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Duncan Gibb

@duncangibb.net
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clean heat, renewables, music, tennis Senior Associate at @regassistproj.bsky.social 🇨🇦 raised 🇩🇪 then 🇨🇵 now

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Duncan Gibb @duncangibb.net · 11/04/2026
Existing buildings use more gas than new ones, so it would be good to see more regulation on them. France famously backed off its plan to ban gas installs in existing buildings in 2023. But banning all gas in new construction is a good sign and front-runs the EPBD (2028 for public buildings only).
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Duncan Gibb @duncangibb.net · 12/03/2026
The US has been at war with Iran for 47 years. But also the war just started. But also it's not a war.
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Robert Komaniecki @komaniecki.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
“Tourism boycotts do come up over one issue or another, but in my 37 years in the travel industry, I have never seen anything like what the Canadians have pulled off." The most successful travel boycott in modern history has already cost the USA economy $4.5 billion.
forbes.com
Canadian Visits To U.S. Fell By Double Digits In February
Canadians have increasingly bypassed U.S. travel for more than a year, and the boycott shows no sign of slowing down.
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Duncan Gibb @duncangibb.net · 11/03/2026
Flexy and I know it
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Duncan Gibb @duncangibb.net · 10/03/2026
Love when my heating fuel price resembles Bitcoin
Chart showing the TTF gas price spiking to 55 EUR/MWh and hovering around that price before falling
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Duncan Gibb @duncangibb.net · 09/03/2026
We're looking to evaluate trade-offs in policy design, explore the most effective form of public spending, and discuss whether grants targeted for low-income households actually achieve their goals. What other research questions related to subsidies do you have in mind? What could we explore?
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Duncan Gibb @duncangibb.net · 09/03/2026
HELP WANTED: What makes a heat pump grant effective? Or any clean energy tech subsidy, for that matter? In an upcoming paper, my RAP colleagues and I are aiming to answer this question and many others related to effective support for heat pumps in Europe. 🔌💡
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Duncan Gibb @duncangibb.net · 05/03/2026
Aw shucks
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Duncan Gibb @duncangibb.net · 05/03/2026
As another military conflict shakes global fossil fuel markets, phasing gas and oil out of heating has never been more urgent. Surely this time common sense will prevail? ehpa.org/news-and-res...
ehpa.org
Heat pump sales testify to government action - European Heat Pump Association
Heat pump sales in 2025 grew by 11% across 16 European countries* on average, preliminary data from the European Heat Pump Association shows. Around 2.63 million residential heat pumps were sold, up f...
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Duncan Gibb @duncangibb.net · 05/03/2026
Nonetheless, heat pumps are still victim to widespread uncertainty: Germany's decision to water down (again) its building energy law, France's stalling of its grant scheme tand Italy's cutting of tax credits all contribute to rising uncertainty. Long-term commitments are still desperately needed.
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Duncan Gibb @duncangibb.net · 05/03/2026
Good to see a rebound in heat pump sales across Europe. Shipments are still lower than the manic years of 2022 and 2023, but the industry is maturing and it is beginning to feel more sustainable.
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Duncan Gibb @duncangibb.net · 04/03/2026
Great episode. For the record, this is the type of crunchy regulatory stuff that folks at @regassistproj.bsky.social such as @richardlowes.bsky.social have been working on for years. 1. www.raponline.org/knowledge-ce... 2. www.raponline.org/toolkit/gas-... 3. www.raponline.org/blog/better-...
raponline.org
Planning and regulating Europe's gas networks: breaking up with fossil gas
RAP and Oeko-Institut study provides comprehensive look at gas distribution grids and regulation in seven European countries.
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Duncan Gibb @duncangibb.net · 04/03/2026
Landfill announces it has polished a single spoon www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
theguardian.com
X to ban users from earning revenue if they post unlabelled AI-generated war videos
Social media feeds have been flooded with fake battle scenes since start of Iran conflict
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Duncan Gibb @duncangibb.net · 04/03/2026
Well the US chose in 1953, then Iranians got a turn in 1979, only fair that the US gets to choose this time again
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Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Happy to report that the EV revolution has made it to Miniaturwunderland (Germany’s most visited tourist attraction, which is not surprising once you have seen it).
Miniaturwunderland, EV charging station
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Duncan Gibb @duncangibb.net · 20/02/2026
This has to be ragebait
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Duncan Gibb @duncangibb.net · 19/02/2026
Brave to talk about math on Facebook
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Duncan Gibb @duncangibb.net · 18/02/2026
Summer Olympics:
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
It's kinda annoying how solar panels were hung around the neck of the left as impractical pie in the sky treehugger shit *right* up until it started outcompeting every other energy source. Then suddenly, instead of going "hey the left was correct about solar" it's no longer a "left" idea!
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Duncan Gibb @duncangibb.net · 18/02/2026
Precisely!
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Duncan Gibb @duncangibb.net · 18/02/2026
What new business models does he see for decarbonizing heating?
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Duncan Gibb @duncangibb.net · 17/02/2026
Those who become the richest all have a psychotic devotion to accumulating as much wealth as possible, same as it ever was
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Duncan Gibb @duncangibb.net · 17/02/2026
It's the idea that calling someone or something racist is more offensive than racism itself
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Our World in Data @ourworldindata.org · 16/02/2026
✍️ New article: Billions of people have access to far less electricity per day than is required to run an air conditioner for just one hour. For five months of the year, temperatures in South Sudan’s capital, Juba, climb above 35 degrees Celsius (95 degrees Fahrenheit).
Energy poverty: How long could the average person run an air conditioner every day?

Horizontal bar chart showing how many minutes a typical 1000W single-room air conditioner could be powered by the average per capita residential electricity use in various countries. Values by country: India 44 minutes; Sri Lanka 39 minutes; Pakistan 37 minutes; Zimbabwe 25 minutes; Nigeria 13 minutes; Kenya 10 minutes; Haiti 8 minutes; South Sudan 4 minutes; Rwanda 3 minutes; Chad 1 minute. Key insight: large disparities in residential electricity access, with even the highest-listed country able to run a 1000W air conditioner less than one hour per day. Footer data source text: Data source: Calculated based on International Energy Agency and UN World Population Prospects. Chart is licensed CC BY to Our World in Data
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Duncan Gibb @duncangibb.net · 09/02/2026
Nice format
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Duncan Gibb @duncangibb.net · 07/02/2026
Jimmy Fallon and Paris Hilton being paid to show off their NFTs
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Duncan Gibb @duncangibb.net · 06/02/2026
sometimes I just have to say... bless the youtube algo www.youtube.com/watch?v=66yH...
youtube.com
Blur - Song 2, but every "woohoo" is done by Mario
YouTube video by ThePandemicLight
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Duncan Gibb @duncangibb.net · 06/02/2026
Muzzle 3: These Dogs Are Barkin'
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Duncan Gibb @duncangibb.net · 06/02/2026
No budget. And worst of all, the flagbearing subsidy scheme MaPrimeRénov was suspended, then not, then yes, then no and finally yes. www.uniclima.fr/userfiles/20...
uniclima.fr
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Duncan Gibb @duncangibb.net · 06/02/2026
2) Tight budgets. Installing a heat pump is still more expensive than a gas boiler. 3) Most importantly, government chaos. Mixed signals from the ecological ministry and finance ministry.
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Duncan Gibb @duncangibb.net · 06/02/2026
Heat pumps, in total, are still outselling condensing boilers though. What happened? A few thoughts: 1) End of the energy crisis and high gas prices. This caused an important cultural shift towards "getting off gas" that is still reflected in the lower boiler sales, but not in heat pump sales.
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Duncan Gibb @duncangibb.net · 06/02/2026
🚨No 2025 heat pump rebound in France. Very similar market to 2024. 🟰 After dropping 40% in 2024, sales of air-to-water heat pumps stayed roughly flat. The 2025 rebound seen in other countries, such as Germany, did not happen in Europe's (still?) leading heat pump market.
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Duncan Gibb @duncangibb.net · 06/02/2026
Guess the market: Bitcoin or a certain kind of heating technology in France? Source: www.uniclima.fr/userfiles/20...
Chart showing a mystery collapse from 41,980 units sold in 2022 to 9,570 units sold in 2025.
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Duncan Gibb @duncangibb.net · 06/02/2026
I think they expect the MSTR stock price to outpace BTC, sort of like a leveraged play. Since 2021, MSTR was up +300% this summer vs BTC +150%. But will also crash harder too. So it's asking for trouble with an asset as volatile as BTC. Now MSTR is -71% in 6 months while BTC is -45%.
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Duncan Gibb @duncangibb.net · 06/02/2026
This is GOAT improv for a political press conference
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Duncan Gibb @duncangibb.net · 05/02/2026
"The disgraced financier" is certainly a choice
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Duncan Gibb @duncangibb.net · 05/02/2026
Ditto, I am a stay-at-home-dad-who-happens-to-work-from-home-too
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Duncan Gibb @duncangibb.net · 04/02/2026
how many monocles does this mf have
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Duncan Gibb @duncangibb.net · 03/02/2026
Voilà: Gas consumption in France fell again. 350 TWh in 2025, down 3% from 2024. Household use fell 1.8%. Heat pumps are a main driver of this. But France is once again faced with tariff increases due to lower volumes. Long-term planning is needed. www.connaissancedesenergies.org/la-consommat...
Chart showing gas consumption in France reached a new low in 2025
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Duncan Gibb @duncangibb.net · 02/02/2026
Interesting, vielen Dank!
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Duncan Gibb @duncangibb.net · 02/02/2026
Any source? I agree that the terms aren't completely clear, but from the press release "heating heat pumps" and "air-source" seems to cover both A2A and A2W, no?
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Duncan Gibb @duncangibb.net · 02/02/2026
Proud to see some of my colleagues popping up there
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Duncan Gibb @duncangibb.net · 02/02/2026
www.waermepumpe.de/presse/news/...
waermepumpe.de
Über 50 Prozent im Plus: Wärmepumpen-Absatz steigt 2025 deutlich
Die Wärmepumpen-Branche vermeldet ein erfolgreiches Absatzjahr 2025: Mit 299.000 Heizungs-Wärmepumpen stieg der Absatz gegenüber dem Vorjahr um 55 Prozent. Auch die Förderanträge für Wärmepumpen sind...
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Duncan Gibb @duncangibb.net · 02/02/2026
Here comes Germany's heat pump market. A big rally in 2025. Almost 300,000 heat pumps sold in 2025 for the second-highest sales volume ever, by far, and a 55% increase on 2024. It would appear that the market is settling after the frenzy of 2022/2023 and hopefully good things to come in 2026.
Chart of heat pump sales in Germany, showing a peak at around 350,000 units sold in 2023 and a rebound in 2025 of 299,000 units sold.
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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 27/01/2026
HUGE moment for the EU car market as battery EVs overtake petrol cars for the first time ever But there's no "natural" demand for EVs amirite? Article by @mollylempriere.carbonbrief.org www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-evs...
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Big moment for Europe: in December, fully electric cars outsold petrol-only cars in the EU for the first time. This shows that clear, consistent policy works. Which is exactly why backtracking now would be a mistake. Rolling back targets or creating uncertainty would slow investment and innovation.
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Duncan Gibb @duncangibb.net · 23/01/2026
More Steely Dan references and you'll get even more (grand)dads
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Duncan Gibb @duncangibb.net · 22/01/2026
It's all happening, should be an exciting 5 years
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Duncan Gibb @duncangibb.net · 21/01/2026
They kept the sign in the window
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