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Pao-Yu Oei

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Prof. Economics of Sustainable Energy Transition at Europa-Universität Flensburg | Head of Research Group FossilExit, CoalTransitions Hub & TRAJECTS International Centre | he/him www.trajects.org | www.coaltransitions.org | https://www.uni-flensburg.de/eum

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Pao-Yu Oei @paoyuoei.bsky.social · Jan 22

You can now also find a short 90 seconds video describing the work of our @fossilexit.bsky.social on youtube 👇

www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...

Ausstieg aus den fossilen Energieträgern (FossilExit)

In dem Video wird das Projekt „Ausstieg aus den fossilen Energieträgern (FossilExit)“ am Zentrum für nachhaltige Energiesysteme an der Europa-Universität Fle...

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Environmental Politics @environmentalpol.bsky.social · Aug 13

New review article!

Supply-side policies in coal transitions and country vulnerabilities: a systematic literature review by @paoyanguas.bsky.social, @andreafurnaro.bsky.social, Nicolas Malz, Lisa Wijayani & @paoyuoei.bsky.social.

doi.org/10.1080/0964...

Supply-side policies in coal transitions and country vulnerabilities: a systematic literature review

This study integrates a systematic literature review and cluster analysis to scrutinize policies related to coal mining phase-out and just transition. Using a typology based on vulnerability criter...

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Robbie Andrew @robbieandrew.bsky.social · Jul 30

📢India's fossil CO₂ emissions in first half of 2025 up *only* 0.9%.
Preliminary data show very slow growth in emissions from both coal and oil, and a decline in natural gas. 🧵

Graph showing: Monthly Indian fossil CO2 emissions

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

Visit our upcoming @trajects.bsky.social virtual dialogue tomorrow at 16:00 (CET) to hear about insights on #renewables development in #LatinAmerica #SouthAfrica #SouthEastAsia #Germany

📩 Sign up to receive the link: trajects.org/events/159
We offer simultaneous translation English-Spanish

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TRAJECTS Climate Centre @trajects.bsky.social · Jul 18

Is there a place for non-renewables in the future of clean energy?

Join our webinar with global experts to discuss the #JustEnergyTransition.

📅 Friday, July 25th
⏰ 9:00 AM COT | 4:00 PM CEST
🔗 Free registration 👉 trajects.org/events/161

See you there!

#RenewableEnergy

Join our first dialogue "Renewables or non-renewables in the clean energies?", as part of our TRAJECTS 2025 Dialogue Series, a crucial event on the energy transition in the context of Europe, South Africa, Latin America, and Asia.

We will explore a fundamental question: Is there a role for non-renewables on the path to clean energy? Our panel of international experts will analyze this issue from diverse regional and policy perspectives.

Speakers:

🔹 Pao-Yu Oei, Professor at Europa Universität Flensburg
🔹 Michela Izzo, Executive Director at Guakia Ambiente
🔹 Harro Von Blottnitz, Professor at the University of Cape Town
🔹 Dinita Setyawati, Senior Electricity Policy Analyst at Ember

Moderator: Nataly Díaz Cruz, Academic Coordinator for TRAJECTS LATAM.

📅 Date: Friday, July 25th ⏰ Time: 9:00 AM (Colombian time) | 4:00 PM (CEST)
🌐 Register now: https://trajects.org/events/161
🗣️ The event will feature simultaneous interpretation (English/Spanish).

#JustEnergyTransition #CleanEnergy #RenewableEnergy #Sustainability #EnergyPolicy #Webinar #ClimateChange

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PHD Comics @phdcomics.com · Jul 13

A guide to academic event names

Pao-Yu Oei @paoyuoei.bsky.social · Jul 9

And this is the webex room where we meet from 6:30 pm to answer some potential questions you might have

uni-flensburg.webex.com/meet/pao-yu....

-> please spread the news and advertise the program

Meet virtually with Cisco Webex. Anytime, anywhere, on any device.

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Pao-Yu Oei @paoyuoei.bsky.social · Jul 9

If I didn't already have this great job, which leaves me hardly any time for anything else - I would study it myself!

Here you can find more information about the Master's in Sustainable Energy with its 3 tracks and a flyer to download

www.uni-flensburg.de/energy/

Master Sustainable Energy - Europa-Universität Flensburg (EUF)

Master Sustainable Energy from Spring 2025: An interdisciplinary programme for shaping sustainable energy systems. Get informed now and help shape the future!

www.uni-flensburg.de

Pao-Yu Oei @paoyuoei.bsky.social · Jul 9

- Very good alumni network for later career entry in industry, business, NGOs, etc.: Our alumni include everything from state secretaries to energy traders and research engineers to project managers at Greenpeace, who meet regularly to exchange experiences with each other and with the new studies.

Pao-Yu Oei @paoyuoei.bsky.social · Jul 9

- Mixed teaching language: English-language Master's with the option of taking exams in German and also choosing modules in German or other languages from other Master's programs at the universities (e.g. Master's Mechanical Engineering or Wind Engineering)

Pao-Yu Oei @paoyuoei.bsky.social · Jul 9

- Equivalent fields of study Engineering, Transition and Development within the Master's program with many options in the technical field. We also allow for entries from students with a non-engineering bachelor background (through taking some additional technical courses at the start of the master)

Pao-Yu Oei @paoyuoei.bsky.social · Jul 9

Special features of our program
- A tradition of more than 25 years of energy transition studies in Flensburg
- Unique cooperation to combine practical relevance with research strength: 2 universities offer a joint degree program that is highly permeable for academic advancement up to doctoral level

Pao-Yu Oei @paoyuoei.bsky.social · Jul 9

I want to advertise our new #Study program #Master #Sustainable #Energy at Europa-Universität Flensburg 🧑‍🎓 ⚡ ☀️ 🌊

#ApplicationDeadline is 15. July and there is also another hybrid #Infosession tonight at 6:30 pm (CET) (link below at the end of the thread)

Infoflyer www.uni-flensburg.de/energy/

Master Sustainable Energy - Europa-Universität Flensburg (EUF)

Master Sustainable Energy from Spring 2025: An interdisciplinary programme for shaping sustainable energy systems. Get informed now and help shape the future!

www.uni-flensburg.de

Pao-Yu Oei @paoyuoei.bsky.social · Jul 1

What a difference a #CoalExit can make - If only others would follow the example...

Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · Jul 1

A REMARKABLE JOURNEY: Not long ago, the UK’s power sector was the country’s largest source of carbon emissions.

Today, it has become the smallest emitter among all sectors.

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Constantin Zerger @constzerger.bsky.social · Jun 27

Die Gasbohrungen vor #Borkum drohen uns in eine neue fossile Pfadabhängigkeit zu bringen. Jede weitere Bohrung wird etwas günstiger sein, als die davor, sagt Ökonom @paoyuoei.bsky.social. Deshalb ist es so wichtig, dieses unnötige Projekt zu stoppen! www.sueddeutsche.de/wirtschaft/u...

Wissenschaftler: Neue Erdgasförderung ist verkehrter Weg

www.sueddeutsche.de

Pao-Yu Oei @paoyuoei.bsky.social · Jun 27

Was wir brauchen sind Erneuerbare Energien und nicht noch mehr fossiles Gas

www.sueddeutsche.de/wirtschaft/u...

Wissenschaftler: Neue Erdgasförderung ist verkehrter Weg

www.sueddeutsche.de

Pao-Yu Oei @paoyuoei.bsky.social · Jun 27

"bestehe die Gefahr eines sogenannten «fossilen Lock-in», sagte Pao-Yu Oei, Wirtschaftsprofessor an der Europa-Universität Flensburg, in einem Pressegespräch" @saschamk.bsky.social @umwelthilfe.bsky.social @carlareemtsma.bsky.social @fridaysforfuture.bsky.social
www.sat1regional.de/newsticker/w...

Wissenschaftler: Neue Erdgasförderung ist verkehrter Weg - SAT.1 REGIONAL

Borkum (dpa/lni) – Die umstrittene Erdgasförderung nahe dem Wattenmeer vor der Nordseeinsel Borkum könnten nach Einschätzung eines Wissenschaftlers in den kommenden Jahren das Feld für weitere Gasbohr...

www.sat1regional.de

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · Jun 22

A new International Energy Agency (IEA) assessment of the lifecycle emissions of coal vs LNG shows that LNG only offers a pitiful reduction in emissions compared to coal

Gas talking points present themselves as a 'climate solution', but they're a climate cause

www.iea.org/reports/asse...

a chart showing that lng is almost as bad for climate as coal

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Matthias Kalkuhl @mkalkuhl.bsky.social · Jun 19

Die geplante Finanzierung der #Gasspeicherumlage aus dem #KTF (TSP Background) entspricht einer Senkung des effektiven CO2-Preises auf Gas um 16 Euro. Größte Ironie: mit Einnahmen aus CO2-Preis bzw. dem Sondervermögen (das in den KTF fließen soll) wird nun fossile Energie subventioniert.

Pao-Yu Oei @paoyuoei.bsky.social · Jun 11

Neben unserer akademischen Publikationen zeigt auch eine weitere Studie von uns für @greenpeace.de, dass es richtig gesetzte politische Rahmenbedingungen braucht, um CCS nicht falsch umzusetzen
presseportal.greenpeace.de/243302-green... (3/3)

Greenpeace-Studie: CCS ist eine kostspielige Scheinlösung

Maßnahmen zur Abscheidung und Speicherung von Kohlenstoffdioxid (CCS) könnten bis 2045 allein in Deutschland Kosten von bis zu 81,5 Milliarden Euro verursachen, ohne dabei nennenswerte Fortschritte be...

presseportal.greenpeace.de

Pao-Yu Oei @paoyuoei.bsky.social · Jun 11

Fazit fürs Stromsystem: Wer #Klimaziele erreichen will, braucht keine fossile „Brückentechnologie“, sondern reale, verlässliche und emissionsfreie Lösungen wie #ErneuerbarenEnergien, #Wasserstoff, #Effizienz, #Suffizienz und #Flexibilität www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... (2/3)

Assessing the prospects, costs, and risks of carbon capture and storage implementation in Germany

Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) is an important cornerstone of Germany's future Carbon Management Strategy (CMS). This case study evaluates the costs…

www.sciencedirect.com

Pao-Yu Oei @paoyuoei.bsky.social · Jun 11

Ein @fossilexit.bsky.social Kommentar von @pherpich.bsky.social und mir in @table.media zur Diskussion um #CCS #Gaskraftwerke und warum es diese nicht braucht - und eigentlich nur ein #Feigenblatt der #FossilenIndustrie ist
table.media/esg/standpun... 🔌💡(1/3)

CCS-Gaskraftwerke sind ein Feigenblatt der fossilen Energieindustrie

Die von Habeck vorgesehene Kapazität von zehn Gigawatt (GW) an neuen H2ready-Kraftwerken soll gemäß Koalitionsvertrag auf 20 GW verdoppelt werden. Anstelle d...

Pao-Yu Oei @paoyuoei.bsky.social · Jun 5

Very happy to see our newest contribution on why it is important to account for underlying #inequalities when pursuing a #JustTransition published in #NatureEnergy 🔌💡

Lukas Hermwille @lukashermwille.bsky.social · Jun 5

We have a new comment out in @natureportfolio.nature.com Nature Energy in which we synthesise key findings of our 4-year CINTRAN project on structural change in coal and carbon-intensive regions across Europe.
A free read-only version is available here: rdcu.be/epxGW
#JustTransition #energysky

Compounding injustices can impede a just energy transition

Nature Energy - Coal and carbon-intensive regions have lagged behind in socioeconomic development, long before any transition-related structural changes were foreseeable. Acknowledging and tackling...

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Lukas Hermwille @lukashermwille.bsky.social · Jun 5

We have a new comment out in @natureportfolio.nature.com Nature Energy in which we synthesise key findings of our 4-year CINTRAN project on structural change in coal and carbon-intensive regions across Europe.
A free read-only version is available here: rdcu.be/epxGW
#JustTransition #energysky

Compounding injustices can impede a just energy transition

Nature Energy - Coal and carbon-intensive regions have lagged behind in socioeconomic development, long before any transition-related structural changes were foreseeable. Acknowledging and tackling...

Reposted by Pao-Yu Oei

Hannah Ritchie @hannahritchie.bsky.social · Jun 2

Greece is turning its back on coal and replacing it with solar and wind.

Today's data insight: ourworldindata.org/data-insight...

Data from @ember-energy.org.

The image presents a line graph illustrating the shift in Greece's electricity generation sources over time, from 1990 to 2024. There are two main lines: one representing coal and another representing solar and wind energy.

Initially, the coal line begins around 60% in 1990, gradually declining to 50% in 2014. A sharp drop occurs after that, leading to a low of about 6% in 2024. In contrast, the solar and wind line starts very low, around 2% in 1990, and rises steeply after 2015, almost tripling to approximately 43% by 2024.

Key notes are emphasized in the graph: one states that in 2014, about half of Greece's electricity was generated by coal, while another indicates that only 15% came from solar and wind sources at that time.

Pao-Yu Oei @paoyuoei.bsky.social · May 27

Das Projekt wird von Forschenden der Hochschule Flensburg, Europa-Universität Flensburg @fossilexit.bsky.social, Reiner Lemoine Institut, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft-und Raumfahrt, Technische Hochschule Ulm sowie Stadtwerken als Praxispartner bearbeitet, um die Tools dann auch umzusetzen (3/3)