Leo Lenox
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Leo Lenox
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· Feb 8
9:09 AM this morning all three Baltic states disconnected from the Russian IPS/UPS system.
Tests are being performed today (50% done at the moment) and tomorrow we join the Continental European grid.
Oil in 2006, gas in 2014, electricity 2025. Looks like we're free.
#energysky #baltics #russia
Tests are being performed today (50% done at the moment) and tomorrow we join the Continental European grid.
Oil in 2006, gas in 2014, electricity 2025. Looks like we're free.
#energysky #baltics #russia
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EU to set out plans to halt Russian gas imports by end-2027
🔹EU to publish roadmap to phase out Russian energy
🔹Plan includes end-2027 ban on Russian gas imports, sources say
🔹Could pave way for more U.S. LNG
Coming up today. Story with @liliebayer.bsky.social
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
🔹EU to publish roadmap to phase out Russian energy
🔹Plan includes end-2027 ban on Russian gas imports, sources say
🔹Could pave way for more U.S. LNG
Coming up today. Story with @liliebayer.bsky.social
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
EU to set out plans to halt Russian gas imports by end-2027
The European Union will publish plans on Tuesday to ban new Russian gas deals by the end of this year, and phase out existing contracts with Moscow by the end of 2027, three EU officials told Reuters.
www.reuters.com
May 6, 2025 at 7:18 AM
EU to set out plans to halt Russian gas imports by end-2027
🔹EU to publish roadmap to phase out Russian energy
🔹Plan includes end-2027 ban on Russian gas imports, sources say
🔹Could pave way for more U.S. LNG
Coming up today. Story with @liliebayer.bsky.social
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
🔹EU to publish roadmap to phase out Russian energy
🔹Plan includes end-2027 ban on Russian gas imports, sources say
🔹Could pave way for more U.S. LNG
Coming up today. Story with @liliebayer.bsky.social
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
I don't get it: why are #Spain and #Portugal setting up a task force to figure out what caused the #blackout.
They could just open up their twitter and find out. So many people not only know the cause, but have solutions on hand, too.
/s
#energysky
montelnews.com/news/d865eee...
They could just open up their twitter and find out. So many people not only know the cause, but have solutions on hand, too.
/s
#energysky
montelnews.com/news/d865eee...
Spain, Portugal set up task force to identify blackout cause
Madrid and Lisbon will “collaborate to identify… the cause, and above all to implement the necessary measures to ensure it does not happen again,” Spanish energy minister Sara Aagesen said in a statem...
montelnews.com
May 2, 2025 at 2:13 PM
I don't get it: why are #Spain and #Portugal setting up a task force to figure out what caused the #blackout.
They could just open up their twitter and find out. So many people not only know the cause, but have solutions on hand, too.
/s
#energysky
montelnews.com/news/d865eee...
They could just open up their twitter and find out. So many people not only know the cause, but have solutions on hand, too.
/s
#energysky
montelnews.com/news/d865eee...
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Fortunately the remedies remain mostly the same, whether they genuinely were accidents or not.
Confiscate the ships, try the crews, and auction anything valuable found to cover the damages unless the crew or ship owners fork out enough cash.
Should stop the incidents eventually either way.
Confiscate the ships, try the crews, and auction anything valuable found to cover the damages unless the crew or ship owners fork out enough cash.
Should stop the incidents eventually either way.
February 12, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Fortunately the remedies remain mostly the same, whether they genuinely were accidents or not.
Confiscate the ships, try the crews, and auction anything valuable found to cover the damages unless the crew or ship owners fork out enough cash.
Should stop the incidents eventually either way.
Confiscate the ships, try the crews, and auction anything valuable found to cover the damages unless the crew or ship owners fork out enough cash.
Should stop the incidents eventually either way.
9:09 AM this morning all three Baltic states disconnected from the Russian IPS/UPS system.
Tests are being performed today (50% done at the moment) and tomorrow we join the Continental European grid.
Oil in 2006, gas in 2014, electricity 2025. Looks like we're free.
#energysky #baltics #russia
Tests are being performed today (50% done at the moment) and tomorrow we join the Continental European grid.
Oil in 2006, gas in 2014, electricity 2025. Looks like we're free.
#energysky #baltics #russia
February 8, 2025 at 11:31 AM
9:09 AM this morning all three Baltic states disconnected from the Russian IPS/UPS system.
Tests are being performed today (50% done at the moment) and tomorrow we join the Continental European grid.
Oil in 2006, gas in 2014, electricity 2025. Looks like we're free.
#energysky #baltics #russia
Tests are being performed today (50% done at the moment) and tomorrow we join the Continental European grid.
Oil in 2006, gas in 2014, electricity 2025. Looks like we're free.
#energysky #baltics #russia
Journalistic practices from @financialtimes.com
▪️Anonymous sources (always a hallmark of bad reporting);
▪️Support from "some German and Hungarian officials with support from other capitals (read: Slovakia)" presented as "EU debates";
www.ft.com/content/a19a...
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▪️Anonymous sources (always a hallmark of bad reporting);
▪️Support from "some German and Hungarian officials with support from other capitals (read: Slovakia)" presented as "EU debates";
www.ft.com/content/a19a...
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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
www.ft.com
January 30, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Journalistic practices from @financialtimes.com
▪️Anonymous sources (always a hallmark of bad reporting);
▪️Support from "some German and Hungarian officials with support from other capitals (read: Slovakia)" presented as "EU debates";
www.ft.com/content/a19a...
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▪️Anonymous sources (always a hallmark of bad reporting);
▪️Support from "some German and Hungarian officials with support from other capitals (read: Slovakia)" presented as "EU debates";
www.ft.com/content/a19a...
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EUROPE’s summer-winter gas calendar spread has marched deeper into backwardation as traders anticipate the region will have to pay much higher prices to refill storage in the summer of 2025 than it did in the summers of 2024 and 2023.
January 29, 2025 at 11:07 AM
EUROPE’s summer-winter gas calendar spread has marched deeper into backwardation as traders anticipate the region will have to pay much higher prices to refill storage in the summer of 2025 than it did in the summers of 2024 and 2023.
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Intercepted phone calls and documents obtained by us reveal how Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko’s regime weaponized migration to undermine the EU.
🔗 ow.ly/PiPh50ULFZn
🔗 ow.ly/PiPh50ULFZn
January 23, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Intercepted phone calls and documents obtained by us reveal how Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko’s regime weaponized migration to undermine the EU.
🔗 ow.ly/PiPh50ULFZn
🔗 ow.ly/PiPh50ULFZn
#Russia #Energy #Baltics #synchronisation #EuropeanGrid #BRELL
There have been some cable cutting in the Baltic Sea.
These happened in context: on Feb. 7-9 Baltic countries (Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia) are about to leave Russian power system and connect to Continental European grid.
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There have been some cable cutting in the Baltic Sea.
These happened in context: on Feb. 7-9 Baltic countries (Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia) are about to leave Russian power system and connect to Continental European grid.
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January 20, 2025 at 7:27 PM
#Russia #Energy #Baltics #synchronisation #EuropeanGrid #BRELL
There have been some cable cutting in the Baltic Sea.
These happened in context: on Feb. 7-9 Baltic countries (Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia) are about to leave Russian power system and connect to Continental European grid.
1/9
There have been some cable cutting in the Baltic Sea.
These happened in context: on Feb. 7-9 Baltic countries (Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia) are about to leave Russian power system and connect to Continental European grid.
1/9
#EnergySky #Baltic #infrastructure #NATO
*Deep NATO Concern Over Deep-Sea Baltic Infrastructure*: A Thread
👉 What happened:
A meeting of representatives from NATO allies around the Baltic Sea was held in Finland on 15th Jan, 2025, to discuss the protection of underwater infrastructure.
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*Deep NATO Concern Over Deep-Sea Baltic Infrastructure*: A Thread
👉 What happened:
A meeting of representatives from NATO allies around the Baltic Sea was held in Finland on 15th Jan, 2025, to discuss the protection of underwater infrastructure.
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January 14, 2025 at 10:37 PM
#EnergySky #Baltic #infrastructure #NATO
*Deep NATO Concern Over Deep-Sea Baltic Infrastructure*: A Thread
👉 What happened:
A meeting of representatives from NATO allies around the Baltic Sea was held in Finland on 15th Jan, 2025, to discuss the protection of underwater infrastructure.
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*Deep NATO Concern Over Deep-Sea Baltic Infrastructure*: A Thread
👉 What happened:
A meeting of representatives from NATO allies around the Baltic Sea was held in Finland on 15th Jan, 2025, to discuss the protection of underwater infrastructure.
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The YI PENG 3 was also close to damage the Nordbalt power cable between Sweden and Lithuania Swedish Minister for Civil Defence Carl-Oskar Bohlin informed today.
www.svt.se/nyheter/inri...
www.svt.se/nyheter/inri...
Ytterligare ankarspår hittades vid Östersjökabel
Inom loppet av några veckor kunde samtliga tre elkablar mellan Norden och Baltikum ha förstörts. Två av dem misstänks tankfartyget Eagle S ha försökt kapa. Enligt ministern för civilt försvar Carl-Osk...
www.svt.se
January 12, 2025 at 8:47 PM
The YI PENG 3 was also close to damage the Nordbalt power cable between Sweden and Lithuania Swedish Minister for Civil Defence Carl-Oskar Bohlin informed today.
www.svt.se/nyheter/inri...
www.svt.se/nyheter/inri...
#USsanctions #Russia #LNG #EnergySky
A couple of points to dull the sharp sharp headlines on European gas market today:
▪️Yamal LNG, the only Russian LNG export project of significance in Europe, is not on the new US list.
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A couple of points to dull the sharp sharp headlines on European gas market today:
▪️Yamal LNG, the only Russian LNG export project of significance in Europe, is not on the new US list.
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January 13, 2025 at 9:21 AM
#USsanctions #Russia #LNG #EnergySky
A couple of points to dull the sharp sharp headlines on European gas market today:
▪️Yamal LNG, the only Russian LNG export project of significance in Europe, is not on the new US list.
1/
A couple of points to dull the sharp sharp headlines on European gas market today:
▪️Yamal LNG, the only Russian LNG export project of significance in Europe, is not on the new US list.
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As last gasps of Gazprom in Europe get even shallower there are so many horrible takes on European gas market it makes me quite nostalgic for the sort of propaganda Nord Stream 2 AG used to produce.
January 2, 2025 at 12:55 PM
As last gasps of Gazprom in Europe get even shallower there are so many horrible takes on European gas market it makes me quite nostalgic for the sort of propaganda Nord Stream 2 AG used to produce.
Reposted by Leo Lenox
END OF AN ERA: Russia's oldest gas export route to Europe halted
For over five decades, Europe benefited from a (relatively) steady flow of Russian gas via pipelines in Ukraine. That deal has now expired
While that won't trigger shortages in Europe, it does mark a historic shift
Thread🧵
For over five decades, Europe benefited from a (relatively) steady flow of Russian gas via pipelines in Ukraine. That deal has now expired
While that won't trigger shortages in Europe, it does mark a historic shift
Thread🧵
January 2, 2025 at 9:32 AM
END OF AN ERA: Russia's oldest gas export route to Europe halted
For over five decades, Europe benefited from a (relatively) steady flow of Russian gas via pipelines in Ukraine. That deal has now expired
While that won't trigger shortages in Europe, it does mark a historic shift
Thread🧵
For over five decades, Europe benefited from a (relatively) steady flow of Russian gas via pipelines in Ukraine. That deal has now expired
While that won't trigger shortages in Europe, it does mark a historic shift
Thread🧵
Reposted by Leo Lenox
What can Slovak threats on stopping electricity deliveries to Ukraine mean?
It is not so straightforward – here my interpretation:
It is not so straightforward – here my interpretation:
December 30, 2024 at 1:41 PM
What can Slovak threats on stopping electricity deliveries to Ukraine mean?
It is not so straightforward – here my interpretation:
It is not so straightforward – here my interpretation:
#Estlink 2 is down. What of it? What impact will it have on the power systems and related processes on both sides of the interconnector?
Let us see.
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Let us see.
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December 30, 2024 at 8:53 AM
#Estlink 2 is down. What of it? What impact will it have on the power systems and related processes on both sides of the interconnector?
Let us see.
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Let us see.
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Finnish border guard arrested cable saboteur suspect EAGLE S and ordered them into Finland.
This happened in international waters. Precisely the thing every expert said was impossible with Yi Peng 3 =)
This happened in international waters. Precisely the thing every expert said was impossible with Yi Peng 3 =)
December 26, 2024 at 12:52 PM
Finnish border guard arrested cable saboteur suspect EAGLE S and ordered them into Finland.
This happened in international waters. Precisely the thing every expert said was impossible with Yi Peng 3 =)
This happened in international waters. Precisely the thing every expert said was impossible with Yi Peng 3 =)
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This sanctioned Russian LNG shipment traveled around the world looking for a buyer. Now it's giving up🚢
🇷🇺 A dark fleet tanker loaded gas at Arctic LNG 2 in August. It just docked at a Russian port to likely put the gas into storage
🇺🇸 Buyers dont want to break US restrictions
🇷🇺 A dark fleet tanker loaded gas at Arctic LNG 2 in August. It just docked at a Russian port to likely put the gas into storage
🇺🇸 Buyers dont want to break US restrictions
December 26, 2024 at 6:28 AM
This sanctioned Russian LNG shipment traveled around the world looking for a buyer. Now it's giving up🚢
🇷🇺 A dark fleet tanker loaded gas at Arctic LNG 2 in August. It just docked at a Russian port to likely put the gas into storage
🇺🇸 Buyers dont want to break US restrictions
🇷🇺 A dark fleet tanker loaded gas at Arctic LNG 2 in August. It just docked at a Russian port to likely put the gas into storage
🇺🇸 Buyers dont want to break US restrictions
Reposted by Leo Lenox
Baltics planned to decouple from Russian Electric network on Feb 2025. Severed ESTLINK2 between Finland and Estonia is direct current. So not directly contributing to network stability, but having enough power reserves from abroad will be important to baltics.
elering.ee/en/baltic-ts...
elering.ee/en/baltic-ts...
Baltic TSOs have sent a notice on decoupling from Russia-controlled electricity system in February 2025 | Elering
elering.ee
December 25, 2024 at 8:08 PM
Baltics planned to decouple from Russian Electric network on Feb 2025. Severed ESTLINK2 between Finland and Estonia is direct current. So not directly contributing to network stability, but having enough power reserves from abroad will be important to baltics.
elering.ee/en/baltic-ts...
elering.ee/en/baltic-ts...
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Yeah, this looks like a perfect match. And not just because it was right there at the right time but because it didn't just sail through with steady velocity like Xin Xin Tian 2 seems to have done.
Cook Island flag oil tanker Eagle S lost 25% of her speed minutes before she crossed the broken cable Estlink2. She crossed at 10:26Z, ie the time of cable fault.
She proceeded at affected speed til she reached shallow waters, where she lost all momentum. After some maneuvers she regained speed.
She proceeded at affected speed til she reached shallow waters, where she lost all momentum. After some maneuvers she regained speed.
December 25, 2024 at 5:53 PM
Yeah, this looks like a perfect match. And not just because it was right there at the right time but because it didn't just sail through with steady velocity like Xin Xin Tian 2 seems to have done.
Excellent quick summary on the status quo in the #Baltic #Sea region.
I would have chosen even harsher language to describe the inability to cooperate not only between PL-DE, but btw Baltics as well.
Yeah, #EnergySky, this is what is happening in the Baltic Sea region energy-wise at the moment.
I would have chosen even harsher language to describe the inability to cooperate not only between PL-DE, but btw Baltics as well.
Yeah, #EnergySky, this is what is happening in the Baltic Sea region energy-wise at the moment.
My quick take for the Baltic Rim Economies on "Energy in the Baltic Sea region"
www.centrumbalticum.org/files/6525/B...
www.centrumbalticum.org/files/6525/B...
December 18, 2024 at 10:23 AM
Excellent quick summary on the status quo in the #Baltic #Sea region.
I would have chosen even harsher language to describe the inability to cooperate not only between PL-DE, but btw Baltics as well.
Yeah, #EnergySky, this is what is happening in the Baltic Sea region energy-wise at the moment.
I would have chosen even harsher language to describe the inability to cooperate not only between PL-DE, but btw Baltics as well.
Yeah, #EnergySky, this is what is happening in the Baltic Sea region energy-wise at the moment.
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The new #nuclear hype, if you'd ask me, seems to be hype and not much more.
Come on, people, bring us something tangible: your project cost estimates, potential CfD levels, or even better – successful greenfield/brownfield projects to orient ourselves by.
Something. Anything.
#EnergySky
Come on, people, bring us something tangible: your project cost estimates, potential CfD levels, or even better – successful greenfield/brownfield projects to orient ourselves by.
Something. Anything.
#EnergySky
December 12, 2024 at 8:08 AM
The new #nuclear hype, if you'd ask me, seems to be hype and not much more.
Come on, people, bring us something tangible: your project cost estimates, potential CfD levels, or even better – successful greenfield/brownfield projects to orient ourselves by.
Something. Anything.
#EnergySky
Come on, people, bring us something tangible: your project cost estimates, potential CfD levels, or even better – successful greenfield/brownfield projects to orient ourselves by.
Something. Anything.
#EnergySky
Reposted by Leo Lenox
All kinds of destroyers
December 11, 2024 at 9:23 PM
All kinds of destroyers
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Here's Russian state media admitting that Assad's job was to make sure no pipelines went through Syria into Turkey so that all that cheaper Saudi and Qatari LNG never hurt Russia's gas monopoly, the one Putin lost anyway by invading Ukraine.
December 8, 2024 at 8:59 PM
Here's Russian state media admitting that Assad's job was to make sure no pipelines went through Syria into Turkey so that all that cheaper Saudi and Qatari LNG never hurt Russia's gas monopoly, the one Putin lost anyway by invading Ukraine.
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EU agency on energy regulation (ACER) just published its 2023 country sheets on electricity retail markets.
Especially that data from all the national regulators + REMIT (in yellow) is nice to have in one place.
www.acer.europa.eu/sites/defaul...
Especially that data from all the national regulators + REMIT (in yellow) is nice to have in one place.
www.acer.europa.eu/sites/defaul...
December 8, 2024 at 2:07 PM
EU agency on energy regulation (ACER) just published its 2023 country sheets on electricity retail markets.
Especially that data from all the national regulators + REMIT (in yellow) is nice to have in one place.
www.acer.europa.eu/sites/defaul...
Especially that data from all the national regulators + REMIT (in yellow) is nice to have in one place.
www.acer.europa.eu/sites/defaul...