Adrian Hiel
@adrianhiel.bsky.social
Director of the Electrification Alliance. Representing the major actors in delivering European energy to European homes and industry. 🇨🇦 🇮🇪
https://electrification-alliance.eu/
https://electrification-alliance.eu/
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Quite a major political choice by the UK. There are precedents for the UK refusing to let the US use its bases for military operations, but not many.
🔺 BREAKING: UK blocking Trump from using RAF bases for strikes on Iran
UK blocking Trump from using RAF bases for strikes on Iran
UK blocking Trump from using RAF bases for strikes on Iran
www.thetimes.com
February 19, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Quite a major political choice by the UK. There are precedents for the UK refusing to let the US use its bases for military operations, but not many.
Quick reminder that PHEVs suck. The gap between real-world performance and the claimed potential is massive. This has been true for years. The fact that no OEM has published real-world data to try and support PHEVs means they don't have it.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Plug-in hybrids use three times more fuel than manufacturers claim, analysis finds
While most hybrids are said to use one to two litres of fuel per 100km, a study claims they need six litres on average
www.theguardian.com
February 19, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Quick reminder that PHEVs suck. The gap between real-world performance and the claimed potential is massive. This has been true for years. The fact that no OEM has published real-world data to try and support PHEVs means they don't have it.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Now this is cool. Fluvius, the Flemish DSO, tested all-electric construction sites the last few weeks with only a limited grid connection to make it realistic.
pers.fluvius.be/fluvius-test...
pers.fluvius.be/fluvius-test...
February 19, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Now this is cool. Fluvius, the Flemish DSO, tested all-electric construction sites the last few weeks with only a limited grid connection to make it realistic.
pers.fluvius.be/fluvius-test...
pers.fluvius.be/fluvius-test...
EuropeON, who represent electrical contractors in Europe (and are a member of the Electrification Alliance) have published a paper on energy security. I didn't know about efforts like these below. Makes sense. Paper is here: lnkd.in/erX8DjMa
February 19, 2026 at 1:30 PM
EuropeON, who represent electrical contractors in Europe (and are a member of the Electrification Alliance) have published a paper on energy security. I didn't know about efforts like these below. Makes sense. Paper is here: lnkd.in/erX8DjMa
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🧵 THREAD: Energy Empire — The Podcast Clean Energy Needs
1/ For most of my career, people asked why I stuck with solar when it was fringe. My uncle said it was a career mistake. Turns out it wasn’t.
1/ For most of my career, people asked why I stuck with solar when it was fringe. My uncle said it was a career mistake. Turns out it wasn’t.
February 19, 2026 at 12:27 PM
🧵 THREAD: Energy Empire — The Podcast Clean Energy Needs
1/ For most of my career, people asked why I stuck with solar when it was fringe. My uncle said it was a career mistake. Turns out it wasn’t.
1/ For most of my career, people asked why I stuck with solar when it was fringe. My uncle said it was a career mistake. Turns out it wasn’t.
Brussels peeps, Sibelga have released their strategic vision for 2026-2030 and it's not bad. www.sibelga.be/fr/a-propos-...
Gas grid investments have been cut in half. Lots more investment in low voltage 400v electrical network, no more hydrogen plans, anticipating a big shift to heat pumps...
Gas grid investments have been cut in half. Lots more investment in low voltage 400v electrical network, no more hydrogen plans, anticipating a big shift to heat pumps...
Mission et vision stratégique - Sibelga
Plus que jamais, le secteur de l’énergie fait face à des transformations profondes. La Région de Bruxelles-Capitale réaffirme l’objectif de neutralité carbone à l’horizon 2050 : notre stratégie prend ...
www.sibelga.be
February 19, 2026 at 11:38 AM
Brussels peeps, Sibelga have released their strategic vision for 2026-2030 and it's not bad. www.sibelga.be/fr/a-propos-...
Gas grid investments have been cut in half. Lots more investment in low voltage 400v electrical network, no more hydrogen plans, anticipating a big shift to heat pumps...
Gas grid investments have been cut in half. Lots more investment in low voltage 400v electrical network, no more hydrogen plans, anticipating a big shift to heat pumps...
Nice report. I got an A2A system last month. The main reason being my house is quite narrow and getting rid of the radiators gave me a lot more flexibility in how I use the space.
February is a great time to talk about… air conditioning. Otherwise known as air to air heat pumps, which can heat as well as cool your home, very efficiently.
We have a big new report out today on how suitable air to air heat pumps are for British homes. The answer: quite a lot!
We have a big new report out today on how suitable air to air heat pumps are for British homes. The answer: quite a lot!
Air-to-air heat pumps: a low-carbon solution for UK homes
A2A heat pumps can provide homeowners with an additional option for decarbonising home heating
www.nesta.org.uk
February 19, 2026 at 9:50 AM
Nice report. I got an A2A system last month. The main reason being my house is quite narrow and getting rid of the radiators gave me a lot more flexibility in how I use the space.
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Heat pump installers getting tricky questions like ‘what about my pay back on X fuel’, ,or ‘if I’m now keeping the house warmer won’t that cost more?’ can be difficult.
hgeek.co/payback
hgeek.co/payback
hgeek.co
February 19, 2026 at 9:13 AM
Heat pump installers getting tricky questions like ‘what about my pay back on X fuel’, ,or ‘if I’m now keeping the house warmer won’t that cost more?’ can be difficult.
hgeek.co/payback
hgeek.co/payback
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This week, @aroth.bsky.social , @tagliapietra.bsky.social, and I prepared a new policy brief for the ongoing discussions regarding EU electricity governance. As it covers extensive ground, I would like to highlight a few points:
February 19, 2026 at 7:45 AM
This week, @aroth.bsky.social , @tagliapietra.bsky.social, and I prepared a new policy brief for the ongoing discussions regarding EU electricity governance. As it covers extensive ground, I would like to highlight a few points:
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There are lots of climate journalists around, myself included.
If you want more reporting on climate, try sharing our stuff, write to editors and demand more such reporting, etc - basically, give them an audience they can't refuse.
If you want more reporting on climate, try sharing our stuff, write to editors and demand more such reporting, etc - basically, give them an audience they can't refuse.
The world has never needed climate journalism more than it does right now. Yet last year climate got less coverage than at any point since the pandemic
www.colorado.edu/today/2026/0...
www.colorado.edu/today/2026/0...
Climate change media coverage fell 14% in 2025
Despite rising impacts, climate change received less attention in media around the world in 2025. CU Boulder sociologist Max Boykoff shares the reasons and
www.colorado.edu
February 18, 2026 at 4:04 PM
There are lots of climate journalists around, myself included.
If you want more reporting on climate, try sharing our stuff, write to editors and demand more such reporting, etc - basically, give them an audience they can't refuse.
If you want more reporting on climate, try sharing our stuff, write to editors and demand more such reporting, etc - basically, give them an audience they can't refuse.
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‘Well, look, if I’m going to import the cars anyway, then I’d rather import less oil. We may as well import the one that cleans up local air quality and is cheaper to buy.’
The Great Story of the Extraordinary EV boom in Ethiopia www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
The Great Story of the Extraordinary EV boom in Ethiopia www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Electric Vehicle Sales Boom as Ethiopia Bans Fossil-Fuel Car Imports
The East African country is making use of cheap hydropower and Chinese electric vehicles to ditch the internal combustion engine.
www.bloomberg.com
February 18, 2026 at 10:00 AM
‘Well, look, if I’m going to import the cars anyway, then I’d rather import less oil. We may as well import the one that cleans up local air quality and is cheaper to buy.’
The Great Story of the Extraordinary EV boom in Ethiopia www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
The Great Story of the Extraordinary EV boom in Ethiopia www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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Romania has decoupled economic growth from pollution faster than anywhere else in EU. Its net greenhouse gas emissions intensity fell 88% between 1990 & 2023, so each euro’s worth of economic activity heats planet 10 times less. Emissions have plunged by 75%. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘The trend is irreversible’: has Romania shattered the link between economic growth and high emissions?
Emissions have plunged 75% since communist times in the birthplace of big oil – but for some the transition has been brutal
www.theguardian.com
February 17, 2026 at 8:53 AM
Romania has decoupled economic growth from pollution faster than anywhere else in EU. Its net greenhouse gas emissions intensity fell 88% between 1990 & 2023, so each euro’s worth of economic activity heats planet 10 times less. Emissions have plunged by 75%. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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"In the many stories I’ve read to my children and grandchildren, not a single one ends with: '...and then the hero gave up'."
Paul Polman (born 1956)
quotesof.me/quote/f1f8fd...
Paul Polman (born 1956)
quotesof.me/quote/f1f8fd...
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February 17, 2026 at 10:00 PM
"In the many stories I’ve read to my children and grandchildren, not a single one ends with: '...and then the hero gave up'."
Paul Polman (born 1956)
quotesof.me/quote/f1f8fd...
Paul Polman (born 1956)
quotesof.me/quote/f1f8fd...
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Hey #industrialdecarb folks, while there's lots of literature now on heat pumps of various sizes and types, & obviously H2 from the mania a few years ago, there's very little to work with on heat BATTERIES of various sizes & types. Please point to good articles, including your own.
February 17, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Hey #industrialdecarb folks, while there's lots of literature now on heat pumps of various sizes and types, & obviously H2 from the mania a few years ago, there's very little to work with on heat BATTERIES of various sizes & types. Please point to good articles, including your own.
The fastest and cheapest way to keep European money at home?
Replace the $70billion we send to the US annually for fossil fuels with European energy in European homes, industry and transport.
Replace the $70billion we send to the US annually for fossil fuels with European energy in European homes, industry and transport.
February 17, 2026 at 3:21 PM
The fastest and cheapest way to keep European money at home?
Replace the $70billion we send to the US annually for fossil fuels with European energy in European homes, industry and transport.
Replace the $70billion we send to the US annually for fossil fuels with European energy in European homes, industry and transport.
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"Sur un continent sans gaz ni pétrole, la décarbonation de l'économie est l'unique option dont les Européens disposent pour s'émanciper" 👌 @neilmakaroff.bsky.social
www.laprovence.com/article/opin...
www.laprovence.com/article/opin...
Face aux empires, la décarbonation est "un choix de souveraineté", prévient l'expert Neil Makaroff
Face aux empires, la décarbonation est "un choix de souveraineté", prévient l'expert Neil Makaroff
www.laprovence.com
February 15, 2026 at 3:23 PM
"Sur un continent sans gaz ni pétrole, la décarbonation de l'économie est l'unique option dont les Européens disposent pour s'émanciper" 👌 @neilmakaroff.bsky.social
www.laprovence.com/article/opin...
www.laprovence.com/article/opin...
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for something allegedly concerned about the misuse of public money, i would love to know how much public money has been misused to try blacken the names of organisations defending clean air and water, healthy nature and a safe climate
'Rightwing MEPs are struggling to find any wrongdoing by Europe’s civil society — despite three lengthy public hearings in the European Parliament’s scrutiny working group on NGOs.'
Why rightwing inquiry into Europe’s NGOs was never about transparency
"The problem that we're pursuing here is not to establish whether things are illegal, it is to establish whether politically it is undesirable," admitted Dirk Gotnik, a Dutch centre-right MEP with the...
euobserver.com
February 17, 2026 at 12:19 PM
for something allegedly concerned about the misuse of public money, i would love to know how much public money has been misused to try blacken the names of organisations defending clean air and water, healthy nature and a safe climate
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In the battle for our energy future, it's Electrons vs. Molecules. A great primer from @ember-energy.org
🚨 NEW | Counting energy from the perspective of the consumer, rather than the supplier, can help us better understand the dramatic changes sweeping the energy sector today 🔎🌪️⚡️
With this new framework, Ember unpacks 4 key battles for the future of energy 🧵 1/7 👇
With this new framework, Ember unpacks 4 key battles for the future of energy 🧵 1/7 👇
February 17, 2026 at 8:07 AM
In the battle for our energy future, it's Electrons vs. Molecules. A great primer from @ember-energy.org
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I've been cranking numbers. Full year 2025, it looks like nuclear power just about kept its nose ahead of wind and solar. But in H2 2025, while wind didn't quite overtake nuclear, solar did. In 2026 nuclear will drop to third place in the production of clean electricity.
February 16, 2026 at 10:02 PM
I've been cranking numbers. Full year 2025, it looks like nuclear power just about kept its nose ahead of wind and solar. But in H2 2025, while wind didn't quite overtake nuclear, solar did. In 2026 nuclear will drop to third place in the production of clean electricity.
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Spain is... doing something special.
February 16, 2026 at 10:18 AM
Spain is... doing something special.
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NEW🚨EU energy markets will be high on the agenda of EU leaders at the upcoming European Council in March. In this new paper, we propose 3 steps to improve the efficiency of the EU energy system:
🖥️ Open data
🔌 Integrate network planning
📚Alignment of national plans
www.bruegel.org/policy-brief...
🖥️ Open data
🔌 Integrate network planning
📚Alignment of national plans
www.bruegel.org/policy-brief...
Better coordination for a more efficient European energy system
EU energy efficiency hinges on open data, integrated grid planning and aligned national plans as electrification raises the cost of fragmentation
www.bruegel.org
February 16, 2026 at 8:55 AM
NEW🚨EU energy markets will be high on the agenda of EU leaders at the upcoming European Council in March. In this new paper, we propose 3 steps to improve the efficiency of the EU energy system:
🖥️ Open data
🔌 Integrate network planning
📚Alignment of national plans
www.bruegel.org/policy-brief...
🖥️ Open data
🔌 Integrate network planning
📚Alignment of national plans
www.bruegel.org/policy-brief...
I recorded a video about energy taxation and the bottom of my t-shirt says 'flex' but looks like it might say 'sex'. www.linkedin.com/posts/electr...
February 13, 2026 at 2:54 PM
I recorded a video about energy taxation and the bottom of my t-shirt says 'flex' but looks like it might say 'sex'. www.linkedin.com/posts/electr...
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European electricity group urges companies to prioritise physical and cybersecurity
“Preparing for, responding to and recovering from both physical and hybrid attacks must be a key element of power companies’ strategies going forward”, says Eurelectric
www.cleanenergywire.org/news/europea...
“Preparing for, responding to and recovering from both physical and hybrid attacks must be a key element of power companies’ strategies going forward”, says Eurelectric
www.cleanenergywire.org/news/europea...
February 13, 2026 at 2:50 PM
European electricity group urges companies to prioritise physical and cybersecurity
“Preparing for, responding to and recovering from both physical and hybrid attacks must be a key element of power companies’ strategies going forward”, says Eurelectric
www.cleanenergywire.org/news/europea...
“Preparing for, responding to and recovering from both physical and hybrid attacks must be a key element of power companies’ strategies going forward”, says Eurelectric
www.cleanenergywire.org/news/europea...
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FACTCHECK: Centrica's Chris O'Shea got blanket coverage for claiming electricity will cost more in 2030 than in energy crisis (Chris Stark: "he's wrong on this")
I asked Centrica for evidence – they didn’t reply
(Bills in crisis were >2x today, before huge govt subsidies)
1/4
I asked Centrica for evidence – they didn’t reply
(Bills in crisis were >2x today, before huge govt subsidies)
1/4
February 13, 2026 at 10:08 AM
FACTCHECK: Centrica's Chris O'Shea got blanket coverage for claiming electricity will cost more in 2030 than in energy crisis (Chris Stark: "he's wrong on this")
I asked Centrica for evidence – they didn’t reply
(Bills in crisis were >2x today, before huge govt subsidies)
1/4
I asked Centrica for evidence – they didn’t reply
(Bills in crisis were >2x today, before huge govt subsidies)
1/4
600 days to form a government for the Brussels region. Brutal.
Relire notre direct - Gouvernement bruxellois : la région a son accord de gouvernement, déjà approuvé par les militants MR et Engagés
Relire notre direct - Gouvernement bruxellois : la région a son accord de gouvernement, déjà approuvé par les militants MR et Engagés - RTBF Actus
www.rtbf.be
February 12, 2026 at 11:03 PM
600 days to form a government for the Brussels region. Brutal.