Pieter de Pous
@pieterdepous.bsky.social
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Nature, environment, climate, food and farming, energy, German/EU politics, interested in lots more, views my own | Thinktanker @E3G, former NGO I EN-DE-NL
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taraconnolly.bsky.social
My fantastic colleague @julietphillips.bsky.social has co-written a briefing with @bramclaeys.bsky.social of @regassistproj.bsky.social on how to improve Europe's grid governance.

A quick summary with links below 👇
beyondfossilfuels.bsky.social
Electricity grid upgrades are central to Europe's future energy security and competitiveness.
To achieve this, it needs to:
1️⃣ Give national regulators a statutory mandate for the energy transition.
2️⃣ Create independent system operators and planners (ISOPs) to oversee grid planning in the public
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regassistproj.bsky.social
⚡ 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But outdated regulation and limited oversight are slowing things down.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/👇
pieterdepous.bsky.social
At least it clarifies that biofuels are not zero emissions

Other then that, this is just the political equivalent of drunk driving your car (industry) of a cliff
steporciello.bsky.social
Germany and Italy have joined forces to push for changes to the EU’s 2035 ban on tailpipe emissions from new cars, urging that vehicles “powered by renewable fuels” remain “eligible for registration” after the deadline, according to a joint memo obtained by Euractiv.
euractiv.com
Germany allies with Italy against 2035 zero emission car mandate
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frietema.bsky.social
Als je ze al TV-podium biedt, zou eerste vraag aan een liegende politica moeten zijn:

“De vorige keer dat u hier zat, sprak u [onwaarheid]. Wij waren niet in de gelegenheid dat in de uitzending recht te zetten. Daarom doen we dat nu.

Mijn vraag is: waarom loog u tegen mij en de kijkers?”

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cleanpowerdave.bsky.social
NEW: GLOBAL RENEWABLES OVERTAKES COAL

How the heck did that happen so quickly?!...🧵
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drsimevans.carbonbrief.org
A question for Times columnist Sebastian Payne:

What is this cheaper source of "energy" that you speak of?

The world's energy experts would like to know…
pieterdepous.bsky.social
It certainly didn’t make the French any more amiable to their Presidents
spignal.bsky.social
God this chart should haunt every French president from Chirac onwards, very much including Macron.

Where did all the money go?

Even accepting Germany should have run looser fiscal policy, it's still shocking to see French profligacy -- being broke makes "strategic autonomy" a distant dream.
pieterdepous.bsky.social
Europe keeps calm and demolishes another coal plant it no longer needs, this today in Sines, Portugal, a plant which had already closed in 2021

Courtesy of @aspatuleia.bsky.social
pieterdepous.bsky.social
In Politico this morning: German chancellor slamming EU anti-drone efforts and no he is not called Scholz

‘Even as the leaders bickered over the idea (with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz slamming it, per two diplomats), drones were sighted over critical German infrastructure. ‘
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justingerdes.bsky.social
"In 2019, experts at Kings College London estimated that without further action, it would take 193 years for London to meet government-set [NO2] limits. But the Labour mayor said the aim had been met in nine years by introducing Ulez." www.bbc.com/news/article... via Aurelia Foster
London Ulez reduced nitrogen dioxide to legal limit, mayor says
The mayor of London says the fall in airborne toxins is due to the Ultra low emission zone expansion.
www.bbc.com
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lindakalcher.bsky.social
The #EUCO debate on 2040 will be the first major test for Chancellor Merz’s ambitions as EU leader. He was decisive to allow for leaders to provide "guidance". Now it's up to him and Macron to ensure that ministers can adopt the target afterwards.
My piece in @table.media table.media/en/europe/op...
First major test for Chancellor Merz's claim to European leadership
Sie können besser entscheiden, weil Sie besser informiert sind – das ist das Ziel von Table.Briefings. Mit dem Informationsvorsprung zum Wettbewerbsvorteil.
table.media
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arielbrunner.bsky.social
The voice of "business" is mostly monopolised by a small band of laggards, rent seekers and dead end subsectors. Europe can be a world leader on the ecological transition. Or be overtaken by others. There is no leadership for Europe in business as usual and industrial nostalgia.
pieterdepous.bsky.social
It’s amazing what you find out when you ask business leaders about specific rules as opposed to generic hand waving over bureaucracy

EU leaders going hard with the worn out deregulation tropes should take note
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rikefranke.bsky.social
Thing is: the legal change was already proposed months ago by the last government and then not implemented because of the government change…
politico.eu
German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt announced plans today to overhaul the country’s aviation security law to give the armed forces a formal role in drone defense, including the authority to shoot down hostile aircraft.
Germany plans to let military shoot down drones domestically
Berlin is moving to tighten aviation law as drone incursions grow.
www.politico.eu
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arielbrunner.bsky.social
The conundrum we find everywhere.

Far too little for for the insects, but far too much for the farm lobby (the EU tried to go for 7%, paid for with subsidies, but has now pretty much abolished it, as did the UK as soon as it Brexited).
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rikefranke.bsky.social
This is a pretty big deal
financialtimes.com
FT Exclusive: German chancellor Friedrich Merz has called on the EU to use frozen Russian assets to finance Ukraine’s war effort, arguing the move could unlock a €140bn loan for Kyiv. on.ft.com/48jdaSL