Geert DC
@geertnmdc.bsky.social
Interested in climate change, oil & gas, electricity, energy efficiency, renewables. I work at @transenv.
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As 2025 comes to a close, we’re looking back at some of our biggest data stories from the last year.
In January, we looked at the aviation industry’s plans to double its passenger traffic by 2050 and found that this will deplete its carbon budget as early as 2026.
A 🧵 with more top stories👇
In January, we looked at the aviation industry’s plans to double its passenger traffic by 2050 and found that this will deplete its carbon budget as early as 2026.
A 🧵 with more top stories👇
December 31, 2025 at 8:01 AM
As 2025 comes to a close, we’re looking back at some of our biggest data stories from the last year.
In January, we looked at the aviation industry’s plans to double its passenger traffic by 2050 and found that this will deplete its carbon budget as early as 2026.
A 🧵 with more top stories👇
In January, we looked at the aviation industry’s plans to double its passenger traffic by 2050 and found that this will deplete its carbon budget as early as 2026.
A 🧵 with more top stories👇
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In Ep. 265, Chris returns to Paris to interview @timgould.bsky.social about @iea.org’s flagship World Energy Outlook 2025 report. We clarify what its scenarios actually mean (and what they don’t), and find the global energy transition very much still going strong. xenetwork.org/ets/episodes...
[Episode #265] – IEA World Energy Outlook 2025 | The Energy Transition Show
Chris returns to Paris to interview co-lead Tim Gould about the new World Energy Outlook 2025 report, and to explore the futures it contemplates.
xenetwork.org
December 17, 2025 at 6:15 PM
In Ep. 265, Chris returns to Paris to interview @timgould.bsky.social about @iea.org’s flagship World Energy Outlook 2025 report. We clarify what its scenarios actually mean (and what they don’t), and find the global energy transition very much still going strong. xenetwork.org/ets/episodes...
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At an undetermined point in the future, the Commission intends to establish requirements that align uni- + bidirectional charging capabilities with relevant grid codes and communication protocols, as is already required for charging infrastructure.
single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu/publications...
single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu/publications...
December 16, 2025 at 7:22 PM
At an undetermined point in the future, the Commission intends to establish requirements that align uni- + bidirectional charging capabilities with relevant grid codes and communication protocols, as is already required for charging infrastructure.
single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu/publications...
single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu/publications...
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BREAKING: The EU chooses complexity over clarity. Clinging to combustion engines won't make European carmakers great again.
Today’s proposal from the European Commission will extend the sales of cars with engines & divert investment from EVs, while China races further ahead of Europe’s carmakers.
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Today’s proposal from the European Commission will extend the sales of cars with engines & divert investment from EVs, while China races further ahead of Europe’s carmakers.
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December 16, 2025 at 5:15 PM
BREAKING: The EU chooses complexity over clarity. Clinging to combustion engines won't make European carmakers great again.
Today’s proposal from the European Commission will extend the sales of cars with engines & divert investment from EVs, while China races further ahead of Europe’s carmakers.
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Today’s proposal from the European Commission will extend the sales of cars with engines & divert investment from EVs, while China races further ahead of Europe’s carmakers.
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EU politicians will decide on Wednesday whether to go ahead with the ban on words like burger and sausage for plant-based foods.
That means we have one last chance to show how unpopular – and absurd – this policy is.
Act now and see what you can do on savetheburger.org
That means we have one last chance to show how unpopular – and absurd – this policy is.
Act now and see what you can do on savetheburger.org
December 8, 2025 at 11:02 AM
EU politicians will decide on Wednesday whether to go ahead with the ban on words like burger and sausage for plant-based foods.
That means we have one last chance to show how unpopular – and absurd – this policy is.
Act now and see what you can do on savetheburger.org
That means we have one last chance to show how unpopular – and absurd – this policy is.
Act now and see what you can do on savetheburger.org
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In Ep. 263, @chrisnelder.bsky.social debates the CEO of Australian distribution utility Ausgrid about when and whether it’s best for customers or distribution utilities to own and operate grid assets like battery storage systems. xenetwork.org/ets/episodes...
[Episode #263] – The Role of Distribution Utilities | The Energy Transition Show
What is the role of distribution utilities in the energy transition?
xenetwork.org
November 19, 2025 at 6:24 PM
In Ep. 263, @chrisnelder.bsky.social debates the CEO of Australian distribution utility Ausgrid about when and whether it’s best for customers or distribution utilities to own and operate grid assets like battery storage systems. xenetwork.org/ets/episodes...
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In the 2000s, footballing superstar Thierry Henry became the face of Renault’s Clio adverts. It typified the swagger of Europe’s small car industry.
The intervening years have been less kind, but a new initiative could put the va-va-voom back into the industry.
Read the op-ed ➡️ bit.ly/3JyeZ4d
The intervening years have been less kind, but a new initiative could put the va-va-voom back into the industry.
Read the op-ed ➡️ bit.ly/3JyeZ4d
November 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM
In the 2000s, footballing superstar Thierry Henry became the face of Renault’s Clio adverts. It typified the swagger of Europe’s small car industry.
The intervening years have been less kind, but a new initiative could put the va-va-voom back into the industry.
Read the op-ed ➡️ bit.ly/3JyeZ4d
The intervening years have been less kind, but a new initiative could put the va-va-voom back into the industry.
Read the op-ed ➡️ bit.ly/3JyeZ4d
👇Interesting thread. No doubt the car industry is facing headwinds, but ICE phase-out is not the problem. Actually, stimulating demand for 'made in EU' EVs is one of the few avenues to support this industry.
By every metric, the industry is in deep trouble — and none of it has anything to do with future emission rules or an engine ban a decade away.
In fact, the future of cars is electric - not because of Brussels regulation, but because EVs will soon be much cheaper to make and run.
In fact, the future of cars is electric - not because of Brussels regulation, but because EVs will soon be much cheaper to make and run.
October 23, 2025 at 2:05 PM
👇Interesting thread. No doubt the car industry is facing headwinds, but ICE phase-out is not the problem. Actually, stimulating demand for 'made in EU' EVs is one of the few avenues to support this industry.
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🚨 New data shows plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) are far dirtier than claimed.
📑 With the #Dieselgate trial unfolding this week, fresh evidence suggests plug‑in hybrids (PHEVs) could be the next big deception.
Full 'Smoke Screen' report below.👇
#PHEV #BEV #ElectricCars #Emissions #Transport
📑 With the #Dieselgate trial unfolding this week, fresh evidence suggests plug‑in hybrids (PHEVs) could be the next big deception.
Full 'Smoke Screen' report below.👇
#PHEV #BEV #ElectricCars #Emissions #Transport
October 16, 2025 at 9:20 AM
🚨 New data shows plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) are far dirtier than claimed.
📑 With the #Dieselgate trial unfolding this week, fresh evidence suggests plug‑in hybrids (PHEVs) could be the next big deception.
Full 'Smoke Screen' report below.👇
#PHEV #BEV #ElectricCars #Emissions #Transport
📑 With the #Dieselgate trial unfolding this week, fresh evidence suggests plug‑in hybrids (PHEVs) could be the next big deception.
Full 'Smoke Screen' report below.👇
#PHEV #BEV #ElectricCars #Emissions #Transport
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NEW: Biofuels globally emit more than the fossil fuels they replace, our latest study shows.
The first-of-a-kind study looks at global biofuels production today and the potential impacts of government biofuel targets.
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The first-of-a-kind study looks at global biofuels production today and the potential impacts of government biofuel targets.
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October 9, 2025 at 6:00 AM
NEW: Biofuels globally emit more than the fossil fuels they replace, our latest study shows.
The first-of-a-kind study looks at global biofuels production today and the potential impacts of government biofuel targets.
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The first-of-a-kind study looks at global biofuels production today and the potential impacts of government biofuel targets.
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Uit de VS National Holocaust Memorial
September 20, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Uit de VS National Holocaust Memorial
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Amazing chart on hydrogen.
If *every* *project* currently announced proceeds globally in ten years we will have enough green hydrogen to ... replace existing grey hydrogen.
Nothing for transport
Nothing for industry
Nothing for heating
Electrification is the way.
www.bloomberg.com/explainers/g...
If *every* *project* currently announced proceeds globally in ten years we will have enough green hydrogen to ... replace existing grey hydrogen.
Nothing for transport
Nothing for industry
Nothing for heating
Electrification is the way.
www.bloomberg.com/explainers/g...
August 13, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Amazing chart on hydrogen.
If *every* *project* currently announced proceeds globally in ten years we will have enough green hydrogen to ... replace existing grey hydrogen.
Nothing for transport
Nothing for industry
Nothing for heating
Electrification is the way.
www.bloomberg.com/explainers/g...
If *every* *project* currently announced proceeds globally in ten years we will have enough green hydrogen to ... replace existing grey hydrogen.
Nothing for transport
Nothing for industry
Nothing for heating
Electrification is the way.
www.bloomberg.com/explainers/g...
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In Ep. 254, @nicolasfulghum.bsky.social joins us for a deep dive into the data in Ember’s Global Electricity Review 2025 report. Not only has the energy transition gone global, it’s accelerating so quickly that global power-sector emissions may be close to peaking. xenetwork.org/ets/episodes...
[Episode #254] – Global Electricity Review 2025 | The Energy Transition Show
Global carbon emissions from the power sector may be close to peaking thanks to an accelerating energy transition.
xenetwork.org
July 16, 2025 at 6:57 PM
In Ep. 254, @nicolasfulghum.bsky.social joins us for a deep dive into the data in Ember’s Global Electricity Review 2025 report. Not only has the energy transition gone global, it’s accelerating so quickly that global power-sector emissions may be close to peaking. xenetwork.org/ets/episodes...
Let's start reversing this #carspreading trend. It's needed and entirely feasible.
NEW: Car bonnets are becoming a half-centimetre higher every year, driving road safety fears.
This #carspreading trend where supersized SUVs crowd out space in towns and cities is also leading to cars that are more dangerous in a crash.
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This #carspreading trend where supersized SUVs crowd out space in towns and cities is also leading to cars that are more dangerous in a crash.
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June 12, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Let's start reversing this #carspreading trend. It's needed and entirely feasible.
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Why the EU's Low-Carbon Hydrogen Delegated Act is good for Europe and the planet.
@geertnmdc.bsky.social & @gh2org.bsky.social's Jonas Moberg outline why the draft regulations are not 'a strategic blunder' but are essential to ensure high-CO2 projects cannot receive public funding.
@geertnmdc.bsky.social & @gh2org.bsky.social's Jonas Moberg outline why the draft regulations are not 'a strategic blunder' but are essential to ensure high-CO2 projects cannot receive public funding.
Why the EU's Low-Carbon Hydrogen Delegated Act is good for Europe and the planet
The draft regulations are not 'a strategic blunder', they are essential to ensure that high-carbon projects cannot receive public funding, write GH2's Jonas Moberg and T&E's Geert De Cock
bit.ly
May 20, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Why the EU's Low-Carbon Hydrogen Delegated Act is good for Europe and the planet.
@geertnmdc.bsky.social & @gh2org.bsky.social's Jonas Moberg outline why the draft regulations are not 'a strategic blunder' but are essential to ensure high-CO2 projects cannot receive public funding.
@geertnmdc.bsky.social & @gh2org.bsky.social's Jonas Moberg outline why the draft regulations are not 'a strategic blunder' but are essential to ensure high-CO2 projects cannot receive public funding.
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Reliability is a system attribute and is not dependent on any specific class of resources.
This @regassistproj.bsky.social package pulls together information and tools to respond quickly to misinformation about power outages like yesterday in ES/PT. 🔌💡
www.raponline.org/knowledge-ce...
This @regassistproj.bsky.social package pulls together information and tools to respond quickly to misinformation about power outages like yesterday in ES/PT. 🔌💡
www.raponline.org/knowledge-ce...
Power Outage Rapid Response Toolkit
A toolkit designed for clean energy advocates to help set the record straight on root causes of electricity blackouts and grid outages.
www.raponline.org
April 29, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Reliability is a system attribute and is not dependent on any specific class of resources.
This @regassistproj.bsky.social package pulls together information and tools to respond quickly to misinformation about power outages like yesterday in ES/PT. 🔌💡
www.raponline.org/knowledge-ce...
This @regassistproj.bsky.social package pulls together information and tools to respond quickly to misinformation about power outages like yesterday in ES/PT. 🔌💡
www.raponline.org/knowledge-ce...
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It’s also crucial not to give into airline CEO calls to fall back on the cheap offsetting scheme CORSIA, which charges up to 23x less to pollute than an extended ETS.
Check out the full report for more 👇
bit.ly/4jO10Dx
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Check out the full report for more 👇
bit.ly/4jO10Dx
5/
www.transportenvironment.org
April 28, 2025 at 6:01 AM
It’s also crucial not to give into airline CEO calls to fall back on the cheap offsetting scheme CORSIA, which charges up to 23x less to pollute than an extended ETS.
Check out the full report for more 👇
bit.ly/4jO10Dx
5/
Check out the full report for more 👇
bit.ly/4jO10Dx
5/
Paraphrasing 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' Larry David ... pretty pretty pretty bad!
NEW: Aviation emissions are almost back to 2019 levels, with flights within Europe even exceeding these.
As much as 70% of these emissions remained unpriced in 2024 due to flaws in the EU’s carbon market.
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As much as 70% of these emissions remained unpriced in 2024 due to flaws in the EU’s carbon market.
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April 28, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Paraphrasing 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' Larry David ... pretty pretty pretty bad!
If it's too good to be true, it probably is. You could read the @transenv.bsky.social detailed report on fraudulent #biofuels. Or this shorter BBC article! www.bbc.com/news/article...
April 9, 2025 at 1:17 PM
If it's too good to be true, it probably is. You could read the @transenv.bsky.social detailed report on fraudulent #biofuels. Or this shorter BBC article! www.bbc.com/news/article...
An American president tends to open his (yep, still!) State of the Union with 'the Union is strong'. The State of Transport of @transenv.bsky.social is less performative. In a nutshell, there is some hope (stay the course on cars and trucks!), but also reason for concern (planes! ships!).
March 18, 2025 at 7:38 AM
An American president tends to open his (yep, still!) State of the Union with 'the Union is strong'. The State of Transport of @transenv.bsky.social is less performative. In a nutshell, there is some hope (stay the course on cars and trucks!), but also reason for concern (planes! ships!).
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GOP foreign policy: clownish, short-sighted and morally bankrupt
“Trump and Vance’s joint dressing down of Zelenskiy will go down in history — indeed, will live in infamy — as a shameful moment of American betrayal.”
Read @andreaskluth.bsky.social on today’s Oval Office clash ⬇️
Read @andreaskluth.bsky.social on today’s Oval Office clash ⬇️
Trump’s Oval Office Clash With Zelenskiy Was a Win for Putin
By humiliating the Ukrainian president and betraying Ukraine, the US president played right into Russia’s hands.
www.bloomberg.com
March 1, 2025 at 2:11 PM
GOP foreign policy: clownish, short-sighted and morally bankrupt
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NEW: Asian-European battery plant partnerships are not meeting EU air pollution standards or resulting in technology transfer, despite millions in EU subsidies.
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February 18, 2025 at 7:12 AM
NEW: Asian-European battery plant partnerships are not meeting EU air pollution standards or resulting in technology transfer, despite millions in EU subsidies.
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2) Transport-Electricity Integration Manager at Transport & Environment (T&E)
Hybrid, Brussels
Hybrid, Brussels
Transport & Environment - Transport-Electricity Integration Manager
Transport & Environment (T&E), Europe's leading clean transport think tank and campaign group, is looking to hire a new position to coordinate the work at the intersection of transport and ele
jobs.transportenvironment.org
January 21, 2025 at 1:07 PM
2) Transport-Electricity Integration Manager at Transport & Environment (T&E)
Hybrid, Brussels
Hybrid, Brussels
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I've written it to Chris privately before, but I might as well say it publicly too.
The $60 for The Energy Transition Show is one of the best energy-focused investments I've ever made.
Some episodes I can absorb as is. Others I have to research to fully grasp.
An absolute blast.
The $60 for The Energy Transition Show is one of the best energy-focused investments I've ever made.
Some episodes I can absorb as is. Others I have to research to fully grasp.
An absolute blast.
December 2, 2024 at 3:18 PM
I've written it to Chris privately before, but I might as well say it publicly too.
The $60 for The Energy Transition Show is one of the best energy-focused investments I've ever made.
Some episodes I can absorb as is. Others I have to research to fully grasp.
An absolute blast.
The $60 for The Energy Transition Show is one of the best energy-focused investments I've ever made.
Some episodes I can absorb as is. Others I have to research to fully grasp.
An absolute blast.