1/ 🎙️ fossilfrei #45: Wie viel #Speicher braucht die Energiewende? www.diw.de/de/diw_01.c.... Wie wir das erneuerbare Energiesystem der Zukunft gegen schwere #Dunkelflauten wappnen können, diese Frage beschäftigt Viele - und sie ist für nicht wenige ein echtes Reizthema.

DIW Berlin: 'fossilfrei' - der Energiewendepodcast des DIW Berlin

Folgen Die Energiewende erscheint oft kompliziert und unübersichtlich. Die Macher des "DIW-Monitor Energiewende" , Alexander Roth und Wolf-Peter Schill, sortieren das für euch. Wir diskutieren, auch…

diw.de

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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🎙️New podcast! From the epic battle of the rebuttals on renewables feasibility to a solar-battery future and the potential role of methanol as a gap-filler - this pod with Erik Wallnér has it all! solcellskollen.se/podcast/tom-...

Tom Brown, On the feasibility of 100% renewable electricity – and biomethanol as a backstop in a net-zero emissions scenario - Solcellskollen

I podden dyker vi ner i samtal med entreprenörer, forskare och andra nyfikna som banar väg för framtidens energisystem. Programmet leds av Erik Wallnér från Solcellskollen.

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📢 New pod alert! On: importance of hourly matching for corporates, genesis of open energy modelling tool @pypsa-org.bsky.social, how solar and batteries will eat global power generation...lots of fun with @mrchrisadams.net from the Green Web Foundation. Sound: shows.acast.com/environment-...

Proprietary capacity expansion model from 1957 Used for modelling the Finnish transmission grid and extensions to it until the late 1970s; from Helsinki Museum of Technology. #freethemodels

Eine Welt ohne Gasinfrastruktur? In unserer neuen Studie zeigen wir, dass sich fast die gesamte Energienachfrage in Europa mit Elektrifizierung und Methanol decken lässt – ohne die Komplexität einer großflächigen Wasserstoffwirtschaft. www.pv-magazine.de/2026/05/15/e...

Eine Welt ohne Gasinfrastruktur: Elektrifizierung mit Methanol für den Rest

Wissenschaftler der Technischen Universität (TU) Berlin haben die Studie „A minimal methanol backstop for high-electrification scenarios“ veröffentlicht. Darin plädieren sie dafür, eher mit Methanol a...

pv-magazine.de

A world without gas infrastructure? If we aggressively electrify the economy, green methanol could cover most of the remaining non-electric demand - without needing large-scale hydrogen or methane networks. New paper in Joule: "A Minimal Methanol Backstop for High Electrification Scenarios"

The story of how I was written into Ian McEwan's 2010 novel Solar as an annoying know-it-all (perish the thought), only to be strangled a few pages later. Some light Sunday reading for anyone with time on their hands. nworbmot.org/blog/mcewan-...

Tom argues, that it does not make econ sense that 1) the new DE heating law would allow for biomethane usage in heating (a baseload that could be cost-effectively replaced by heat pumps etc) 2) while the DE power plant strategy requirs to set up a costly new H2 infrastructure for peak plants

Tom Brown@nworbmot.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Im GMG darf knappes Biomethan in Gasheizungen eingesetzt werden, aber in Kraftwerken für die Versorgungssicherheit nicht? Dort müssen alle Kraftwerke „wasserstoff-ready“ ausgelegt werden. Wieso eigentlich? Ist das Bestehen auf Wasserstoff eine Vorgabe der Europäischen Kommission?

Im GMG darf knappes Biomethan in Gasheizungen eingesetzt werden, aber in Kraftwerken für die Versorgungssicherheit nicht? Dort müssen alle Kraftwerke „wasserstoff-ready“ ausgelegt werden. Wieso eigentlich? Ist das Bestehen auf Wasserstoff eine Vorgabe der Europäischen Kommission?

Come share your innovative new uses of PyPSA, or just touch based with the community, at our next User Meeting in June. See you there!

PyPSA@pypsa-org.bsky.social · 3mo ago

💃 The 4th PyPSA User Meeting is happening on 29 June 2026, 16:00–18:30 CEST — save the date and send us your lightning talks! Do you sometimes wonder how others are using PyPSA and what problems they're solving? Have you built something cool and want to share it?

Open grid data - threat or opportunity? I lay out the case for why there is a huge public benefit, and why security concerns, at least about some types of data, are overblown. nworbmot.org/blog/open-gr...

𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗣𝘆𝗣𝗦𝗔 𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝘃𝟭.𝟮 🎉 - New 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 class for multi-carrier conversion with explicit rates as a flexible alternative to multi-port Links - 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘆𝘀 for Links and Processes via new delay and cyclic_delay attributes

Ich freue mich auf den Austausch in Potsdam!

Einstein Forum@einsteinforum.bsky.social · 4mo ago

KLIMASCHUTZ, ENERGIESICHERHEIT, KOSTENEFFIZIENZ – GEGENSÄTZE ODER VEREINBAR? - fragt und diskutiert TOM BROWN mit ANN-KATRIN SCHENK und dem Publikum am Mittwoch, 29. April, 19:00 live Am Neuen Markt 7 und via zoom: www.einsteinforum.de/.../klimasch...

KLIMASCHUTZ, ENERGIESICHERHEIT, KOSTENEFFIZIENZ – GEGENSÄTZE ODER VEREINBAR? - fragt und diskutiert TOM BROWN mit ANN-KATRIN SCHENK und dem Publikum am Mittwoch, 29. April, 19:00 live Am Neuen Markt 7 und via zoom: www.einsteinforum.de/.../klimasch...

Even as warmer weather reduces the disruptive impact of blackouts and lowers heating demand, Ukrainian officials and utility experts warn that Russia may be shifting its focus to a new pressure point: the country’s water infrastructure.

Russia’s next war crime: After a winter of blackouts, Ukraine braces for summer water outages

Even as warmer weather reduces the disruptive impact of blackouts and lowers heating demand, Ukrainian officials and utility experts warn that Russia may be shifting its focus to a new pressure point:...

kyivindependent.com

Python for Power System Analysis (PyPSA) now has an official social media channel - follow for feature deep-dives, releases and other updates!

PyPSA@pypsa-org.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Hello, World! Hello, Bluesky! PyPSA is now officially on Bluesky - it took a couple of years and a major version release, but we're finally here!

Hello, World! Hello, Bluesky! PyPSA is now officially on Bluesky - it took a couple of years and a major version release, but we're finally here!

The only lasting way out of the fossil dependency is shifting electricity generation to renewables and nuclear. And electrifying the economy as rapidly as possible. We will present our electrification strategy before the summer. Electrifying Europe means making Europe more independent.

In ihrem aktuellen FAZ-Gastbeitrag beklagt Katherina Reiche eine "Selbsttäuschunug" in der Energiepolitik. Tatsächlich fällt der Täuschungsvorwurf aber teilweise auf sie selbst zurück, denn der Text enthält diverse falsche oder irreführende Zahlen. Ein Thread. (1/17) www.faz.net/aktuell/wirt...

Another energy crisis - another lack of unbiased, relevant, timely ENERGY DATA for policy-making: What is possible: The US Energy Information Administration, provides among many other series granular weekly! oil&petroleum data for: refinery production, imports, exports, prices, stocks, ... 1/4

In this time of turbulence, let's not forget the good news on solar and batteries - now cheap enough that most people can get most of their electricity from them, and save money. Had a great time with @chrisnelder.bsky.social on this podcast discussing this new world: nworbmot.org/blog/solar-b...

Transition Show@transitionshow.bsky.social · 4mo ago

In Ep. 272, Tom Brown @nworbmot.bsky.social shares a new model which shows that by 2030, solar and batteries could supply 90% of electricity to 80% of the global population for less than €80/MWh. It would not only be cost-effective, but also likely cheaper than gas. xenetwork.org/ets/episodes...

In Ep. 272, Tom Brown @nworbmot.bsky.social shares a new model which shows that by 2030, solar and batteries could supply 90% of electricity to 80% of the global population for less than €80/MWh. It would not only be cost-effective, but also likely cheaper than gas. xenetwork.org/ets/episodes...

[Episode #273] – Solar and Batteries Can Power the World | The Energy Transition Show

Can solar and batteries power the world cost-effectively? A new model says yes.

xenetwork.org

The war in Iran has massively disrupted oil & natural gas supplies and inflated the cost of electricity produced from gas. Fortunately, the world doesn't need gas for power anymore. It can be powered entirely by solar! Listen in and find out how.

Transition Show@transitionshow.bsky.social · 4mo ago

In Ep. 272, Tom Brown @nworbmot.bsky.social shares a new model which shows that by 2030, solar and batteries could supply 90% of electricity to 80% of the global population for less than €80/MWh. It would not only be cost-effective, but also likely cheaper than gas. xenetwork.org/ets/episodes...

Targeting power plants causes untold and indiscriminate harm to civilians. Ask our Ukrainian friends. Trump hasn't even hid that the target is civilians, whom he wants to return to the Stone Age. This article makes the case for officially making the destruction of grids a war crime.

🇨🇦 Peter 🌏 Fairley 🇺🇸@peter.fairley.ca · 5mo ago

Re-upping as the U.S. military prepares to target Iran's electricity Unlocked www.nytimes.com/2024/04/15/o...

In 1964 Stanislav Lem anticipated how machine intelligence would be evolved, rather than designed, and that it might be intensely alien to us. His "Summa Technologiae" deserves to be more widely read in the English-speaking world. Here are some highlights: nworbmot.org/blog/lem-mac...

Great addition to a recent blogpost from @nworbmot.bsky.social nworbmot.org/blog/solar-b... Most of humans can go 90% solar in 2030. It's mostly northern Europe that's the edge case that also needs loads of wind. And the last 10% fuel... we'll take care of that before too long.

Jensen Huang, the CEO of NVIDIA said at Lex Fridman's podcast (0h53) that to "solve the energy problem" more people need to understand that data centers should shift load across time and space. @nworbmot.bsky.social, iegor and I share this view: www.bruegel.org/first-glance...

How data centres can chase renewable energy across Europe

Harnessing the flexibility offered by data centres depending on renewable energy availability could cut costs and emissions

bruegel.org

Re-upping as the U.S. military prepares to target Iran's electricity Unlocked www.nytimes.com/2024/04/15/o...

Opinion | There Is a Part of Modern Life That Is So Essential Armies Should Never Attack It Again (Published 2024)

nytimes.com

A question for the international lawyers: does the US energy blockade of Cuba count as a war crime, given the indiscriminate civilian suffering? www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Cuba’s power grid collapses in third nationwide blackout amid US oil blockade

Network breakdowns compounded by daily blackouts of up to 12 hours caused by fuel shortages

theguardian.com