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IAEE Exec. V.President 2024 - Professor Florence School of Regulation - IAEE Award 2018 for ‘Outstanding contributions to Energy Economics’

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Jean-Michel Glachant
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I am celebrating the 20th of @EUI_FSR I was there in 2004, under the leadership of Loyola de Palacio, Pippo Ranci, Jorge Vasconcelos and Ignacio Perez Arriaga. A few month later, Andris Piebalgs & Christopher Jones joined. I took the bar of the ship, four years later: 2008.
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Florence School of Regulation
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#FSR20More ✨ Former director and co-founder of the FSR, Prof Jean-Michel Glachant ( @JMGlachant ), looks back on the school's achievements and ahead to its future role in addressing the global challenges of climate change. 🎬Watch the video: .
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Is Europe suddenly winning the gas war with Russia? Prices dropped 65% since August peak Storage caverns are filled Even seaborne LNG tankers are now so plentiful there are traffic jams forming outside European terminals as they wait to unload.
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Germany closing its last 3 nuke reactors: “We are shutting down world-class plants that have been operated safely and reliably for decades by world-class staff and experts” said Leonhard Birnbaum, chief executive of the German utility Eon.
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Goodbye friends! Goodbye dad and mom! World biggest chemical company, BASF from Germany, says it has to downsize ‘permanently’ in Europe… With high energy costs making the region increasingly uncompetitive.
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Massive underground deposit of high-grade phosphate rock in Norway, pitched as the world’s largest, is big enough to satisfy world demand for fertilisers, solar panels and electric car batteries over the next 100 years, according to the company exploiting the resource.
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Frédéric Simon
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'Great news': EU hails discovery of massive phosphate rock deposit in Norway. Phosphorous is used mainly as a fertiliser but also in the manufacturing of solar panels, lithium-iron-phosphate batteries, semiconductors and computer chips. More:👇
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Turkish President sacked the head of national statistics agency, Saturday January 29, after publication of annual inflation figures in early January that put Turkey annual inflation rate at 36.1%, its highest level in 19 years.
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From ⁦ @FT ⁩ Political views on 3 strong climate policy tools in UK, Germany, US & France •Banning fossil engine cars •Taxing frequent plane flights •Tripling public investments in renewables
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@WonderSo_ Ma fille était à la terrasse de ‘La Bonne Bière’ mais s’est sentie fatiguée et a demandé à son copain de rentrer beaucoup plus tôt que prévu. 5 meurtres un peu plus tard.
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Ultimate serious knowledge on electricity markets 22 chapters & 37 authors •Vertical Integration vs Market Design •Fossil to Renewables •Storage, Electrification, EVs, Heating & Cooling •Demand Response, Platforms, P2P •Universal Access in Africa, Market Discovery in China
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The @FT calls for a ban on SUVs: •consume too much gasoline •hurt & kill to much people in accidents ‘’We should regulate SUVs out of existence …/… In short, we need to legislate away huge cars. After all, we ban other dangerous substances… ‘’
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2. Most traders will cautiously concede that Europe’s fortunes have improved. But a heavy note of caution still hangs in the air. Daring to believe that the energy crisis has somehow been resolved is dangerous given the scale of the remaining challenge.
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‘’Handbook on electricity markets’’ on sale ⁦ @Elgar_Economics ⁩ Edited by P. Joskow MIT M. Pollitt Cambridge U. and me ⁦ @FSR_Energy ⁩ Join our ⁦ @IA4EE ⁩ webinar Monday 15 Nov. 4pm CET to discuss issues & get 50% reduction on Handbook
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My sister died this afternoon She was my closest in our brotherhood of 9, at father’s butchery We both took the social elevator open to baby-boomers 2 of our older 3 brothers became workers at our butchery The 3d, her & me became the first Glachant entering university… 💓💝💓
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Just elected @IAEE President I will serve from 1 January 2022 as President-Elect… ‘’International Association for Energy Economics’’ > 4,000 members in 100 countries 2 scientific journals •Energy Journal •Economics of Energy & Environmental Policy > Great Honor + Big Joy!
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Giant heat pumps: MAN Energy's biggest has a total heating capacity of 48 MW Producing temperatures of up to 150C or heating thousands of homes. MAN recently installed 2 of these machines in the port city of Esbjerg, in Denmark.
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French minister for energy: Our government has nationalized EDF at 100% to take control of its assets & industrial strategy The nuclear plants are owned by the country: the country will determine the price of this electricity and not the company.
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The reference ‘’Handbook on Electricity Markets’’ All over the world I am publishing with •Paul Joskow (MIT) •Michael Pollitt (Cambridge U.) 22 Chapters > 600 pages On shelves in November 2021 Just enough time to order one A thread >>
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Urbi et Orbi: I am delighted to welcome Leo ⁦ @LeonardoMeeus ⁩ as the next Director ⁦ @FSR_Energy ⁩ on October 1st Our School has been created in 2004 by J. Vasconcelos, P. Ranci, I. Pérez Arriaga, etc. Long life to Leo’s digital native generation! ❤️🌻🎧📲🎧🌻❤️
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3. Europe could quickly burn through its gas reserves, potentially leading to extreme tightness after Christmas. Gas at around €115 per MWh is still equivalent to almost $180 a barrel in oil terms. Contracts in December and January are above $230 a barrel equivalent.
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Lufthansa would consume 1/2 of Germany electricity production to switch its fleet to synthetic green fuel e-kerosene, according to its CEO, underscoring the challenge in reducing emissions from air transport, on Monday 25 Sept.
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5. Weather’s dominance over the EU gas market means he’s not quite prepared to say the worst is definitely over. However, if the winter is mild, then Germany, EU biggest economy, could end the season with its storage facilities almost half full.
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Historic shift: Finland’s Green Party voted overwhelmingly to adopt fully pro-nuclear stance at its national meeting Party manifesto now states that nuclear is “sustainable energy” and demands legislation to streamline approval process for SMRs…
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Jean-Michel Glachant
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The era of cheap offshore wind is over in the UK… Vattenfall, one of world’s biggest offshore wind developers, put the brakes on 1.4 GW in UK waters. Britain has set target of 50 GW offshore wind by 2030. With seven years to go, it is >36GW short.
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Just elected @IA4EE President
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Jean-Michel Glachant
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Just elected @IAEE President I will serve from 1 January 2022 as President-Elect… ‘’International Association for Energy Economics’’ > 4,000 members in 100 countries 2 scientific journals •Energy Journal •Economics of Energy & Environmental Policy > Great Honor + Big Joy!
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Shortage of CO2 is causing German drinks manufacturers to cut production and warn of bankruptcies, in the latest sign of how Europe’s energy crisis is sending shockwaves through the region’s economy.
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Belgium enters Top 5 world offshore wind countries 1- United Kingdom 10,428 MW 2- Germany 7,659 MW 3- China 7,000 MW 4- Belgium 1,775 MW 5- Denmark 1,703 MW
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Belgian Offshore Platform
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With the installation of Northwester 2 in May Belgium reaches 1,775 MW installed capacity and outranks Denmark as 4th #OffshoreWind energy producer worldwide #EnergyTransition
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Hardest part of EVs still to come: EU auto industry employs 3.5mn people directly in manufacturing. Ford chief executive Farley estimates that EVs require 40% fewer people to make — the equivalent of 1.4mn job losses if applied across the industry.
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6. But if it is just slightly colder than normal, then “German gas inventories would be virtually depleted by end-March, possibly requiring late winter rationing or supply cuts”.
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Born 71 from today…
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Remarkable climate policy defined by Prime Minister New Zealand Jacinda Ardern (39 years old) •Carbon neutral in 2050 •Power 100% renewable in 2035 •Agriculture emissions to be measured and priced •Agriculture methane emissions to be reduced by 80%
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From @lemondefr Friday 11 March With @CGollier from @TSEinfo I call all Europeans to voluntarily consume less energy to stop financing Russian army Each kWh electricity, gas, oil that one consumes has to be weighted carefully EU has to stop sending €20bn monthly to Russia
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Germany acts: Germany is rationing hot water, dimming its street lights and shutting down swimming pools… as the impact of its energy crunch begins to spread from industry to offices, leisure centres and homes.
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From our President of @Europarl_EN In Kyiv With President of Ukraine @ZelenskyyUa 🇪🇺❤️🇺🇦 🇪🇺❤️🇺🇦❤️🇪🇺
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Roberta Metsola
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Courage, strength, resolve. With @ZelenskyyUa in Kyiv 🇺🇦 Slava Ukraini! #StandWithUkraine
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France revolutionizes heating French new environmental regulations (RE 2020) prohibits installing gas heating in new housing, offices and educational buildings from next year And for collective housing from 2024
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Today, 1 October, the Director of Florence School is ⁦ @LeonardoMeeus ⁩ I wish him & my beloved ⁦ @FSR_Energy ⁩ illimited successes at service of our ideals & audiences I thank my colleagues & partners for 14 wonderful years I don’t leave FSR & come back to research.
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@sbechaux Excellent résultat : votre fille mérite plus ! Je me souviens aussi de ma classe de 3é : on n’est plus un enfant. Mais un adolescent. Grande différence. Ma mère a totalement arrêté de ‘’m’habiller’’. J’ai choisi tous mes vêtements. En 1964 ; dans une ville de 4000 habitants …
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We, Europeans, have to stop sending €300bn to Russian state budget every year, to finance its army agressions We have to voluntarily stop using Russian fossil fuel All of us can decrease heating by 1C I do it & I am 72 years old! It won’t hurt you & you will be so proud!
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Christian Gollier
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Coupons le financement de l’armée russe et Sauvons la planète. Appel en faveur de la sobriété énergétique en Europe, ici et maintenant.
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I was born on June 28, 1950 Je suis né le 28 juin 1950
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Jean-Michel Glachant
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Very Happy New Year to all of you! I am the 2022 @IA4EE President-elect An honor & a joy to serve energy economics all over the world with President Peter Hartley I got IAEE Award 2018 for ‘Outstanding contributions to energy economics & literature’ My last 2021 publications:
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Why economics does not understand business? From @TheEconomist 1. Allocation of resources in economies occurs not in markets but within firms. Prime movers are employees, directed not by price signals but by administrative fiat.
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Jean-Michel Glachant
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French utility ⁦ @EDFofficiel ⁩ new estimate of its loss of revenues due to very low availability of its nuclear reactors: For year 2022, it would now be €32 billion You can read twice: what company can survive to losing €32bn by unavailability
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Share of solar in electricity generation in June - July 2018 vs 2021 (Of course sun doesn’t shine in France, and some other countries)
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Jean-Michel Glachant
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890,000 EVs registered in Germany over past 10 years, vast bulk bought with grants > just 756,517 remain in the country •A small number of the missings have been taken out of service •Most have been sold in neighbouring countries at a profit…
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@skdh Wonderful to know, Liebe Sabine. At 28, I was student in Master course La Sorbonne University; not knowing that I will defend a PhD, get a tenure, etc. Life is so surprising! I was born 5th kid of poor butcher in small village. Entering university was seen as landing on the moon.
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UK has left EU market coupling & trades electricity interconnector capacity separately of energy market trade This loss of market integration added £250mn to wholesale electricity costs in 2021 and is expected to £440mn by the end of this year.
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Just vaccinated with AstraZeneca Many thanks to Region Tuscany, City of Florence, all vaccination staff, and my wonderful assistant Elena for their efficient & friendly help Mille grazie a voi! Bravissima l’Italia!
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Jean-Michel Glachant
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From Bloomberg Gazprom gas storage in Germany, from 2013 to today ‘’Facts are stubborn’’, Lenin used to say
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Klaus Müller, head of the German Federal Regulator, said the power crisis “isn’t over” and much depended on whether next winter would be colder than the last. “The danger of a gas shortage is still there,”
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Jean-Michel Glachant
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Vladimir Putin much more broke than we think: Deutsche Bank estimates that Russia earns 1/3 prewar fossil fuel revenues And increasingly expensive — roughly 2 global average — to extract it: $45 to extract oil barrel + $12 to get it to its customers.
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Jean-Michel Glachant
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Today Saturday 9 April 2pm Western Europe electricity price •Portuguese - Spaniards - French pay €221 per MWh •Germans & Dutch are paid €2.49 to consume; Belgians get €17.97 to consume more! > It tells that we need more EU internal energy market & haven’t yet enough!
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Saturday 23 April Wholesale electricity price in France at 2pm France €207 SpainPortugal €3.7 Germany €0.08 Belgium -€65 (paid to consume) NL -€215 (paid to consume) > No doubt Marine Le Pen will blame European internal market Because the French pay that much!
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BMW’s chief executive warns that EU plans to ban combustion engine vehicles… is pushing European makers of cheaper cars into a price war with Chinese rivals as BYD that they are unlikely to win…
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French government prepares our country to an ‘’energy war economy’’ with a new law draft, to be sent to Parliament next week and giving to state administration the unilateral right to manage the whole gas & coal industry in France
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Jean-Michel Glachant
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Closing soon Californian nuclear (2,200 MW & 18 TWh a year) before having closed all existing coal or gas plants looks just crazy, vis-à-vis the absolute emergency we have with climate change...
@atrembath
Alex Trembath
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Imagine spending billions of dollars to rip up every single wind turbine in the state of California. That’s basically the plan with Diablo Canyon.
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From @FT Germany, having no LNG import terminals, searches locations North Sea & Baltic Sea for 3 floating LNG terminals capacity 27 bcm, estimating the 1st operating this year Jason Feer, at energy Poten & Partners, predicts Germany’s 1st will not be up & running before 2024.
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Jean-Michel Glachant
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Very new Indian borders map mocking latest new Chinese borders map.
@vtchakarova
Velina Tchakarova
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After China had called on India to 'stay objective and calm' and avoid 'over-interpreting' the issue of the Chinese new map, India now published its own map.
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At ⁦ @IAEE2018NL ⁩ I get the IAEE Award 2018 For outstanding contributions to Energy Economics & Its literature ! !! !!!
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I am the new ⁦ @IA4EE ⁩ President in year 2023 •I am Vice-President French Chapter ⁦ @FR_AEE ⁩ & Professor at ⁦ @FSR_Energy ⁩ European Institute EUI •I got IAEE Award 2018 for ‘Contributions to Energy Economics’ •I was Chief-editor IAEE Journal ‘EEEP’ 2012-16
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Founder of Fortescue Metals Group, one of world’s biggest producers of iron ore, accuses western politicians of “propping up the Kremlin” by relying on natural gas imports from Russia instead of ramping up production of alternative energy capabilities.
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Germany should stop trying to impose its views on nuclear power on the rest of the EU (and France) Head of E.ON, one of Europe’s largest utilities, warned as he stressed its importance in the region’s clean energy transition.
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Jean-Michel Glachant
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Spanish minister ⁦ @Teresaribera ⁩ entrusts ⁦ @NataliaFabra ⁩ with the reform of electricity market Carlos III University is awarded a technical assistance contract to deliver a proposal to reform the EU wholesale electricity market
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Shell cancels its €300 million floating offshore wind project in French Brittany General Electric manufacturer of wind mills cannot deliver; its successor Vestas too faced difficulties + Manufacturer of floaters (Naval Group) the same > Game over
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My intellectual life started here: Paris, La Sorbonne University, in September 1973. And was celebrated here again, 50 years later in September 2023. Humanity has two ways of mastering its destiny: brain & heart. As our muscles, assets & tech are only tools: And so what?
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editorial FT Nuclear is more expensive than renewables The challenge of safely storing nuclear waste has not been entirely resolved Recent experience in Europe, US is almost of projects completed late and over budget. That has put off private investors.
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From Bloomberg French power futures rose to highest level this year after ⁦ @EDFofficiel ⁩ found further indications of corrosion on its nuclear fleet, potentially worsening Europe’s supply crisis. French nuclear capacity is at lowest in decade
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From ⁦ @TheEconomist ⁩ Europe’s energy market being not built for this crisis, faces 3 challenges 1. First, to preserve marginal-price signal, for both generators & consumers, in the face of political pressure to weaken it.
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New warning from ⁦ @EDFofficiel ⁩ on its nuclear output in year 2022 The new estimate is 280 to 300 TWh down from previous estimate 295-315 TWh This suggests that France nuclear capacity factor in year 2022 could be as low as 52%
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From ⁦ @MLiebreich ⁩ Replacing the 94 million tons of dirty H2 used today (made from unabated natural gas and coal) with green H2 made from renewable energy would require 143% of all the wind & solar installed globally to date. -/- Me: That’s it!
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16 years of European carbon price By Bloomberg.
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Wednesday 4 January 2023 Germany broke its own record for daily wind generation with 50.232 GW (From Bloomberg)
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New type of cracks caused by stress corrosion discovered in France nuclear plant The former ones were a few millimeters deep The new one at Penly 1 would be “massive”: 23 millimeters on a pipe 27 millimeters thick… Deeper investigation is performed.
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Spanish oil corp. Cepsa plants in Gibraltar & Frontera will produce 300,000t Green H2 a year. Investment of €3bn, powered by solar & wind with another €2bn. To be carried to Barcelona by a domestic pipeline network planned by Enagás, Spain’s national gas grid operator.
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Saint-Gobain manufactured flat glass using 30% hydrogen during recent R&D trials in Germany This will complement other decarbonised energy sources and will reduce the site's direct CO2 emissions (scope 1) by up to 70%.
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Jean-Michel Glachant
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In @EURACTIV I do call our EU & national leaders to clarify what goals they target with EU electricity market design reform YES EU can better protect, better secure and accelerate BUT Electricity market reform is no silver bullet for EU energy crises
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Jean-Michel Glachant
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Boston Metal, 9 years old startup, spin-off of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has produced only a few tons of green steel... Having raised €50m this January, it will build a demonstrator that can produce 25,000 toms a year
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Jean-Michel Glachant
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A clear-cut ‘must read’ IEA article: •Incumbent Energy Utilities business model is dead •Long life decentralized & digitalized new business models
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Jean-Michel Glachant
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Smart metering in Europe: Germany still at stone age…
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Nikolaus J. Kurmayer
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This image never fails to amuse!
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According to ⁦ @Reuters ⁩ Giant batteries that ensure stable power supply by offsetting intermittent renewable supplies are becoming cheap enough to make developers abandon scores of projects for gas-fired generation world-wide.
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Jean-Michel Glachant
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Asian consumption of coal still at core of world energy consumption
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Jean-Michel Glachant
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From Bloomberg: Iberdrola, Orsted, Vattenfall, unable to deliver 3.5 GW of Offshore projects Signaling a significant cost inflation for US & Europe offshore wind developers.
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Jean-Michel Glachant
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New EDF commitment with its nuclear fleet, on Friday 2 Sept: All reactors will be generating in February 2023 +12 reactors generating in September 2022 +4 in October +7 in November +4 in December + 5 in January or February 2023
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Jean-Michel Glachant
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New EU rules: carmakers must cut average fleet emissions < 95 grammes CO2 per km by 2021 Facing €95 fine per gramme of CO2 > target multiplied by number of cars sold that year > “A potential €30bn penalty for the industry,” says Volkswagen chief executive Herbert Diess
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Jean-Michel Glachant
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Much faster stop to Russian oil & gas in EU and in Germany, please! >The call from the Head of @Bruegel_org >That I strongly support as Head of @FSR_Energy Both EU & Germany can stop faster using Russian oil & gas, must stop funding Putin’s war, please!
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Guntram Wolff
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The EU and Germany need to get rid of Russian oil and gas much faster than they want to. We must not continue funding Putin's war. My colleagues explain how the US needs to help limit the damage to Europe. It is feasible.
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Jean-Michel Glachant
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@vonderleyen 👏➰🇺🇦❤️🇺🇦➰👏 Yes Yes Yes! As European University professor at @EUI_EU I do stand for Ukraine!
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IEA warns Europe to prepare immediately for total shutdown of Russian gas exports, urging governments to take measures to cut demand and keep ageing nuclear power stations open.
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Jean-Michel Glachant
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Wednesday 28 December 3am •Electricity for free in France & Germany AND •You were paid in Belgium & Netherlands to consume it I know, it’s 3am… > BUT you were paid to consume >> A bit of fun, no? 😉
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Jean-Michel Glachant
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UK minister aims to push power generation capacity by 2030… •Solar power from current 14 GW to 50GW •Offshore wind from 11GW to 50GW •Onshore wind from 15GW to 30GW •Nuclear power from 7GW to 16GW
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45,000 tweets today •I started 5 years ago, to please my social media assistant & keep esteem of my team •I discovered it’s a duty for honest citizens & food for thought in the enlightenment of democracy •I seriously imagine Immanuel Kant & John Maynard Keynes...tweeting!
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Jean-Michel Glachant
4 years
Excellent news from Berlin Forget ‘Make America Great Again’ Here comes ‘Make Europe Strong Again’ German government chose “Gemeinsam. Europa wieder stark machen” “Together. Making Europe strong again” — for its upcoming EU Council presidency July 1
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Jean-Michel Glachant
3 years
A ‘never seen’ in France’s institutional life: French highest public law court (our ‘Conseil d’État’) decides that our government has 3 months to demonstrate that our country is on a trajectory guaranteeing that our national 2030 GHG reduction target will be met.
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Conseil d'État
3 years
Émissions de gaz à effet de serre : le Gouvernement doit justifier sous 3 mois que la trajectoire de réduction à horizon 2030 pourra être respectée >> #R échauffementclimatique
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Jean-Michel Glachant
2 years
‘’The Future of Energy Storage’’ 9 chapters, 400 pages study of technologies & economics of energy storage by MIT Energy Initiative ⁦ @mitenergy ⁩ World Top Quality in research…
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Jean-Michel Glachant
3 years
Florence reproduces 2 Italian economists Guglielmo Barone & Sauro Mocetti compared Florentine taxpayers in 1427 to those in 2011 Comparing family wealth with same surname today, richest families in Florence 600 years ago remain the same now
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Jean-Michel Glachant
3 years
Belgian humour with skyrocketing natural gas prices: ‘Honey, do you want your steak raw or very rare?’
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Jean-Michel Glachant
2 years
Saturday 2 April, 10am Western European electricity max price is in France €333 a MWh… Is something rotten in the kingdom of France?
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Jean-Michel Glachant
4 years
My latest paper on ‘’Peer2Peer in electricity sector’’ Gives you a handy compass to enter the field and understand the main issues Being: •Pricing Mechanism •Transaction Loop •Delivery Loop Ending in: •Modular architecture + Multiple veto rights
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Florence School of Regulation
4 years
Just published! 🙌 #Peer2peer in the #electricity sector: an academic compass in the making by @JMGlachant . 📚Read the new policy brief here: #P2P #EnergyExplained #EnergyTwitter #EnergyTransition
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Jean-Michel Glachant
3 years
My last paper on clean Hydrogen costs 2030 & 2050: what we know & what we don’t know Co-authored with my close researcher at @FSR_Energy Piero @ReisPiero
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The European Files
3 years
@JMGlachant and @ReisPiero talked about clean #hydrogen and its costs, and you can read all about it on our website. #climate #EnergyTransition #EUGreenDeal #industry 📰Whole piece available on:
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Jean-Michel Glachant
2 years
Shortage of lithium for producing batteries for mobile devices & electric vehicles is putting the energy transition at risk… In January 2021 lithium carbonate cost $9,600 per tonne End of January 2022 more than $50,000 per tonne.
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