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Three guesses: 1 Energy transition is from fossil fuels to metal-based economy 2 Revenues from metals is tiny compared to selling fossils => No current petrostate turns into electrostate. 3 Hi Capital requirments =>Majority of extraction will take place in Global North not South

I'm a fan of LNG over paying Russia for natural gas. But the emissions of LNG are often worse than coal. More and more research indicates this. Why? Fugitive emissions (especially from fracking) + compression + transport newyorker.com/news/daily-com…

CHART OF THE DAY: The size of Germany's off-budget "special" funds is quite something -- even when considering they are multi-year endeavors. Climate crisis funds and energy subsidies account for ~50% of the off-budget funds. Full story: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Here's a new podcast about my book on German energy history with Timon Wunderlich, on "Understanding the World". youtu.be/k2cQNhclBGA?si… NYU CEMS The Modern European History Collective Central European History Society

Join us at KJCC for a Major/Minor Spotlight Event on Thurs, Feb 15 from 12 - 2pm! Undergrads will have the opportunity to meet and talk to faculty, staff, & students from five different depts for info and advice about choosing a major/minor. Snacks provided! #NYU

CEMS has a great lineup for the spring semester. Please come by you're in the NYC area! as.nyu.edu/research-cente…

People are consistently underestimating growth in solar and batteries. 7.9 TWh is enough to store the full daily production of over 1 TW of solar. The world will soon be able to add multiple terawatts of solar + storage every year. Demand for batteries is extremely elastic. As

Join CEMS, Remarque Institute at NYU, and the E. European Workshop on 04/12 for a symposium that explores how historians and scholars narrate the close of the twentieth and the beginning of the twenty-first century. as.nyu.edu/research-cente… #NYUartsandscience

Join CEMS, NYU Berlin, and @MPIWG for a book presentation on, "Germany in the Age of Oil, Atoms, and Climate Change," by Stephen Gross, in conversation with Dr. Thomas Turnbull 📆Thursday, May 16 ⌚4PM-5:30PM | In-Person (Light refreshments provided) NYU Berlin

Cheap batteries are a GAME CHANGER for GRID CONGESTION and for SOLAR and WIND We are now moving towards $60 on the cell level for LFP and $40/kWh for sodium ion. $100 for stationary systems in Chine. Using them for demand response will turn the energy system upside down. 🧵

New #TransformativePodcast! In this special episode we revisit the #RECETFestival on "Green Transformations" – our Rosamund Johnston moderating a panel on Nuclear Energy with Stephen Gross (Stephen Gross), Anna Weichselbraun @annaw.bsky.social & Elisabeth Röhrlich. ➡️ recet.at/podcast

I like to point people to this chart and ask: what do you think is going to happen next?

The latest in the nordstream saga … an off the books Ukrainian scheme? wsj.com/world/europe/n…

I'm teaching 20th century Germany this fall. Does anyone have suggestions for good, new overview books that cover this entire period, and that are suitable for undergraduates? The Modern European History Collective German Studies Collaboratory Central European History Society Critical European Studies

Join us on 10/7 for "Germany as Climate Leader?" at Deutsches Haus, part of the Germany on Campus series! Explore Germany's role in tackling climate change with expert panelists. German Embassy Washington NYU German Dept. Clean Energy Wire Sven Egenter Sabine von Mering Stephen Gross

Green politicians from across Europe called on U.S. Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein to withdraw from the race for the White House and endorse Democrat Kamala Harris instead. trib.al/obiac16

Europe Alone? European Security at a Time of U.S. Disengagement: Join Hans Kundnani Hans Kundnani, Matthias Mattijs Matthias Matthijs, and Kaija Schilde Kaija Schilde for a vital discussion on the future of Europe's security amidst war, U.S. disengagement, & rising far-right politics.

If you're even half interested in energy, I bet you've seen this chart. I call it The Most Hopeful Chart in the World. The point? We're embracing renewable power MUCH faster than expected. Hurrah! Only problem is, this chart has an evil twin. A chart we really need to discuss 🧵

My article on the EU, Energy, and Climate in the 1990s is finally out! NYU CEMS academic.oup.com/past/advance-a…

NEW from me: China's CO2 emissions fell ~1.6% in the first quarter and have now been flat or down for more than a year. This is the first time on record that emissions are falling due to clean energy growth, not slow power demand.