Today we're launching PyPSA Labs, a new non-profit that offers development, maintenance, support and training for our open software Python for Power System Analysis (PyPSA). Check out our services here: pypsalabs.org

PyPSA Labs - Sustaining Open-Source Energy System Modelling

PyPSA Labs is a non-profit organisation stewarding development, maintenance, support and training for the open-source energy system modelling framework PyPSA.

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📢 Applications are now open for the next Editor-in-Chief of The Economic Journal. The successful candidate will play a central role in shaping the Journal's editorial direction, strategic vision & long-term development. Find out more: bit.ly/3TcWmHa #EconSky #Economics @theeconjournal.bsky.social

Call for Applications: Editor-in-Chief of The Economic Journal - Royal Economic Society

The Royal Economic Society is currently seeking applications for the position of Editor-in-Chief of The Economic Journal.

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The progressive case for ground-mounted solar and grid-scale batteries: everyone benefits from the grid not fucking collapsing when it gets hot, not just those who can afford private solar and batteries.

After 5 years, the @ethz.ch PhD Academy on Sustainability & Technology is back 💪 We hosted 14 researchers from all over the world working on key energy challenges and 2 exceptional professors: - Inês Azevedo @stanforddoerr.bsky.social - Varun Rai @utaustin.bsky.social Huge thanks to everyone!

🚨 TODAY in #ECPRSeminars on Energy Politics, Policy & Governance from 12:00 BST ⚡️ Explore how crises like the 2022 energy crisis can trigger major shifts in energy policy thinking & decision-making across countries 💻 15 May James Kneebone @bmcwilliams.bsky.social @anunezjimenez.com & Olivia Moor

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Standing Group on Energy Politics, Policy and Governance (Energy-PPG) Seminar Series

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🛎️ This Friday in #ECPRSeminars on Energy Politics, Policy & Governance ⚡️ Explore how crises like the 2022 energy crisis can trigger major shifts in energy policy thinking & decision-making across countries 💻 15 May @12:00 BST James Kneebone @bmcwilliams.bsky.social @anunezjimenez.com & Olivia Moor

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Standing Group on Energy Politics, Policy and Governance (Energy-PPG) Seminar Series

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📣 #Call for Postdoc.Mobility. Expand your #research experience with a stay abroad. If you would like to find out more about this call, take part in our online information event on 18 May 2026. 📆 Submission deadline: 4 August 2026 Read more 👉 sohub.io/dqzj

EU: The European Union will require sale of mobile phones with “user-replaceable and longer-lasting batteries” starting in 2027. The regulation demands “availability of spare parts and manuals for 10 years to curb planned obsolescence”.

A HUGE, narrative-breaking moment for the UK car market New EVs are now cheaper than petrol cars on average, says Autotrader Last yr CCC said price parity was due by 2028 – and it's already here And EVs are already MUCH cheaper to run than petrol

My old university NTNU in Trondheim is finally! recruiting a fully tenured associate professor in modern environmental history. This is a great opportunity for the right person. #envhist

Associate Professor (297742) | NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Job title: Associate Professor (297742), Employer: NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Deadline: Sunday, May 3, 2026

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Today OPEC released its Monthly Oil Market Report MOMR: - Very cautious language - “Iran” and “Hormuz” not mentioned at all in the text - A lot of analysis still reflects data till February – which for oil-related numbers was a different regime - Still some numbers I found interesting:

📜 Pleased to share a new journal article - "A new European energy policy paradigm revealed by changes in hydrogen strategies" Through text analysis we find a shift in government hydrogen policy priorities toward energy security after 2022 energy crisis. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Hey academic climate folks, great new chaired position at @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social working w/ the folks at the Climatic Research Unit in Norwich UK: vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/21... (h/t @timosbornclim.bsky.social)

Sir Anthony Habgood Professor of Climate and the Environment (ATR1739) in University of East Anglia | UEA

View details and apply for this Sir Anthony Habgood Professor of Climate and the Environment (ATR1739) vacancy in University of East Anglia. Faculty of Science School of Environmental Sciences ...

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You would like to contribute directly to the IPCC 7th Assessment Report ? 📢 I am recruiting a Chapter Scientist to work with me and the author team of Working Group 3 Chapter 3, on projected futures in the context of sustainable development and climate change. Join our amazing team 👇

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📢[We're hiring] CIRED is hiring a Chapter Scientist to support the author team of IPCC Working Group III – Chapter 3 for the AR7 cycle. This role contributes directly to the scientific assessment on projected futures in the context of sustainable development and climate change.

En quien no puede confiar Europa es en una dirigencia incapaz de defender sus propios principios.

Von der Leyen: "Europa no puede confiar en el sistema basado en reglas como la única forma de defender sus intereses"

La presidenta de la Comisión Europea da un salto geopolítico al asegurar que "Europa no puede ser la guardiana del viejo orden mundial. Necesitamos una política exterior más realista"

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NEW ANALYSIS: UK emissions fell 2.4% in 2025 as coal fell to a 400-year low. Incredibly, we used less coal last year than than in 1600, when Queen Elizabeth I was on the throne and Shakespeare was writing Hamlet. All the details in our article: www.carbonbrief.org/...

📢 Call for proposals JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowships 2026 This programme enables researchers in Switzerland to stay in Japan for 12 to 24 months. 🗓️Submission deadline: 23 April 2026. ➡️ sohub.io/y7rj

🚨Call for Papers Submissions now open for the ETH Academy on Sustainability & Technology: Energy Research in a Changing World Guest faculty: •Prof Inês Azevedo (Stanford) •Prof Varun Rai (UT Austin) 🥸Junior scholars 📅31.05–05.06 📍Switzerland Deadline: 13.03 Info: sustec.ethz.ch/teaching/phd...

ETH PhD Academy on Sustainability and Technology 2026

Energy Research in a Changing World

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No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology

She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.

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I follow this stuff closely. I wrote about it a few months ago. I'm shocked how fast this is happening for big trucks. "China’s rapid adoption of electric trucks — which overtook gas-powered vehicle sales for the first time last yea"

Announcing eurosky.social accounts - launching January 2026. ✅ Managed by Eurosky, a European non-profit initiative ✅ Hosted on European cloud ✅ Governed by European law www.eurosky.social/register

Register for a eurosky.social account - one web identity, dozens of apps — eurosky

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The threat to German auto producers isn't from Chinese cars flooding Germany. It's from Chinese cars flooding to emerging markets (red), where they're killing the market for German cars. That's not something EU tariffs on China are going to be able to fix... robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/chinas-inv...

Closing out my year with a journal editor shocker 🧵 Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...

@science.org chooses "The Rise of Renewables" as 2025's breakthrough "Renewable energy, most of it from sunlight itself or from wind, ultimately driven by the Sun, overtook conventional energy on multiple fronts." Amazing photos of the rise of the green giant! Link www.science.org/content/arti...

Science’s 2025 Breakthrough of the Year: The unstoppable rise of renewable energy

Clean energy infrastructure is being deployed with unmatched scale and speed—and China is leading the way

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GDP growth is decoupling from emissions, claims new report "Countries [adding to 46% of global GDP] expanded their economies while cutting emissions, incl. Brazil, Colombia and Egypt. The most pronounced decouplings occurred in the UK, Norway and Switzerland." www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Economic growth no longer linked to carbon emissions in most of the world, study finds

Analysis marking 10 years since Paris climate agreement underscores effectiveness of strong government policies

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The European Union has triggered Article 122 to indefinitely immobilise the assets of the Russian Central Bank, worth a whopping €210 billion. I explain what just happened and why this is such a big deal for Europeans. 🧵 Long thread.

Our new study an EU #fossil #phase-out is out in @natcomms.nature.com. www.nature.com/articles/s41... Afaik, this is the first #IAM study investigating a complete fossil phase-out. How much do we need to reduce fossils for the EU 2050 goal? And would even a full fossil phase-out be possible?

From net-zero to zero-fossil in transforming the EU energy system - Nature Communications

This scenario study investigates how the EU net-zero target can be reached with varying levels of residual fossil fuels. Reducing fossils by only 90% relies on substantial carbon storage, while a full...

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China's oil consumption for transport may fall in 2025 almost as much as it did in 2020, during the pandemic. "China’s oil consumption [for transport] is projected to fall for the 2nd consecutive year in 2025, declining by 4.6% year-on-year and by 7.2% compared to 2023."