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Top news of the week: 18.10.2022.

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@ENERGY shared
On Oct 14, 2022
"Although coal was the cheapest source of electricity for decades, it’s now cheaper to build new renewable energy than to keep running old coal power plants" "The #InflationReductionAct could help accelerate the shift" https://t.co/oLcTfxL1Ub
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For decades, these power plants ran on coal. Now, they’re converting to clean energy

For decades, these power plants ran on coal. Now, they’re converting to clean energy

Former plants are transitioning to wind and solar power, and the Inflation Reduction Act will speed up that process even more.

@energyintel shared
On Oct 14, 2022
The Ukraine crisis has shattered a fundamental tenet of EU security policy: economic interdependence fosters peace. The group is now looking to restructure its energy system... Read more (free): https://t.co/at1kLbNWnZ
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Europe's Energy Trauma

Europe's Energy Trauma

European policymakers are focused on getting through the next couple of winters but are also casting a wary eye on long-term energy policy.

@JAndersonEnergy shared
On Oct 12, 2022
RT @reactionlife: The reality is that we are dealing with a transition, not teleportation, from a fossil fuel present to a renewable future ✍️ Robin Mills https://t.co/JhRpspfVbV
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Pragmatism is needed to ensure global energy security

Pragmatism is needed to ensure global energy security

The energy security reality is that we are dealing with a transition, not teleportation, from a fossil fuel present to a renewable future.

@JesseJenkins shared
On Oct 13, 2022
RT @janrosenow: In August, 148,000 Germans applied for a fresh round of government funding for heat pumps. There were 150,000 applications for all of last year. @POLITICOEurope @KarlMathiesen @gi_coi https://t.co/MxCGtJwh1q https://t.co/sxA5MlArWC
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Putin’s war accelerates the EU’s fossil fuel detox

Putin’s war accelerates the EU’s fossil fuel detox

The Russian president has inadvertently sped up Europe’s Green Deal.

@mark_lynas shared
On Oct 15, 2022
RT @Leigh_Phillips: Unfortunate article in The Nation, the venerable US lefty mag, that appears not to have been fact-checked, so let’s do that fact-checking, shall we? There are 10 main claims made by author Paul Hockenos, so it’ll take a bit of a chonky🧵. But here goes: https://t.co/evqowe4wU3
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Nuclear Power Is a Dead End. We Must Abandon It Completely.

Nuclear Power Is a Dead End. We Must Abandon It Completely.

Even given Europe’s energy crisis, the case against nuclear power has never been so conclusive—and so important.

@cleantechnica shared
On Oct 15, 2022
Credit Suisse Predicts Renewable Energy That Is “Too Cheap To Meter” By 2025 https://t.co/R8lEaPjbow
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Credit Suisse Predicts Renewable Energy That Is “Too Cheap To Meter” By 2025

Credit Suisse Predicts Renewable Energy That Is “Too Cheap To Meter” By 2025

Credit Suisse believes the Inflation Reduction Act will have a much larger effect on the transition to renewable energy that most believe.

@Seneca_Solar shared
On Oct 14, 2022
State PUCs should re-examine planning, procurement costs in wake of #InflationReductionAct: report https://t.co/7nMO8jGdl0
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State PUCs should re-examine planning, procurement costs in wake of Inflation Reduction Act: report

State PUCs should re-examine planning, procurement costs in wake of Inflation Reduction Act: report

“PUCs should insist that utilities redo integrated resource plans and resource solicitations, despite the procedural headache,” Energy Innovation Policy & Technology said in a report ...

@cleantechnica shared
On Oct 12, 2022
Changing The Business Model Of The Utility: Winning Allies (Interview With Henk Rodgers Of Blue Planet Energy) https://t.co/XDf88JjA5a
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Changing The Business Model Of The Utility: Winning Allies (Interview With Henk Rodgers Of Blue Planet Energy)

Changing The Business Model Of The Utility: Winning Allies (Interview With Henk Rodgers Of Blue Planet Energy)

Recently, I had the great pleasure to sit down with one of my longtime heroes, Henk Rodgers, a true climate champion, to talk about solar, storage, microgrids...all the good things. Rodgers ...