Jorrit Gosens
@jorritgosens.bsky.social
Fellow on Energy Transitions at the Crawford School, Australian National University
The Hormuz Strait crisis and its effect on energy prices has been making headlines for months now. We’ve analysed what maritime chokepoints could do to global trade in coal.
Pre-print here: arxiv.org/pdf/2608.00328
With @alexbhturnbull.bsky.social & @frankjotzo.bsky.social .
Pre-print here: arxiv.org/pdf/2608.00328
With @alexbhturnbull.bsky.social & @frankjotzo.bsky.social .
August 6, 2026 at 8:13 AM
The Hormuz Strait crisis and its effect on energy prices has been making headlines for months now. We’ve analysed what maritime chokepoints could do to global trade in coal.
Pre-print here: arxiv.org/pdf/2608.00328
With @alexbhturnbull.bsky.social & @frankjotzo.bsky.social .
Pre-print here: arxiv.org/pdf/2608.00328
With @alexbhturnbull.bsky.social & @frankjotzo.bsky.social .
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Peter Hartcher is calling this the first reform budget in 26 years
(I think the emissions trading scheme was a major reform, but it obviously didn’t survive. I also think the energy transformation is undersold. But it’s mostly been tinkering + crises management)
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
(I think the emissions trading scheme was a major reform, but it obviously didn’t survive. I also think the energy transformation is undersold. But it’s mostly been tinkering + crises management)
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
The era of serious economic reform in Australia has been dead for 25 years. But this week, a pulse was detected
With both government and opposition pitching serious proposals for change, our political system is actually offering hope.
www.smh.com.au
May 15, 2026 at 11:20 PM
Peter Hartcher is calling this the first reform budget in 26 years
(I think the emissions trading scheme was a major reform, but it obviously didn’t survive. I also think the energy transformation is undersold. But it’s mostly been tinkering + crises management)
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
(I think the emissions trading scheme was a major reform, but it obviously didn’t survive. I also think the energy transformation is undersold. But it’s mostly been tinkering + crises management)
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
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The Australian Cheaper Home Batteries 🔋 ⚡ program has led to a 'battery rush' 📈 disproportionately benefiting those living in major city postcodes with high socio-economic status and a history of high solar installs 🪫🔌🫤.
🧪Paper is now online and ready to read and share via doi.org/10.13140/RG....
🧪Paper is now online and ready to read and share via doi.org/10.13140/RG....
May 10, 2026 at 11:48 PM
The Australian Cheaper Home Batteries 🔋 ⚡ program has led to a 'battery rush' 📈 disproportionately benefiting those living in major city postcodes with high socio-economic status and a history of high solar installs 🪫🔌🫤.
🧪Paper is now online and ready to read and share via doi.org/10.13140/RG....
🧪Paper is now online and ready to read and share via doi.org/10.13140/RG....
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The normalcy bias we're all experiencing for global sea-surface temperatures becomes apparent if we look at the graph of SSTs 1982-2026 and remove the last three years 2023, 2024, 2025 from the picture:
May 4, 2026 at 3:16 PM
The normalcy bias we're all experiencing for global sea-surface temperatures becomes apparent if we look at the graph of SSTs 1982-2026 and remove the last three years 2023, 2024, 2025 from the picture:
Wonder what the over/under on that will be
March 2, 2026 at 8:31 AM
Wonder what the over/under on that will be
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Online now - The Right to Power - Keeping First Nations
communities on prepayment connected
researchers-admin.westernsydney.edu.au/ws/portalfil...
@firstnationscen.bsky.social @cleanenergywire.bsky.social @climatenews.bsky.social @billmckibben.bsky.social @elfdock.bsky.social @ketanjoshi.co
🧪🔌⚡
communities on prepayment connected
researchers-admin.westernsydney.edu.au/ws/portalfil...
@firstnationscen.bsky.social @cleanenergywire.bsky.social @climatenews.bsky.social @billmckibben.bsky.social @elfdock.bsky.social @ketanjoshi.co
🧪🔌⚡
November 4, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Online now - The Right to Power - Keeping First Nations
communities on prepayment connected
researchers-admin.westernsydney.edu.au/ws/portalfil...
@firstnationscen.bsky.social @cleanenergywire.bsky.social @climatenews.bsky.social @billmckibben.bsky.social @elfdock.bsky.social @ketanjoshi.co
🧪🔌⚡
communities on prepayment connected
researchers-admin.westernsydney.edu.au/ws/portalfil...
@firstnationscen.bsky.social @cleanenergywire.bsky.social @climatenews.bsky.social @billmckibben.bsky.social @elfdock.bsky.social @ketanjoshi.co
🧪🔌⚡
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June 30, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Sky news talking heads in their usual abrasive tone arguing that the election was lost because the libs were far too mildly insane and trumpian.
The one point I agree with: whoever becomes the leader of the libs is who will loose the next election (6:30). Lovely.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5L2...
The one point I agree with: whoever becomes the leader of the libs is who will loose the next election (6:30). Lovely.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5L2...
‘Absolutely historic’: Coalitions loss was due to Dutton's ‘unappealing’ nature
YouTube video by Sky News Australia
www.youtube.com
May 9, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Sky news talking heads in their usual abrasive tone arguing that the election was lost because the libs were far too mildly insane and trumpian.
The one point I agree with: whoever becomes the leader of the libs is who will loose the next election (6:30). Lovely.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5L2...
The one point I agree with: whoever becomes the leader of the libs is who will loose the next election (6:30). Lovely.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5L2...
I talked China and green steel on the Energy Insiders podcast with David Leitch. We discussed opportunities for Australia to become an exporter of green iron to China, the technologies involved, and the relevance of ore qualities. Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/c...
China and green steel
Podcast Episode · Energy Insiders - a RenewEconomy Podcast · 24/04/2025 · 59m
podcasts.apple.com
May 5, 2025 at 4:33 AM
I talked China and green steel on the Energy Insiders podcast with David Leitch. We discussed opportunities for Australia to become an exporter of green iron to China, the technologies involved, and the relevance of ore qualities. Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/c...
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Top Wall Street institutions are prepping for global warming that blows past the Paris Agreement.
"We now expect a 3°C world," Morgan Stanley analysts wrote, a scenario in which harvest failures are widespread and sea-level rise is measured in feet rather than inches.
www.eenews.net/articles/big...
"We now expect a 3°C world," Morgan Stanley analysts wrote, a scenario in which harvest failures are widespread and sea-level rise is measured in feet rather than inches.
www.eenews.net/articles/big...
Big banks predict catastrophic warming, with profit potential
Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan and an international banking group have quietly concluded that climate change will likely exceed the Paris Agreement's 2 degree
www.eenews.net
March 31, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Top Wall Street institutions are prepping for global warming that blows past the Paris Agreement.
"We now expect a 3°C world," Morgan Stanley analysts wrote, a scenario in which harvest failures are widespread and sea-level rise is measured in feet rather than inches.
www.eenews.net/articles/big...
"We now expect a 3°C world," Morgan Stanley analysts wrote, a scenario in which harvest failures are widespread and sea-level rise is measured in feet rather than inches.
www.eenews.net/articles/big...
More evidence that hydrogen plans rollout are stuttering.
Thankfully it's about hydrogen-fired power plants this time though, which are a wasteful use of the resource anyway.
Thankfully it's about hydrogen-fired power plants this time though, which are a wasteful use of the resource anyway.
🔎 Still not convinced that the hydrogen bubble needs bursting OR unconvinced hydrogen is just a smokescreen to keep #FossilGas alive?
New Global Energy Monitor report shows that many hydrogen projects
⛓️ are stuck at the announcement phase
🎭 look just like old gas plans
📖 tinyurl.com/5a39dp83
New Global Energy Monitor report shows that many hydrogen projects
⛓️ are stuck at the announcement phase
🎭 look just like old gas plans
📖 tinyurl.com/5a39dp83
Europe ramps up hydrogen plans at gas sites but few projects take off
Key points Nearly all the European projects to introduce hydrogen into gas-fired power plants, LNG terminals, and gas transmission pipelines in an effort to decarbonize the energy system have yet to m...
tinyurl.com
February 2, 2025 at 10:26 PM
More evidence that hydrogen plans rollout are stuttering.
Thankfully it's about hydrogen-fired power plants this time though, which are a wasteful use of the resource anyway.
Thankfully it's about hydrogen-fired power plants this time though, which are a wasteful use of the resource anyway.
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A new study from @adrianodenweller.bsky.social and @falkoueckerdt.bsky.social quantifies the green hydrogen ambition and implementation gap, finding that meeting expectations will remain challenging and costly. https://bit.ly/40mppIh
The green hydrogen ambition and implementation gap - Nature Energy
Green hydrogen is critical for hard-to-electrify sectors, but faces economic headwinds. Odenweller and Ueckerdt quantify green hydrogen ambition and implementation gaps, showing that meeting expectations will remain challenging and costly.
bit.ly
January 17, 2025 at 1:20 PM
A new study from @adrianodenweller.bsky.social and @falkoueckerdt.bsky.social quantifies the green hydrogen ambition and implementation gap, finding that meeting expectations will remain challenging and costly. https://bit.ly/40mppIh
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I compared 22 identical climate-related posts on Threads vs Bluesky over the last 3 months, and the difference is shocking.
Normalized engagement on Threads dropped nearly 2/3 + my following dropped, while Bluesky engagement held steady + following quadrupled.
What’s driving this?
Read on! 🧵
Normalized engagement on Threads dropped nearly 2/3 + my following dropped, while Bluesky engagement held steady + following quadrupled.
What’s driving this?
Read on! 🧵
a monkey holding a smiley face a butterfly and an @ symbol
Alt: a monkey holding a smiley face a butterfly and an @ symbol
media.tenor.com
January 6, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I compared 22 identical climate-related posts on Threads vs Bluesky over the last 3 months, and the difference is shocking.
Normalized engagement on Threads dropped nearly 2/3 + my following dropped, while Bluesky engagement held steady + following quadrupled.
What’s driving this?
Read on! 🧵
Normalized engagement on Threads dropped nearly 2/3 + my following dropped, while Bluesky engagement held steady + following quadrupled.
What’s driving this?
Read on! 🧵
Great to see even Xinhua agency cover this peak celebration of Australian culture
english.news.cn/20250103/e63...
english.news.cn/20250103/e63...
Album: Summernats car festival in Australia
english.news.cn
January 3, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Great to see even Xinhua agency cover this peak celebration of Australian culture
english.news.cn/20250103/e63...
english.news.cn/20250103/e63...
The opposition's nuclear policy fails on bringing cheaper power, fails on emission reduction (it requires coal plants to operate for far longer) and also fails on reliability as those plants are far too old to operate to or past 2035, as their owners also say.
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
Dutton’s ‘brave’ nuclear bet relies on coal plants. Their owners are concerned
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton’s energy plan is for coal plants to keep running until nuclear is built. But the coal owners need answers.
www.smh.com.au
December 26, 2024 at 10:16 PM
The opposition's nuclear policy fails on bringing cheaper power, fails on emission reduction (it requires coal plants to operate for far longer) and also fails on reliability as those plants are far too old to operate to or past 2035, as their owners also say.
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
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If you’re confused about Albo and Plibersek’s approach to coal, hope this helps x
December 20, 2024 at 3:42 AM
If you’re confused about Albo and Plibersek’s approach to coal, hope this helps x
News from IEA is that coal consumption may not fall over next 3 years (as predicted last year) but plateau instead.
Big movement in China especially, last year a 205 Mt drop, this year a 66 Mt increase for next 3 years.
Good news is all of this is dependent on reneables growth, see plot
Big movement in China especially, last year a 205 Mt drop, this year a 66 Mt increase for next 3 years.
Good news is all of this is dependent on reneables growth, see plot
December 19, 2024 at 1:22 AM
News from IEA is that coal consumption may not fall over next 3 years (as predicted last year) but plateau instead.
Big movement in China especially, last year a 205 Mt drop, this year a 66 Mt increase for next 3 years.
Good news is all of this is dependent on reneables growth, see plot
Big movement in China especially, last year a 205 Mt drop, this year a 66 Mt increase for next 3 years.
Good news is all of this is dependent on reneables growth, see plot
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Coalition spelling it out very clearly that their option is a lot more dirtier than the current plan.
The nuclear path leads to higher emissions.
The nuclear path leads to higher emissions.
December 13, 2024 at 1:19 AM
Coalition spelling it out very clearly that their option is a lot more dirtier than the current plan.
The nuclear path leads to higher emissions.
The nuclear path leads to higher emissions.
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We should stop describing CCS as "commercially unproven" . It's been proved unworkable and commercially non-viable www.abc.net.au/news/...? (via Coalwire)
Bid to turn Latrobe Valley's coal into hydrogen hits major roadblock
A world-first bid to turn the Latrobe Valley's brown coal into hydrogen hits a massive hurdle, after a major international partner backs out of a trial in the region.
www.abc.net.au
December 11, 2024 at 9:08 PM
We should stop describing CCS as "commercially unproven" . It's been proved unworkable and commercially non-viable www.abc.net.au/news/...? (via Coalwire)
Good to see a terrible ideas getting axed for once. Even if because of cost concerns rather than the lack of any real emission reductions as ANU reseachers have pointed out: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Also after quite a bit of gov't money had been spent
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...
Also after quite a bit of gov't money had been spent
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...
Bid to turn Latrobe Valley's coal into hydrogen hits major roadblock
A world-first bid to turn the Latrobe Valley's brown coal into hydrogen hits a massive hurdle, after a major international partner backs out of a trial in the region.
www.abc.net.au
December 10, 2024 at 3:02 AM
Good to see a terrible ideas getting axed for once. Even if because of cost concerns rather than the lack of any real emission reductions as ANU reseachers have pointed out: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Also after quite a bit of gov't money had been spent
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...
Also after quite a bit of gov't money had been spent
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...
Don't understand how anyone would have been able to gather all that wealth in the first place, if you're this reckless.
Also probably really good timing to cash out on the craze as the meme started to die down I guess.
Also probably really good timing to cash out on the craze as the meme started to die down I guess.
December 5, 2024 at 8:24 PM
Don't understand how anyone would have been able to gather all that wealth in the first place, if you're this reckless.
Also probably really good timing to cash out on the craze as the meme started to die down I guess.
Also probably really good timing to cash out on the craze as the meme started to die down I guess.
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Chinese solar panel manufacturing goliath JinkoSolar says the firm now ships 1GW of modules every 4 days.
#solarpanels
www.solarquotes.com.au/blog/jinkoso...
#solarpanels
www.solarquotes.com.au/blog/jinkoso...
JinkoSolar Clocks Up 300GW Of Panel Shipments
Chinese solar panel manufacturing goliath JinkoSolar says the firm now ships 1GW of its PV modules every 4 days.
www.solarquotes.com.au
December 4, 2024 at 8:53 PM
Chinese solar panel manufacturing goliath JinkoSolar says the firm now ships 1GW of modules every 4 days.
#solarpanels
www.solarquotes.com.au/blog/jinkoso...
#solarpanels
www.solarquotes.com.au/blog/jinkoso...
ABC's good news story of the day for younger folks struggling to buy a home: just live in with your parents for a few years and then buy a 4 br house for 450k because that exists in some corners of this country apparently
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...
'We saved for this': Young couple crack housing dream
Meatworkers Jordan Cullinane, 23, and Remi Krahenbring, 25, knew they didn't want to be paying off someone else's mortgage, so they put their heads down and started saving.
www.abc.net.au
December 3, 2024 at 4:29 AM
ABC's good news story of the day for younger folks struggling to buy a home: just live in with your parents for a few years and then buy a 4 br house for 450k because that exists in some corners of this country apparently
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...