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Rob Verdonck
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Sydney-based energy editor at Bloomberg news
Shifting to clean generation might occasionally trip, but the effects are short-lived, and easily fixed, says @davidfickling.bsky.social
Just look at Australia www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
No, Renewables Didn’t Cause Spain’s Grid Blackout
Shifting to clean generation might occasionally trip, but the effects are short-lived, and easily fixed.
www.bloomberg.com
June 19, 2025 at 10:48 PM
One of the biggest foreign takeovers in Australian history will force regulators and politicians to weigh who controls critical energy infrastructure against the need to address a looming domestic gas shortfall www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Adnoc’s $19 Billion Santos Bid Exposes Australian Energy Dilemma
One of the biggest foreign takeovers in Australian history will force regulators and politicians to weigh who controls critical energy infrastructure against the need to address a looming domestic gas...
www.bloomberg.com
June 19, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Jera, Japan’s largest power generation company, has reached agreements to buy as much as 5.5 million tons per year of #LNG from US suppliers www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Japan’s Jera Finalizes 20-Year LNG Agreements With US Suppliers
Jera Co., Japan’s largest power generation company, has reached agreements to buy as much as 5.5 million tons per year of liquefied natural gas from US suppliers.
www.bloomberg.com
June 12, 2025 at 12:56 AM
The World Bank lifts its ban on supporting nuclear power, and is discussing whether to fund upstream natural gas projects www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
World Bank Lifts Ban on Nuclear Power, Considers Upstream Gas
The World Bank’s board lifted its ban on supporting nuclear power, and is discussing whether to fund natural gas exploration and production, as it seeks ways to bolster access to electricity to realiz...
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June 12, 2025 at 12:53 AM
The US clean energy industry is starting to buckle under the weight of persistently elevated borrowing costs, Trump’s anti-renewables policies, and high tariffs www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Solar Bankruptcies Show US Clean Energy Industry Is Teetering on the Brink
The US clean energy industry is starting to buckle under the weight of persistently elevated borrowing costs, President Donald Trump’s anti-renewables policies and high tariffs.
www.bloomberg.com
June 9, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Reposted by Rob Verdonck
'Forever chemicals' are seeping into waterways across Europe. A vanishingly small, man-made molecule resists all attempts of removal. How will the EU eradicate the pollution? www.ft.com/content/a36c...
June 2, 2025 at 6:59 PM
For all the controversy over Australia’s #LNG decision in remote Karratha, there are too many roadblocks for the project to take off, writes @davidfickling.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Australia Is the Future of Gas, and Always Will Be
For all the controversy over the government’s recent LNG decision in remote Karratha, there are too many roadblocks for the project to take off.
www.bloomberg.com
June 2, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Major blackouts like the ones that knocked out Heathrow and much of the Iberian Peninsula are thankfully rare. But they won't be if governments don't act www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Neglecting Grids Would Be the Ultimate Power Failure
As the world consumes ever more electricity, infrastructure needs strengthening against a growing range of risks.
www.bloomberg.com
June 2, 2025 at 10:06 PM
China uses 380 million tons of coal as a feedstock for chemical and liquid fuel production - enough to make the country's sector the third-largest coal consumer on its own,
@javierblas.bsky.social writes

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China’s Coal Industry Has a Big, Dirty Secret
Largely unnoticed, an obscure corner of the trade has reached gargantuan proportions.
www.bloomberg.com
June 2, 2025 at 3:13 AM
One of my favourite energy reads this week was by @davidfickling.bsky.social on the fallacy that is Indonesia's biofuel policy
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Indonesia Is Pursuing the Worst Form of Solar Power
Biofuel mandates are boosting the use of palm oil. Going electric would be a better solution.
www.bloomberg.com
May 30, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Saudi Arabia's Acwa has signed MOUs for 13GWs of renewable capacity in Malaysia. Currently the country has just 3.4 GW of solar and almost 9 GW of hydro
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Saudi Utility Eyes $10 Billion of Malaysia Renewable Projects
Saudi utility Acwa Power Co. signed non-binding agreements with Malaysian firms, including to explore development of about 13 gigawatts of power generation capacity, totaling $10 billion in investment...
www.bloomberg.com
May 30, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Reposted by Rob Verdonck
Progress was blocked by a small group of mostly oil-producing nations including Saudi Arabia and Russia that opposed new restrictions.
Nations Fail to Agree Curbs on Plastic as UN Plans Future Talks
About 200 nations couldn’t agree on a treaty to curb plastic pollution after two years of divisive negotiations, but said they made some progress and would reconvene the talks next year.
www.bloomberg.com
December 1, 2024 at 4:44 PM
Reposted by Rob Verdonck
A fight is building at the UN climate talks over whether countries should recommit to last year’s historic pledge to transition away from fossil fuels.
COP29 Clash Brews as Saudis Resist Restating Fossil Fuel Pledge
A fight is building at the United Nations climate talks over whether countries should recommit to last year’s historic pledge to transition away from fossil fuels.
www.bloomberg.com
November 16, 2024 at 4:35 PM
Reposted by Rob Verdonck
OMV SAYS RUSSIA TO SUSPEND GAS DELIVERIES TO AUSTRIA ON NOV. 16

European gas prices pop 👇
November 15, 2024 at 2:44 PM