Ciarán Sunderland
@sunderjourno.bsky.social
⚡️Energy Journalist with @ContexteEnergie ⚡️Stories/tips: Csunderland@contexte.com. Previously with Irish Examiner, dpa. Views own.
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Two bangers published today by @energy.contexte.com:
🇧🇷 COP30: A post mortem of a disappointing summit. @genicotd.bsky.social & @vrg.bsky.social, from Belém, unpick why the EU — diverted by internal squabbles and colliding with a BRIC wall — failed to deliver.
www.contexte.com/eu/article/e...
🇧🇷 COP30: A post mortem of a disappointing summit. @genicotd.bsky.social & @vrg.bsky.social, from Belém, unpick why the EU — diverted by internal squabbles and colliding with a BRIC wall — failed to deliver.
www.contexte.com/eu/article/e...
COP30: A disappointing summit for the EU - Contexte
Brussels clearly didn’t get what it wanted from the COP30 summit in Brazil, which ended on 22 November with a bare-bones deal that fails to raise climate ambitions. In the inevitable postmortem, obser...
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November 24, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Two bangers published today by @energy.contexte.com:
🇧🇷 COP30: A post mortem of a disappointing summit. @genicotd.bsky.social & @vrg.bsky.social, from Belém, unpick why the EU — diverted by internal squabbles and colliding with a BRIC wall — failed to deliver.
www.contexte.com/eu/article/e...
🇧🇷 COP30: A post mortem of a disappointing summit. @genicotd.bsky.social & @vrg.bsky.social, from Belém, unpick why the EU — diverted by internal squabbles and colliding with a BRIC wall — failed to deliver.
www.contexte.com/eu/article/e...
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🎄 What's in the EU's grid reforms?
Energy stakeholders hope the surprise package, festively due on 10 December, will include better planning, an end to connection queues ... and not too much coal.
@sunderjourno.bsky.social & @mariettethom.bsky.social explain all
www.contexte.com/eu/article/e...
Energy stakeholders hope the surprise package, festively due on 10 December, will include better planning, an end to connection queues ... and not too much coal.
@sunderjourno.bsky.social & @mariettethom.bsky.social explain all
www.contexte.com/eu/article/e...
Christmas come early: What’s in the EU’s grids package - Contexte
A December package of measures to boost European energy networks is generating considerable excitement in the Brussels bubble. Contexte breaks down what to expect — including proposals for faster grid...
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November 24, 2025 at 1:07 PM
🎄 What's in the EU's grid reforms?
Energy stakeholders hope the surprise package, festively due on 10 December, will include better planning, an end to connection queues ... and not too much coal.
@sunderjourno.bsky.social & @mariettethom.bsky.social explain all
www.contexte.com/eu/article/e...
Energy stakeholders hope the surprise package, festively due on 10 December, will include better planning, an end to connection queues ... and not too much coal.
@sunderjourno.bsky.social & @mariettethom.bsky.social explain all
www.contexte.com/eu/article/e...
❗ Scoop — Commission calls to scrap first-come, first-served principle for grid connections in bid to cut queues
🕵♀️ Contexte published a draft European Commission notice on electricity grid connections, intended as part of a forthcoming European Grids Package.
🕵♀️ Contexte published a draft European Commission notice on electricity grid connections, intended as part of a forthcoming European Grids Package.
November 18, 2025 at 11:06 AM
❗ Scoop — Commission calls to scrap first-come, first-served principle for grid connections in bid to cut queues
🕵♀️ Contexte published a draft European Commission notice on electricity grid connections, intended as part of a forthcoming European Grids Package.
🕵♀️ Contexte published a draft European Commission notice on electricity grid connections, intended as part of a forthcoming European Grids Package.
Protests are starting to grow among parts of the steel industry towards the Industrial Accelerator Act.
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November 4, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Protests are starting to grow among parts of the steel industry towards the Industrial Accelerator Act.
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The EU is close to agreeing an ambitious plan to ban all Russian gas imports within years.
Close - but not quite.
@sunderjourno.bsky.social unpicks what’s left to debate, in lightning talks over the next few weeks:
www.contexte.com/eu/article/e...
Close - but not quite.
@sunderjourno.bsky.social unpicks what’s left to debate, in lightning talks over the next few weeks:
www.contexte.com/eu/article/e...
Russian gas ban: What MEPs and member states agree on, and what they don’t - Contexte
A June Commission proposal to outlaw EU imports of Russian gas is designed to stop funding Moscow’s war machine and cut dependence on an unreliable supplier. It’s received broad support from MEPs and ...
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October 27, 2025 at 8:22 AM
The EU is close to agreeing an ambitious plan to ban all Russian gas imports within years.
Close - but not quite.
@sunderjourno.bsky.social unpicks what’s left to debate, in lightning talks over the next few weeks:
www.contexte.com/eu/article/e...
Close - but not quite.
@sunderjourno.bsky.social unpicks what’s left to debate, in lightning talks over the next few weeks:
www.contexte.com/eu/article/e...
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Document - Émissions des voitures : la France et l’Espagne prennent fait et cause pour le « zéro émission » en 2035
✍️ Benjamin Milkoff et Isabelle Smets
✍️ Benjamin Milkoff et Isabelle Smets
Document - Émissions des voitures : la France et l’Espagne prennent fait et cause pour le « zéro émission » en 2035
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October 25, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Document - Émissions des voitures : la France et l’Espagne prennent fait et cause pour le « zéro émission » en 2035
✍️ Benjamin Milkoff et Isabelle Smets
✍️ Benjamin Milkoff et Isabelle Smets
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Brussels fights to save its 2040 climate targets, as capitals push back
✍️ Damien Genicot
✍️ Damien Genicot
Brussels fights to save its 2040 climate targets, as capitals push back
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October 23, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Brussels fights to save its 2040 climate targets, as capitals push back
✍️ Damien Genicot
✍️ Damien Genicot
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EU leaders gather in Brussels today to discuss the bloc's climate goals.
@genicotd.bsky.social lifts the lid on talks that will range from cars to nuclear.
No paywall, it's as free as ETS allowances in sectors subject to carbon leakage: www.contexte.com/eu/article/e...
@genicotd.bsky.social lifts the lid on talks that will range from cars to nuclear.
No paywall, it's as free as ETS allowances in sectors subject to carbon leakage: www.contexte.com/eu/article/e...
Brussels fights to save its 2040 climate targets, as capitals push back - Contexte
First seen as a mere staging post on the path to climate neutrality, the EU’s objective to legislate for 90% emissions cuts by 2040 has now become a major political headache. Pushback from member stat...
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October 23, 2025 at 10:11 AM
EU leaders gather in Brussels today to discuss the bloc's climate goals.
@genicotd.bsky.social lifts the lid on talks that will range from cars to nuclear.
No paywall, it's as free as ETS allowances in sectors subject to carbon leakage: www.contexte.com/eu/article/e...
@genicotd.bsky.social lifts the lid on talks that will range from cars to nuclear.
No paywall, it's as free as ETS allowances in sectors subject to carbon leakage: www.contexte.com/eu/article/e...
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Les prix de l’énergie préoccupent toujours les Vingt-Sept www.contexte.com/fr/actualite...
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October 21, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Les prix de l’énergie préoccupent toujours les Vingt-Sept www.contexte.com/fr/actualite...
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Le retour de la Crim pour liquider le VNU www.contexte.com/fr/actualite...
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October 21, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Le retour de la Crim pour liquider le VNU www.contexte.com/fr/actualite...
Today EU energy ministers backed the Russian gas ban in Luxembourg.
Two weeks ago, @energy.contexte.com reporting on the REPowerEU prohibition set out the positions of the most influential and active EU member states.
Check it out 👀
Two weeks ago, @energy.contexte.com reporting on the REPowerEU prohibition set out the positions of the most influential and active EU member states.
Check it out 👀
For and against: Where EU member states stand on the Russian gas ban via @sunderjourno.bsky.social
www.contexte.com/eu/article/e...
www.contexte.com/eu/article/e...
Infographic - For and against: Where EU member states stand on the Russian gas ban - Contexte
Just over three years after the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, the European Commission, on 17 June, proposed ambitious plans to phase out Russian gas. The European Parliament and Council are ...
www.contexte.com
October 20, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Today EU energy ministers backed the Russian gas ban in Luxembourg.
Two weeks ago, @energy.contexte.com reporting on the REPowerEU prohibition set out the positions of the most influential and active EU member states.
Check it out 👀
Two weeks ago, @energy.contexte.com reporting on the REPowerEU prohibition set out the positions of the most influential and active EU member states.
Check it out 👀
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This photo accompanying a news story about the heist at the Louvre is perfection.
October 19, 2025 at 9:56 PM
This photo accompanying a news story about the heist at the Louvre is perfection.
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In today’s Contexte energy briefing:
🚌 What’s in the energy omnibus
🎈 How MEPs plan to vote hydrogen rules - and the secret assurances the commission gave them
⚡️ 200 cross-border energy projects Brussels is lining up for faster funding
🏭 Commission concedes on ETS
www.contexte.com/briefing/202...
🚌 What’s in the energy omnibus
🎈 How MEPs plan to vote hydrogen rules - and the secret assurances the commission gave them
⚡️ 200 cross-border energy projects Brussels is lining up for faster funding
🏭 Commission concedes on ETS
www.contexte.com/briefing/202...
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October 16, 2025 at 6:08 AM
In today’s Contexte energy briefing:
🚌 What’s in the energy omnibus
🎈 How MEPs plan to vote hydrogen rules - and the secret assurances the commission gave them
⚡️ 200 cross-border energy projects Brussels is lining up for faster funding
🏭 Commission concedes on ETS
www.contexte.com/briefing/202...
🚌 What’s in the energy omnibus
🎈 How MEPs plan to vote hydrogen rules - and the secret assurances the commission gave them
⚡️ 200 cross-border energy projects Brussels is lining up for faster funding
🏭 Commission concedes on ETS
www.contexte.com/briefing/202...
Fun day reporting in the EU bubble 👀
October 15, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Fun day reporting in the EU bubble 👀
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On me dit dans l’oreillette que la partie recettes du projet de budget 2026 est dispo ici www.contexte.com/fr/article/p...
Document Contexte - La partie recettes de l’avant-projet de loi de finances pour 2026 - Contexte
Contexte s’est procuré la partie recettes de l’avant-projet de loi de finances pour 2026 et la dévoile en avant-première. Le projet de budget sera présenté ce 14 octobre en conseil des ministres.
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October 13, 2025 at 8:27 PM
On me dit dans l’oreillette que la partie recettes du projet de budget 2026 est dispo ici www.contexte.com/fr/article/p...
BREAKING: EU member states have reached broad support on the REPowerEU Russian gas ban, sources tell Contexte. The October 20 Energy Ministerial are going to a QMV vote on a general approach for the Council. Some changes still possible before the vote.
October 8, 2025 at 10:32 AM
BREAKING: EU member states have reached broad support on the REPowerEU Russian gas ban, sources tell Contexte. The October 20 Energy Ministerial are going to a QMV vote on a general approach for the Council. Some changes still possible before the vote.
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For and against: Where EU member states stand on the Russian gas ban via @sunderjourno.bsky.social
www.contexte.com/eu/article/e...
www.contexte.com/eu/article/e...
Infographic - For and against: Where EU member states stand on the Russian gas ban - Contexte
Just over three years after the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, the European Commission, on 17 June, proposed ambitious plans to phase out Russian gas. The European Parliament and Council are ...
www.contexte.com
October 8, 2025 at 7:33 AM
For and against: Where EU member states stand on the Russian gas ban via @sunderjourno.bsky.social
www.contexte.com/eu/article/e...
www.contexte.com/eu/article/e...
⛽ Gas flows, the ability and willingness to find other suppliers, legal risks and politics all play a major role in different EU member states' positions on the Russian gas ban.
With a QMV vote in the works for the 20 October Energy Ministerial, I charted out some of the most consequential ↘️
With a QMV vote in the works for the 20 October Energy Ministerial, I charted out some of the most consequential ↘️
In the meantime, the excellent @sunderjourno.bsky.social has painstakingly plotted where all the key member states stand on the hugely ambitious (and potentially legally ruinous) plan: www.contexte.com/eu/article/e...
Infographic - For and against: Where EU member states stand on the Russian gas ban - Contexte
Just over three years after the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, the European Commission, on 17 June, proposed ambitious plans to phase out Russian gas. The European Parliament and Council are ...
www.contexte.com
October 8, 2025 at 9:03 AM
⛽ Gas flows, the ability and willingness to find other suppliers, legal risks and politics all play a major role in different EU member states' positions on the Russian gas ban.
With a QMV vote in the works for the 20 October Energy Ministerial, I charted out some of the most consequential ↘️
With a QMV vote in the works for the 20 October Energy Ministerial, I charted out some of the most consequential ↘️
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💫We're looking for an EU politics reporter at Contexte!
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Sébastien Lecornu 🇫🇷 has resigned after serving 0.55 Liz Trusses in office
October 6, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Sébastien Lecornu 🇫🇷 has resigned after serving 0.55 Liz Trusses in office
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ENTSO-E also dismissed the issue of Spain’s energy interconnections with France after criticism from the Portuguese government after the Iberian blackout.
www.contexte.com/eu/news/ener...
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Key issue in Iberian blackout was voltage control, not renewables, ENTSO-E says - Contexte
Key issue in Iberian blackout was voltage control, not renewables, ENTSO-E says - Contexte
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October 6, 2025 at 9:54 AM
ENTSO-E also dismissed the issue of Spain’s energy interconnections with France after criticism from the Portuguese government after the Iberian blackout.
www.contexte.com/eu/news/ener...
www.contexte.com/eu/news/ener...
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The vote in the Environment committee of the European Parliament on the 2040 climate target has been removed from the draft agenda for the sitting of 23 September - in reaction to the announcement of a debate at EUCO level
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DRAFT AGENDA - Monday, 22 September 2025 - Tuesday, 23 September 2025 | ENVI_OJ(2025)09-22_1 | European Parliament
DRAFT AGENDA - Monday, 22 September 2025 - Tuesday, 23 September 2025
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September 17, 2025 at 4:02 PM
The vote in the Environment committee of the European Parliament on the 2040 climate target has been removed from the draft agenda for the sitting of 23 September - in reaction to the announcement of a debate at EUCO level
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Need to know what’s coming up next in the EU energy sector?
@energy.contexte.com has you covered ⬇️
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@energy.contexte.com has you covered ⬇️
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Agenda - Brussels steers back to energy gameplan, after US intermezzo - Contexte
With the roll-out of the clean industrial deal, new climate targets and ambitious plans to ban Russian fuels, Brussels was just getting started with its new energy roadmap when the US forced its hand,...
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September 17, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Need to know what’s coming up next in the EU energy sector?
@energy.contexte.com has you covered ⬇️
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@energy.contexte.com has you covered ⬇️
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Agenda - Brussels steers back to energy gameplan, after US intermezzo
✍️ Ciaran Sunderland, Anna Hubert et Mariette Thom
✍️ Ciaran Sunderland, Anna Hubert et Mariette Thom
Agenda - Brussels steers back to energy gameplan, after US intermezzo
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September 15, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Agenda - Brussels steers back to energy gameplan, after US intermezzo
✍️ Ciaran Sunderland, Anna Hubert et Mariette Thom
✍️ Ciaran Sunderland, Anna Hubert et Mariette Thom