Georg Zachmann

🚨 PhD Fellowship in Energy and Climate Economics – University of Barcelona School of Economics! Join my research project on accelerating the energy transition at the Chair of Energy Sustainability and the PhD in Economics programme. Apply until 11/12/2026. Instructions below 👇

NEW🚨The new Franco-German agreement on the future of the automotive industry risks undermining EU credibility and harming allies by easing climate efforts while endorsing a protectionist approach. With Jeromin Zettelmeyer and Ignacio Garcia Bercero www.bruegel.org/first-glance...

Wie kommunistisch ist China noch, wo mehr Dollar-Milliardäre leben als in den USA? Das habe ich für Ö1 die Sinologin Susanne Weigelin-Schwiedrzik gefragt, die China so gut erklären erklären kann wie kaum wer sonst. Unser Gespräch kann man hier auch lesen und es gibt einen doppelt so langen Podcast:

The diplomats may have reached an agreement, but the market is not convinced.

☀️🍃 Where and when it pays: the economic value of solar and wind power placement in Europe ✏️ Analysis by @mariejuge.bsky.social, @aroth.bsky.social & @gzachmann.bsky.social 🔗 buff.ly/Jjvf2iL #EconSky

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz arrived in Kyiv on an unannounced visit, Süddeutsche Zeitung reports. Germany plans €1 billion for interceptor drones and long-range weapons production in Ukraine, plus €350 million to repair damaged power plants. #Ukraine

So we spend 10% of IEA stocks to balance the oil market by a bit less than 1 mbd (<1% of global market)

European weekly LNG imports are up to levels not seen since April. Higher European prices ahead of winter are pulling cargoes in.

For VoxUkraine @asicheneder.bsky.social, R.Stubbe & me discuss the 3 ETS-draft laws currently in the Ukrainian Parliament It is great to see momentum Now it is crucial to converge to a robust, EU-ETS compatible framework in order to underpin investments & EU accession voxukraine.org/en/three-ets...

Unter mehrfach wiederkehrendem Flugabwehrfeuer und mindestens einer in größerer Entfernung hörbaren Detonation haben wir heute in Butscha die in Braunschweig gesammelten Hilfsgüter bei Bucha Help abgeladen. Versorgt werden damit mindestens ein Krankenhaus und ein Altenheim sowie ein Kinderheim.

EU refinery output did not fully recover after COVID, but remained relatively stable since 2021. The share of jet-fuel in the output-mix has been gradually ramped up from 3% to 8% since 2021.

Ukrainian special services have received Russian documents about Russiaʼs preparation of complex and comprehensive attacks on the energy sector this winter. babel.ua/en/news/1304...

The EU completely sold out its principles today. The symbolic effect of lifting sanctions on Usmanov and Fridman is a catastrophy. There is hardly any justification for this. Who's next? Is this the beginning of EU sanctions collapsing?

The macroeconomic impact of the current oil-price shock feels muted. One thing that has changed is that the US is now a substantial net exporter (annual oil/LNG export revenues might increase by $150bn/$50bn). Visibly the USD does not depreciate when oil prices rise.

tagesthemen: @gzachmann.bsky.social, Ökonom Denkfabrik @bruegel.org, zur Umsetzung der Entlastung bei den Spritpreisen www.tagesschau.de/tagesthemen/...

Over summer, we have revamped the @bruegel.org gas import tracker. Mostly data pipeline, so webpage should look similar. Weekly updates are now resuming (thursday mornings) & data are downloadable now from the charts directly. Page has imports, LNG flows and storage balances 👇

Just learnt: For centuries, #Magdeburg served as the supreme appellate court* and legal blueprint for hundreds of daughter towns across Central and Eastern Europe (Kyiv, Vilnius, ...) - until its entire collection of precedents burned down in 1631. [* answering their legal inquiries ('Weistümer')]

Commercial jet fuel stocks at the AmsterdamRotterdamAntwerp (ARA) hub touched their lowest level last week:

Commercial jet fuel stocks at the AmsterdamRotterdamAntwerp (ARA) hub touched their lowest level last week:

US strategic oil storage volumes that have been built over 40 years have been consumed in 2022 (-220mb) and 1H2026 (-95mb). www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/his...

If you are curious about the latest details of Russian military spending, I recommend the interactive SWP Russian Budget Monitor. You can browse the different components of military spending, view how each of them has changed over time in charts & export all data: www.swp-berlin.org/en/publicati...

Portugal seeks inspiration from the UK on possibly implementing an independent system operator for electricity (i.e., splitting ownership and planning/operation functions to improve incentives and transparency) elperiodicodelaenergia.com/portugal-abr...

DG COMP has approved up to €35bn for 11 GW of new German gas-fired power plants by the end of 2031. ​The new capacity mechanism will be financed through a new levy paid by electricity consumers. (I am worried that natl CRMs further fragment the single elect market.) ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

🚨 It's launch day! Today we publish our @bruegel.org European Clean Tech Atlas. We bring you stories and data on how clean technologies are reshaping Europe's economy, energy system and industrial base. ➡️ Explore the European Clean Tech Atlas at www.bruegel.org/book/europea...

Keeping climate ambition on the agenda is more critical than ever. ​How should Europe adapt its strategy to meet changing political and physical realities? ​Watch our discussion live in a few minutes (or catch it later) :

💥 Brussels is working on plans to break up the EU’s diplomatic service and fold parts of it into the European Commission, in response to demands from France and Germany for a sweeping overhaul of Brussels’ foreign policy machinery by the end of the year. as.ft.com/r/da74e7ff-0...

📚 On Wednesday, we at Bruegel will launch our European Clean Tech Atlas — a new guide to exploring Europe’s ongoing clean energy and industrial transformation. Join the discussion with Laura Cozzi (IEA), Celine Gauer (EC) and Ben McWilliams by registering here: www.bruegel.org/bruegel-annu...

🌅 Can climate policy survive? 🗓️ 2 September | 09:10-10:10 🙌 Meet our speakers: 1️⃣ Chair: @gzachmann.bsky.social, Bruegel 2️⃣ Jan Dusik, @ec.europa.eu 3️⃣ Julia Maris, @engie.com 4️⃣ Pierre Wunsch, National Bank of Belgium 🔗 Register for Bruegel Annual Meetings: buff.ly/8EP8mpd #BAM2026 #EconSky

Scoop by @nkurmayer.bsky.social: DG ENER's Christof Lessenich is set to become the new Director of ACER www.euractiv.com/news/exclusi...

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📊 UPDATED: European natural gas demand tracker ✨ With data now updated to July 2026 🔗 Explore the dataset here: buff.ly/4dzHgNT 🖋️ Compiled by @mariejuge.bsky.social, @bmcwilliams.bsky.social and @gzachmann.bsky.social #EconSky

📑The discussion will draw on @gzachmann.bsky.social and Annabelle Weisser's Policy Brief, 'International carbon trading: a strategic lever to boost global decarbonisation'. 📖 Read the Policy Brief now: buff.ly/2BPIPvH #EconSky

The EU will allow up to 5% of its 2040 emissions target to be met via international carbon credits. This cannot just be a cheap compliance loophole. It must be a strategic lever to drive global decarbonisation. New @bruegel.org brief with Annabelle Weisser. 🧵 1/10

Very perspicacious analysis by @nkurmayer.bsky.social, who knows a thing or two about the nexus of energy and climate policy.