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Tara Connolly @taraconnolly.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Our new report reveals €100bn of renewables and battery projects are stuck in distribution grids in just 8 EU countries. And that's a conservative estimate. This issue needs a lot more attention from decision-makers. Communities are struggling to get connected beyondfossilfuels.org/wp-content/u...
A graph showing the cumulative grid queue across eight countries, totalling EUR100bn
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Beyond Fossil Fuels @beyondfossilfuels.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Europe can't build security or competitiveness on imported fossil fuels. Ahead of the European Council on 18-19 June next week, we're calling on 🇪🇺 leaders to make this our last fossil fuel crisis by investing in renewables, electrification, & modernised grids. beyondfossilfuels.org/2026/06/11/e...
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Beyond Fossil Fuels @beyondfossilfuels.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
BREAKING 🚨Over €100B worth of renewable & storage projects are stuck in queues to connect to the grid across Europe! But, what does that mean in practise for different countries, for different people? What are the blockers? The solutions? Watch👇 & read more 👉 beyondfossilfuels.org/2026/06/02/g...
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Beyond Fossil Fuels @beyondfossilfuels.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
New analysis from @ember-energy.org finds that more heat pumps could cut 🇪🇺's reliance on fossil gas imports, but high electricity costs prove a major barrier. Shifting policy costs from electricity bills to government budgets could be key to electrifying heating. 👉 ember-energy.org/latest-insig...
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Plugging heat in: smart policy can help electrify household heating in Europe | Ember
Heat pumps can slash EU fossil fuel imports, protect consumers from price shocks and boost local industry, but wider use depends on making them cost competitive with fossil heating.
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Ember @ember-energy.org · 16/12/2025
NEW | Electric vehicles (EVs) make up OVER A QUARTER of new car sales in 2025 – with many emerging economies moving fast in transport electrification. EVs enable countries to: 🛢️ Cut fossil imports ⛑️ Create new industries and jobs 🍃 Improve air quality loom.ly/pMmY5Y8
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Ember @ember-energy.org · 08/12/2025
NEW | It’s been 25 years since offshore wind first dropped anchor in Britain. The industry has seen some big changes from 2000 to 2025: 2 ➡️ 2,878 turbines 1 ➡️ 47 operational offshore wind farms 0 ➡️ 17% of 🇬🇧 electricity ember-energy.org/latest-insights/25…
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Beyond Fossil Fuels @beyondfossilfuels.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
The UK Budget promised lower energy bills, but also scrapped an energy poverty scheme while the UK's gas-security risk grows. The answer isn’t more imported LNG. It’s homegrown wind, solar, storage, and a modern grid. Renewables can protect 🇬🇧 households. www.politico.eu/article/uk-m...
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UK ministers warned of ‘emerging risk’ to gas supply
Britain will hit a gas crisis if a long cold spell coincides with a loss of key infrastructure, advisers say.
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Beyond Fossil Fuels @beyondfossilfuels.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
🚨New polling across 🇮🇪, 🇬🇧, 🇪🇸, 🇨🇭, 🇩🇪 finds: 👉 76% of people believe new data centres should be powered with renewable energy. 👉73% want governments to set clear criteria for energy distribution. Renewables, transparency, & fairness are key for data centres. More: beyondfossilfuels.org/2025/10/27/e...
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Beyond Fossil Fuels @beyondfossilfuels.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
In the US, some states have seen electric bills climb 12-16% higher this year. Why? Their high concentration of data centres and capacity-market costs. Europe must regulate unchecked data centre growth and power them with new and additional renewables. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/14/d...
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Data centers are concentrated in these states. Here's what's happening to electricity prices
Residential utility bills rose 6% on average nationwide in August compared with the same period last year, according to the Energy Information Administration.
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Ember @ember-energy.org · 24/10/2025
The past decade, 🇹🇷's solar and wind costs fell sharply. Installation costs for solar dropped 77% and wind by 40%, resulting in cheaper electricity generation. Between 2016 and 2025, prices fell: ☀️: from $141/MWh ➡️ $43/MWh 🌪️: from $80/MWh ➡️ $64/MWh ember-energy.org/lat...
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Beyond Fossil Fuels @beyondfossilfuels.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Spain’s renewable boom offers key lessons for 🇪🇺: ➕Growing wind & solar cuts gas influence + lowers power prices 💸 Grid investments must keep pace with renewables 📈 Without strong grids & clean flexibility, costs rise as gas or coal fill the gap New @ember-energy.org👇 ember-energy.org/latest-insig...
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Decoupled: how Spain cut the link between gas and power prices using renewables | Ember
Spain has some of the lowest wholesale electricity prices in Europe, largely owing to the country’s strong solar and wind growth which reduced the influence of expensive coal and gas power on the elec...
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Beyond Fossil Fuels @beyondfossilfuels.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
When even oil & gas CEOs admit the LNG boom is “not economically rational,” why are EU governments still funding new terminals, pipelines & gas plants? Public money should back clean, resilient energy — not a fossil glut. www.ft.com/content/5ba8...
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US rush to expand LNG exports heightens fears of global gas glut
Shell and TotalEnergies voice oversupply concerns as US companies race to build more terminals
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Juliet Phillips @julietphillips.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Love this video from @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social on the Great Gas Rip-Off! Earlier this year, @beyondfossilfuels.bsky.social Fossil Gas Freeloaders league table highlighted Britain as one of the biggest sources of gas plant subsidies in Europe 🤑 beyondfossilfuels.org/2025/06/26/f...
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Fossil Gas Freeloaders: Beyond Fossil Fuels exposes the utilities benefiting from European “capacity market” subsidies
Analysis by Beyond Fossil Fuels reveals the energy companies that have received the highest value of European “capacity market” contracts for gas power plants, owned either directly or via subsidiary ...
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Juliet Phillips @julietphillips.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Compare the approach of the Spanish prime minister following Palestine protests a la Vuelta a España, to the UK crackdown.. "We have immense respect & profound admiration for a Spanish civil society that mobilizes against injustice & peacefully defends ideas" elpais.com/espana/2025-...
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Juliet Phillips @julietphillips.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
In 🇬🇧, 77 long duration storage schemes, totalling 28.7GW, have been identified for a programme to use energy smartly & support energy resilience. Alongside renewables & flexible energy use, this could go a long way towards displacing UK's 37GW gas plant fleet🔋 www.independent.co.uk/news/busines...
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‘Super battery’ schemes will store green power and save consumers money – Ofgem
The regulator announced 77 long duration energy storage projects progressing to the final assessment stage of a ‘cap and floor’ support scheme.
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Beyond Fossil Fuels @beyondfossilfuels.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
👏 @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social for exposing the gas rip-off! Gas was just 30% of UK power last year but glas plants set prices 97% of the time. That's how 2 plants made £18m in 3 hrs last winter. Time to stop rigging energy in favour of fossil fuels! www.greenpeace.org.uk/news/greenpe...
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Greenpeace activists scale power station’s 75-metre chimney stacks to protest ‘The Great Gas Rip-Off’ - Greenpeace UK
Campaigners demand energy reforms to stop expensive gas from setting electricity prices and pushing up bills.
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Shay O’Reilly @shaygabriel.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
This is good messaging and we know from the social science that — if it breaks through — it actually hurts far-right parties like Reform. Correct & strategic on multiple dimensions. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Labour must fight rightwing billionaires undermining net zero, says Ed Miliband
Exclusive: Energy secretary will hit out at the Tory and Reform ‘culture war’ and unveil target of 400,000 new jobs in clean energy
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Ember @ember-energy.org · 02/10/2025
NEW | 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
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Ember @ember-energy.org · 03/10/2025
Spain’s rapid wind and solar growth has CUT the link between gas and electricity prices 🌪️☀️ 🇪🇸’s decoupling of gas and electricity prices happened faster than in other European countries, making it one of the cheapest power markets in Europe. loom.ly/8DEmqVc
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Ember @ember-energy.org · 07/10/2025
NEW | Solar and wind OUTPACED global electricity demand growth in the first half of 2025, leading to a fall in fossil fuels compared to this time last year ☀️🌪️ Record solar and steady wind growth is reshaping global power as renewables OVERTAKE coal for the first time. loom.ly/c-MNZSk
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Juliet Phillips @julietphillips.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
@beyondfossilfuels.bsky.social research with @ember-energy.org & @e3g.bsky.social found the UK has the longest queue of renewables projects waiting to connect in Europe. Unlocking this gridlock will be key for achieving the 2030 clean power mission. beyondfossilfuels.org/wp-content/u...
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Juliet Phillips @julietphillips.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Great news from the UK - with more than 16GW of new renewable capacity (323 projects) given permission to start building during the second quarter of this year. The figure for capacity represents a 195% rise on the same quarter last year ⬆️ www.ft.com/content/926a...
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Juliet Phillips @julietphillips.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Cool proposal from Australia shows the potential for DSOs to innovate & use cheap renewables to lower bills. Ausgrid’s pilot aims to harness unused rooftop solar potential - particularly commercial buildings - & ensure benefits go into the local community. www.ausgrid.com.au/About-Us/New...
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Ausgrid’s bill saving pilot goes to public consultation - Ausgrid
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Beyond Fossil Fuels @beyondfossilfuels.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
What a week! 🌞 Solar energy is booming! 💸 The UN has heralded a new age of clean energy. ⚖️ The International Court of Justice just ruled that countries who fail to prevent climate harm could be an 'international wrongful act'—and they might have to pay up. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Nations who fail to curb fossil fuels could be ordered to pay reparations, top UN court rules
Landmark opinion says those that fail to prevent climate harm could be liable for compensation and restitution
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Juliet Phillips @julietphillips.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
The Spanish government is reporting that the cause of the massive blackout wasn't a lack of thermal power plants - rather that they failed to provide power at the time, acting 'inappropriately'. Funny, after fossil lobbyists were so quick to blame renewables.. elpais.com/economia/202...
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Beyond Fossil Fuels @beyondfossilfuels.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Ireland 🇮🇪 is kicking off a summer of European #coal plant closures and has officially eliminated coal from its electricity mix with the closure of its Moneypoint plant! Wind energy now powers more than a third of its electricity and is central to Ireland’s coal phase-out.
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Ember @ember-energy.org · 21/06/2025
🚨NEW | This summer solstice, Ember finds that 24-hour solar power, nearly all year-round, is now economically viable for sunny places Falling battery costs can enable affordable & reliable solar+storage options for some of the world’s sunniest cities☀️ ember-energy.org/lat...
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Juliet Phillips @julietphillips.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
This winter, more UK gas plants could be in line for windfall payments🤑 We must limit the market power of gas, & invest in clean flexibility. As Miliband says, “We only need to look at events in the last few days to see we’re on a rollercoaster of fossil fuels.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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UK gas plants in line for large windfall payments to keep lights on this winter
Gas companies can be sent multimillion pound fees to generate electricity when wind and solar power is in short supply
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Beyond Fossil Fuels @beyondfossilfuels.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Good news in the UK as @neso-energy.bsky.social ‬ confirms “potential opportunities” for a short period of gas-free generation this year! If successful, 🇬🇧 would be one of the few industrialised countries to run its electricity system without domestic fossil gas. www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
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Britain to keep lights on with ‘gas-free’ power grid for first time
Potential milestone to provide glimpse into future under 2030 net zero targets
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Beyond Fossil Fuels @beyondfossilfuels.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
🚨 BREAKING: The latest #BankingOnClimateChaos shows Barclays is still Europe’s largest banker of coal, oil, and fossil gas. In just 4 years, it has poured $98.9 billion into #fossilfuels. Banks must stop profiting at the planet's expense. See where your bank falls at bankingonclimatechaos.org
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Juliet Phillips @julietphillips.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
GB Energy lives to see another day, but with £2.5bn raided for nuclear. @chaitanyakumar.bsky.social notes “it is disappointing the Chancellor has diluted the ambition of Great British Energy, from a public owned energy generator to another financial institution." www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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GB Energy’s promised £8.3bn budget raided to pay for small nuclear reactors
National energy company effectively loses £2.5bn to separate body tasked with spearheading nuclear renaissance
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Juliet Phillips @julietphillips.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Such a relief to see the £13.2bn warm homes fund secured in the UK Spending Review - well done @e3g.bsky.social, @endfuelpoverty.bsky.social & many others! The £39bn Affordable Homes Programme should also have positive knock-on effects for green homes 🏠 www.carbonbrief.org/uk-spending-...
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UK spending review 2025: Key climate and energy announcements - Carbon Brief
Rachel Reeves has unveiled the first spending review under the current Labour government, announcing funding for nuclear power, energy efficiency and other technologies
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Juliet Phillips @julietphillips.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Kudos to Ed Miliband for making this happen 👏 Yes, it's long overdue, but the real culprit here was George Osborne who slashed the 2016 zero carbon homes target, followed by years of dithering by the Tories amid a flurry of donations from housebuilders. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Most new build homes must be fitted with solar panels - Miliband
The energy secretary says the move will cut energy bills, but house builders caution against burdensome regulations.
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Grace Hetherington @gchetherington.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Want to understand what the 1-metre rule for heat pumps is all about, and what scrapping it means? Colleagues at @nestauk.bsky.social are on hand - check out our latest beautiful explainer:
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Juliet Phillips @julietphillips.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
😍 the @beyondfossilfuels.bsky.social dream team!
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Platform @platform1983.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
🧵 REVEALED: Community energy projects in Scotland are generating 100x more local wealth than privately-owned wind farms. But just 0.5% of the renewable power is community-owned. Why this staggering imbalance?
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Tara Connolly @taraconnolly.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Why are we still handing over public money to the very companies that are destabilising the climate? A punitive tax on fossil fuel companies would be a very good way to fund the transition to renewables.
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Juliet Phillips @julietphillips.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Nice innovation from @octopus.energy could see social housing tenants save £200 a year in homes equipped with solar panels & batteries. The new tariff would also allow housing associations to earn money from excess solar energy 🌞💸 www.express.co.uk/finance/pers...
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Octopus Energy launches new tariff offering up to £200 savings
The tariff aims to deliver "meaningful savings" for customers.
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Juliet Phillips @julietphillips.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
The criticism is the company that benefits from returns on network investments is the one that plans those investments; so independence can be questioned. While many countries follow this model, the UK stands out, which separated the network operator w the creation of @neso-energy.bsky.social.
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Juliet Phillips @julietphillips.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
I love this chart - seeing batteries swinging in to keep the lights on in the evenings after a day of abundant solar 🌞 Countries in Europe with abundant solar - including Hungary & Cyprus - should follow this lead to securely and affordably make the most of homegrown renewables.
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Juliet Phillips @julietphillips.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
In our new report, @beyondfossilfuels.bsky.social, @e3g.bsky.social, @ember-energy.org & IEEFA make the case for independent system planning and operation; to ensure investments in the grid are aligned with a rapid & efficient clean energy transition. beyondfossilfuels.org/2025/05/13/h...
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Juliet Phillips @julietphillips.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Great piece on why the Spanish blackout strengthens the case for independent system operation, backed by @cnmces.bsky.social This follows "accusations of conflicts of interest, lack of independence & inefficiency in the grid operator's structure." cincodias.elpais.com/companias/20...
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Las eléctricas reabren el debate sobre los poderes y la independencia de REE tras el apagón
Red Eléctrica rechaza las acusaciones de conflicto de interés y defiende que su modelo integrado de operador del sistema y gestor de la red es eficiente y actúa siempre en beneficio del interés genera...
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Juliet Phillips @julietphillips.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Amazing work @e3g.bsky.social @jamesdyson.bsky.social coordinating letter with 50 firms warning thousands of jobs will be lost & investments delayed if gov cuts plans to spend an extra £6.6bn on energy efficiency. This funding would reduce gas demand by almost 5% by 2029. www.ft.com/content/fce6...
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Thousands of jobs at risk if UK cuts home insulation fund, business warns
More than 50 companies and trade bodies fear Labour government will water down pre-election promise to boost spending
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Mélissa Zill @melizl.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
🔌 💫 A must read, extremely well researched piece on the European grid operators from @beyondfossilfuels.bsky.social @ember-energy.org and @ieefa-northamerica.bsky.social
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Beyond Fossil Fuels @beyondfossilfuels.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
The EU's electricity grids will be a lifeline for its energy-secure, low-cost, fossil-free future. But right now, too many grid operators are heading into the future while looking in the rear-view mirror. Our report with @e3g.bsky.social & @ieefa-northamerica.bsky.social shows what must change.
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Laith Whitwham @laithw.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Today a coalition of 17 businesses, investors, trade bodies & climate orgs wrote to the Chancellor urging the UK gov to remove policy costs from #electricity bills. The public letter 👇 is a bold show of support across the board from 'green' groups to the private sector. www.e3g.org/news/cut-ele...
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Cut electricity prices now or miss the Clean Industry Boom, say leading businesses and climate groups
A coalition of manufacturers, investors, and climate groups have called on the Chancellor to slash electricity prices to unlock growth, drive electrification, and secure Britain’s place in the global ...
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Ember @ember-energy.org · 16/05/2025
🚨 Dive into a new open dataset launched by Ember, tracking the rapid installment of the world’s fastest growing energy sources - wind and solar. One thing it will tell you for certain, is that solar installations are showing no sign of slowing down: ember-energy.org/lat...
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Juliet Phillips @julietphillips.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
More robust governance is necessary to ensure TSOs are delivering. Grid investments will be central to Europe’s future security & competitiveness. Yet levels of oversight & transparency is generally low. We encourage countries to follow the lead of the UK's independent NESO model.
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Juliet Phillips @julietphillips.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Today, @beyondfossilfuels.bsky.social launches our report w @e3g.bsky.social, @ember-energy.org & @ieefa-northamerica.bsky.social lifting the lid on how 32 electricity transmission system operators are helping - or hindering - the European energy transition 👇 beyondfossilfuels.org/2025/05/13/h...
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How Europe’s grid operators are preparing for the energy transition: A snapshot of electricity transmission system operator practices and plans
This report examines how 32 electricity Transmission System Operators (TSOs) across 28 European countries are preparing, or failing to prepare, for a renewables-based electricity system.
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E3G - Third Generation Environmentalism @e3g.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
🔌 OUT NOW: A review of Europe’s electricity system operators shows grids remain a bottleneck to the rollout of renewables, with a lack of long-term vision hampering progress. Read more 👇 www.e3g.org/news/outdate...
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Outdated grid planning and weak governance stalling Europe's transition away from fossil fuels
A new report reveals that Europe’s electricity grid is failing to keep pace with the renewable power transformation.
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