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Juergen Maier CBE @juergenmaier.co.uk · 1d

The debate on investments into our #energytransition is often misinformed by simple slogans like 'we can't afford net-zero'. I believe the opposite...

𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙣'𝙩 𝙖𝙛𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙚𝙡𝙖𝙮 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙜𝙮 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣.

My thought through arguments are in this piece 👇

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Britain can’t afford to delay its green energy transition

Stalling our transformation of the grid will only harm the environment, raise costs, and risk jobs

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Juergen Maier CBE @juergenmaier.co.uk · 2d

Very well researched piece by UCL - Wind power has cut £104bn from UK energy costs since 2010.

The only answers to better energy security and overall lower energy costs are more wind power and renewables - implemented in a way that allows for a just transition.

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Wind power has cut £104bn from UK energy costs since 2010, study finds

Reduction comes from energy generated from windfarms and lower cost of gas owing to lower demand

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Juergen Maier CBE @juergenmaier.co.uk · 4d

I went to a Leeds comp school in the 70s/80s and experienced #racism and #homophobia daily. I was so happy about the progress we made and the much happier country I lived in - until a recent return to the bad old days.
Thanks @wesstreeting.bsky.social for calling this out.

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Wes Streeting hits out at ‘racist’ comments by Reform’s Sarah Pochin

YouTube video by Daily Record

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 4d

At last the Impact of Brexit is being called out

“When we left the European Union we left the Dublin Convention & that means where as before we could have returned people to the continent, back to the first safe country they arrived in, that doesn’t exist anymore”
Wes Streeting

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Juergen Maier CBE @juergenmaier.co.uk · 7d

Thrilled to be back in #Hull discussing local supply chain opportunities in #renewableenergy. The Humber's potential is immense! Engaged with Mayor Luke Campbell & Simon Green of Humber Freeport. Looking forward to @greatbritishenergy.bsky.social helping engineer more new green energy in the UK!

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Juergen Maier CBE @juergenmaier.co.uk · 17d

We are making incredible progress on driving the #energytransition although you wouldn't think so from the increasingly polarised debate. My latest thoughts on this topic in this @vocluk.bsky.social vlog 👇

If you want to join the conversation contact:
www.vocl.uk/contact/

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Reflections on a polarised week regarding our energy transition. But we are making great progress!

YouTube video by Prof. Juergen Maier

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Juergen Maier CBE @juergenmaier.co.uk · Sep 17

This is a very powerful read - if you want to hear what it feels like to live on our UK streets right now. As Alex @sturdyalex.bsky.social says, we hear daily about the 'legitimate concerns' of people against less represented groups, but rarely hear this

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My place or yours? - Flags and the far right from someone who looks different to you

By Alex Andreou

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · Sep 10

NOTHING will prepare you for this 45-second story arc. From "I'm just doing this because I love the flag, it's totally grassroots, and I'm not part of anything political"... to who actually gave him the flags the night before.

Anyone who believes it is an innocent movement needs to see this.

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Juergen Maier CBE @juergenmaier.co.uk · Aug 12

Brilliant!

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Juergen Maier CBE @juergenmaier.co.uk · Jul 28

Nice little and important fact check on the truth about claims made against 'Windmills'.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Tilting at windmills? Trump’s claims about turbines fact-checked

The US president has taken a swipe at wind power as the blades visible from his Turnberry golf course turn

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Juergen Maier CBE @juergenmaier.co.uk · Jul 18

Well done to the MPs from Labour and Libdems who have spoken up about this act - of what would be economic vandalism from Reform.

It's a shame that our media isn't challenging this more, but let's make sure we challenge and have a more balanced debate here.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Labour MPs challenge Richard Tice over Reform UK’s plan to scrap green projects

Exclusive: Letter signed by 59 MPs criticises party’s deputy leader after his warned energy firms over new contracts

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Juergen Maier CBE @juergenmaier.co.uk · Jul 13

There are numerous article, that in my view misrepresent the argument of being able to afford the transition to #cleanpower, so here some thoughts to help balance that 👇

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We can’t afford not to invest in our transition to clean power

I read many articles similar to this Guardian Piece arguing that we can’t afford the investments on our path to a clean power energy system. There are fewer articles arguing the opposite; tha…

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Juergen Maier CBE @juergenmaier.co.uk · Jul 13

Exactly this 👇 No 'saving' at all, and instead you end up with councils run by people not representative of the communities they serve, with the obvious outcome of not serving those communities well.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Reform wants to cut council diversity roles. The problem is there are already barely any

Exclusive: Party talks up sums that can be saved by cutting DEI jobs, but there are only a handful of such roles across the 10 councils it runs

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Juergen Maier CBE @juergenmaier.co.uk · Jul 10

Feeling very #European in #Manchester this evening at this reception for #EU Ambassadors - visiting to foster links at cultural, citizen, and political level. It seems that slowly we will edge back to the things we took for granted and now miss because we are all European and have lots in common.

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Juergen Maier CBE @juergenmaier.co.uk · Jul 7

Congratulations Dan McGrail!

Very much looking forward to working with you as we create and scale the publicly owned @greatbritishenergy.bsky.social company, and all the jobs and clean power we will help generate 👇

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Juergen Maier CBE @juergenmaier.co.uk · Jun 26

It has been great to be back in #Aberdeen this week for our second #GreatBritishEnergy board meeting.

Great to learn about the many supply chain companies growing into clean power growth technologies, and also to hear about the challenges we need to help unlock many more such opportunities.

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Juergen Maier CBE @juergenmaier.co.uk · Jun 17

At #RUKGOW25 today, and as SOS, Ed Miliband said in his speech today, this industry has in 15 years gone from being in the margins, to being in the mainstream of UK industrial and economic policy. 32,000 people now work in UKs offshore wind sector alone and this is set to grow rapidly.

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Juergen Maier CBE @juergenmaier.co.uk · Jun 13

Explaining why #energy prices are high and how clean power will bring them down can't be done in a soundbite.

Thanks @Bylines.scot for this podcast and write up.

bylines.scot/environment/...

How Labour’s new energy company could transform the UK

Labour’s publicly owned GB Energy aims to cut bills, boost jobs, and give power back to communities

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Juergen Maier CBE @juergenmaier.co.uk · May 19

Today's agreement with the #EU is not a betrayal as our ever more headline hungry media is reporting, but level headed economic sense. Above all, it resets vital relations with our key trading and security partner - much needed in this evolving global landscape. Congratulations to #UK and EU.

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Juergen Maier CBE @juergenmaier.co.uk · May 18

10 years ago, I proudly joined the #LGBT+ community in #Slovenia at #Pride. Now, Slovenia surpasses the #UK in #LGBT+ rights 👇

It's time to reignite our spirit of the '80s and fight back. It will take time, but we will win again.

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View By Country - Rainbow Map

The Rainbow Map ranks European countries from top to bottom based on their legal and policy situation for LGBTI people. Find out how each country is doing on this page.

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Juergen Maier CBE @juergenmaier.co.uk · May 15

Exciting - Our journey to becoming a publicly owned #cleanpower company truly start today!

We will embrace the responsibility that comes with this to accelerate clean power generation and boosting economic growth and jobs in our key coastal industrial regions.

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Juergen Maier CBE @juergenmaier.co.uk · May 7

We packed a lot into this podcast and it really was enjoyable to be able to be positive about 'the opportunity of our lifetime' as we deploy our new, more ambitious #cleanpower strategy - especially with all the negativity and divisive gotcha-driven headlines in our media 👇

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Episode 6: Does the UK need a skills passport? | Steph on Skills: Powered by Enginuity

YouTube video by Enginuity

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Juergen Maier CBE @juergenmaier.co.uk · May 6

This didn’t age well—just 4 hours, in fact, but the #Telegraph has never missed a moment of #German Schadenfreude, even when totally ill-informed.

Friedrich Merz was supposed to lead Europe. Now he’s fallen flat on his face

German conservative leader was expecting an easy coronation as chancellor

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Juergen Maier CBE @juergenmaier.co.uk · May 3

Congratulations to all who won seats in the #localelections.

Let's engage in democratic debate and not be silenced as this worrying speech suggested 👇

I will certainly remain committed to #diversity and our #greeneconomy 🌿. #speakup #dontbesilenced

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Juergen Maier CBE @juergenmaier.co.uk · Apr 24

I think we need both. This investment is specifically to make sure we create as much local value and jobs as we develop and build more clean power. There is a separate focus on 'warm homes' that allocates funding for more energy efficiency measures, e.g. insulation.

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