Tara Connolly

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Working for Europe Beyond Coal on all things gas. Views, especially on Irish politics, my own. Formerly with Greenpeace, Friends of The Earth & Global Witness.
What I'll be posting aboutAll things energy transition
LocationBrussels
LanguagesEU Speak, français, español, italiano agus cúpla focail
FormerlyMastodon.ie

"Alongside this, a million consumers are now taking part in energy cooperatives, further boosting power production from the sun." 🥹

https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/the-netherlands-unquestionable-solar-energy-leader-of-2022-study

The Netherlands ‘unquestionable solar energy leader’ of 2022: study

The Netherlands had the highest share of solar power in its electricity mix of any EU country last year, accor

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BREAKING⚡️🇪🇺 #Solar & #Wind generated a record 1/5 of EU electricity in 2022, for the first time overtaking fossil gas.

Despite the #gascrisis and record lows in hydro and nuclear, Europe prevented a threatened return to coal power.

#EER2023 https://ember-climate.org/insights/research/european-electricity-review-2023

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/EmberClimate/status/1620316044035227648

European Electricity Review 2023 | Ember

Analysis of the EU’s transition from fossil fuels to renewable electricity in 2022. How did Europe weather the energy crisis, and what will happen to fossil fuels in 2023?

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Now, imagine what this graph would have looked like if we had set a 45% EU renewables target for 2030 back in 2014.

But better late than never, now's the time to set a 45% EU RES target for 2030. And aim for 100% renewable electricity by 2035.

EU buildings directive in turmoil amid push for hydrogen heating

As negotiations within the European Parliament on the Energy Performance of Buildings directive head into the

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I'm very excited to share the Irish Wetland Bird Survey #IWeBS with you. By the end of the week🤞you'll have a stronger appreciation for one of the habitat underdogs – wetlands, and a better understanding of the often-over-looked migrants, wintering waterbirds.🧵

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/IrelandsEnviro/status/1620040289456107520

Ireland's Environmentalists on Twitter

“I'm very excited to share the Irish Wetland Bird Survey #IWeBS with you. By the end of the week🤞you'll have a stronger appreciation for one of the habitat underdogs – wetlands, and a better understanding of the often-over-looked migrants, wintering waterbirds.🧵”

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Key French MEP pitches low-carbon 'weighting' for EU renewables target

France could back an EU-wide target of 45% for renewable energies if the objectives assigned to each member st

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This is an amazing table of the cost overruns of mega projects

Nuclear storage has a mean cost overrun of 238%, while with nuclear power its 120%

Solar power has a mean cost overrun of 1%

https://www.enr.com/articles/55774-oxford-professors-latest-book-examines-roots-of-project-failure

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/SustainableTall/status/1619246745074139138

Oxford Professor's Latest Book Examines Roots of Project Failure

<p>Bent Flyvbjerg and Dan Gardner's "How Big Things Get Done" stems from Flyvbjerg's work at Oxford University studying megaprojects.</p>

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Gas detected! A meeting between EU officials Stefano Grassi (@[email protected]) and Tatiana Marquez Uriarte and gas company N.V. Nederlandse Gasunie (@[email protected]) was scheduled for January 19

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/eugasdetector/status/1619266083680124929

EU Gas Detector on Twitter

“Gas detected! A meeting between EU officials Stefano Grassi (@StefanoBPGrassi) and Tatiana Marquez Uriarte and gas company N.V. Nederlandse Gasunie (@Gasunie) was scheduled for January 19”

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Amsterdam opened this week the world's first underwater bicycle facility. There is room for 7,000 bike. This is an engineering masterpiece.

learn more from Pieter Visser from @[email protected], Video by @[email protected]

More info: https://dutchcycling.nl/knowledge/cycling-news/new-underwater-bike-parking-at-amsterdam-central-station/

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/LiorSteinberg/status/1618896164954447872

DCE - New Underwater Bike Parking at Amsterdam Central Station

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“We’re heading toward a future in which parts of Spain could feel like Saudi Arabia in 10 or 15 years,” said Jaime Martínez Valderrama, a researcher at Spain’s CSiC Arid Zone Experimental Station. “Cities exist over there, but at an immense cost"

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/alessiadelvasto/status/1618896566378725376

Alessia Del Vasto 🇪🇺🇺🇦 on Twitter

““We’re heading toward a future in which parts of Spain could feel like Saudi Arabia in 10 or 15 years,” said Jaime Martínez Valderrama, a researcher at Spain’s CSiC Arid Zone Experimental Station. “Cities exist over there, but at an immense cost"”

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