Joanna Flisowska
@jflisowska.bsky.social
Senior Associate at European Climate Foundation. Originally from Katowice PL. Views are my own.
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We at the Electrification Alliance wrote a thing about how to boost the use of clean European energy in our buildings, transport and industry.
With the Electrification Alliance, @solarpowereu.bsky.social has published a 🆕 paper outlining 11 recommendations to accelerate electrification in the @ec.europa.eu's upcoming Electrification Action Plan ⚡
Read the paper 👇
www.solarpowereurope.org/advocacy/pos...
Read the paper 👇
www.solarpowereurope.org/advocacy/pos...
November 21, 2025 at 11:34 AM
We at the Electrification Alliance wrote a thing about how to boost the use of clean European energy in our buildings, transport and industry.
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UK energy and energy distribution operate at a profit margin of 40%. That is insane. www.ft.com/content/aff4...
Gas and electricity networks top UK profit margin rankings
Soaring energy bills and power blackouts raise calls for greater scrutiny of regional monopolies
www.ft.com
October 23, 2025 at 8:58 AM
UK energy and energy distribution operate at a profit margin of 40%. That is insane. www.ft.com/content/aff4...
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Stop Crown Estate charging extortionate fees for the seabed leases for offshore wind. The last round for fixed wind could push up prices by £20/MWh I'm told by commercial analysts
www.ft.com/content/c29c...
Stop Crown Estate charging extortionate fees for the seabed leases for offshore wind. The last round for fixed wind could push up prices by £20/MWh I'm told by commercial analysts
www.ft.com/content/c29c...
Greenpeace threatens to sue Crown Estate for pushing up UK energy prices
Cost of offshore wind increased by monopoly ownership of seabed, alleges campaign group
www.ft.com
October 23, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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Stop Crown Estate charging extortionate fees for the seabed leases for offshore wind. The last round for fixed wind could push up prices by £20/MWh I'm told by commercial analysts
www.ft.com/content/c29c...
Stop Crown Estate charging extortionate fees for the seabed leases for offshore wind. The last round for fixed wind could push up prices by £20/MWh I'm told by commercial analysts
www.ft.com/content/c29c...
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This would be a regressive step. Shows a poverty of thinking inside No10
Why? 🧵🧵
1. There are ways of bringing bills down and keeping costs lower whilst continuing to build out clean power.
2. The problems the renewables build out addresses haven't gone away
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Why? 🧵🧵
1. There are ways of bringing bills down and keeping costs lower whilst continuing to build out clean power.
2. The problems the renewables build out addresses haven't gone away
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Keir Starmer prepares to miss key green target in effort to keep energy bills down
Exclusive: Promise to remove almost all fossil fuels from UK’s electricity supply by 2030 may be quietly abandoned over cost
www.theguardian.com
October 23, 2025 at 8:17 AM
This would be a regressive step. Shows a poverty of thinking inside No10
Why? 🧵🧵
1. There are ways of bringing bills down and keeping costs lower whilst continuing to build out clean power.
2. The problems the renewables build out addresses haven't gone away
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Why? 🧵🧵
1. There are ways of bringing bills down and keeping costs lower whilst continuing to build out clean power.
2. The problems the renewables build out addresses haven't gone away
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Spain’s rapid wind and solar growth has CUT the link between gas and electricity prices 🌪️☀️
🇪🇸’s decoupling of gas and electricity prices happened faster than in other European countries, making it one of the cheapest power markets in Europe.
https://loom.ly/8DEmqVc
🇪🇸’s decoupling of gas and electricity prices happened faster than in other European countries, making it one of the cheapest power markets in Europe.
https://loom.ly/8DEmqVc
October 3, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Spain’s rapid wind and solar growth has CUT the link between gas and electricity prices 🌪️☀️
🇪🇸’s decoupling of gas and electricity prices happened faster than in other European countries, making it one of the cheapest power markets in Europe.
https://loom.ly/8DEmqVc
🇪🇸’s decoupling of gas and electricity prices happened faster than in other European countries, making it one of the cheapest power markets in Europe.
https://loom.ly/8DEmqVc
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NEW | Surging wind and solar power helped make electricity in Spain CHEAPER than in most European countries.
📈 As wind and solar grows…
📉 …The influence of costly fossil fuels on the electricity price shrinks
https://loom.ly/8DEmqVc
📈 As wind and solar grows…
📉 …The influence of costly fossil fuels on the electricity price shrinks
https://loom.ly/8DEmqVc
October 2, 2025 at 6:30 AM
NEW | Surging wind and solar power helped make electricity in Spain CHEAPER than in most European countries.
📈 As wind and solar grows…
📉 …The influence of costly fossil fuels on the electricity price shrinks
https://loom.ly/8DEmqVc
📈 As wind and solar grows…
📉 …The influence of costly fossil fuels on the electricity price shrinks
https://loom.ly/8DEmqVc
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"Spain’s rapid renewables build-out means that in the first half of this year, its power prices were set by fossil generation just 19% of the time [..] As a result, wholesale electricity was almost a third cheaper than the European Union average"
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Spain’s Renewable-Energy Boom Loosens Gas’s Grip on Power Prices
Soaring renewables output in Spain is weakening gas’s grip on electricity prices, setting the country apart from much of Europe where fossil fuels still dictate the cost of power.
www.bloomberg.com
October 2, 2025 at 7:54 AM
"Spain’s rapid renewables build-out means that in the first half of this year, its power prices were set by fossil generation just 19% of the time [..] As a result, wholesale electricity was almost a third cheaper than the European Union average"
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Our new analysis: Europe aims to get off gas - so why are governments taxing it way less than electricity?
Tax is a key tool governments can use to boost heat pumps and Europe's sovereignty & energy independence!
We discuss this + more at this week's #HPForum.
Read: ehpa.org/news-and-res...
Tax is a key tool governments can use to boost heat pumps and Europe's sovereignty & energy independence!
We discuss this + more at this week's #HPForum.
Read: ehpa.org/news-and-res...
Distorted taxation is undermining energy security - European Heat Pump Association
Governments are undermining heat pumps’ critical role in boosting Europe’s energy security by taxing electricity far more heavily than gas, analysis from the European Heat Pump Association (EHPA) show...
ehpa.org
September 23, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Our new analysis: Europe aims to get off gas - so why are governments taxing it way less than electricity?
Tax is a key tool governments can use to boost heat pumps and Europe's sovereignty & energy independence!
We discuss this + more at this week's #HPForum.
Read: ehpa.org/news-and-res...
Tax is a key tool governments can use to boost heat pumps and Europe's sovereignty & energy independence!
We discuss this + more at this week's #HPForum.
Read: ehpa.org/news-and-res...
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The nice thing about shifting levies from electricity to gas? Everyone uses electricity so everyone saves money. The more you electrify, the more you save and the less goes to Putin and Trump.
Our new analysis: Europe aims to get off gas - so why are governments taxing it way less than electricity?
Tax is a key tool governments can use to boost heat pumps and Europe's sovereignty & energy independence!
We discuss this + more at this week's #HPForum.
Read: ehpa.org/news-and-res...
Tax is a key tool governments can use to boost heat pumps and Europe's sovereignty & energy independence!
We discuss this + more at this week's #HPForum.
Read: ehpa.org/news-and-res...
Distorted taxation is undermining energy security - European Heat Pump Association
Governments are undermining heat pumps’ critical role in boosting Europe’s energy security by taxing electricity far more heavily than gas, analysis from the European Heat Pump Association (EHPA) show...
ehpa.org
September 23, 2025 at 6:40 AM
The nice thing about shifting levies from electricity to gas? Everyone uses electricity so everyone saves money. The more you electrify, the more you save and the less goes to Putin and Trump.
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SNEAK PREVIEW: What REALLY happens inside Ember?😂
September 23, 2025 at 8:37 AM
SNEAK PREVIEW: What REALLY happens inside Ember?😂
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Moving gas plants - which set the price of electricity- out of the market and into a nationally controlled reserve, would take £5bn off the UK’s energy bills
“Renewable energy is cheaper than gas but we’re not reaping all of the benefits clean power brings”
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
“Renewable energy is cheaper than gas but we’re not reaping all of the benefits clean power brings”
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Energy users ‘could save £5bn a year’ if gas plants are removed from market
Former energy tsar suggests the ‘radical step’ as one of the few options the government has for cutting bills
www.theguardian.com
September 4, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Moving gas plants - which set the price of electricity- out of the market and into a nationally controlled reserve, would take £5bn off the UK’s energy bills
“Renewable energy is cheaper than gas but we’re not reaping all of the benefits clean power brings”
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
“Renewable energy is cheaper than gas but we’re not reaping all of the benefits clean power brings”
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Most electricity in the Netherlands now comes from renewables.
This is today's @ourworldindata.org Data Insight from my colleague @simonvanteutem.bsky.social.
All our Data Insights are here: ourworldindata.org/data-insights
This is today's @ourworldindata.org Data Insight from my colleague @simonvanteutem.bsky.social.
All our Data Insights are here: ourworldindata.org/data-insights
August 1, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Most electricity in the Netherlands now comes from renewables.
This is today's @ourworldindata.org Data Insight from my colleague @simonvanteutem.bsky.social.
All our Data Insights are here: ourworldindata.org/data-insights
This is today's @ourworldindata.org Data Insight from my colleague @simonvanteutem.bsky.social.
All our Data Insights are here: ourworldindata.org/data-insights
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Want mass heat pump adoption? Fix the running costs.
The electricity-to-gas price ratio is key. When policy makes electricity artificially expensive, the cleaner choice isn't the cheaper one. It's time to rebalance energy taxes, as this @thecccuk.bsky.social chart highlights.
The electricity-to-gas price ratio is key. When policy makes electricity artificially expensive, the cleaner choice isn't the cheaper one. It's time to rebalance energy taxes, as this @thecccuk.bsky.social chart highlights.
July 18, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Want mass heat pump adoption? Fix the running costs.
The electricity-to-gas price ratio is key. When policy makes electricity artificially expensive, the cleaner choice isn't the cheaper one. It's time to rebalance energy taxes, as this @thecccuk.bsky.social chart highlights.
The electricity-to-gas price ratio is key. When policy makes electricity artificially expensive, the cleaner choice isn't the cheaper one. It's time to rebalance energy taxes, as this @thecccuk.bsky.social chart highlights.
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💚 Good news: People are not buying into the anti-net zero narratives from the right - but the CCC still highlights there is more to do:
"The government has made progress on a number of fronts ... [but] they need to do more on making electricity cheap."
buff.ly/Q6Im4MD
"The government has made progress on a number of fronts ... [but] they need to do more on making electricity cheap."
buff.ly/Q6Im4MD
More people buying electric cars and heat pumps than ever before
But the Climate Change Committee warns there's still a long way to go for the UK to reach net zero by 2050.
buff.ly
June 25, 2025 at 2:06 PM
💚 Good news: People are not buying into the anti-net zero narratives from the right - but the CCC still highlights there is more to do:
"The government has made progress on a number of fronts ... [but] they need to do more on making electricity cheap."
buff.ly/Q6Im4MD
"The government has made progress on a number of fronts ... [but] they need to do more on making electricity cheap."
buff.ly/Q6Im4MD
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The Spanish government is reporting that the cause of the massive blackout wasn't a lack of thermal power plants - rather that they failed to provide power at the time, acting 'inappropriately'.
Funny, after fossil lobbyists were so quick to blame renewables..
elpais.com/economia/202...
Funny, after fossil lobbyists were so quick to blame renewables..
elpais.com/economia/202...
June 17, 2025 at 1:43 PM
The Spanish government is reporting that the cause of the massive blackout wasn't a lack of thermal power plants - rather that they failed to provide power at the time, acting 'inappropriately'.
Funny, after fossil lobbyists were so quick to blame renewables..
elpais.com/economia/202...
Funny, after fossil lobbyists were so quick to blame renewables..
elpais.com/economia/202...
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The top five European countries still fueling Russia's budget by buying #LNG are France, Hungary, Belgium, Slovakia, and Czechia. In February 2025, they paid Russia EUR 1.3bn, half for LNG. It's time to stop funding Russia's war!
@creacleanair.bsky.social
@creacleanair.bsky.social
March 21, 2025 at 10:54 AM
The top five European countries still fueling Russia's budget by buying #LNG are France, Hungary, Belgium, Slovakia, and Czechia. In February 2025, they paid Russia EUR 1.3bn, half for LNG. It's time to stop funding Russia's war!
@creacleanair.bsky.social
@creacleanair.bsky.social
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There is no country/zone with a) high prices and low carbon emissions or b) with low prices and high emissions.
The higher the carbon emissions from electricity generation in 2024, the higher the prices and vice versa.
HT Esko Heinonen
The higher the carbon emissions from electricity generation in 2024, the higher the prices and vice versa.
HT Esko Heinonen
March 5, 2025 at 9:15 PM
There is no country/zone with a) high prices and low carbon emissions or b) with low prices and high emissions.
The higher the carbon emissions from electricity generation in 2024, the higher the prices and vice versa.
HT Esko Heinonen
The higher the carbon emissions from electricity generation in 2024, the higher the prices and vice versa.
HT Esko Heinonen
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MASSIVE FISCAL PACKAGE OUT OF BERLIN: 12-20%+ of GDP.
- 500 billion fund for public investment
- All defence spending above 1% of GDP not counted for debt brake.
- Federal states can borrow 0.35% p.y. for investment.
Germany is back - economically and militarily.
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- 500 billion fund for public investment
- All defence spending above 1% of GDP not counted for debt brake.
- Federal states can borrow 0.35% p.y. for investment.
Germany is back - economically and militarily.
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March 4, 2025 at 6:26 PM
MASSIVE FISCAL PACKAGE OUT OF BERLIN: 12-20%+ of GDP.
- 500 billion fund for public investment
- All defence spending above 1% of GDP not counted for debt brake.
- Federal states can borrow 0.35% p.y. for investment.
Germany is back - economically and militarily.
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- 500 billion fund for public investment
- All defence spending above 1% of GDP not counted for debt brake.
- Federal states can borrow 0.35% p.y. for investment.
Germany is back - economically and militarily.
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Ember welcomes the @ec.europa.eu's Competitiveness Compass which prioritises decarbonisation and its role in cutting dependencies, lowering energy costs, and boosting competitiveness.
But there are gaps 🧵 1/5
But there are gaps 🧵 1/5
January 30, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Ember welcomes the @ec.europa.eu's Competitiveness Compass which prioritises decarbonisation and its role in cutting dependencies, lowering energy costs, and boosting competitiveness.
But there are gaps 🧵 1/5
But there are gaps 🧵 1/5
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Some European gas power plant owners are raking it in...
Often you see gas power plants squeezing the markets pushing electricity prices sky-high.
AND on top of those wholesale revenues, they CAPACITY MARKET revenues.
€45 billion for gas power plants and €6 billion for coal since 2015🙂
Often you see gas power plants squeezing the markets pushing electricity prices sky-high.
AND on top of those wholesale revenues, they CAPACITY MARKET revenues.
€45 billion for gas power plants and €6 billion for coal since 2015🙂
January 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Some European gas power plant owners are raking it in...
Often you see gas power plants squeezing the markets pushing electricity prices sky-high.
AND on top of those wholesale revenues, they CAPACITY MARKET revenues.
€45 billion for gas power plants and €6 billion for coal since 2015🙂
Often you see gas power plants squeezing the markets pushing electricity prices sky-high.
AND on top of those wholesale revenues, they CAPACITY MARKET revenues.
€45 billion for gas power plants and €6 billion for coal since 2015🙂
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That's what's left for Feb 26. ⤵️
January 27, 2025 at 2:57 PM
That's what's left for Feb 26. ⤵️
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Proud to see my home town & the capital of polish #coal joining #PoweringPastCoalAlliance (PPCA). Time of coal is ending and acknowledgment is an important step towards smooth #JustTransition. Looking forward to see Poland joining PPCA one day as well. www.linkedin.com/posts/poweri...
January 9, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Proud to see my home town & the capital of polish #coal joining #PoweringPastCoalAlliance (PPCA). Time of coal is ending and acknowledgment is an important step towards smooth #JustTransition. Looking forward to see Poland joining PPCA one day as well. www.linkedin.com/posts/poweri...
Proud to see my home town & the capital of polish #coal joining #PoweringPastCoalAlliance (PPCA). Time of coal is ending and acknowledgment is an important step towards smooth #JustTransition. Looking forward to see Poland joining PPCA one day as well. www.linkedin.com/posts/poweri...
January 9, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Proud to see my home town & the capital of polish #coal joining #PoweringPastCoalAlliance (PPCA). Time of coal is ending and acknowledgment is an important step towards smooth #JustTransition. Looking forward to see Poland joining PPCA one day as well. www.linkedin.com/posts/poweri...
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💳First results from our clean technology investment tracking @Bruegel_org are now live.
This is a Beta v0. Feedback very welcome as we work to expand in the coming weeks and months.
Map can be filtered for any European country at www.bruegel.org/dataset/euro...
This is a Beta v0. Feedback very welcome as we work to expand in the coming weeks and months.
Map can be filtered for any European country at www.bruegel.org/dataset/euro...
January 8, 2025 at 8:08 AM
💳First results from our clean technology investment tracking @Bruegel_org are now live.
This is a Beta v0. Feedback very welcome as we work to expand in the coming weeks and months.
Map can be filtered for any European country at www.bruegel.org/dataset/euro...
This is a Beta v0. Feedback very welcome as we work to expand in the coming weeks and months.
Map can be filtered for any European country at www.bruegel.org/dataset/euro...
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+++NEW ANALYSIS+++
UK electricity was the cleanest ever in 2024, with emissions per unit falling by more than two-thirds in a decade
Highlights:
🏭end of coal power after 142yrs
🔥fossil fuels at record-low 29% share
🌄renewables at record-high 45%
www.carbonbrief.org/...
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UK electricity was the cleanest ever in 2024, with emissions per unit falling by more than two-thirds in a decade
Highlights:
🏭end of coal power after 142yrs
🔥fossil fuels at record-low 29% share
🌄renewables at record-high 45%
www.carbonbrief.org/...
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January 2, 2025 at 9:00 AM
+++NEW ANALYSIS+++
UK electricity was the cleanest ever in 2024, with emissions per unit falling by more than two-thirds in a decade
Highlights:
🏭end of coal power after 142yrs
🔥fossil fuels at record-low 29% share
🌄renewables at record-high 45%
www.carbonbrief.org/...
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UK electricity was the cleanest ever in 2024, with emissions per unit falling by more than two-thirds in a decade
Highlights:
🏭end of coal power after 142yrs
🔥fossil fuels at record-low 29% share
🌄renewables at record-high 45%
www.carbonbrief.org/...
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