Duncan Gibb
@duncangibb.net
clean heat, renewables, politics, tennis
Senior Advisor at @regassistproj.bsky.social
Founder at energyscout.co
🇨🇦 raised 🇩🇪 then 🇨🇵 now
Senior Advisor at @regassistproj.bsky.social
Founder at energyscout.co
🇨🇦 raised 🇩🇪 then 🇨🇵 now
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Duncan Gibb
@duncangibb.net
· Oct 17
Heat pumps are a key heating technology in buildings. But Europe's building stock is leaky and some people are worried by the potential impact of massive heat pump use on the electricity grid. What role for hybrid heat pumps? 🧵
www.raponline.org/knowledge-ce...
www.raponline.org/knowledge-ce...
Reposted by Duncan Gibb
I'm delighted to share our new Clean Heat Policy Tracker, an initiative led by @regassistproj.bsky.social via the Clean Heat Forum). www.raponline.org/toolkit/clea...
Clean Heat Policy Tracker
Table of Contents Acknowledgements The Clean Heat Policy Tracker 2025 was designed and authored by Duncan Gibb and Richard Lowes (Regulatory Assistance Project/Clean Heat Forum). Chiara Delmastro (Int...
www.raponline.org
November 5, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I'm delighted to share our new Clean Heat Policy Tracker, an initiative led by @regassistproj.bsky.social via the Clean Heat Forum). www.raponline.org/toolkit/clea...
Reposted by Duncan Gibb
This is a really useful pivot to clean heat policy & away from electricity dominated analyses - first I've seen like it. 👏👏👏
I'm delighted to share our new Clean Heat Policy Tracker, an initiative led by @regassistproj.bsky.social via the Clean Heat Forum). www.raponline.org/toolkit/clea...
Clean Heat Policy Tracker
Table of Contents Acknowledgements The Clean Heat Policy Tracker 2025 was designed and authored by Duncan Gibb and Richard Lowes (Regulatory Assistance Project/Clean Heat Forum). Chiara Delmastro (Int...
www.raponline.org
November 5, 2025 at 7:19 PM
This is a really useful pivot to clean heat policy & away from electricity dominated analyses - first I've seen like it. 👏👏👏
It's going to be a lot easier to decarbonize heating if we bring down electricity prices.
That's the focus of Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP)'s two papers out today: how to make electricity cheaper, especially for households.
www.raponline.org/knowledge-ce...
That's the focus of Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP)'s two papers out today: how to make electricity cheaper, especially for households.
www.raponline.org/knowledge-ce...
Making electricity cheaper: Redistributing policy costs for affordable household heat electrification
Affordable electrification relies on affordable electricity. Nuanced price reform will best equip decision-makers for success.
www.raponline.org
September 29, 2025 at 3:00 PM
It's going to be a lot easier to decarbonize heating if we bring down electricity prices.
That's the focus of Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP)'s two papers out today: how to make electricity cheaper, especially for households.
www.raponline.org/knowledge-ce...
That's the focus of Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP)'s two papers out today: how to make electricity cheaper, especially for households.
www.raponline.org/knowledge-ce...
Reposted by Duncan Gibb
NEW RESEARCH #2: The future energy bill is an electricity bill.
We must Make Electricity Cheaper for households, businesses and industry
In a 2nd paper out today, @duncangibb.net, Sam Thomas & I look at reducing & redistributing tax & levies added to electricity prices. tinyurl.com/2nbvydp8
We must Make Electricity Cheaper for households, businesses and industry
In a 2nd paper out today, @duncangibb.net, Sam Thomas & I look at reducing & redistributing tax & levies added to electricity prices. tinyurl.com/2nbvydp8
Making electricity cheaper: Redistributing policy costs for affordable household heat electrification
Affordable electrification relies on affordable electricity. Nuanced price reform will best equip decision-makers for success.
tinyurl.com
September 29, 2025 at 7:31 AM
NEW RESEARCH #2: The future energy bill is an electricity bill.
We must Make Electricity Cheaper for households, businesses and industry
In a 2nd paper out today, @duncangibb.net, Sam Thomas & I look at reducing & redistributing tax & levies added to electricity prices. tinyurl.com/2nbvydp8
We must Make Electricity Cheaper for households, businesses and industry
In a 2nd paper out today, @duncangibb.net, Sam Thomas & I look at reducing & redistributing tax & levies added to electricity prices. tinyurl.com/2nbvydp8
Reposted by Duncan Gibb
🚨 New publication alert
❓What's wrong with the EU's Renewable Energy Directive?
➡️ In short: it inadvertently promotes inefficient heating.
Our latest research is now published in Sustainability.
Full paper here 👇
www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/17...
More in 🧵 below.
❓What's wrong with the EU's Renewable Energy Directive?
➡️ In short: it inadvertently promotes inefficient heating.
Our latest research is now published in Sustainability.
Full paper here 👇
www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/17...
More in 🧵 below.
May 5, 2025 at 9:56 AM
🚨 New publication alert
❓What's wrong with the EU's Renewable Energy Directive?
➡️ In short: it inadvertently promotes inefficient heating.
Our latest research is now published in Sustainability.
Full paper here 👇
www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/17...
More in 🧵 below.
❓What's wrong with the EU's Renewable Energy Directive?
➡️ In short: it inadvertently promotes inefficient heating.
Our latest research is now published in Sustainability.
Full paper here 👇
www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/17...
More in 🧵 below.
April 8, 2025 at 1:03 PM
As heat pump sales appear to have struggled globally in 2024, it's a good time to focus on data.
Pleased to join this in-person workshop on Thursday and talk about the Clean Heat Forum and moderate a session on the importance of data to policy.
Register online here: www.iea.org/events/the-i...
Pleased to join this in-person workshop on Thursday and talk about the Clean Heat Forum and moderate a session on the importance of data to policy.
Register online here: www.iea.org/events/the-i...
The importance of heat pump data for policy-making and innovation - Event - IEA
The importance of heat pump data for policy-making and innovation - Event listed by the International Energy Agency
www.iea.org
January 21, 2025 at 3:57 PM
As heat pump sales appear to have struggled globally in 2024, it's a good time to focus on data.
Pleased to join this in-person workshop on Thursday and talk about the Clean Heat Forum and moderate a session on the importance of data to policy.
Register online here: www.iea.org/events/the-i...
Pleased to join this in-person workshop on Thursday and talk about the Clean Heat Forum and moderate a session on the importance of data to policy.
Register online here: www.iea.org/events/the-i...
🎺Womp womp womp...
January 9, 2025 at 12:29 PM
🎺Womp womp womp...
Reposted by Duncan Gibb
What % of a country's electricity can come from wind+solar?
@ember-energy.org hasn't yet published annual data for 2024, but when I add up their monthly data I get:
UK: 41% w+s in 2024
Germany: 43%
Spain: 46%
A few small countries are > but they depend more on neighbors.
Onward and upward! 🔌💡
@ember-energy.org hasn't yet published annual data for 2024, but when I add up their monthly data I get:
UK: 41% w+s in 2024
Germany: 43%
Spain: 46%
A few small countries are > but they depend more on neighbors.
Onward and upward! 🔌💡
January 5, 2025 at 9:23 AM
What % of a country's electricity can come from wind+solar?
@ember-energy.org hasn't yet published annual data for 2024, but when I add up their monthly data I get:
UK: 41% w+s in 2024
Germany: 43%
Spain: 46%
A few small countries are > but they depend more on neighbors.
Onward and upward! 🔌💡
@ember-energy.org hasn't yet published annual data for 2024, but when I add up their monthly data I get:
UK: 41% w+s in 2024
Germany: 43%
Spain: 46%
A few small countries are > but they depend more on neighbors.
Onward and upward! 🔌💡
Now that the political winds have shifted and billions in energy crisis super profits added to their bank statements, It can't be surprising that oil majors backed away from their climate and clean energy commitments in 2024. Not that they were much to begin with.
www.reuters.com/business/ene...
www.reuters.com/business/ene...
Big Oil backtracks on renewables push as climate agenda falters
Major European energy companies doubled down on oil and gas in 2024 to focus on near-term profits, slowing down - and at times reversing - climate commitments in a shift that they are likely to stick with in 2025.
www.reuters.com
December 30, 2024 at 7:35 PM
Now that the political winds have shifted and billions in energy crisis super profits added to their bank statements, It can't be surprising that oil majors backed away from their climate and clean energy commitments in 2024. Not that they were much to begin with.
www.reuters.com/business/ene...
www.reuters.com/business/ene...
You can also easily set up a recurring donation to Wikipedia. A few bucks isn't much from your wallet and goes a long way!
Donate.wikimedia.org
Donate.wikimedia.org
If you've never donated to Wikipedia, now's the time. Elon Musk is attacking it because it's one of the only sources of honest, curated information that he can't control.
www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-ta...
www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-ta...
Elon Musk takes aim at Wikipedia
The billionaire has become one of the most prominent supporters of President-elect Donald Trump.
www.newsweek.com
December 25, 2024 at 3:50 PM
You can also easily set up a recurring donation to Wikipedia. A few bucks isn't much from your wallet and goes a long way!
Donate.wikimedia.org
Donate.wikimedia.org
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Watching how the media is covering Trump talking about taking over sovereign nations is disgusting.
December 25, 2024 at 5:19 AM
Watching how the media is covering Trump talking about taking over sovereign nations is disgusting.
I am going to put footnotes in my meeting minutes and there's nothing you can do to stop me.
December 23, 2024 at 10:59 AM
I am going to put footnotes in my meeting minutes and there's nothing you can do to stop me.
With the collapse of the hydrogen hype bubble, we can only hope that it takes some pressure off the absurd and inefficient idea of "hydrogen for home heating".
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
December 23, 2024 at 10:14 AM
With the collapse of the hydrogen hype bubble, we can only hope that it takes some pressure off the absurd and inefficient idea of "hydrogen for home heating".
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
European countries are still incentivizing fossil fuel boilers. In some, it may not be a subsidy but they still benefit from lower VAT.
Only when all policy signals are properly aligned can we hope for a deep heating transition in Europe. Very nice research by EHPA.
www.ehpa.org/news-and-res...
Only when all policy signals are properly aligned can we hope for a deep heating transition in Europe. Very nice research by EHPA.
www.ehpa.org/news-and-res...
December 19, 2024 at 10:58 AM
European countries are still incentivizing fossil fuel boilers. In some, it may not be a subsidy but they still benefit from lower VAT.
Only when all policy signals are properly aligned can we hope for a deep heating transition in Europe. Very nice research by EHPA.
www.ehpa.org/news-and-res...
Only when all policy signals are properly aligned can we hope for a deep heating transition in Europe. Very nice research by EHPA.
www.ehpa.org/news-and-res...
Love being disabused of various notions, what fun
December 18, 2024 at 4:20 PM
Love being disabused of various notions, what fun
Who gets the most out of a heat pump subsidy scheme?
In France, the main subsidy programme helps one group of people most clearly: those who own and occupy a single-family home. 🧵
www.statistiques.developpement-durable.gouv.fr/les-renovati...
In France, the main subsidy programme helps one group of people most clearly: those who own and occupy a single-family home. 🧵
www.statistiques.developpement-durable.gouv.fr/les-renovati...
Les rénovations énergétiques par geste aidées par MaPrimeRenov’ en 2023
Entre 2020 et 2023, 2,3 millions de dossiers MaPrimeRénov’ ont été déposés pour des rénovations par geste (i.e. hors rénovations d’ampleur), dont 505 000 en 2023. Environ deux tiers d’entre eux ont ét...
www.statistiques.developpement-durable.gouv.fr
December 18, 2024 at 9:07 AM
Who gets the most out of a heat pump subsidy scheme?
In France, the main subsidy programme helps one group of people most clearly: those who own and occupy a single-family home. 🧵
www.statistiques.developpement-durable.gouv.fr/les-renovati...
In France, the main subsidy programme helps one group of people most clearly: those who own and occupy a single-family home. 🧵
www.statistiques.developpement-durable.gouv.fr/les-renovati...
The shrinking wedge in Asia is incredible.
The persistant block in Sub-Saharan Africa is a bummer. Though I imagine the share has gone down with population growth...?
The persistant block in Sub-Saharan Africa is a bummer. Though I imagine the share has gone down with population growth...?
The number of people without access to electricity declined in 2023, a trend set to continue in 2024
Most of developing Asia & Latin America are getting closer to universal electricity access. But major gaps persist in Sub-Saharan Africa
Read more 👉 https://iea.li/4fcdceE
Most of developing Asia & Latin America are getting closer to universal electricity access. But major gaps persist in Sub-Saharan Africa
Read more 👉 https://iea.li/4fcdceE
December 18, 2024 at 9:03 AM
The shrinking wedge in Asia is incredible.
The persistant block in Sub-Saharan Africa is a bummer. Though I imagine the share has gone down with population growth...?
The persistant block in Sub-Saharan Africa is a bummer. Though I imagine the share has gone down with population growth...?
Here comes Daikin's new propane heat pump. Manufactured in Poland, Czech Republic and Germany. Rated down to -28°C.
www.coolingpost.com/products/dai...
www.coolingpost.com/products/dai...
Daikin introduces first domestic R290 heat pump - Cooling Post
BELGIUM: Daikin Europe has announced availability of the Altherma 4 H, its first range of residential heat pumps with R290 (propane) refrigerant. ...Read More...
www.coolingpost.com
December 16, 2024 at 8:48 AM
Here comes Daikin's new propane heat pump. Manufactured in Poland, Czech Republic and Germany. Rated down to -28°C.
www.coolingpost.com/products/dai...
www.coolingpost.com/products/dai...
Here's my heat punks starter pack which keeps on growing.
It has lots of people working on and thinking about heat pumps, geothermal heat, solar heat, district heating and the list goes on. Some EU, some US, some Canada.
go.bsky.app/2PkVtJL
It has lots of people working on and thinking about heat pumps, geothermal heat, solar heat, district heating and the list goes on. Some EU, some US, some Canada.
go.bsky.app/2PkVtJL
December 16, 2024 at 8:09 AM
Here's my heat punks starter pack which keeps on growing.
It has lots of people working on and thinking about heat pumps, geothermal heat, solar heat, district heating and the list goes on. Some EU, some US, some Canada.
go.bsky.app/2PkVtJL
It has lots of people working on and thinking about heat pumps, geothermal heat, solar heat, district heating and the list goes on. Some EU, some US, some Canada.
go.bsky.app/2PkVtJL
Reposted by Duncan Gibb
NEW PAPER: The 2022 fossil fuel price jumps caused an oil and gas profit explosion. We show the US reaped the largest profit increase (USD 275bn) of any country. Big Oil claims this benefits the American people. In fact, 51% went to the richest 1%, only 1% to the bottom 50%. A 🧵
December 12, 2024 at 11:51 PM
NEW PAPER: The 2022 fossil fuel price jumps caused an oil and gas profit explosion. We show the US reaped the largest profit increase (USD 275bn) of any country. Big Oil claims this benefits the American people. In fact, 51% went to the richest 1%, only 1% to the bottom 50%. A 🧵
Imagine using a random number generator to determine the length of a prison sentence. A judge using GPT to interpret legal terms is not far off.
we are unimaginably fucked
Nope. Absolutely the fuck not. www.reuters.com/legal/transa...
December 12, 2024 at 8:19 AM
Imagine using a random number generator to determine the length of a prison sentence. A judge using GPT to interpret legal terms is not far off.
Reposted by Duncan Gibb
HOT OFF THE PRESS: Industrial electrification is THE key lever to decarbonise industry.
But without policy support it won't happen at required speed.
That's why we developed a 10-point action plan for Europe.🧵
Read our new @regassistproj.bsky.social report here: www.raponline.org/knowledge-ce...
But without policy support it won't happen at required speed.
That's why we developed a 10-point action plan for Europe.🧵
Read our new @regassistproj.bsky.social report here: www.raponline.org/knowledge-ce...
December 12, 2024 at 8:10 AM
HOT OFF THE PRESS: Industrial electrification is THE key lever to decarbonise industry.
But without policy support it won't happen at required speed.
That's why we developed a 10-point action plan for Europe.🧵
Read our new @regassistproj.bsky.social report here: www.raponline.org/knowledge-ce...
But without policy support it won't happen at required speed.
That's why we developed a 10-point action plan for Europe.🧵
Read our new @regassistproj.bsky.social report here: www.raponline.org/knowledge-ce...
Reposted by Duncan Gibb
⚡️Austrian OMV company terminates contract with Gazprom Export.
Austrian oil and gas company OMV has terminated its long-term gas supply contract with Russia's Gazprom Export, the OMV website reported on Dec. 11.
The contract was initially set to last until 2040.
Austrian oil and gas company OMV has terminated its long-term gas supply contract with Russia's Gazprom Export, the OMV website reported on Dec. 11.
The contract was initially set to last until 2040.
Austrian OMV company terminates contract with Gazprom Export
Austrian oil and gas company OMV has terminated its long-term gas supply contract with Russia's Gazprom Export, the OMV website reported on Dec. 11.
kyivindependent.com
December 11, 2024 at 11:06 PM
⚡️Austrian OMV company terminates contract with Gazprom Export.
Austrian oil and gas company OMV has terminated its long-term gas supply contract with Russia's Gazprom Export, the OMV website reported on Dec. 11.
The contract was initially set to last until 2040.
Austrian oil and gas company OMV has terminated its long-term gas supply contract with Russia's Gazprom Export, the OMV website reported on Dec. 11.
The contract was initially set to last until 2040.
