Posts by Nikolaus J. Kurmayer
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The first part of Ursula von der Leyen's energy crisis package (to be presented next week) is already dead on arrival: agreeing the grids package before the summer.
"Wishful thinking ... pure von der Leyen populism ... no chance," we heard from negotiators.
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Another energy crisis - another lack of unbiased, relevant, timely ENERGY DATA for policy-making:
What is possible: The US Energy Information Administration, provides among many other series granular weekly! oil&petroleum data for: refinery production, imports, exports, prices, stocks, ...
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Ability to pay per MWh of datacentres seems 50%ish higher than conventional energy intensives for now, so they'd feel it last, is my model rn
"The world's most powerful horsegirl" -- overheard in the newsroom
Would you ever have time to talk to me about the state of play on social cost of carbon research in the coming weeks?
The thesis being that the bifurcation in US view and EU view shapes global policy outcomes or something
If the birds dont win the race for the Euro this is not my EU
I want to say "that'll cost you three kingfishers" to someone once in my life
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Da jetzt die dt. Wirtschaftsministerin ein Umdenken bei der Atomkraft fordert, würde ich gern auf mein längeres Gespräch im österreichischen Rundfunk letzte Woche hinweisen: sound.orf.at/podcast/oe1/...
Nikolaus’ drones strike
<EU is always as dependent on imported energy than long ago
Yes EU has cleaned its domestic generation of electricity
BUT…
Not electrified the rest of EU energy consumption:
Still 60% of our energy is imported >🙈
| @nkurmayer.bsky.social
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Good morning Europe, I wrote a thing about the absolute failure of reducing our long-standing energy import dependency via €1 trillion of renewables subsidies
What %share?
I always went with 2/3 1/3 truism
Follow the Danube !
Donauradweg 🤝
Its Saturday and you have next to no lights on at night anyway
That guy is me
(Do not visit the Warsaw zoo it's extremely bad)
No joke, so far I see it -- anywhere I must go (in your estimation) before I leave?
Guy who goes to different European cities so he can see the same Asian, African, Latin American animals in enclosures
Spending a few days in Warsaw, does anybody know why brass elements are so commonplace?
Is this Eastern European Dubai?
And thus, the year-long Iberian blackout saga comes to an end -- 17 root causes have been identified, Spain's Red Electrica claims it is not to blame (others, however, suggest otherwise)
Thus ends the story of the world's first-ever major voltage overload blackout
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Heute im #BrüsselBriefing @diepressecom.bsky.social, anlässlich des Europäischen Rates: Österreich schließt sich schon wieder einer Gruppe von Staaten an, die den Zug der Zeit zu verpassen drohen. diepresse.com/20689666
NEW: How the EU is trying to get back into the Champions League of global climate negotiations by changing gameplan, financial structure and players!
You've never come close to pushing yourself on a hike
To remotely go alpine is attempted suicide, lowkey, these alpine divorces are just a byproduct thereof.
The EU's double malaise in this ACER slide
Lagging electricity consumption and random AI images in official powerpoints paid for by the bloc's taxpayers.
One Battle After Another winning best picture, smh
Did you upsize radiators?
Ukraine's power supply situation continued to relax this week - but the next winter will come in only seven month.
GDU's weekly tracker: greendealukraina.org/gd-tracker/s... 1/2