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Time for a rethink on ReFuelEU
The EU has been caught lobbying itself on its ReFuelEU rules, which would require blending 6% SAF by 2030. But the real scandal is how much it would…
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Let there be battery recycling... and there was!
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that only 5% of Li-ion batteries are recycled. Right? Wrong! It's already over 90%. This week on Cleaning Up I…
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The Five Horsemen and the Five Superheroes of the Net Zero Transition
You can now listen to audio adaptations of the two-parter I wrote for BloombergNEF, laying out the bull and bear cases for the Net Zero transition. Two…
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Hinkley C - don't say I didn't warn you!
In 2016, I called for Hinkley C to be scrapped. Now its commissioning has been pushed back to the end of the decade and its costs have ballooned to as…
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UK hydrogen, good news bad news
Local people protesting against Redcar 'hydrogen village' on 20 November 2023.
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BNEF: Clean Hydrogen’s Missing Trillions (link)
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The Case Against Hydrogen Blending
What follows is a copy of my response to the UK Government's consultation on hydrogen blending into GB Gas Distribution Networks
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Sunak's net zero reset and why it's a climate nothingburger
I love democracy, but sometimes I hate politics.
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BNEF: Net Zero Will Be Harder Than You Think – And Easier. Part I: Harder (link)
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The Economist: Michael Liebreich wants existing low-carbon technologies to be scaled up much faster (link)
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Nobuo Tanaka - The race for clean energy dominance
Last week’s Episode 105 of Cleaning Up with Michael Liebreich was with Nobuo Tanaka, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA) between…
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Yanis Varoufakis - Power, Markets and Power Markets
Last week’s Episode 104 of Cleaning Up was with Yanis Varoufakis. Yanis Varoufakis is an academic economist and politician. He’s a member of Greek…
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