Wolfgang Blau
@wblau.bsky.social
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Corporate climate strategies, climate communications. Co-Founder Oxford Climate Journalism Network / Global Managing Partner Sustainable Business Practice, Brunswick Group / Advisor UNFCCC / Prior: Global COO Condé Nast / Guardian
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wblau.bsky.social
file under: the subtle humour of a homepage editor.
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gwagner.com
Der Text im Print: "Batterien statt Kraftwerke"
Batterien statt Kraftwerke
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gwagner.com
"Europa erfindet die Energiewende, China baut sie"

aka

"Batterien statt der 30 bis 40(!) neuen Gaskraftwerke"

Mein Gastbeitrag mit @monika-schnitzer.com in der heutigen @zeit.de

www.zeit.de/2025/43/ener...
Energiepolitik in Deutschland:
Europa erfindet die Energiewende, China baut sie
Deutschland hat es versäumt, eine zukunftsfähige Energiepolitik konsequent zu verfolgen – und davon zu profitieren. Was es jetzt braucht, um wettbewerbsfähig zu bleiben.

Vor 16 Stunden
Ein Gastbeitrag von Monika Schnitzer und Gernot Wagner In Brüssel lässt sich dafür eine wichtige Grundlage schaffen. Wenn wie bisher in jedem Mitgliedstaat der EU andere Vorschriften gelten, entsteht kein Wettbewerbsvorteil gegenüber den USA oder China. Ein gemeinsamer Binnenmarkt für Energie hingegen, abgestimmte Ausbauziele und eine gezielte Industrie- und Investitionspolitik, angetrieben von der lange anvisierten Kapitalmarktunion, könnten Europa wieder zu einem Standort machen, der nicht nur importiert, sondern auch produziert.

Am Ende entscheidet Energiepolitik über mehr als nur über die Strompreise. Sie ist Industrie-, Sicherheits- und Standortpolitik zugleich und damit der Schlüssel dafür, ob Europa seine Zukunft selbst gestaltet – oder sie von anderen geliefert bekommt.
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dpcarrington.bsky.social
Climate action is the only economic growth story of 21st century, says leading economist Lord Stern

- Fossil-fuelled growth is futile as the damage it causes ends in economic self-destruction

#climatecrisis
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Climate investment is growth opportunity of 21st century, says economist
Lord Stern says fossil-fuelled growth is futile as the damage it causes ends in economic self-destruction
www.theguardian.com
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transportenvironment.org
NEW: Biofuels globally emit more than the fossil fuels they replace, our latest study shows.

The first-of-a-kind study looks at global biofuels production today and the potential impacts of government biofuel targets.
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eciu.net
ECIU @eciu.net · 2d
Marginal Gains: how wind is pushing gas out of the power market and cutting costs

Growth in British renewables cutting electricity prices by up to a quarter.
eciu.net/analysis/re...
Marginal Gains: how wind is pushing gas out of the power market and…
Growth in British renewables cutting electricity prices by up to a quarter.
eciu.net
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felixbohr.bsky.social
»Ich habe mein Leben lang gegen einen Geist der Gewalt, der Unfreiheit, der Überheblichkeit angekämpft, der in den Deutschen steckt und der seinen Ausdruck im nationalsozialistischen Staat gefunden hat.«

Helmuth James von Moltke, Abschiedsbrief an seine Söhne, 11. Oktober 1944
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wmo-global.bsky.social
💡 What’s next for WMO?

Ian Lisk, President of the WMO Commission for Weather, Climate, Hydrological, Marine and Related Environmental Services and Applications, shares a top priority to deliver going forward.

📌 Learn more here: https://bit.ly/4n3aOf5
wblau.bsky.social
I keep wondering about how the ‘all of the above’ narrative is being positioned as unassailably ‘pragmatic’, ‘common sense’, and ‘realistic’ while it means breaching 2 degrees of warming and more.
wblau.bsky.social
After JP Morgan wrote that only renewables could be scaled up quickly enough before 2030, here js the CEO of Octopus Energy busting that same myth by which ‘AI’ would
mean a boost for gas power, or a renaissance of nuclear.

www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
We don’t need gas to power data centres, says Octopus Energy boss
Greg Jackson, CEO of Britain’s biggest energy supplier, hit back at claims from union leaders and AI bosses that only fossil fuels and nuclear could meet demand
www.thetimes.com
wblau.bsky.social
I share Mr. Hunt’s appreciation of London. He doesn’t need to put down Paris or London, though, to make his argument. And no, neither France nor Germany had to endure the political freak-show or chaos the UK has seen since Boris Johnson. (And don’t get me started on TfL or NHS)
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Don’t move to Dubai — this is still the place to be
Better to buy the dip and celebrate the UK as an enduring cultural behemoth
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wblau.bsky.social
To even think for a moment Trump could have been a valid candidate for the Nobel peace prize is a sign of a lost compass.
wblau.bsky.social
It is a bit funny to re-name good old hydro power dams in the mountains into ‚hydro batteries‘.
wblau.bsky.social
Internet of things? For years, we‘ve been told it would be about ‚smart fridges ordering milk on our behalf‘ and other useless non-sense. As it turns out, the power grid will be the ultimate internet of things with all power consuming, storing and producing devices talking to each other.