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Energy innovation policy postdoc at #SusTec @ETH, associate on #hydrogen @Harvard @BelferENRP, cofounded @yeseurope_Org @eth_energy_blog. Views mine 🇪🇺
Mar 31, 2023 13 tweets 6 min read
Yesterday, the EU Council and Parliament reached a provisional agreement on the renewable energy directive.

Here's what it could mean for #hydrogen The agreement sets a target of 42.5% renewable energy in the EU's overall energy mix by 2030.

The agreement also includes sector-specific targets where the role of #hydrogen becomes more prominent.

This quick analysis is based on the press release: consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press…
Jul 7, 2022 9 tweets 4 min read
How bad is the EU's taxonomy "green" pass on gas? Worse than I thought. A thread 🧵 Based on @BeyondCoal's fantastic database, there are 157 #coal power plants in Europe.

Within EU-27, the operating capacity of coal power plants in 2021 was 127 GW emitting about 388 Mt CO2 per year. These are my reference numbers.

Data: beyond-coal.eu/database/
Mar 8, 2022 18 tweets 15 min read
Today, the EU has raised its ambition on renewable #hydrogen:

20 Mt of H2 by 2030, based on #RepowerEU

That's a lot of hydrogen. Where will the EU get it from? What strategy can ensure it is affordable, secure and sustainable?

Read @n_deblasio and I timely new report on this: @n_deblasio #RepowerEU measures announced today by
@TimmermansEU & @KadriSimson increase the EU ambition on renewable #hydrogen production by 2030 from #Fitfor55
Jun 9, 2019 17 tweets 6 min read
1/ John Gray escribe hoy en @el_pais una tribuna en la que se arropa en la bandera del pensamiento realista para intentar desprestigiar un supuesto pensamiento mágico que aboga por dar batalla para mitigar el cambio climático. John Gray se equivoca profundamente. HILO 2/La crisis climática es un hecho tangible: ya está aquí y ya padecemos sus efectos. Los humanos la han provocado y aunque eliminásemos todas las emisiones de GEI mañana, el proceso seguiría en marcha. Estamos de acuerdo. Pero John Gray olvida que hay malo y hay peor.
Nov 27, 2018 11 tweets 12 min read
France presented today its #energy and #climate strategy. It has four goals:
1 - To cut #energy consumption
2 - To turn away from #fossilfuels
3 - To diversify its #energy mix
4 - To keep things affordable, increase jobs and innovate medias.businessimmo.com/default/0002/3… The overall target of France's strategy for #energy and #climate is to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 through cutting GHG emissions down significantly and also increasing carbon sinks