Max Willems
maxwillems.bsky.social
Max Willems
@maxwillems.bsky.social
PhD researcher @mpifg.bsky.social | Political economy of growth, decarbonisation, energy/climate policy
Thanks, Dan
September 11, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Thanks, Philipp :)
September 10, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Thanks, Mark!
(&: not as much as one might think, in this case)
September 10, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Thanks, Ben!
September 10, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Indebted to many colleagues for great help - special thanks to issue/lead editor @danmertens.bsky.social and to @benbraun.bsky.social for early advice [5/5]
September 10, 2025 at 9:58 AM
I attribute this to the ongoing coalition building of the Commission and key energy incumbents, whose evolving preferences and resources reflect a rapidly changing and increasingly geopoliticized energy policy environment.

More here 👇 - happy about any feedback! [4/5]
From states to markets and back? The European Union’s decades-long struggle over renewable energy derisking
Since the 1990s, policymakers have been grappling with the challenge of financing the transition to renewable energy, which requires much higher upfront capital investments than fossil fuel-based e...
doi.org
September 10, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Then asks why the European regime shifted - first (post-GFC) from a robust (though politically contested) technology-development to a market-based approach, and later (since ~2017) partly reverted to a hybrid model [3/5]
September 10, 2025 at 9:58 AM
The article introduces a simple typology of RE derisking instruments, drawing on @danielagabor.bsky.social @benbraun.bsky.social @brettchristophers.bsky.social and others, to make sense of policy support of renewable energy investments in Europe [2/5]
September 10, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Indebted to many colleagues for great help - special thanks to issue/lead editor @danmertens.bsky.social and to @benbraun.bsky.social for early advice [5/5]
September 10, 2025 at 9:23 AM
I attribute this to the ongoing coalition-building of the Commission and key energy incumbents, whose evolving preferences and resources reflect a rapidly changing and increasingly geopoliticized energy policy environment.

More here 👇 - happy about any feedback! [4/5]
From states to markets and back? The European Union’s decades-long struggle over renewable energy derisking
Since the 1990s, policymakers have been grappling with the challenge of financing the transition to renewable energy, which requires much higher upfront capital investments than fossil fuel-based e...
doi.org
September 10, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Then asks why the European regime shifted - first (post-GFC) from a robust (though politically contested) technology-development to a market-based approach, and later (since ~2017) partly reverted to a hybrid model [3/5]
September 10, 2025 at 9:23 AM
The article introduces a simple typology of RE derisking instruments, drawing on @danielagabor.bsky.social/@benbraun.bsky.social and others, to make sense of policy support of renewable energy investments in Europe [2/5]
September 10, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Unfortunately cancelled due to (very) bad weather/potential flooding! 😬
March 21, 2025 at 11:51 AM