@janrosenow.bsky.social
Professor of Energy & Climate Policy at University of Oxford Energy Programme Leader at ECI, University of Oxford Senior Research Fellow at Oriel College, Oxford Senior Associate Institute for Sustainability Leadership, University of Cambridge
@janrosenow.bsky.socialPakistan's solar boom is really two booms. One is 6.1 GW of net-metered solar where the grid works and tariffs bite. The other is hidden: ~40 GW of modules imported, much of it off-grid where outages hit 8–10 hrs/day.
Our new paper summarised here:
@janrosenow.bsky.socialNice to see that less than a week after the launch the Oxford Martin Electrification Accelerator already made it into Canada's National Observer!
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@janrosenow.bsky.socialReposted by @janrosenow.bsky.socialNEW BRIGHT SPOTS: How countries with hot climates, fast-growing economies, expensive energy, and fragile grids turn to solar.
Not because of policy. People and businesses voted with their feet.
@janrosenow.bsky.socialI told @theguardian.com “Every home constructed today that runs on fossil fuels is a liability for the occupants.”
They also made part of my statement the headline: “We need less political point scoring.”
@janrosenow.bsky.socialNEW BRIGHT SPOTS: How countries with hot climates, fast-growing economies, expensive energy, and fragile grids turn to solar.
Not because of policy. People and businesses voted with their feet.
@janrosenow.bsky.social🙏
@janrosenow.bsky.socialAnd “Every combustion car and every gas boiler sold today leaves us exposed for 15 years to the next oil crisis. And each new industrial facility that runs on fossil fuels consolidates an import-dependent infrastructure for decades."
@janrosenow.bsky.socialExcellent article in El Pais on the impact of Hormuz on electrification this morning.
I told them “Electric cars and heat pumps are between three and four times more efficient [than their fossil equivalents]”
@janrosenow.bsky.socialThanks!
@janrosenow.bsky.socialYesterday we launched Oxford Martin Electrification Accelerator funded by @oxmartinschool.bsky.social
@orieloxford.bsky.social played a key role. For two decades it backed energy research at Oxford through its Jackson Senior Research Fellowships.
@janrosenow.bsky.socialLate to the party
@janrosenow.bsky.socialI already shared above
@janrosenow.bsky.socialThanks - we think so too!
@monkchips.comReposted by @janrosenow.bsky.socialThe Transition 🔋
@argusdreamer.bsky.socialReposted by @janrosenow.bsky.social🌊💨♨️☀️
@janrosenow.bsky.socialNEW RESEARCH: Energy bills nearly doubled in 2020–23. But England's official fuel poverty rate barely moved.
We think it’s time for a better fuel poverty indicator. Our paper sets out an alternative that responds to price shocks.
@janrosenow.bsky.socialReposted by @janrosenow.bsky.socialBIG NEWS: Up to 75% of global energy demand could be electrified by 2050 with technologies we already have.
Progress is slow and the barriers are mostly political and institutional.
Today we launch the Oxford Martin Electrification Accelerator to change that.
@janrosenow.bsky.socialReposted by @janrosenow.bsky.socialNEW RESEARCH: Pakistan's solar boom is one of the world's most impressive renewable deployment stories.
It is also a story about a broken grid, high electricity prices and inequality.
This is the first peer-reviewed paper to take a deep dive into it.
@zoesamuel.bsky.socialReposted by @janrosenow.bsky.socialSuper cool electrification accelerator - check out the link! www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/electrificat...
@janrosenow.bsky.socialLink seemed broken - try this www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/electrificat...
