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Niels Madsen

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33 years - Copenhagen - day job risk management and sustainability at Danske Bank.

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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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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 09/06/2025
I know I say this all the time but my number one double standard in modern politics is how liberal political movements are collectively responsible for everyone in their country with vaguely lefty vibes, and conservatives are given a pass for the actions of their self-selected official leadership.
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Magnus Petersen-Paaske @magnuspaaske.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
En af grundene til at vi ikke har bedre tog i Danmark er, at venstrefløjen tror, at den primære politiske opgave er at skaffe flere offentlige støttekroner til kollektiv transport i stedet for at finde gode løsninger til at lave bedre offentlig transport. politiken.dk/del/NHW4RlAE...
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Kun fire af Danmarks ti største lufthavne kan klare sig uden offentlig støtte
Lufthavnene i Aarhus, Karup, Esbjerg, Sønderborg, Odense og på Bornholm modtager hvert år millioner af kroner i støtte.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
I think Biden (wrongly) thought enough Republican Senators loved 🇺🇸 enough to fulfill their damn oaths in February 2021, & he thought Merrick Garland loved 🇺🇸 enough to do his damn job. He was wrong on both accounts, & therefore 👇 is very likely correct.
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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
We buy out the ethanol industry and repurpose the land for public solar and pollinator plants, and that's the end of local fights over clean-energy development.
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Justin Mikulka @justinmikulka.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
"The association told pv magazine the sharply decreasing cost of BESS is making its inclusion both technically possible and commercially viable, helping African countries to address challenges around grid stability." Storage is the fossil fuel killer. This is fantastic news.
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Almost 9 GW of utility-scale solar under construction in Africa
The Africa Solar Industry Association (AFSIA) says utility-scale solar projects are under development in 45 of Africa’s 54 countries, with more projects pairing solar and storage and emerging from dir...
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Capital Climate @capitalclimate.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
"Improvements since 2007 reduced costs by 19%, averaging $5 billion per hurricane. This exceeds the annual budget for all federal weather forecasting." #NOAA
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Robinson Meyer @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Imagine you’re an oil executive who hates ESG and loves LNG. It’s 2022. Your company is more profitable than ever. You despise Mark Carney’s GFANZ racket, but at least he’s out at BoE. Biden’s old and feckless but ignorable. Now time to sit back and enjoy steadily rising feedstock exports to China…
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Robbie Andrew @robbieandrew.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Denmark
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Maia @maiamindel.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Hi guys it's Mr Beast and I have a few (still rough) videos slouching towards Bethlehem to be born - there's a gyre that's turning and turning and if the center can hold they get $100k. I also trained a falcon to not hear the falconer
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Chris Meder @evcurvefuturist.com · 19/03/2025
China just made its “Old for New” EV trade-in subsidies even sweeter! 🚀 Any petrol car (pre-2012), diesel (pre-2014), or EV (pre-2018) now qualifies. Immediate RMB15k for ICE, RMB20k for EVs—plus stackable local subsidies (RMB4k-12k). Expect a huge BEV sales surge in the coming months! ⚡🔥 #EV #China
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How China is doubling down on trade-ins to boost sluggish consumption
Authorities in China pledged on Sunday to "vigorously boost consumption" and "expand domestic demand in all directions" as they seek to cushion the impact of weak external demand amid an escalating global trade war.
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Søren Have @sorenhave.dk · 10/03/2025
Indeed. Join the Copenhagen Contrails Conference to push on this actually happening: copenhagencontrails.org
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Copenhagen Contrails Conference March 25-26 2025.
From the lab to the skies. The conference brings together global leaders in aviation, climate, and sustainability to turn contrail science into climate progress
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Michael Liebreich @mliebreich.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Today's #HydrogenSoufflé comes to you from #Denmark, where the 2021 darling of the #Copenhagen stock market, electrolyser maker Green Hydrogen Systems, files for restructuring. Sympathy for the employees, no sympathy for those who should have known better. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Once-Hyped Hydrogen Company Is Latest Nordic Green Hope to Fail
Green Hydrogen Systems A/S will go into a restructuring process, the latest sustainable energy company in the Nordic region to collapse, following last year’s traumatic demise of Sweden’s Northvolt AB...
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Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Oh dear.
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Andrew MacDougall @ahmacdougall.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
China having almost no oil or gas reserves may end up being one of the luckiest breaks in human history.
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John Hanger @jrfhanger.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Good morning with good news: Global offshore wind deployment will skyrocket 147% in 2025, compared to 2024. It will likely set an annual record high of 19 GW. Global offshore wind adds: 2025: 19 GW 2024: 7.7 GW 2023: 10.2 GW 2022: 9.3 GW 2021: 18 GW electrek.co/2025/03/03/o... #energysky
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Offshore wind roars back in 2025 with 19 GW of additions and China in the lead
Global offshore wind is gearing up for a comeback in 2025, with new capacity additions expected to hit 19 GW, according to Rystad Energy.
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
GOOD NEWS: Europe’s biggest battery storage project goes live in Scotland today! www.zenobe.com/news-and-eve...
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Europe’s Largest Battery Goes Live in Blackhillock, Scotland
Zenobē's Blackhillock battery is live, supporting the grid, cutting wasted wind power, and saving consumers £170M over 15 years.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
If it’s so easy to back out of your net-zero and DEI commitments, they were never real commitments anyway.
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BlackRock’s ‘Woke’ Era Is Over
The asset manager has dropped out of climate groups and eliminated diversity targets as it tries to put ESG controversy behind it.
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Jarl Cordua @jarlcordua.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Rasende over Trump og J.D Vance uanstændige behandling af Zelenskij? Støt Den Danske Ukraine-komités indsamling på Mobilepay 924084!
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Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
I would hope for the following. 1) Defence fund of €200bn to spend quickly. 2) Deficit limit that "ensures debt sustainability around 60%" acc to an independent assessment (would be 1-1.5% of GDP atm) 3) Investments that demonstrably increase growth should be exempt.
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Felix Hamer • electricfelix @electricfelix.eurosky.social · 20/02/2025
"Avg production costs have fallen steeply, thanks to plummeting material prices & incremental improvements in manufacturing efficiency LFP battery costs are already approaching $50 /kWh Combined w/ price competition, this is now enough to drive profound growth in demand for electric vehicles (EVs)"
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Chris Meder @evcurvefuturist.com · 19/02/2025
China invested a staggering $940B in clean energy in 2024, nearing the $1.12T global fossil fuel investment. Massive shift highlights China’s dominance in renewables, accelerating the global energy transition. If the trend continues, fossil fuel investments could soon be overshadowed. #CleanEnergy
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Analysis: Clean energy contributed a record 10% of China’s GDP in 2024 - Carbon Brief
Clean-energy technologies made up more than 10% of China’s economy in 2024 for the first...
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Ben McWilliams @bmcwilliams.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
A great dataset from @ember-energy.org EU imports of Chinese solar panels have steadied in quantity. Price continues to crash. data here - ember-energy.org/data/china-s...
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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
I’m in Munich and people keep asking me to decode Vance’s speech. OK: In Vance English “free speech” means “Let Musk run your elections” and “democracy” means “let Russia run your elections.” Now move on. 2025 is about what Europeans do, not what Americans say.
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Tony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
These alarmist arguments are concerning because the flipside of them is that we should find a way to give in and cede ground to the US/Russian world view. We can afford not to.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 14/02/2025
it is beyond clear that for many americans trump is a blank slate who stands for whatever they personally want
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Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
"The EU’s ... supply constraints, especially its high internal barriers and regulatory hurdles, ... are far more damaging for growth than any tariffs the US might impose. The second factor ... is Europe's tolerance of persistently weak demand." Says the man himself, Mr Draghi. on.ft.com/3X1dpLC
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Forget the US — Europe has successfully put tariffs on itself
High internal barriers and regulatory hurdles are far more damaging for growth than anything America might impose
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Felix Hamer • electricfelix @electricfelix.eurosky.social · 06/02/2025
Every day is a good day to repeat: "Beijing can’t stop the sun from shining on Chinese-made solar panels in Germany — but Moscow really did cut the flow of gas to Europe." #alwaysbecharging
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Chris Meder @evcurvefuturist.com · 04/02/2025
In a major acknowledgment by the global community, road transport CO2 emissions are now projected to peak by 2025—25 years earlier than predicted—thanks to faster EV adoption & decarbonization policies. Key markets like China, the EU & the U.S. are leading the charge, offsetting "global" emissions.
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Electric Vehicle Sales Could Help Global Transport Emissions Peak 25 Years Faster Than Expected
Accelerating electric vehicle sales have peaked transportation emissions 25 years faster than expected.
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Jesse D. Jenkins @jessedjenkins.com · 03/02/2025
Did you know? China exports more solar and EVs to countries in the 'Global South' (aka developing or emerging economies) than to Europe or the USA. One of dozens of fun facts in @nathanielbullard.com's annual deck www.nathanielbullard.com/presentations
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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 02/02/2025
"Trump is acting like a king because he is too weak to govern like a president." Very interesting from Ezra Klein, arguing that forcefully opposing Trump may work: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/o...
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Opinion | Don’t Believe Him
Look closely at the first two weeks of Donald Trump’s second term and you’ll see something very different than what he wants you to see.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Several conversations today w people in the key executive departments. And while the particulars are hard to pin down my impression is that the Musk take over stuff is considerably worse than is being presented in the press. By this I don’t necessarily things they *done* yet but the level of …
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Brian Phillips @brianphillips.lol · 30/01/2025
If you wanted no leaks you should have gone into Settings -> Security -> Configure privacy & security -> Privacy options -> Other -> Configure -> Media interface and clicked “Disallow.” The Leak setting is on by default but we understand your privacy is important so we’ve made it easy to opt out
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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
PROP - PR Over Policy. Don't confuse them. He is flooding the zone. He knows that media will cover everything he does. Getting people upset. Which helps give him more coverage of the upset people. All just talking about him. Dems need to be strategic.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
I realize now that I have a “trade deficit” with the store across the street. I walked over and bought a jug of milk. The store is abusing me and I’m tired of subsidizing it by buying something at a fair price that I want. I’m going to apply a tariff that will raise the future price of milk for me.
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Astrid Haug @astridhaug.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Tak for nu, Zuckerberg: Vi fortjener bedre sociale medier. Elon Musk har gjort X utålelig, og Mark Zuckerberg er ved at gøre det samme med Facebook og Instagram. Vi bør udvikle alternativer, finansieret via mediestøtte, fonde, foreninger og virksomheder. finans.dk/debat/ECE178...
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Tak for nu, Zuckerberg: Vi fortjener bedre sociale medier
Elon Musk har gjort X utålelig, og Mark Zuckerberg er ved at gøre det samme med Facebook og Instagram. Vi bør udvikle danske og europæiske alternativer.
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Jesse D. Jenkins @jessedjenkins.com · 21/01/2025
As folks are struggling to adjust to our new Regime in the USA, keep in mind that climate progress is global and there are numerous channels where progress continues entirely unaffected by who occupies the White House. Not all of the items on this list, but most of them. Onwards... 🔌💡
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
A president’s executive order cannot undo a law or a Supreme Court decision, let alone a provision of the Constitution. Forget that and you do have a dictatorship on day one.
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Robbie Andrew @robbieandrew.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
New: Preliminary petroleum sales data for the full year 2024 have just been published by Norway's statistics office. ▸Diesel down 9.9% ▸Petrol down 5.2% These result from (1) further growth in the EV fleet and (2) the huge drop in Sweden's fuel prices. Let's unpack this. 1/10
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Stanley Pignal @spignal.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
Given the craven boot-licking out of Silicon Valley, you have to ask: what if Europe had been right all along? Sure the economic hit of lacking a SpaceX or Facebook hurts. But not descending into oligarchy is... also worth something?
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Jigar Shah @jigarshahdc.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
As I leave office, I want you to know that this has been the best job of my career. We have shown that America has the best entrepreneurs in the World and they are now committing themselves to commercialize their technology here in America. DOE has never been more relevant to the private sector.
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LPO Year in Review 2024 (and 3 weeks)
These past four years have been the most productive in LPO’s history. The Office has made 55 conditional commitments totaling ~$109B and closed 25 deals totaling ~$61B billion in loans and loan guaran...
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Milo McBride @milomcbride.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
US climate/clean energy folks: Focus everything on helping unlock next-gen geothermal. - Unique bipartisanship opportunity w/ DJT2 - Enormous potential market (TWh/$trillions) - The US’ only chance at clean tech dominance - Perfect just transition for our hydrocarbon workers #EnergySky
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Air pollution has dropped significantly in #Paris in the last 15 years. Mayor @annehidalgo.bsky.social’s leadership has traded car space for green space, safe bike space, kid space.. and traded pollution for people. Good trade.
Change in Paris air quality between 2007 and 2023 using visuals
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Kees van der Leun @sustainable2050.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Big leap ahead for solar PV in Brazil: around 40% growth in installed capacity within a year! Still room for more too: its current total is only twice that of the tiny Netherlands :)
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Zeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com · 15/01/2025
I have a new paper in Dialogues on Climate Change exploring climate outcomes under current policies. I find that we are likely headed toward 2.7C by 2100 (with uncertainties from 1.9C to 3.7C), and that high end emissions scenarios have become much less likely. journals.sagepub.com...
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Leah Stokes @leahstokes.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Cannot stop thinking about how Octavia Butler wrote a book in 1993 about climate change. It opens with deadly fires in LA in 2025. In the story, a fascist President has just won office with the campaign slogan "Make America Great Again." She was a modern day Nostradamus. If only we'd listened.
The cover of the book Parable of the Sower.
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Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
“Using #protectionism to restrict exchange with stable U.S. allies, however, undermines the notion that the United States is a responsible stakeholder of the order it created. … The result was the enshittification of global economic governance.” danieldrezner.substack.com/p/farewell-t...
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Farewell to Joe Biden's Embarrassing, Logically Contradictory Foreign Economic Policy
Look who paved the way for more protectionism!
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
"Trade flows were presumed to create peace, existing almost in a sphere outside politics" Stares in 50 years of international political economy 🤷‍♂️
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Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
#Habeck: Experts reckon that 3.5% of GDP for #defence will be necessary. I share their view. Spiegel: 3.5% for defence? You are a Green politician, ... you'll get in trouble for that. Habeck: I don't think so. That's consensus in my party. www.spiegel.de/politik/robe...
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(S+) Robert Habeck im SPIEGEL-Gespräch: Der Grünen-Kanzlerkandidat über das Ampel-Aus und Elon Musk
»Ich bin der Underdog«, sagt Grünen-Kanzlerkandidat Robert Habeck. Hier erklärt er, mit wie viel Milliarden er die Bundeswehr stärken will, woran die Ampel zerbrochen ist und was er Tech-Rüpel Elon Mu...
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