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The Pragmatic Climate Reset Part 1: The Energy Transition Is Not Dead
Pundits and politicians have been claiming net zero and the energy transition were always doomed to fail. I've been explaining why they are wrong, and…
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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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