2026-09-22 09:51:09
The natural gas price for the EU is up sharply now the Trump-Netanyahu war escalates again. Close to €60/MWh now; that's 100% compared to the price before the war vs 'only' 50% for oil (Brent).
Not a good combination with sluggishly filling up our gas storages. I guess we'll notice in winter.
#Iran
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If you're an energy and climate modeler, please read this critique and if you can, prove me wrong.
"Despite energy crisis, Bangladesh’s factories are slow to adopt solar power: Study"
#Bangladesh #Energy #SolarPower
To Decarbonize Quickly, Think Beyond Electrification.
Focuses on buildings and transport.
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#EnergyTransition
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This is why, in NN#3, I wrote: "We have not demanded proof that AI is, in fact, such a necessary technology that it qualifies as a must-win arms race. We just took the word of a few o…
Did Trump just expand censorship and intimidation of the media by banning 3 networks from the White House?
Nah, says Dutch nu.nl: "Trump and the media collided" and "Trump has a quarrel with the media".
https://www.nu.nl/330517/video/trump-en-de…
Meta automatically filters out ‘social topics.’ Still think that Facebook is a ‘social network?’
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/21/meta-ban-virginia-woolf-a-room-of-ones-own-barcelona-teatre-raval…
German PM Merz leads his CDU to new lows: In Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, it didn't even meet the 5% threshold, so no CDU in the state parliament there.
https://www.dw.com/de/landtagswahlen-votum-gegen-bundeskanzler-friedrich-merz/a-79329969…
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Trump threatens to use military force against high interest rates in the US. 🤡
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-suggests-military-bond-markets-222513278.html
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The El Niño event that is developing over the Pacific Ocean is likely to be the strongest in living memory, @metoffice.gov.uk has warned.
Added to the effects of human-induced climate change, this is "very likely" to mean 2027 is the hottest year on record globally.
https://www.bbc.com/weather/articles/c3…
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Israeli officials stunned by Iran’s rapid military recovery after 2026 war
https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-905474
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My latest @… newsletter is about how …
Scottish pro-Palestine activist arrested for reading poem about Gaza. In a threatening way...
https://www.thenational.scot/news/26290837.scottish-pro-palestine-activist-arrested-for-reading-poem/
Bit of a detour:
Can the Suez save Asian oil consumers after Houthis shut Bab al-Mandeb?
https://aje.news/wm6rvs
If you're watching oil prices with trepidation as the Iran war heats up again and wondering what you can do to protect yourself from rising fuel prices and supply chain disruptions, I gotcha covered! https://www.transitiontimes.net/nn-1-protecting-yourse…
No, the 2026 drought isn't over yet!
Historically low water flow in the river Rhine, where it enters the Netherlands: 640 m³/s now, and expected to drop below 600 by the weekend. The lowest ever measured this time of the year was 750 m³/s.
Unprecedented, there's that word again.
https://
We've been hearing relatively little recently from our government on how their 'understanding' for Trump's and Netanyahu's illegal war in the Middle East is developing.
Food's Carbon Footprint - Are you as green as you eat? Your diet has a big impact on carbon footprint. #food #cutCarbon - https://www.earth.or…
96gCO2/kWh National Grid CO2 intensity is HIGH wrt last 24h so don't run anything that can wait! #CO2
Dutch government (council of ministers) is back from summer holiday, and parliament returns in ten days from now.
Would it be too much to expect the announcement of a strong climate offensive (accelerated emission reduction and adaptation) one of these days, in response to this Summer of Reckoning?
#ClimateChange
215gCO2/kWh National Grid CO2 intensity is HIGH wrt last 24h so don't run anything that can wait! #CO2
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Israel is betting on Islamophobia and teaming up with Europe's far-right.
https://aje.news/a504sv
68gCO2/kWh National Grid CO2 intensity so-so wrt last 24h so don't run big appliances now if you can wait. #CO2
105gCO2/kWh National Grid CO2 intensity so-so wrt last 24h so don't run big appliances now if you can wait. #CO2
In the Netherlands, the 2026 summer drought just isn't over yet. Precipitation deficit (evaporation minus rainfall) is going up again in a warm and dry September week, ending the season in the top 5% of driest years on record. At the end of the month, the deficit will be ~3 times higher than in a median year.
#ClimateChange
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Octopus Heat-pump Journey - Via quote and survey and negotiation to keeping us warm fossil-free #heatPump #DHW #spaceHeat
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170gCO2/kWh National Grid CO2 intensity is HIGH wrt last 24h so don't run anything that can wait! #CO2
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135gCO2/kWh National Grid CO2 intensity is HIGH wrt last 24h so don't run anything that can wait! #CO2
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170gCO2/kWh National Grid CO2 intensity so-so wrt last 24h so don't run big appliances now if you can wait. #CO2