#LNG projects currently under construction will increase supply by almost 250bcm by 2030, says the International Energy Agency @IEA. 📈

For comparison: that is pretty much the exact amount of total 🇷🇺 gas exports in 2021.

Quick 🧵 on the IEA's new Gas Security Review 👇1/6 Notably, the IEA finds that the gas crisis "deeply damaged the medium- to long-term growth prospects for natural gas demand" thanks to its effect on accelerating energy efficiency, renewables deployment and electrification; as well as some demand destruction. 2/6

🔥 Klimapolitik im #Triell: einige Gedanken am Tag danach 👇

1 | Framing & Fragen: angemessener Einstieg mit Bildern der Flutkatastrophe und Verweis auf IPCC-Bericht. Bloß: die Lehren hieraus haben es leider nicht in die Fragen des Moderationsteams geschafft. Auf einmal... ...ging es nur noch um die Kosten von Klimapolitik, nicht um die (deutlich höheren) Kosten unterlassener Klimapolitik. Ist die gesellschaftliche Debatte hier nicht eigentlich schon weiter - von der realen Faktenlage mal ganz abgesehen?

https://twitter.com/carla_reemtsma/status/1432060012277473283

The discussion about whether hydrogen should be blended into the existing gas grid is very instructive for understanding the debate about hydrogen & gas infrastructure more widely. We @e3g released a new factsheet on this today - here's a thread on some key points 👇 @EleonoraNMoro and I argue that there are three big questions decisionmakers must answer that are related to the debate on blending, as per the screenshot above, which are the result of a number of technical, political and economic facts, including:

What's the reason that people get *so* excited about hydrogen? There were so many good responses and discussions when I asked this question that it's worth attempting a summary. Here's a review thread, for hydrogen afficionados and sceptics alike:

https://twitter.com/HeilmannFelix/status/1330869741108518920

First, a quick clarification. My question was about why hydrogen seems to excite people *so much more* than other clean energy solutions. There's no doubt that hydrogen can do exciting things, but its ability to do so often even depends on those other technologies. Let's go.

Keine Frage: Wasserstoff muss dort, wo er benötigt wird, zu den Endverbrauchern kommen können.

Aber: was die Betreiber der Gasverteilnetze hier fordern klingt in weiten Teilen mehr danach, als müsse der Endverbraucher zum Wasserstoff kommen. Kurzer Thread:

https://twitter.com/TspBackgroundEK/status/1326462632510042112

1) Lokale Produktion & Verbrauch von grünem Wasserstoff ist für bestimmte Anwendungen sinnvoll. Bloß: lokal heißt nicht überall. Der Fokus sollte auf Wasserstoff-Clustern liegen, nicht darauf, aus jedem Gasanschluss einen Wasserstoffanschluss zu machen.

https://twitter.com/gnievchenko/status/1324720100461715457

Seven years ago, I started working on #ClimateAction - in my free time. A bit over a year ago, I transitioned to working on climate full time. Inspired by a great thread from @_JulietPhillips, here are personal reflections on three key issues I encountered during this transition: 1) Urgency: like few other issues, the climate crisis is characterized by urgency. This means that a lot of the usual career advice centered around first focussing on building knowledge & networks didn't resonate with me: yes, that's important, but it didn't seem enough...

Today, Germany's long-awaited hydrogen strategy has been presented. It signals a turn away from fossil gas, a significant move for Europe's largest gas consumer, and is based on the right premises. Does it also come to the right conclusions? Read on: Let's kick off with a simple question: why has it taken so long? Originally, the strategy was due by the end of 2019. In addition to the COVID crisis, the delay is mostly due to political disagreements over how much hydrogen to produce & where to use it.

in.reuters.com/article/us-ger…

Merkel: we live in times of societal change, especially due to climate change and digitalisation, hence we need a future oriented package. That’s the right framing for the 🇩🇪 stimulus package, let’s see what it actually does... €130bn package - that’s more than most expected. Strong sign but will make European cohesion & solidarity even more important to avoid imbalances.