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Nikolai Beier

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Electronics nerd, Audio systems geek, great interest in fossil-free energy supply. Doing odd stuff: Helped renovate an old fortress at sea, for scouting. Hard and fun!

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 26/09/2026
I got to Copenhagen this morning and have been biking around all day and, y'all, I don't know if you've heard about this, but ... this place has pretty good bike infrastructure. You read about it but it's still just mind-blowing to see. Swarms of bikes, everywhere. Swarms!
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Kevin Anderson @kevinclimate.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I was asked by a colleague from my oil & gas days (who has remained in the industry) why UK producing its own gas is less acceptable to the Greens (& others) than importing it from America and West Africa.' The full question & my reply is now online at: climateuncensored.com/there-is-no-...
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There Is No Atmospheric Exemption for British Oil and Gas - Climate Uncensored
I was recently contacted by a colleague from my days in the 1980s and 90s when I worked as an engineer in the offshore oil and gas sector. He remains in the
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International Energy Agency @iea.org · 10/09/2026
Our Coal 2026 Mid-Year Update is out now. It shows the energy market impacts of the Middle East conflict are pushing up global coal demand – with higher natural gas prices spurring a shift towards coal in some regions in 2026. Read more 👉 buff.ly/SaqwPms
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LeRaffl @leraffl.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
🇩🇰 Denmark (Private) - August 26 - BEV Trajectory 96.1% BEV 0.1% PHEV 3.8% ICE Trailing 12 months are: 93.8% BEV 0.9% PHEV 5.3% ICE Graphs are available in the Gallery: leraffl.github.io/LeRaffl-Gall...
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Adrian Hiel @adrianhiel.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Good morning with good news! Europe installed 8.8GW of wind in the first half of 2026 with a course for a record year. Germany, who have led the way in reducing permitting times, are well ahead of everyone else.
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Troels Christensen @troelschristensen.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Monthly share of #SolarEnergy ☀️ in August covering almost 24% of the #electricity ⚡️ demand in #Denmark 🇩🇰 New records set in many EU countries. #RenewableEnergy 💚 #dkgreen 📊 by @energy-charts.bsky.social 🔗 energy-charts.info/charts/renew...
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Troels Christensen @troelschristensen.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Highest share of #SolarEnergy ☀️ recorded in July covering 26% of the #electricity ⚡️ demand in #Denmark 🇩🇰 energy-charts.info/charts/renew... New records set in many EU countries. Pick one in the top right corner. #RenewableEnergy 📊 by @energy-charts.bsky.social 🔗 energy-charts.info/charts/renew...
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
What gives me hope: Not everyone falls for misinformation and the heating market in Germany has shifted dramatically despite all the toxicity around the topic.
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Beyond Fossil Fuels @beyondfossilfuels.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
New @ember-energy.org analysis shows gas is losing its share in the global power mix as renewables increasingly meet rising electricity demand. The UK, Germany, & Italy — have remained below their historical gas generation peaks for at least 5 consecutive years! ember-energy.org/latest-insig...
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Gas share in global power mix has declined for a fifth consecutive year | Ember
Gas is losing its share in the global power mix as renewables increasingly meet rising electricity demand.
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Troels Christensen @troelschristensen.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Stock of passenger cars on Danish roads in May 2026: 🔸 Total 2.95 million 🔸 21,6% (636.473), or 1 in 5, is a #BEV 🔸 Up 51,9% (217.300) since May/25 🔸 6,7% (157.600) #ICE cars off the roads since May/25 Article by Statistics #Denmark (in 🇩🇰) 🔗 www.dst.dk/da/Statistik...
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Lars Dahlager @larsdahlager.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Puha, det tog lang tid. Men efter høj efterspørgsel har jeg lavet den store guide til hvilken brugt elbil du skal købe, hvis du ikke flyder i penge - inklusive alle faldgruberne for hver enkel af de 17 modeller jeg har udvalgt.. God læsning - det er et gavelink. lnkd.in/dhFFgftx
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LeRaffl @leraffl.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
🇩🇰 Denmark (Heavy Duty) - April 26 - BEV Trajectory 18.9% BEV 0.0% PHEV 81.1% ICE Trailing 12 months are: 27.5% BEV 0.0% PHEV 72.5% ICE Graphs are available in the Gallery: leraffl.github.io/LeRaffl-Gall...
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Brian Vad Mathiesen @brianvad.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Vi har brug for en kulturforandring i vores opfattelse af elnettet. Fremtidens elsystem kan ikke drives med gårsdagens logik. Det største problem i elnetdebatten lige nu er ikke kun mangel på kobber. Det er mangel på fleksibilitet i måden, vi tænker adgang til nettet på. 👇🏼
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 15/05/2026
Another for instance! Down in Queensland, Australia, fossil gas used to provide all the peak power. Then batteries start nibbling at it. Then chomping on it. And now they've basically eaten it all up. No more gas. Look at this graphic! Glorious. reneweconomy.com.au/big-batterie...
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
NEW ANALYSIS: Do renewables make electricity cheaper or more expensive? I pulled together wholesale and retail data across Europe and the US. Wholesale prices track gas exposure, not renewables share. Retail prices barely track either. Read full piece👇 janrosenow.substack.com/p/do-renewab...
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Do renewables make electricity cheaper or more expensive?
The honest answer is: it depends on what you measure, and where you look.
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Brian Vad Mathiesen @brianvad.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
EU’s energy problem is bigger than one fuel, one route, or one crisis. Since 1973 several shocks has hit. And the dependency has changed from Soviet to Russia to now the middle East and North America. The structural issue is import dependency. In 2025, the EU’s energy import dependency was ~60%. 👇
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T&E @transportenvironment.org · 01/04/2026
German truckers face over €1,200 a month in additional diesel costs due to the current volatility in oil prices. Our new research shows that the crisis has increased fuel cost for diesel trucks in Germany alone more than 2.5 times that of electric trucks. Explore the research 👉 bit.ly/4m090Uo
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Adrian Hiel @adrianhiel.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
"The study ... checked homes for gas leaks that occur chronically, when cookers were switched off and found 40 per cent of kitchens had gas leaks in the three countries they took samples from." IT, NL and UK. Via @davidesabbadin.bsky.social www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
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‘Eye-popping’ levels of carcinogen found in UK gas supply, researchers warn
Cancer-causing substance benzene was found in all 72 domestic gas samples collected in the UK, the Netherlands and Italy
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Brian Vad Mathiesen @brianvad.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Danmark går næppe mod bilfrie søndage eller akutte restriktioner lige nu. Men det ville være en fejl at tro, at vi derfor kan tage let på energikrisen. Danmark står stærkere end mange andre lande, fordi vi ikke er ensidigt afhængige af olie eller naturgas. 👇
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Ember @ember-energy.org · 15/03/2026
The EU still relies heavily on imported fossil fuels in most sectors, making it vulnerable to price shocks 📈 With the EU power sector’s relatively low fossil reliance (19%) – electrification with homegrown wind and solar, can enhance energy security 🔐 ember-energy.org/lat...
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Ben McWilliams @bmcwilliams.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
In the first half of 2019, Spain’s power prices reflected the cost of fossil generation in 75% of hours - this dropped to just 19% in the same period in 2025. via @ember-energy.org ember-energy.org/app/uploads/...
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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 13/03/2026
NEW: Why does gas set the price of electricity – and is there an alternative? Make yourself a tea (or grab a beer??) and enjoy my Friday longread on marginal pricing, ideas for market reform – & how to break the link btwn gas & power prices for good www.carbonbrief.org/... 1/8
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Hannah Daly @hannahdaly.ie · 11/03/2026
In my @irishtimes.com op-ed today I argue that our climate law is the best framework we have for making energy secure and affordable, because it tackles the root cause of our vulnerability to energy shocks - our dependence on fossil fuels. www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...
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Hannah Daly: Irish people are again paying a high price for our reliance on fossil fuels
But renewable energy relies on resources that will never run out and cannot be cut off as act of aggression
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Andrew Sissons @acjsissons.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
2. Electrify! The best way to tackle a fossil fuel crisis is to avoid using them altogether - via heat pumps, EVs and clean energy. One small silver lining of a rise in gas prices is that it tends to lower the electricity-gas price ratio (because wholesale costs make up more of the total gas bill)
Chart showing the GB electricity - gas price ratio. It fell from over 5 in 2021 to a low of 3.5 in late 2022, driven by high gas prices. It has since risen above 4 once again
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Troels Christensen @troelschristensen.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Share of #gas 🔥 in the #electricity mix in 2025. Once again the price of natural gas surges across #Europe, impacting the cost per kWh, mostly in #Malta 🇲🇹 #Moldova 🇲🇩 #Ireland 🇬🇧 #Italy 🇮🇹 #Greece 🇬🇷 #Netherlands 🇳🇱 #UK 🇬🇧 #Map #EU Data by @ember-energy.org 🔗 ember-energy.org/data/electri...
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Nicolas Fulghum @nicolasfulghum.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
If only there was a fast-scaling source of energy that can power cars without oil, is by nature distributed and doesn't need to be imported over and over again every time you want it...
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 06/03/2026
Electric Vehicles xkcd.com/3214/
Comic. [Person 1 talking to a person with shoulder-length hair and a person with a white hat.] PERSON 1: I would never get an electric vehicle. Sure, they sound great, but what do you do if the battery runs out of charge? [caption] I felt pretty silly when someone finally explained tome that EVs are rechargeable.
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Heat pump sales rose 11% in 2025 across 16 European countries, with 2.63 million units sold. Twelve countries saw growth, largely where subsidy schemes were stabilised and electricity costs addressed. Policy certainty and energy levies & taxation are proving decisive.
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Georg Zachmann @gzachmann.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
The main culprit was the power sector. 2/3
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Adrian Hiel @adrianhiel.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
@strategicperspectives.eu put out a nice analysis last week showing how electrification gets us off US gas in 10 years and off all imported gas except for Norway and the UK by 2040. strategicperspectives.eu/a-credible-g...
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Brian Vad Mathiesen @brianvad.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
US LNG is now roughly a quarter of EU gas imports, so US cold snaps increasingly transmit into EU prices. Jan 2026 saw Europe’s gas surge ~40% above €40/MWh on cold weather, low storage and tight LNG. Volatility remains the baseline. #Energy #LNG
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Dave Jones @cleanpowerdave.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
NEW: India is avoiding the fossil fuel detour 🪝 Where China built first on coal and gas, India is taking a shortcut >>> read in 5 graphics🧵
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LeRaffl @leraffl.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
🇩🇰 Denmark (Heavy Duty Vehicles) - December 25 - BEV Trajectory 43.2% BEV 0.0% PHEV 56.8% ICE Trailing 12 months are: 27.1% BEV 0.0% PHEV 72.9% ICE Graphs are available in the Gallery: leraffl.github.io/LeRaffl-Gall...
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ICCT Europe 🇪🇺 @iccteu.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
🚗⚡ Europe’s electric vehicle market is closing the year strong despite ongoing uncertainty around the European CO2 standards review. Battery electric vehicles reached a 23% market share of new registrations in Europe. #MarketMonitor
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Notes from Poland @notesfrompoland.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
The government's majority in parliament has approved a bill intended to facilitate the transition away from coal by offering payments to miners who lose their jobs and redeveloping former mining areas. The right-wing opposition largely abstained from voting, prompting criticism from a miners' union
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Polish parliament approves bill facilitating coal mine closures and compensation for miners
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Tom Brown @nworbmot.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Main points: - reaching climate neutrality will mean managing our limited sustainable biomass resource carefully - we need to think not just about energy efficiency, but also carbon efficiency (how well we use biogenic carbon)
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Never forget, car dependency isn’t freedom. Some might ask “what’s more free than cars?” Choices. Choices are more free than car dependency. It’s not a hard concept. I’m not pitting cars against any other single mode of transport. I’m rejecting design that creates dependency on just one mode.
Complex highway interchange from the air
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Robbie Andrew @robbieandrew.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
The number of heat pumps going into new residential buildings in Germany has risen dramatically, but - just like EVs with fleet turnover - this has to propagate to the entire housing stock. At least we can see that gas has now peaked in the German housing stock.
Entwicklung der Beheizungsstruktur des Wohnungsbestandes
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Beyond Fossil Fuels @beyondfossilfuels.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
New polling on data centres finds 72% of Europeans want a measure requiring new data centres be built only if they’re powered by new and additional renewable energy. ⚠️ People aren’t willing to trade the climate for unsustainable data centre growth. Read more 👉 beyondfossilfuels.org/2025/10/27/e...
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Richard Lowes @richardlowes.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
Ember demonstrating, in numbers, how electrification is central to reducing energy imports in Europe. Heat pumps in the Netherlands are already reducing gas demand in homes by around 10%! ember-energy.org/latest-insig...
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Shockproof: how electrification can strengthen EU energy security | Ember
Electrification, using homegrown clean power, is the main tool to reduce the EU’s exceptionally high and risky dependence on imported fossil fuels.
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LeRaffl @leraffl.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
🇩🇰 Denmark (Private) - September 25 - BEV Trajectory 90.4% BEV 1.4% PHEV 8.2% ICE Trailing 12 months are: 81.4% BEV 3.0% PHEV 15.6% ICE Graphs are available in the Gallery: leraffl.github.io/LeRaffl-Gall...
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Beyond Fossil Fuels @beyondfossilfuels.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Although there’s still a long way to go, new @iea.org analysis finds that since 2010: 👍 the UK and Germany have reduced their fossil fuel imports by around 1/3 by investing in renewables 👍 Denmark has cut its reliance by nearly 1/2. Explore the results in full 📚 www.iea.org/reports/rene...
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Renewables 2025 – Analysis - IEA
Renewables 2025 - Analysis and key findings. A report by the International Energy Agency.
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
The more I look at industrial decarbonisation, the more I come to the point of view that we have overstated the role of molecules in the past and underestimated the role of electrons in the future.
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Adrian Hiel @adrianhiel.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
I useful reminder that European energy from renewables won't be interrupted by geopolitics.
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
HOT OFF THE PRESS: Light industry uses nearly half of EU industrial gas most of it can be electrified now. Switching to heat pumps and electric boilers cuts emissions and boosts energy security. Great piece by @regassistproj.bsky.social More: www.raponline.org/blog/light-i...
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
“It was renewables that did it!” That was the headline after Spain’s blackout on April 28. But the official report published today points to other factors: chain reaction of overvoltages led to cascading generation disconnections. Human error played a big role too. media.licdn.com/dms/document...
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Bruegel @bruegel.org · 10/05/2025
📊 Chart of the week: EU LNG imports by source ⛽ 💡 Despite the 2022 gas supply shock, Russian gas still made up 18% of EU gas imports in 2024. 🖊️ Dataset by @keliauskaite.bsky.social @bmcwilliams.bsky.social @gsgaravatti.bsky.social @gzachmann.bsky.social 🔗 buff.ly/Kp5v6M3
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Beyond Fossil Fuels @beyondfossilfuels.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
New @globalenergymon.bsky.social shows the 🇪🇺 retired 4x as much coal in 2024 as in 2023. Not only that—since 2018, #coal plants w/project-level retirement dates have increased x6. The EU is progressing & aligning with Paris goals, but faster phaseouts are key. globalenergymonitor.org/report/boom-...
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Ole Sanvig @sanvig.dk · 02/04/2025
Danske fiskere redder liv i #Ukraine med gamle fiskenet. Og bliver - selvfølgelig - ramt af bureaukratisk bøvl. Mindre bøvl, mere net! #dkpol
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Tonsvis af gammelt vestjysk fiskenet forpurrer russiske angreb i Ukraine
Ukrainske soldater har fundet et yderst effektivt forsvar mod russiske droneangreb: brugt fiskenet fra den danske vestkyst. Som noget af det eneste er det stærkt nok til at gribe selv de tunge bomber.
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Søren Jakobsen @sorenjakobsen.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Elbilsalgstallene for Europa er kommet ud i dag og Danmark indtager en flot andenplads efter Norge. Det vigtigste er dog, at elbiler udgjorde 17,7 procent af de tyske indregistreringer i februar. Det lyder måske ikke af meget mod Danmarks 66,5 procent, men i februar 2022 (1/2)
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