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Stijn Carton

@stijncarton.bsky.social
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Leading gas & hydrogen work @ European Climate Foundation Following all things energy transition. Views my own.

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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Just last week the German government gutted the heating law which was supposed to drive a transition away from gas. The timing could not have been worse: Gas prices are up 50% today and this crisis could worsen significantly. This will happen again and again and the consumer pays the price.
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 09/07/2025
Globally, roughly a third more power is being generated from the sun this spring than last. If this exponential rate of growth can continue, we will soon live in a very different world, @billmckibben.bsky.social writes.
newyorker.com
4.6 Billion Years On, the Sun Is Having a Moment
In the past two years, without much notice, solar power has begun to truly transform the world’s energy system.
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
I’m in The Times today: “While transport emissions have dropped, the vast majority of homes still rely on gas heating, which emits harmful nitrogen oxides.” www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
thetimes.com
Gas boilers now biggest source of air pollution in central London
Toxin levels from cars, buses and lorries have fallen significantly in recent years because of the capital’s congestion charge and ultra-low emission zone
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Georg Zachmann @gzachmann.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
In a new @forumenergii.bsky.social report @maciekjakubik.bsky.social, @zaniewicz.bsky.social, @keliauskaite.bsky.social , Szymon Kardas and I argue that Europe needs a profound rethink of its energy security strategy: www.forum-energii.eu/en/download/... Some highlights in the thread 1/14
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
This supports a growing body of analysis indicating the EU is developing billions in stranded fossil gas assets.
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Stijn Carton @stijncarton.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
And a reminder that these are the kind of LNG companies the EU wants member-states to throw public money at with its "affordable energy" plan ...
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Terminally von der Leyen @ciaran.operationglad.io · 26/02/2025
We asked an oil lobbyist what to do about anything and you'll never guess what he said!
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Stijn Carton @stijncarton.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
A brilliant piece by Seb Kennedy - laying out why it would be foolish for the EU to throw taxpayer money at LNG export terminals Dismantling the EU’s flawed equity LNG plan www.energyflux.news/p/dismantlin...
energyflux.news
Dismantling the EU’s flawed equity LNG plan
HOT TAKE: The EU wants to gamble taxpayer money on US LNG at the worst possible moment
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Stijn Carton @stijncarton.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Would have thought we had learned the lessons from 2022, but apparently not... A great way to undermine EU credibility on climate internationally while achieving absolutely nothing on lowering the cost of gas for EU consumers in any sort of meaningful time frame.
politico.eu
EU eyes funding foreign LNG projects to lower prices, draft plan reveals
A document seen by POLITICO shows Brussels is exploring whether to back overseas fossil fuel infrastructure amid trade talks with the U.S.
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Mujtaba Rahman @mijrahman.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Genuinely bad news - EU debating return to Russian gas as part of Ukraine peace deal First instance of the EU's competitiveness and security agendas coming into conflict Good scoop by @henryjfoy.ft.com www.ft.com/content/a19a...
ft.com
EU debates return to Russian gas as part of Ukraine peace deal
Advocates say reopening pipelines could help settlement with Moscow and cut energy costs
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Stijn Carton @stijncarton.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
This is actually really bad reporting by POLITICO. The requirement for 2027 is only for exporting companies to meet a reporting obligation on methane in their supply chain. Any potential fines for not reporting would be for importers and entirely at discretion of national authorities(not "Brussels")
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Tom Haddon @tomh-analyst.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Three years+ of these headlines now. Nice to see we've moved on from Europe having to fight Asia to death over LNG supply to....oh wait. Like the last three years, my prediction is this ages like a glass of milk, behind a radiator, half filled with tinned tuna. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
bloomberg.com
Europe’s Summer Will Bring Worries About Next Winter’s Gas
The higher-for-longer outlook for prices just got a bit higher and longer.
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Stijn Carton @stijncarton.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Yes, the EU are slow-walking ending dependency on Russian gas and there is an uptick in RU LNG imports, but it should be noted that we are now down to the last 2 sources of supply (UA transit ended Jan 1st). An EU ban on RU LNG in 2025 would still put it well ahead of its self imposed 2027 deadline.
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
Let’s not kid ourselves: Europe still buys a lot of Russian gas. Russian LNG accounted for 20 per cent of the EU’s overall imports in 2024. The only way to sustainably drive out Russian gas is to accelerate renewable energy buildout, electrification and energy efficiency.
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Justin Gerdes @justingerdes.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said a new analysis showed that the continued pace of US LNG exports was “neither sustainable nor advisable,” according to a letter obtained by Lisa Friedman and Coral Davenport: www.nytimes.com/2024/12/16/c... 🔌💡
nytimes.com
‘Unfettered’ Gas Exports Would Harm U.S. Economy, Energy Secretary Warns (Gift Article)
Jennifer Granholm said a new analysis showed that the continued pace of exports was “neither sustainable nor advisable.”
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Stijn Carton @stijncarton.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Big win for Western sanctions if true.
telegraph.co.uk
Putin abandons Arctic gas production as sanctions bite
Collapse in demand for Russian fuel leaves world’s largest LNG plant redundant
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Michael Liebreich @mliebreich.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Today's #HydrogenSoufflé is brought to you by #Germany: "Importing green hydrogen via ships is not a viable strategy for the decarbonisation of Germany’s steel and chemical industries, government-funded Ariadne energy transition research alliance has warned." www.cleanenergywire.org/news/shippin...
cleanenergywire.org
Shipping green hydrogen to Germany is unviable strategy for basic industry decarbonisation - report
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Rapporteur @euractiv.com · 12/12/2024
Electrification: A crucial step towards industrial decarbonisation
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Electrification: A crucial step towards industrial decarbonisation
Currently, only 3% of industrial heat processes are electrified, but studies reveal enormous potential. A full 60% of industrial heat demand could be met through existing technologies. The post Electrification: A crucial step towards industrial…
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Dave Jones @cleanpowerdave.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
🚨DUNKELFLAUTE CONTEXT🚨 1. This is no **2022 Energy Crisis**: # of hours German electricity prices over €300 2015 = 0 2016 = 0 2017 = 0 2018 = 0 2019 = 0 2020 = 0 2021 = 236 2022 = 2345 2023 = 3 2024 = 23 (incl to 13-Dec)
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Stijn Carton @stijncarton.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Gas price volatility will remain a feature of our newfound dependence on LNG and much of the recent price spike is driven by financial speculation rather than market fundamentals. If Europe is serious about industrial competitiveness it should move at light speed to reduce its dependency on gas.
reuters.com
Gas price shock set to add to Europe's industrial pain
Europe's struggling industries are bracing for a new gas price shock over the coming winter months, as colder weather depletes stocks, competition with Asia for liquefied natural gas intensifies, and the prospect of reduced Russian supplies looms.
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Tom Haddon @tomh-analyst.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Next phase of European gas crisis *latest*!!!!!!!! Storages, after a brief period, are withdrawing exactly like we would expect. No need to burn your furniture, despite what you read.
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Michael Liebreich @mliebreich.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Today's #HydrogenSoufflé is brought to you by Norsk Hydro. It turns out that there are more promising ways to decarbonise aluminium production, even in a country with endless renewable electricity and a storied role in the history of electrolysis. www.gasworld.com/story/norsk-...
gasworld.com
Norsk Hydro drops green hydrogen investment
Norsk Hydro (Hydro) is to drop investment in green hydrogen and batteries after citing challenging market conditions.
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Which European cities have announced to decommission the gas grid or parts of it? Wien, Hamburg, Stuttgart, Mannheim, München, Basel, Zurich, Winterthur - the list goes on. Much more of this to come. A summary of our research: gasoutlook.com/analysis/eur...
gasoutlook.com
Europe needs to decommission gas infrastructure as demand plummets - Gas Outlook
A new paper argues that governments need to minimise investment in gas infrastructure and plan for decommissioning.
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Joseph D. Ortiz @earthsciinfo.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Will Hydrogen be the new heating source for buildings? The answer based on a meta review of 54 studies is no. Compared to heat pumps or district heating with heat pumps, it is more expensive. 🧪🔌💡 a 🧵
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Stijn Carton @stijncarton.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Baffling to see the head of the ECB, the principal guardian against inflation in the EU, arguing in favour of the bloc increasing its already high dependency on American LNG to placate Trump. The last time the EU handed the keys to its gas market to a tinpot dictator things didn't exactly go well.
marketwatch.com
EU should avoid trade war with Trump by buying more U.S. goods, Lagarde says
ECB president Christine Lagarde said EU leaders should avoid entering a trade war and seek to negotiate with Trump instead
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anajallmak.bsky.social @anajallmak.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Europe's gas consumption keeps declining 3% decrease in EU+UK gas consumption y-o-y change for 10M 2024 compared to 10M 2023 21% decrease in EU+UK regasified LNG 7% increase in EU+UK gas pipeline imports Based on GECF (Gas Exporting country Forum) lnkd.in/ePmW3QMX
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Joss Garman @jossgarman.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
The Chinese competition is what is shuttering British car factories, not green targets. When it was obvious the world was going to go electric, some car companies gambled it wouldn’t happen and now their workers are paying the price for that bad bet.
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Stijn Carton @stijncarton.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
It has been 10 days since Russia stopped supplying gas to Austria's OMV. But the gas is still flowing, sold via a Slovakian middleman instead. Russia has a bigger need to sell this gas than Europe has to buy it, but without a political intervention to stop giving RU revenue, this gas will flow on
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Ember @ember-energy.org · 26/11/2024
It's the last day to submit your comments about energy security to the European Commission 🗓️ ec.europa.eu/info/la.... Ember's recommendation for the EU's energy security -- self-sufficiency based on: ⚡CLEAN POWER, and 🔌SMART ELECTRIFICATION ember-energy.org/lat...
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 26/11/2024
Okay, I have to do a thread on this pretty amazing article because it is just seriously chockers with eye-opening stats about 'direct air capture' - ie, sucking up air and trying to remove carbon dioxide from it news.mit.edu/2024/reality...
news.mit.edu
Reality check on technologies to remove carbon dioxide from the air
An MIT Energy Initiative study finds many climate-stabilization plans are based on questionable assumptions about the future cost and deployment of “direct air capture” and therefore may not bring abo...
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Stijn Carton @stijncarton.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
About time too
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Nick Cunningham @nickcunningham.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
DOE to release highly-anticipated LNG review, maybe next week expected to conclude LNG drives up domestic prices and is worse than coal in some places www.eenews.net/articles/doe...
eenews.net
DOE study may conclude LNG worse for climate than coal, lobbyists say
The long-awaited study on the climate effects of liquefied natural gas could be released next week, according to people familiar with the process.
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Stijn Carton @stijncarton.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Javier is very right here in calling out Europe's continuing predicament regarding Russian gas - we don't want it but can't (yet) seem to fully quit it. But the answer isn't "more gas from somewhere else", it is "less gas in general", in line with the EU's climate targets. (1/5) shorturl.at/edO5I
bloomberg.com
Europe Is Gaslighting Itself About Its Energy Woes
As gas prices rise, politicians are in denial about the challenges a cold winter may pose.
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
I always thought that industry had limited electrification potential. How wrong I was: Once we looked into it in more detail we found that the potential for industrial electrification is huge. 90% of industrial process heat could be electrified in Europe by 2035.
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Stijn Carton @stijncarton.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Glad to see geothermal energy might finally be about to receive the political attention it deserves.
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
NEED SOME GOOD NEWS? The EU now generates more electricity from wind and solar than from fossil fuels. Graph from @natbullard.bsky.social using @emberenergy.bsky.social data.
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Stijn Carton @stijncarton.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
The EU's methane import standard is only slated to kick in from 2030 onwards. By that time the EU will have a glut of LNG supplies to choose from, and will have significantly reduced its gas demand. Absolutely zero reason for the EU to yield to pressure from the US on this matter.
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Stijn Carton @stijncarton.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Let's go
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