Open data = First of all, have a go at finding all our charging points out and about and make a note of their numbers. Good luck with the treasure hunt, and see you in a century!

A new report from the JRC shows gross value added grows far more in clean energy technologies than rest of economy for EU

BYD used to only sell battery electric cars in Europe. In late 2024, the EU put tariffs on these cars but not plug-in hybrid (and far more polluting) models. The results are striking. A policy that must change.

Electric Nick@electric-nick.bsky.social · 4w ago

✨📈 The BYD BEV/PHEV chart got a refresh! Updated with the latest data across Europe, and now including 🇮🇹 Italy. It shows the ⚡ BEV share within the BYD brand in each country. H1 2026 BEV share within BYD: 🇬🇧 UK: 49.0% 🇪🇸 Spain: 39.6% 🇩🇪 Germany: 39.5% 🇮🇹 Italy: 20.2% 1/x

🆕 Q2 2026 clean manufacturing investments update Database now covers €227 investment made by 240 companies into 390 facilities. Electric vehicle investment has slowed since the Commission proposed weakening targets; battery investment grows steadily; solar investments remain announcements only

Thanks to @keliauskaite.bsky.social for maintaining the @bruegel.org natural gas imports tracker for three years now! This her last update as she takes a new challenge at the Lithuanian government.

Ugne Keliauskaite@keliauskaite.bsky.social · last mo.

Updated @bruegel.org European gas import data for week 26, June LNG and Q2 2026 gas imports by source: 📊 download data: www.bruegel.org/dataset/euro...

Updated @bruegel.org European gas import data for week 26, June LNG and Q2 2026 gas imports by source: 📊 download data: www.bruegel.org/dataset/euro...

Electric vehicle sales are up across Europe and slowly but surely this is reflected in economy-wide electrification data. By 2024, 0.7 percentage of final energy demand is electric. Share in Norway is 7 percent in 2023.

European natural gas storages are relatively low for this time of year, but still on track to reach 80 percent by 1 November. Storages are 48 percent full on June 27. Extrapolating the recent 30 days trend meets the needed 0.25 %pts/day to reach 80 percent.

Climate impacts will become a structural macro-fiscal problem. With low private insurance, EU governments are sleepwalking into becoming disaster insurers of last resort. Our @bruegel.org Policy Brief on mitigating rising fiscal costs of climate disasters. 🔗 www.bruegel.org/policy-brief... 🧵1/10

Planning for the rising fiscal costs of climate disasters

Low insurance coverage is turning EU governments into disaster insurers of last resort, strengthening the case for prevention and adaptation finance

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Helion has the world's first permit for a commercial fusion plant. *Aspiration* is 50 MW to Microsoft by 2028. www.reuters.com/business/ene...

Helion says it is first US fusion energy firm to clear regulatory licenses

Helion, a company seeking to generate power by replicating the nuclear fusion reaction that takes place in ​stars, said on Tuesday it is the first ‌such U.S. firm to get all of its needed regulatory l...

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Gas still has good economics in places like the US, the Middle East and Russia, when it’s often an almost cost-free byproduct of producing oil. But for all the noise about LNG project sign-offs in recent years, the demand just isn’t there.

Four in ten new cars sold in the UK are electric. The government is reportedly considering weakening EV targets, but consumer demand continues to grow.

Four years after a Russian proxy court sentenced me to death in occupied Donetsk, I reflect on the destruction of Mariupol, Russia's filtration camps, and why those who never experienced the war are increasingly helping rewrite its history. open.substack.com/pub/shaunpin...

May LNG imports to the EU are down 1bcm ish on Strait of Hormuz closure. LNG imports from elsewhere staying stable for now. Regular set of @bruegel.org natural gas import and storage data updated courtesy of @keliauskaite.bsky.social

Chinese investment into clean technology manufacturing has fallen sharply from highs in 2023. Driven by oversupplied markets and a tightening of policy.

I see a lot of charts everyday. Few make me go: THIS IS CRAZY. www.carbonbrief.org/ai-boom-mean...

The volume of batteries in Europe's electric vehicle fleet is x10 that in stationary storage. Huge opportunity for those technologies and companies that are able to smartly integrate this into grids. @bruegel.org

A few weeks ago the European Commission proposed (after several leaks and heated internal debate) its "Industrial Accelerator Act". The Act proposes rules for green industrial policy, which would effect billions of euros in annual green subsidies. A short thread on research we just published /7

As there is increased nervousness about the availability of jet fuels in Europe the German government makes flying cheaper by lowering aviation taxes.

Tagesschau Bot@tagesschau.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Bundestag beschließt Senkung der Luftverkehrssteuer #Bundestag #Luftverkehrssteuer #Flugverkehr

A NEW TWIST in Africa's soaring solar story: It's now manufacturing its own panels. The factories use imported Chinese cells, which are 40% of the value of panels, keeping much of the value domestically. 9 GW of cells+wafers in Mar/Apr alone🧵

Journalism from @nytimes international articles since 2000 (n≈199,000) turned into a map. We see which topics were covered disproportionately. HT @tedalcorn

Company-level battery cell manufacturing capacities in Europe show a couple of things: 1️⃣ Europe has healthy capacity (but capacity does not mean output & this still needs to scale with growing demand) 2️⃣ Foreign companies are hugely important

Three sectors. One chart. Three very different stories. Buildings: 33% electrified in 1990 → 47% today. Industry: 31% → 33%. Barely moved. Transport: ~1% then, ~1% now. The 23% headline hides three transitions at radically different speeds. Long read coming on Substack: janrosenow.substack.com

European electrification is edging forward. New Eurostat data show electricity's share of final energy demand rose by 0.7 percentage points between 2021 and 2024. Growth, but not at the pace required to meet 2030 or 2040 targets.

In a move as predictable as the sunrise, US solar manufacturers filed a trade case against Ethiopian ones. It's not the biggest waste of human ingenuity in the world today, but can't believe how much brainpower and money is going into this legal whack-a-mole. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

US Solar Manufacturers File Trade Dispute Against Ethiopia

A group of US solar manufacturers alleged Tuesday that some overseas panel makers are using production in Ethiopia to evade tariffs on Chinese components.

bloomberg.com

EU clean tech manufacturing investment steady, as it plummets globally, says Bruegel - Improving economic policy. More in today's Energy Briefing from Contexte www.contexte.com/eu/news/ener...

EU clean tech manufacturing investment steady, as it plummets globally, says Bruegel - Contexte

Deep information.

contexte.com

US kerosene imports closing between a half and two thirds of the Hormuz gap for now. But seasonality (more jet fuel for summer flights) means this will be stress-tested more seriously in June/July. (On the other hand @financialtimes.com reports today consumers are not buying tickets)

Georg Zachmann@gzachmann.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Kerosene Crunch: Despite a significant rise in US Kerosene imports closing the April gap, supply levels remain inadequate for the seasonal travel surge, according to Bloomberg data. www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

Europe's electricity revolution is driven by solar. Since 2020, solar output is up 220 TWh, while coal and gas are down 90 TWh each. Wind up 75 TWh. For context, demand is ≈ 2,800 TWh. european-clean-tech-tracker.bruegel.org/s/wnox9g

Investment in clean technology manufacturing facilities is falling worldwide, despite global demand for clean technologies growing rapidly. Our new piece joint @bruegel.org @rhg.com unpacks what drives these trends. /4

🔔 UPDATED: 2026 European energy crisis fiscal response tracker 💭 How are European governments responding to the 2026 energy shock? 📊 Explore the updated dataset by @bmcwilliams.bsky.social, Thomas Mramor, @aroth.bsky.social and @tagliapietra.bsky.social 🔗 buff.ly/HlVKMkJ #EconSky