@julietphillips.bsky.social
Campaigner @beyondfossilfuels.bsky.social often thinking about a fairer, fossil free energy system ⚡️ Also interested in housing justice, energy poverty & climate politics. Barcelona via London. She/ her.
According to @agoraew.bsky.social, a national roll-out of smart meters could save Germany over €5 bn/year by 2035 💸.
But despite the enormous untapped energy bill savings potential from replacing gas with clean flexibility, 🇩🇪 is lagging behind on their deployment.
www.zeit.de/wirtschaft/2...
The Iberian blackout exposed more than a fragile grid—it revealed a large-scale problem. With 1,700 GW of clean energy stuck in queues, Europe must unshackle TSOs from fossil-era mandates and invest in modern, flexible grids, writes @julietphillips.bsky.social.
beyondfossilfuels.org/2025/08/04/t...
The move is being challenged by Germany's conservative KlimaUnion, who encourage the gov to focus on clean flexibility instead.
"Every new subsidy for gas plants will drive up electricity costs, as gas would increasingly become the pacesetter for the market.”
www.handelsblatt.com/politik/deut...
The EU is allegedly looking to approve “significantly more” than half of the 20GW gas plant capacity sought by 🇩🇪
The German gov will pay for this through new energy bill levies, locking households & industry into long-term contracts worth €billions🤑
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
#Gaskraftwerke im Übermaß bauen belastet nicht nur #Klima, sondern auch Verbraucher*innen. Unsere Berechnung zeigte bereits im April, dass Reiches Pläne den #Strompreis um bis zu 1,6 Cent pro kWh erhöhen würden. Deshalb: Erneuerbaren Ausbau fortsetzen statt abwürgen!
www.welt.de/politik/deut...
New @ieefainstitute.bsky.social analysis warns Greece may be pursuing a dash for gas power to boost its energy export capacity 🤑
As @thegreentank.bsky.social has warned, consumers will face higher bills if a capacity mechanism is introduced to underpin this expansion.
ieefa.org/resources/gr...
No és una guerra, és un genocidi
23.07.2025 19:15 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0This is despite 1️⃣ a lack of evidence 20GW gas is needed (in fact, modelling by Aurora suggests this is far from the case)
2️⃣A complete oversight of clean flex solutions Germany can deploy instead to lower bills: long-duration storage, batteries, demand flex, interconnectors & grid upgrades.
Despite eyewatering costs of tendering 20GW gas plants (€22-32bn); the German economics minister is confident this will go ahead.
"I'm truly relieved by how far we've come in Brussels. The goal is to launch the first tender this year, with significant quantities."
bo.de/reiche-beton...
⚠️‼️ 21 mesos de genocidi. Ara Israel també mata de gana al poble palestí. Una fam forçada i imposada a 2,3 milions de persones palestines a Gaza.
En 24h:
🔴 19 assassinades per fam
🔴 115 quan intentaven aconseguim menjar
Si no és ara, quan?
Fem una crida avui al carrer 🇵🇸
📍Plaça Sant Jaume, 20h
Absolutely dystopian juxtaposition from the Guardian front page. Difficult to understand how anyone of decency and conscience can defend this government at this point. Just sheer moral degeneracy to arm a state that does this and arrest people for objecting. Wtf are we doing as a country?
19.07.2025 19:04 — 👍 5462 🔁 2272 💬 104 📌 74In the Polish towns of Kleczew and Konin, once powered by coal, the winds of change are blowing— on the walls of public spaces.
Silesian artist Karol Kobryń painted two murals that tell the story of a region in #JustTransition — moving away from fossil fuels towards clean, secure, homegrown energy.
This is very bad news. What's more incredible is that EPP could have outbid the far right and didn't.
The complacency around the threat posed by the far-right to Europe's climate agenda is shocking.
www.politico.eu/article/the-...
SLAPPs are a way for #fossilfuel giants to legally bully and intimidate anyone who criticises them.
Eni, one of the world’s biggest polluters, is doing just that—and in record numbers.
We stand with ReCommon, who will not be sued into submission.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
🔴🔴🔴ACCIÓN🔴🔴🔴
Nos descolgamos de icónicas Las Setas de Sevilla para lanzar un mensaje urgente:
SE ESTÁN CARGANDO EL CLIMA Y LO ESTÁS PAGANDO TÚ
Exigimos a los gobiernos reunidos en la Conferencia de la ONU de Sevilla nuevos impuestos justos a ultrarricos e industria fósil que destrozan el planeta.
Following the tragic death of a street cleaner in Barcelona, workers are denouncing the unacceptable working conditions they face during periods of intense heat.
“Que paren. La vida vale más que el trabajo.”
elpais.com/espana/catal...
👇Report najdete zde: beyondfossilfuels.org/2025/06/26/f...
26.06.2025 08:47 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
Neuer Bericht von Beyond Fossil Fuels zeigt: RWE & Uniper kassierten im Ausland über 2,4 Mrd. € für fossile Kraftwerke im Standby, auch wenn sie keinen Strom liefern. Wir brauchen ein flexibles und sauberes Stromsystem statt Milliardenzahlungen an Großkonzerne!
beyondfossilfuels.org/2025/06/26/f...
Czech energy giant EP Group, headed by billionaire Daniel Křetínský, tops the charts of European "capacity market" contracts for gas plants, totalling €4BN.
Most of these will be paid via UK & Italian energy bill 🤑 @beyondfossilfuels.bsky.social @re-set.bsky.social
archiv.hn.cz/c1-67754710-...
💶How can #consumer costs’ be minimized and
🍃how can we stay on track with national #climate goals
⚡when designing a new #CapacityMechanism?
📌Read more in our new policy brief :
🔗 thegreentank.gr/en/2025/06/2...
@beyondfossilfuels.bsky.social
#energytransition #cleanenergy
10 fossil fuel utilities have been awarded €21.4bn in capacity market contracts since 2015 to keep their gas plants on standby, all funded by levies on energy bills.
We’re calling it: Europe’s great gas giveaway.
👉Read @beyondfossilfuels.bsky.social analysis: beyondfossilfuels.org/2025/06/26/f...
❗4 miliardy eur z kapes daňových poplatníků pro Křetínského plynové elektrárny ❗
Kdo z vás to má? EP Group českého oligarchy má po Evropě nasmlouvány čtyři miliard eur z veřejných peněz, které dostane skrze takzvané kapacitní mechanismy.
Více v mém sloupku: denikreferendum.cz/clanek/23760...
We need to get off the fossil fuel energy price rollercoaster. The only way to do this is to kick gas out of the market, and scale up renewables and complementary technologies, like power grids and energy storage.
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Italian gas giants Enel & A2A have together received around €4 billion in contracts – contributing to a dash for gas that sees Italy planning to add 10.75 GW of new gas plants across the country. beyondfossilfuels.org/wp-content/u...
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German energy majors RWE & Uniper are also among the top ten companies in receipt of gas plant capacity market contracts, mainly rewarded via the British capacity market.
These companies are behind the push for new gas plant subsidies in Germany..
www.zeit.de/wirtschaft/2...
Polish companies PGE and Orlen Group also top the charts.
PGE reported a first-quarter recurring profit of ~€1BN earlier this year, noting "regulatory revenue gains from capacity mechanisms"🤑
www.reuters.com/business/ene...
Perhaps no surprise, Czech gas giant EP Group tops the list, with €4BN contracts paid mainly via GB, IT & PL bills.
With @re-set.bsky.social, we've previously revealed how the company seeks to promote a green image to investors - while expanding fossil assets
beyondfossilfuels.org/2025/02/12/b...
NEW @beyondfossilfuels.bsky.social analysis📣
In January, we revealed that European 'capacity market' subsidies have contracted €50BN+ to fossil plants, paid via energy bills. Today, we lift the lid on who's received the biggest share of gas plants contracts 👀 beyondfossilfuels.org/2025/06/26/f...
🧵 1/7 🧐 In a world where #fossilfuel companies are already making billions of euros worth of profits every year, should they also be allowed to make money from gas power capacity market contracts paid for through European energy bills?
Our new analysis 👉 beyondfossilfuels.org/2025/06/26/f...
British shipping firm #Seapeak transported #gas cargoes, contributing an estimated £127m in taxes to the Russian state last year
⚠️ See the full findings and join the call to end fossil fuel funding of war: bit.ly/SeapeakReport
@ross-greer.bsky.social @uk.govsky.org @bellingcat.com @b4ukraine.org
