Neven Duic @nduic.bsky.social · 18/04/2026Those who invested more in renewables ended with lower wholesale prices. The critical threshold is not linear, it depends on number of hours gas is marginal in merit order. Up to 20% wind and 10% solar, gas is always marginal. Data thanks to Energy Charts. AI generated. 020
Reposted by Neven DuicChristian Breyer @christianonre.bsky.social · 17/04/2026New metric shows renewables are 53% cheaper than nuclear power www.pv-magazine.com/2026/04/17/n... @nduic.bsky.social @brianvad.bsky.social @profstrachan.bsky.social @michael-sterner.bsky.social @jeroahola.bsky.social @drpauldorfman.bsky.social @aukehoekstra.bsky.social @mzjacobson.bsky.socialpv-magazine.comNew metric shows renewables are 53% cheaper than nuclear powerA new metric for assessing total system costs puts a least-cost mix of offshore wind and solar at about €46 ($54.20)/MWh in a future climate-neutral energy system for Denmark. Researchers tell <b>pv ... 56635
Reposted by Neven DuicEASAC - European Academies Science Advisory Council @easac.bsky.social · 24/03/2026⚠️ Southeast Europe’s #energy security is under pressure amid rising geopolitical tensions. New pipelines are not the answer, said @nduic.bsky.social, Co-Chair of the #EASAC Energy Panel at an IENE event at @europarl.europa.eu last week. Instead, he urged the region to unlock its renewable potential. 253
Reposted by Neven DuicEASAC - European Academies Science Advisory Council @easac.bsky.social · 16/04/2026⚡ Don’t miss today’s launch of the new #EASAC Commentary on #Energy System Integration. 🗓️ 16 Apr 2026, 15:00 CEST (online). Speakers: @nduic.bsky.social @paulakivimaa.bsky.social @renewablesgrid.bsky.social @iea.org 👉 Register here and join us: easac-events.eu/event/energy...easac-events.euEASAC Commentary: Energy System Integration - Online LaunchJoin our livestream on 16 Apr 2026, 15:00 CEST. With debates in Europe intensifying over how to mitigate the impact of soaring energy prices, affordability, security and investment priorities, EASAC’s... 032
Reposted by Neven DuicChristian Breyer @christianonre.bsky.social · 30/12/20251/ New research @lut.fi @kit.edu @uahes.bsky.social presents new insights on the cost projections of sodium-ion & lithium-ion batteries & impact on the global energy transition doi.org/10.1016/j.es.... A novel bottom-up cost projection is combined with global energy-industry transition modelling. 2379
Reposted by Neven DuicChristian Breyer @christianonre.bsky.social · 14/10/202512/ The six most used energy system models are HOMER, EnergyPLAN, LUT-ESTM, Balmorel, PyPSA, and TIMES. Thereof the by far most citations receive EnergyPLAN, HOMER, and LUT-ESTM. 121
Reposted by Neven DuicChristian Breyer @christianonre.bsky.social · 14/10/20251/ New research @lut.fi reviews the #100RE systems literature doi.org/10.1016/j.rs... for the full range of technologies and trends for a sustainable energy transition based on 1067 articles from 1975 to 2023. 1165
Neven Duic @nduic.bsky.social · 08/10/2025Trump effect on energy transition will be minimal according to DNV Energy Transition Outlook 020
Reposted by Neven DuicChristian Breyer @christianonre.bsky.social · 07/10/20251/ New research @lut.fi presents the first global analysis of inter-annual storage for #100RE systems in 145 regions doi.org/10.1016/j.ap.... Strategic generation overcapacity is a significantly more cost-effective solution than building massive storage. 46220
Reposted by Neven DuicEmber @ember-energy.org · 02/10/2025NEW | Surging wind and solar power helped make electricity in Spain CHEAPER than in most European countries. 📈 As wind and solar grows… 📉 …The influence of costly fossil fuels on the electricity price shrinks loom.ly/8DEmqVc 313874
Reposted by Neven DuicJan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 01/10/2025Climate tech is moving from “nice to have” to “smart capital allocation.” BCG found: 55% of low‑carbon tech is already cost‑competitive (or soon), + another 10% is only marginally pricier. Companies pursuing green growth (2016–2024) earned higher revenue valuations. www.bcg.com/publications... 822665
Reposted by Neven DuicChristian Breyer @christianonre.bsky.social · 26/09/20251/ New @lut.fi study in collaboration with European partners finds prioritising nuclear power expansion over renewable energy (RE) leads to 71–84% higher annual system costs in Finland by 2050 compared to a cost-optimised RE system. doi.org/10.1016/j.en... 28037
Reposted by Neven DuicJan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 14/09/2025Just look at what happened with solar investment - it’s astonishing. Solar has seen the most rapid investment growth, soaring from $142 billion in 2015 to a projected $441 billion this year. 18450138
Reposted by Neven DuicThe Economist @economist.com · 26/08/2025Is the goal mere theatre or Venezuelan regime change?econ.stA surprise US Navy surge in the CaribbeanIs the goal mere theatre or Venezuelan regime change? 3185
Reposted by Neven DuicCarbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 22/08/2025NEW – Scientists are ‘most trusted’ source of climate information in global-south survey | @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org w/ comment from Charles Ogunbode, Luis Sebastian Contreras Huerta @nickzimson.bsky.social Richard Carson Stella Nyambura Mbau, Tarun Khanna Read here: buff.ly/g04GjX2 0175
Reposted by Neven DuicJan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 22/08/2025NEW ANALYSIS: A potential game changer for global emissions: China is on track for fall in emissions in 2025. Clean-energy growth helped China’s carbon emissions fall by 1% year-on-year in H1 2025. Excellent @creacleanair.bsky.social analysis in @carbonbrief.org www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-rec... 411533
Reposted by Neven DuicChristian Breyer @christianonre.bsky.social · 14/08/20251/ New research @UniLUT presents the new LUT-Bioenergy model for global biomass residue and waste estimation doi.org/10.1016/j.ap... in a business as usual and towards sustainability scenarios. 31810
Neven Duic @nduic.bsky.social · 03/08/2025Call for papers for 5th Latin American SDEWES Conference is now open! www.cartagena2026.sdewes.org 010
Reposted by Neven DuicChristian Breyer @christianonre.bsky.social · 25/06/20254/ We simulated the hourly offshore wind power production globally in 0.25° resolution using the ERA5 wind speed data, with the power curves of a contemporary Siemens turbine and a new GE turbine on the Haliade-X platform for future assessments. 151
Reposted by Neven DuicChristian Breyer @christianonre.bsky.social · 25/06/20253/ The capex of offshore wind is coming down and it is expected to decline precipitously over the coming decades, esp. floating foundations. Energy system modellers & energy policymakers need an assessment of offshore wind in the future. 162
Reposted by Neven DuicThe Economist @economist.com · 03/07/2025The Big Beautiful Bill’s neglect of the long term is part of a wider malaise in American politics. It illustrates the long-term damage Donald Trump is doing to the foundations of the economyecon.stTrumponomics 2.0 will erode the foundations of America’s prosperityThe Big Beautiful Bill is symptomatic of a wider malaise 35827
Reposted by Neven DuicRobin Brooks @robin-j-brooks.bsky.social · 25/05/2025The flood of German transshipments to Russia continues unabated. It's been over three years of this now and this stuff is just deeply shameful. The new government needs to make a decisive break from the past and shut these transshipments down. Not tomorrow. Not next week. Today. No more excuses... 7267105
Reposted by Neven DuicEmber @ember-energy.org · 22/05/2025🇲🇽 To reach 45% renewable power by 2030, #Mexico needs to TRIPLE renewable generation in FIVE years 📈 Such a rate of increase is fully ACHIEVABLE – examples from Latin American peers and Mexico itself prove this is possible ✅ #ClimateWeek2025 ember-energy.org/lat... 3227
Neven Duic @nduic.bsky.social · 17/05/2025pogled.hr/ekonomija/20...pogled.hrTrebamo vjetar zimi i sunce ljeti – ali bez ulaganja u mrežu, tranzicija stojHrvatska ima velik potencijal u obnovljivim izvorima, ali ih ne koristi dovoljno učinkovito. “Trebamo dobru kombinaciju vjetra i solara – vjetar nam je potreban zimi, kad nema sunca, a solar bi, uz po... 010
Reposted by Neven DuicDr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 14/05/2025Unsubsidized costs per megawatt-hour in 2030: $33 to $51 for onshore #wind; $54 for utility-scale #solar; $105 to $113 for offshore wind; $214 to $319 for different SMR designs; $279 to $307 for conventional #nuclear plants. www.theenergymix.com/critics-slam...theenergymix.comCritics Slam Cost of Ontario SMR Plan, Question Dependence on U.S. UraniumCritics are taking a hard line on Ontario’s announcement that it will build four 300-megawatt small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) at the existing Darlington nuclear plant near Bowmanville, with most... 11016
Reposted by Neven DuicFelix Hamer • electricfelix @electricfelix.eurosky.social · 14/05/2025Global EV sales (full EV & plug-ins) topped 17 million in 2024, up by >25% y-on-y, according to #IEA data (PHEV accounted for ~38% of those sales in 2024) #alwaysbecharging "over 5M barrels a day oil savings by 2030 - Javier Blas" full report: @iea.org www.iea.org/reports/glob... 23413
Reposted by Neven DuicEmber @ember-energy.org · 14/05/2025China added 278 GW of solar and nearly 80 GW of wind in 2024. Clean power met >80% of new demand. As coal is now on track to peak before 2030, what should China do next? 🧵 1347
Reposted by Neven DuicDr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 28/04/2025Ukraine has been left “one step away” from catastrophic nuclear meltdowns because of Russian bombardments of its atomic power stations, the nation’s energy minister has warned. www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...telegraph.co.ukUkraine ‘one step away from nuclear meltdown’Interview: German Galushchenko on why Russian missiles are putting the whole world in peril 098
Reposted by Neven DuicGlen Peters @glenpeters.bsky.social · 23/04/2025The EU has a target to maintain land use, land-use change, and forestry (LULUCF) at -310MtCO2/yr by 2030. Currently, LULUCF is moving in the wrong direction, due to climate impacts and increased harvest. Check out similar figures for your favourite country: robbieandrew.github.io/country/ 13511
Reposted by Neven DuicJan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 15/04/2025NEW DATA: 46.9% of EU electricity in 2024 came from renewables says @eu-eurostat.extwitter.link 🏆 Top performers: 🇩🇰 Denmark – 88.4% (mostly wind) 🇵🇹 Portugal – 87.5% (wind + hydro) 🇭🇷 Croatia – 73.7% (mostly hydro) ⬇ Lowest shares: 🇱🇺 Luxembourg – 5.1% 🇲🇹 Malta – 15.1% 🇨🇿 Czechia – 15.9% 710541
Reposted by Neven DuicJan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 15/04/202540% of global shipping moves fossil fuels ⛽🚢 Double trouble: 1. Profits from hauling coal, oil and fossil gas 🛢️🔥 2. Ships run on bunker fuel—the sludge of oil refining 🏭 710443
Neven Duic @nduic.bsky.social · 15/04/2025No security without energy security! easac.eu/publications... @easac.bsky.social 031
Neven Duic @nduic.bsky.social · 14/04/2025www.bruegel.org/analysis/end...bruegel.orgEnding European Union imports of Russian uraniumContinuing to do business with Rosatom, the company responsible for the commercial relationship on uranium with the EU, raises four issues 000
Reposted by Neven DuicNicolas Fulghum @nicolasfulghum.bsky.social · 12/04/2025🇨🇳 China has decoupled economic and electricity demand growth from growth in fossil generation by rapidly building out wind and solar power. Fossil power in China is already close to peaking. 🇮🇳 India is now starting to do the same… 212341
Reposted by Neven DuicAnton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 07/04/2025Video 1: what is left of Shakhtar stadium in Russian-occupied Donetsk. Video 2: destroyed Avdiivka Coke Plant in Donetsk region. This is what Russia does. This is what it would like to do to more countries if it has the opportunity. 14673191
Neven Duic @nduic.bsky.social · 06/04/2025www.poslovni.hr/hrvatska/rus...poslovni.hrRuska Hrvatska: Svi pričaju o čovjeku Moskve na Pantovčaku, a malo tko želi vidjeti da je riječ o kontinuitetu 000
Reposted by Neven DuicJohn Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch.ft.com · 04/04/2025NEW 🧵 A quick thread of charts showing how Trump’s economic agenda is going so far: 1) US consumers are reacting very very negatively. These are the worst ratings for any US government’s economic policy since records began. 9135411494
Reposted by Neven DuicAnders Östlund @andersostlund.bsky.social · 05/04/2025"It’s pretty clear that European leaders have no meaningful influence on Trump" 618122
Reposted by Neven DuicDr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 04/04/2025Not far from ruins of unfinished #nuclear power plant in Cuba, hundreds of workers installing 44,000 #solar panels. www.france24.com/en/live-news...france24.comCuba looks to sun to solve its energy crisisNot far from the ruins of an unfinished nuclear power plant in the Cuban province of Cienfuegos, hundreds of workers are hastily installing 44,000 solar panels as the island seeks once again to reduce... 24920
Reposted by Neven DuicAnton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 03/04/2025President of Poland Andrzej Duda: "Russia has shown in an unambiguous way that, unfortunately, this evil is still there, this Russian imperialism. I always emphasize this - it doesn't matter whether it's Tsarist, whether it's Soviet, Stalinist, Brezhnevist, or, last of all, Putinist imperialism" 271789412
Reposted by Neven DuicDr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 31/03/2025No more fossil "gasplaining" – going electric is past the tipping point and guaranteed to slash cost of living. #AusPol #auspol25 reneweconomy.com.au/no-more-foss...reneweconomy.com.auNo more fossil “gasplaining” – going electric is past the tipping point and guaranteed to slash cost of livingThe electrification of Australian homes and vehicles is no longer trade-off between climate action and cost, but a guaranteed way to drive down the cost of living. 0229
Reposted by Neven DuicJan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 30/03/2025In Germany the only source of electricity that keeps growing and growing: renewable energy. Solar and wind keep expanding and even though nuclear is no more coal generation has already shrunk significantly and keeps falling. 713639
Reposted by Neven DuicPOLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 29/03/2025Ukraine will not accept a minerals agreement with the United States that would jeopardize its accession to the European Union, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said yesterday.politico.euZelenskyy says no to any US minerals deal that might risk Ukraine’s EU bid‘Nothing that could endanger … Ukraine’s accession to the EU can be accepted,” Zelenskyy said. 46886179
Reposted by Neven DuicFinancial Times @financialtimes.com · 27/03/2025In many places where Donald Trump is hugely popular, residents are increasingly reliant on state income transfers. The issue could fracture the Republican party. www.ft.com/content/45eb... 58658233
Reposted by Neven DuicAnton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 21/03/2025Last night,Russia launched a very deliberate&demonstrative massive strike on Odesa: that's the ceasefire you get. This is very usual for prison culture:to beat up& kill demonstratively. I will repeat the facts once more: Russia is a terrorist state. Putin is a war criminal 549140055291
Reposted by Neven DuicPOLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 21/03/2025The EU is discussing a new plan that would harness Ukraine’s mammoth underground gas storage capacity to resolve a long-standing feud between Kyiv and Slovakia.politico.euEU eyes Ukrainian storage fix to Slovakia gas spatThe proposal would allow Bratislava to rake in lost gas transit fees — but experts are doubtful it would work without subsidies. 1619