ICYMI - What exactly is a negative electricity price? And what causes it? I spoke to Bram Claeys from RAP about the phenomenon to find out
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ICYMI - have you ever seen solar panels floating on water? I spoke to Michele Tagliapietra from BayWa r.e. Global to find out how floating solar works, which global region is leading its development and how it could help boost the energy transition
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Is the EU out of the woods when it comes to gas security? I set out to answer that question in my first in-depth article for FORESIGHT Climate & Energy. Thanks to Ben McWilliams EPICO EurogasJames Esther Bollendorff Tim McPhie. Read/ listen here! 👇
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Me coming to Abu Dhabi from gale force winds in Scotland: the weather will definitely be better.
The weather:

Heading straight from a rather windy and ridiculously cold but absolutely brilliant break in the Outer Hebrides to the IRENA conference in Abu Dhabi. Drop me a message if you're around! I'll be the one hugging the A/C given the 30°C temperature change I'm about to experience!

Popping on my hiking boots and heading to Scotland for a holiday. But never fear! Sam Morgan and the brilliant team FORESIGHT Climate & Energy will keep bringing you international climate and energy news. While I'm away, here's our round-up of the year so far
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Peacocks are back on our daily podcast! Here's Sam Morgan describing our latest episode with what must be the best timed peacock call ever 👇

On Watt Matters ep 53, the team shed light on methane's climate impact. Tackling methane emissions is a crucial step towards combating global warming. With MethaneSAT we will have the data on where emissions come from. 🛰️

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⏰Time’s up!
March was the deadline for all Member States to submit roadmaps to European Commission for how to protect and #RestoreNature at sea to achieve sustainable fisheries by 2030.
So, who made it on time? 🤨
And what are these roadmaps, anyway? 🤔
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What trends have we seen in climate and energy so far this year? Sam Morgan and I discussed everything from geopolitics to legal cases in our last Jolt Rundown before the Easter break. We'll be back on Tuesday to bring you more energy and climate news foresightmedia.com/story/sdQx5qo5…

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On today's episode of The Jolt, I took a look at small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs). What are they? How is the EU looking to support their development? And is nuclear a distraction from renewables or a vital part of the energy transition? Listen here 🎧
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❗️The Nature Restoration Law is in danger once more - this time as EU countries' support wavers. It's been withdrawn from the agenda of today's meeting of EU ambassadors and the agenda of the environment ministers meeting on Monday. No new date for a vote to agree it yet ...

Wind power, satellites and greening whisky. Sam Morgan and I are back with our weekly rundown of climate and energy news, including decarbonising our favourite tipple, so grab a glass, give it a listen and Slàinte! foresightmedia.com/story/sdky21gL…

⚡️Meet the European Industrial Alliance on #SMR s .

👉Our meeting today was about discussing the challenges & opportunities of developing SMRs & how we see the 🇪🇺 #SMR initiative taking shape. #SMR Alliance

My speech from the meeting 👇

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What role is China playing in the supply and trade of clean energy? Well, obviously, a big one. But how will this impact the energy transition and what countries is China working in? I spoke to Roberta Pierfederici from Grantham LSE to find out. Listen here 👇 foresightmedia.com/story/seo47ZKw…

Are oil and gas bad for the climate? I caught up with Maeve O'Connor from Carbon Tracker to talk about the think tank's scorecard for big oil and gas companies (spoiler alert: the top-scoring company got a D ...) Listen here 👇 foresightmedia.com/story/sBWaD3ra…

In today’s episode of The Jolt, Kira looks at China’s role in speeding up the global energy transition, plus a new report shows climate change indicators reached record levels in 2023.

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In today’s episode of The Jolt, Sam looks at what a new EU law on #decarbonisingbuildings has in store, plus Japan gets serious about installing floating #windturbines .

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Commentary from EPP Group rapporteur Seán Kelly MEP on the European Performance of Buildings Directive, I’m which he lays out why, after negotiations, the EPP backed the law.