"There's a paradoxical evolution in the European Commission's role. As it has taken on additional functions in areas like housing, defence and geopolitics, it has retreated from its core task of policing the single market." www.siliconcontinent.com/p/the-myth-o...

The myth of the single market

Why Europe’s internal barriers are higher than Trump's tariffs

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Vorschlag: Anstatt die Übertragungsnetze dauerhaft zu subventionieren, lieber kosteneffizienter bauen und ein Teil der Kosten mit einem Amortisationskonto um ein paar Jahre verschieben Nach unserer Berechnung kann man mit kluger Planung etwa 92 Mrd. EUR (einen ,,Wumms'') sparen

As Germany is heading to the ballots, here is again what to watch out for today as Europeans. Two things will be important: 1) Will a stable two-party coalition be possible? 2) Will a constitutional blocking minority emerge against a debt brake reform and/or another special fund for defence?

Thu Nguyen@onethuthree.bsky.social · last yr.

3 days until Germany votes. While much attention has been on Friedrich Merz who is all but guaranteed to become the next chancellor, the fate of Germany’s incoming government hinges on three small parties fighting to enter parliament. Here is what fellow Europeans should watch out for on Sunday:

Plugged into Europe! 🔌 The Baltics 🇪🇪 🇱🇻 🇱🇹 have disconnected from the Russian power grid and fully synchronised with the 🇪🇺 continental one, marking their energy independence. After two decades of preparation, it is now time to benefit from our common energy system.

The Netherlands is no longer Germany's 17th federal state in economic terms. New Commission research shows that once strong NL-DE correlations in macro variables (GDP, investment) have become insignificant. A couple of observations on the stunning divergence between the frugal bulwarks. 1/

Sander Tordoir@sandertordoir.bsky.social · 2y ago

"When Germany sneezes, the Netherlands catches a cold". So goes an old saying in Dutch economistland. But we may have to junk the expression. The Dutch economy is not only dramatically outperforming its bigger brother Germany, it's also slowly diversifying away from it. 1/5

Meinem Gefühl nach sind Medien oft schlecht darin, sich entwickelnde Ereignisse angemessen zu greifen. Wenn zahlreiche kleine Bausteine ein großes Bild ergeben, wird das unmittelbar oft verpasst. Beispiel hybrider Krieg zB in der Ostsee. Viele kleine Einschläge, die man in Zusammenhang setzen muss

The EU CBAM methodology implicitly has the assumption that the world follows the EU's carbon pricing & CBAM approach. A long list of EU ETS experts, incl. @karstenneuhoff.bsky.social, Misato Sato, @philippequirion.bsky.social, & many more argue for a complementary instrument if that's not the case.

Clean Energy Wire | CLEW@cleanenergywire.bsky.social · 2y ago

Industrial decarbonisation in a fragmented world: an effective carbon price with a ‘climate contribution’ Europe’s climate policymakers must prepare options to ensure the resilience of its industrial strategy

Cook Island flag oil tanker Eagle S lost 25% of her speed minutes before she crossed the broken cable Estlink2. She crossed at 10:26Z, ie the time of cable fault. She proceeded at affected speed til she reached shallow waters, where she lost all momentum. After some maneuvers she regained speed.

auonsson@auonsson.bsky.social · 2y ago

Medium-size electrical interconnector Estlink-2 is down from unknown cause. It is a 658 MW cable on the bottom of Gulf of Finland between Estonia and Finland. I am indisposed to look more closely but @garygnutter.bsky.social and @pekka.bsky.social likely will. yle.fi/a/74-20133464

1 036 288 784! This is the number of allowances for 2027 that has been set today as a cap in the Emissions Trading System for buildings, road transport and small industry (ETS2) by the European Commission. climate.ec.europa.eu/news-your-vo...

Emissions Trading System for buildings, road transport and small industry (ETS2): cap adopted for 2027

The Commission has adopted a Decision establishing the EU-wide quantity of allowances issued under ETS2 in 2027

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Our new commentary in Joule (authors.elsevier.com/a/1k9mf925JE...) describes the rationale behind the major design choices underlying Germany’s recently concluded 4-billion € tender of Carbon Contracts for Difference (CCfD) for emissions reductions in energy-intensive industry: 1/6 🔌💡 #climatesky

⌛ Faster rusting for the energy transition Hydrogen is notoriously difficult to transport over long distances. But what if it could be virtually stored in iron and then extracted again when and where it’s needed? Enter Direct Reduced Iron (DRI) as virtual H2 storage. Results from a DNV study 1/

CO2-neutrale Prozesswärme: Welche Möglichkeiten hat die Grundstoffindustrie? Unsere neue Studie für das UBA gibt Antworten. Von @fraunhoferisi.bsky.social und @rwth.bsky.social . Download+Exceltool: s.fhg.de/prozesswaerme Ein Flug durch die Ergebnisse anhand von 11 Thesen 🧵⬇️

Was aus meiner Sicht fehlt sind konkrete Vorschläge einer Stärkung der CO2 Bepreisung (&Ambition), die ja vielfach wie hier ins Spiel gebracht wird. Ich interpretiere das allg. so das diese Stärkung national gefordert wird. Denn EU-weit ist die Verhandlung ja gerade erst vorbei. (Drüko wg Länge )1/

Christian Flachsland@chflachsland.bsky.social · 3y ago

Welche Folgen hat das BVerfG Urteils für die deutsche Klimapolitik, und was könnten sinnvolle nächste Schritte sein? Der Umgang der BuRe und die breiteren Folgen sind noch schwer absehbar, aber ich sehe drei (potentielle) Probleme und eine Chance:

I wrote a policy piece for the EconPol Forum, together with Rick van der Ploeg and Tony Venables. We argue that decisive 'big push' green industrial policy is needed to convince firms & households that, without a doubt, the green transition is going to happen. 1/N

“Big Push” Green Industrial Policy

Carbon pricing is a central part of climate policy, but is politically difficult while the economy is still reliant on fossil fuels The long-lived green investments required to break the carbon lock-...

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Great study by my colleagues!

Alexander Roth@aroth.bsky.social · 3y ago

Future electricity systems in the EU rely mainly on wind and solar. Many of you ask: what happens when there is no wind or sun? Electricity storage and interconnection to the rescue! But how do these two interact? 🧵 Get ready for some energy modelling content! 1/

Anscheinend werden Mini-Futures auf Baseload Strompreise wieder eingeführt. Prinzipiell könnte man also einen dynamischen Stromvertrag abschließen, und sich dann selbst absichern. Es scheint allerdings ein Hebelprodukt zu sein & die Frage nach Counterpartyrisk stellt sich in Krisen natürlich auch

Good question! Indeed I'd say any "real-world-ETS" is not a cap-and-trade as assumed in most economic models. After all, many modelled conclusions rest on the assumption of an immutable cap. Hardly, true as the cap is often (even adhoc) renogiated. And as the MSR shows: Negotiators look at prices.

Christian Odendahl@codendahl.bsky.social · 3y ago

Is the ETS (Europe's carbon trading system) really cap-and-trade? Or rather a managed carbon tax? The latest on Germany's coal phase-out suggests: the latter. (in German) www.faz.net/aktuell/wirt...

Hi #EnergySky, #ClimateSky & #EconSky! (1) For old friends from Twitter: I'm here now too! (2) For new friends here: I'm an energy economist working on questions related to power markets, renewable policy & industrial decarbonisation (esp. CCfDs), both academically and in policy advice projects.