Jon Glasco

Why the Citizens Energy Package is the key to Europe’s energy autonomy Part of the broader Clean Industrial Deal, it will move Europe towards a power system driven by a domestic renewables production: the future of energy is local

"The Citizens Energy Package is the moment for the EU to prove that its “just transition” is more than a slogan – it is a commitment to putting energy back in the hands of its citizens."
🎙️ Josh Roberts, Head of Policy at @rescoop.eu

Read the full op-ed on @renewablematter.bsky.social ⤵️

Eurocities President Mathias De Clercq has delivered a message to MEPs 👉 cities must be partners in the next #EUBudget.

At the @europarl.europa.eu's REGI Committee, De Clercq stated the ambitious #EUCitiesAgenda is not matched by city resources in #MFF proposals.

👉 eurocities.eu/latest/euroc...

Italy is set to follow the same trajectory as California, with lots of battery projects in the pipeline.

Solar or wind power stored in a battery and shifted to the evening could cost €64/MWh in 🇮🇹

Electricity from a typical gas power plant? ~ €110/MWh in 2025

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☀️🌬️ Solar and wind continue to expand their share of global electricity, with solar leading growth. However, current deployment rates fall short of what is needed to meet 2030 targets.

More from the #StateOfClimateAction in 2025: bit.ly/4r1ACKA

Ukraine: No power, no heat, no water – how journalists in Kyiv keep working amid blackouts and freezing temperatures By Valeriia Muskharina (Information Service of the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine ) This winter in Ukraine has become another severe test. ...

#Ukraine: Even without power, heat or water, journalists in Ukraine keep reporting. The National Union of Journalists of Ukraine is on the front line supporting journalists with power, internet and emergency aid via Journalists’ Solidarity Centers launched by #IFJ, @europeanjournalists.org & UNESCO.

Three questions about next-generation nuclear power, answered What new nuclear technologies mean for safety, costs, and more.

Here's what new nuclear technologies mean for safety, costs, and more.

It’s the middle of winter, but drought covers the U.S. That’s concerning. Unusual dryness or drought covers more than two-thirds of the U.S., from the Pacific Northwest to the East Coast. In the West, the situation is particularly concerning.

“It’s terrifying to think of the upcoming fire season."

Energy Resilience in Central and Eastern Europe: Security, Innovation and Regional Gaps Energy Resilience in Central and Eastern Europe: Security, Innovation and Regional Gaps

Part 1 of my article on Energy Resilience in Central and Eastern Europe.
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#NewPolis #EnergySecurity #Resilience #Innovation #Renewables #Startups #SmartCities #CESEC #3SI

☀️ Good news! Renewables keep pushing fossil fuels out of the EU electricity mix.

In 2025, wind and solar power was 291 TWh higher than in 2021. The fossil fuel share went down by 257 TWh.

You can explore the data in our Bruegel European Clean Tech Tracker: european-clean-tech-tracker.bruegel.org

🔌💡 #Energy costs have already risen 11 percent this year, and consumers can’t keep footing the bill for a 140-year-old technology.
thepowerline.substack.com/p/coals-not-... by @silviomarcacci.bsky.social

Clean energy is still booming in the U.S. despite Trump's best efforts New wind and solar power is still growing, even in the face of political uncertainty and the ending of federal policies designed to help grow renewables.

🔌💡 "In 2025, nearly all new power added to the grid came from solar, wind, and batteries."

www.fastcompany.com/91474000/cle... by Adele Peters @fastcompany.com

California dominates the scene:

- Tech innovation
- AI and quantum computing
- Venture capital
- Most Fortune 500 companies
- The world’s best higher education system
- The world’s best conveyor belt of talent and innovation
- A progressive tax system

Europe commits to wind energy expansion despite Trump criticism, draft shows European governments including Germany, Britain and Denmark will reinforce their plans to massively expand wind power projects on Monday, despite U.S. President Donald Trump stepping up criticism of their green energy agenda, a draft declaration due to be signed by government leaders showed.

Europe commits to wind energy expansion despite Trump criticism, draft shows reut.rs/4pTHGYg

Rural Resilience Gathering | Knowledge is the Power to Shape our Rural Futures Together | Agricultural and Rural Convention We congregated on the last weekend in November, together with participants from 12 European countries and beyond, for our Rural Resilience Gathering 2025. We took home new perspectives, tools and best...

"If we are to change the narrative around farming and rural areas, we must keep creating spaces for dialogue." ~Rural Resilience Gathering
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#Agriculture #Rural #Resilience #Knowledge #Ecosystems #Policy #Agroecology @arc2020.bsky.social

Once privileged, #journalists face new challenges in 21st century Europe. Discover which in our talk with
@europeanjournalists.org director @renateschroeder.bsky.social & freelance reporter
@martaabba.bsky.social

📆 20/01/2026
🕐 12:30 CET
✍️ Register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#PulseEurope

The Black Sea region holds strategic importance for the EU ... as an energy hub and its role as a multinodal transit route connecting Europe and Asia!
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#Energy #Resilience #Railways #Shipping #Connectivity #Geopolitics #EU #NewPolis #oiip

And I'm off to the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos at a time when global tension run high.

I will be facilitating 4 sessions one of which will be live-streamed:

The Rise of Electro States. If you cannot attend watch the live-stream if you can or the recording.

Almost half of CO2 reductions by 2050 are expected to come from technologies that are not yet available.
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#innovation #GHG #emissions #REPowerEU #digital #renewables

Europe’s ePrivacy reforms aim to ease cookie consent fatigue, but their modest tweaks arrive too late & leave the outdated opt-in model—& the friction it creates—largely intact.

Daniel Castro's latest👇
https://datainnovation.org/2025/12/europes-eprivacy-reforms-come-too-late-and-go-too-small/

Energy Resilience in Central and Eastern Europe: What Cities Must Do Next How cities can strengthen energy resilience in Central and Eastern Europe. Part II explores urban energy security, energy poverty, and local solutions.

Part 2 of my article on Energy Resilience in Central and Eastern Europe.
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#EnergySecurity #Resilience #CrossBorder #Innovation #Renewables #SmartCities

How next-generation nuclear reactors break out of the 20th-century blueprint From molten salt to TRISO fuel, here’s how technological advancements could upend an old power technology.

A new generation of nuclear power technology could reinvent what a reactor looks like—and how it works. Advocates hope that new tech can refresh the industry and help replace fossil fuels without emitting greenhouse gases.

Graph: Science, technology and innovation research security initiatives. Number of ongoing initiatives, as reported in the 2025 STIP Compass database. The number rises from approx. 25 in 2013 to around 250 in 2025, with a sharp increase beginning around 2019.

Graph: Science, technology and innovation research security initiatives. Number of economies with ongoing initiatives, as reported in the 2025 STIP Compass database. The number rises from just over 10 in 2013 to 41 in 2025.

By 2025, 41 countries had introduced 250 #ResearchSecurity policy measures, almost 10x more than in 2018.

As geopolitics reshapes global science and innovation, the new OECD STI Outlook 2025 highlights the need to safeguard critical assets while keeping science open: oe.cd/STIO25

#scicom #scipol

A beautiful but skewed spiral galaxy in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image. The galaxy, called Arp 184 or NGC 1961, sits about 190 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation Camelopardalis (the Giraffe).

Link for more info: www.flickr.com/photos/nasah...

Energy Resilience in Central and Eastern Europe: Security, Innovation and Regional Gaps Energy Resilience in Central and Eastern Europe: Security, Innovation and Regional Gaps

Part 1 of my article on Energy Resilience in Central and Eastern Europe; released by New Polis, an e-journal "at the intersection of sustainability, smart cities, and quality of life."
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#EnergySecurity #Resilience #CrossBorder #SmartGrids #Innovation #Startups #CESEC

At this point, given the relative cost of renewable energy and the scale of the investment opportunity there for incumbent utility & power companies, what is the constituency for this rabid anti-green energy content? Whose interests is it actually serving? It's such a colossal waste of time.

What is the EU doing to defend its borders? Europe is shifting into defence mode. EU leaders say the threat is real and growing. As Brussels pours billions into defence, is Europe preparing fast enough for the threats it says are coming?

Europe is shifting into defence mode. EU leaders say the threat is real and growing. As Brussels pours billions into defence, is Europe preparing fast enough for the threats it says are coming? #EuXl

Sodium-ion batteries: 10 Breakthrough Technologies 2026 A cheaper, safer, and more abundant alternative to lithium is finally making its way into cars—and the grid.

A cheaper, safer, and more abundant alternative to lithium is finally making its way into cars—and the grid.

That's why we named sodium-ion batteries to this year's list of 10 Breakthrough Technologies.

🌳 Forests: Earth's thermostat under threat

New data reveals that extreme fires caused forests to absorb far less carbon than usual in 2023 and 2024, weakening their cooling effect.

More on what this means for the world's forest carbon sink 👉 go.wri.org/carbon-sinks