KPI". Just comms or real?
🔌💡
🔌💡
Leak communication on clean industrial deal : what's the calendar of the energy-related initiatives?
👉Legislative proposal on the extension ofthe Gas Storage Regulation Q1 2025
👉Legislative proposal on the extension ofthe Gas Storage Regulation Q1 2025
February 18, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Note the mysterious 32% #electrification KPI! For reference, the Electrification Alliance were calling for a legally-binding target of 35% by 2030. This falls short but still a major improvement on what came before. What's not clear to me yet is the weight behind a "KPI". Just comms or real?
🔌💡
🔌💡
I hasten to add that this is the one silly thing I found in today's leaks. Still looking through them but overwhelmingly smart sensible stuff.
Big fan of the new #electrification KPI, looking forward to more details in next few weeks. Also, new emphasis on circularity is welcome
#EnergySky #EUSky
Big fan of the new #electrification KPI, looking forward to more details in next few weeks. Also, new emphasis on circularity is welcome
#EnergySky #EUSky
Well that would be dumb. Caveat that it's one option floated among many in a leak but this is nonsense.
Companies aren't signing long-term contracts because glut of LNG infra is forecast to crater prices by 2030. Why should the Commission volunteer to be left holding the bag?
#EuSky #EnergySky
Companies aren't signing long-term contracts because glut of LNG infra is forecast to crater prices by 2030. Why should the Commission volunteer to be left holding the bag?
#EuSky #EnergySky
February 18, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I hasten to add that this is the one silly thing I found in today's leaks. Still looking through them but overwhelmingly smart sensible stuff.
Big fan of the new #electrification KPI, looking forward to more details in next few weeks. Also, new emphasis on circularity is welcome
#EnergySky #EUSky
Big fan of the new #electrification KPI, looking forward to more details in next few weeks. Also, new emphasis on circularity is welcome
#EnergySky #EUSky
Well that would be dumb. Caveat that it's one option floated among many in a leak but this is nonsense.
Companies aren't signing long-term contracts because glut of LNG infra is forecast to crater prices by 2030. Why should the Commission volunteer to be left holding the bag?
#EuSky #EnergySky
Companies aren't signing long-term contracts because glut of LNG infra is forecast to crater prices by 2030. Why should the Commission volunteer to be left holding the bag?
#EuSky #EnergySky
February 18, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Well that would be dumb. Caveat that it's one option floated among many in a leak but this is nonsense.
Companies aren't signing long-term contracts because glut of LNG infra is forecast to crater prices by 2030. Why should the Commission volunteer to be left holding the bag?
#EuSky #EnergySky
Companies aren't signing long-term contracts because glut of LNG infra is forecast to crater prices by 2030. Why should the Commission volunteer to be left holding the bag?
#EuSky #EnergySky
Better Yammer/Engage? 👍
Crammed into a tab? 👎
Mixed with time-sensitive notifications? 😠
I don't want the Everything App, I want an Office suite. Word, Excel, and PPT are separate programs; why aren't Tasks, my posts, my Teams chats, and my Teams Teams (🙄)?
www.theverge.com/notepad-micr...
Crammed into a tab? 👎
Mixed with time-sensitive notifications? 😠
I don't want the Everything App, I want an Office suite. Word, Excel, and PPT are separate programs; why aren't Tasks, my posts, my Teams chats, and my Teams Teams (🙄)?
www.theverge.com/notepad-micr...
Microsoft Teams is getting a Facebook-like feed and follow button
Get ready to follow your colleagues
www.theverge.com
February 9, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Better Yammer/Engage? 👍
Crammed into a tab? 👎
Mixed with time-sensitive notifications? 😠
I don't want the Everything App, I want an Office suite. Word, Excel, and PPT are separate programs; why aren't Tasks, my posts, my Teams chats, and my Teams Teams (🙄)?
www.theverge.com/notepad-micr...
Crammed into a tab? 👎
Mixed with time-sensitive notifications? 😠
I don't want the Everything App, I want an Office suite. Word, Excel, and PPT are separate programs; why aren't Tasks, my posts, my Teams chats, and my Teams Teams (🙄)?
www.theverge.com/notepad-micr...
Oh that's what this morning's press release from Politico was about. I'm curious whether Politico address it in their coverage or change their framing at all.
this appears to be based entirely on subscriptions for Politico Pro that many govt agencies pay for. but it doesn't matter, this is now fact for roughly half the country for eternity and will be used to do whatever they want.
February 7, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Oh that's what this morning's press release from Politico was about. I'm curious whether Politico address it in their coverage or change their framing at all.
Fun little game that the @financialtimes.com made with Iberdrola for this week's Energy Policy Forum
iberdrola-renewable-by-2030.ft.com
#EnergySky
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#EnergySky
February 7, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Fun little game that the @financialtimes.com made with Iberdrola for this week's Energy Policy Forum
iberdrola-renewable-by-2030.ft.com
#EnergySky
iberdrola-renewable-by-2030.ft.com
#EnergySky
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The Compass highlights the importance of clean power & electrification, but delays the Electrification Action Plan until 2026 🔌⏳
This is a missed opportunity. The Plan must be SMART, integrating flexibility & helping consumers cut energy bills
3/5
This is a missed opportunity. The Plan must be SMART, integrating flexibility & helping consumers cut energy bills
3/5
January 30, 2025 at 9:48 AM
The Compass highlights the importance of clean power & electrification, but delays the Electrification Action Plan until 2026 🔌⏳
This is a missed opportunity. The Plan must be SMART, integrating flexibility & helping consumers cut energy bills
3/5
This is a missed opportunity. The Plan must be SMART, integrating flexibility & helping consumers cut energy bills
3/5
Apparently the timid response is because Danes believe “It’s a good idea not to engage in verbal exchanges with the Trump [admin]."
I'd have thought the opposite. Trump recognises power. My gut response would be "if X, then Y consequence" said in the crudest terms possible.
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I'd have thought the opposite. Trump recognises power. My gut response would be "if X, then Y consequence" said in the crudest terms possible.
on.ft.com/40ScTlu
EU and Nato take vow of silence on Greenland
Denmark urges other European capitals to resist reacting to Donald Trump’s threats
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January 30, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Apparently the timid response is because Danes believe “It’s a good idea not to engage in verbal exchanges with the Trump [admin]."
I'd have thought the opposite. Trump recognises power. My gut response would be "if X, then Y consequence" said in the crudest terms possible.
on.ft.com/40ScTlu
I'd have thought the opposite. Trump recognises power. My gut response would be "if X, then Y consequence" said in the crudest terms possible.
on.ft.com/40ScTlu
Commission seem to be very good at integrating feedback from leaks.
Left: Friday leak with obvious gaps (Climate Law, Electrification!)
Right: Today's official version with multiple additions, including those Brussels bubble had decried the absence of
Lots of such small tweaks! #EnergySky #EUSky
Left: Friday leak with obvious gaps (Climate Law, Electrification!)
Right: Today's official version with multiple additions, including those Brussels bubble had decried the absence of
Lots of such small tweaks! #EnergySky #EUSky
![Screenshot of a table near identical to the previous one but with 14 bullets instead of 9. The words "Electrification Action Plan" are highlighted by text search function. Full text reads:
Flagship Actions Pillar 2
• Clean Industrial Deal and an Action Plan on Affordable Energy [Q1 2025]
• Industrial Decarbonisation Accelerator Act [Q4 2025]
• Electrification Action Plan and European Grids Package [Q1 2026]
• New State Aid Framework [Q2 2025]
• Steel and metals action plan [2025]
(
14) World Bank, 2022
12
• Chemicals industry package [Q4 2025]
• Strategic dialogue on the future of the European automotive industry and Industrial
Action Plan [Q1 2025].
• Sustainable Transport Investment Plan [Q3 2025]
• European Port Strategy and Industrial Maritime Strategy [2025]
• High Speed Rail Plan [2025]
• Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism Review [2025]
• Circular Economy Act [Q4 2026]
• Vision for Agriculture and Food [Q1 2025]
• Oceans Pact [Q2 2025]
• Amendment of the Climate Law [2025]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ge5mtefqzzhoxy5iby5yabqc/bafkreiawqco67gjw7jlsk33dswoi7xhpxxjo67cfsvvjen4p2o624oidse@jpeg)
January 29, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Commission seem to be very good at integrating feedback from leaks.
Left: Friday leak with obvious gaps (Climate Law, Electrification!)
Right: Today's official version with multiple additions, including those Brussels bubble had decried the absence of
Lots of such small tweaks! #EnergySky #EUSky
Left: Friday leak with obvious gaps (Climate Law, Electrification!)
Right: Today's official version with multiple additions, including those Brussels bubble had decried the absence of
Lots of such small tweaks! #EnergySky #EUSky
After Time Magazine, Schneider Electric also snags the #1 spot for most sustainable with Corporate Knights 🥳
Interview with our CEO by @adrianhiel.bsky.social on being an #ImpactCompany
www.corporateknights.com/issues/2025-...
@time-magazine.bsky.social & @green-economy.bsky.social
Interview with our CEO by @adrianhiel.bsky.social on being an #ImpactCompany
www.corporateknights.com/issues/2025-...
@time-magazine.bsky.social & @green-economy.bsky.social
January 28, 2025 at 1:16 PM
After Time Magazine, Schneider Electric also snags the #1 spot for most sustainable with Corporate Knights 🥳
Interview with our CEO by @adrianhiel.bsky.social on being an #ImpactCompany
www.corporateknights.com/issues/2025-...
@time-magazine.bsky.social & @green-economy.bsky.social
Interview with our CEO by @adrianhiel.bsky.social on being an #ImpactCompany
www.corporateknights.com/issues/2025-...
@time-magazine.bsky.social & @green-economy.bsky.social
Anyone want free Christmas trees? They’re on sale outside the Parliament at a steep discount
January 13, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Anyone want free Christmas trees? They’re on sale outside the Parliament at a steep discount
"Agnès PANNIER-RUNACHER, ministre de la Transition écologique, de l’Energie, du Climat et de la Prévention des risques"
New French government brings continuity on energy and climate policy, both stay under the responsibility of outgoing minister Pannier-Runacher.
#EnergySky
New French government brings continuity on energy and climate policy, both stay under the responsibility of outgoing minister Pannier-Runacher.
#EnergySky
Manuel Valls, Elisabeth Borne, Aurore Bergé, François Rebsamen, Gérald Darmanin, Bruno Retailleau, Catherine Vautrin, Rachida Dati...
Découvrez tous les ministres qui composent le gouvernement de François Bayrou
Découvrez tous les ministres qui composent le gouvernement de François Bayrou
DIRECT. Gouvernement de François Bayrou : qui seront les ministres ? Annonce imminente
Après plusieurs jours de tractations, le gouvernement de François Bayrou va être annoncé ce lundi 23 décembre, dix jours après la nomination du nouveau Premier ministre. Qui seront les nouveaux membre...
www.ouest-france.fr
December 23, 2024 at 6:01 PM
"Agnès PANNIER-RUNACHER, ministre de la Transition écologique, de l’Energie, du Climat et de la Prévention des risques"
New French government brings continuity on energy and climate policy, both stay under the responsibility of outgoing minister Pannier-Runacher.
#EnergySky
New French government brings continuity on energy and climate policy, both stay under the responsibility of outgoing minister Pannier-Runacher.
#EnergySky
Question for my mutuals in #Belgium or #Brussels: if I want to buy a *specific* piece of tech (eg. new headphones) but I don't want to go through Amazon or Fnac/VandenBorre, what are my options? Walk into a store and hope they have it? Ask them to order it? Buy direct from manufacturer?
December 1, 2024 at 5:46 PM
Reposted by Loïc Delorme
🚨 The cursed number is back: 52% of MEPs approve von der Leyen 2.0
November 27, 2024 at 11:31 AM
🚨 The cursed number is back: 52% of MEPs approve von der Leyen 2.0