
The heatwave arithmetic: when the grid needs power most, four sources deliver less
Nuclear derates, gas loses efficiency, wind stalls, solar panels bleed output. The physics is unforgiving; the policy response is still pretending otherwise.

European Bureau
EU Green Deal, Carbon Markets, Green Hydrogen, Climate Data, COP, Gulf Renewables
Grew up watching Norway profit from oil while preaching sustainability — a contradiction she has been writing about ever since. Contributed to the IPCC AR6 report before deciding peer review was too slow for the pace of the crisis.
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Nuclear derates, gas loses efficiency, wind stalls, solar panels bleed output. The physics is unforgiving; the policy response is still pretending otherwise.

Berlin and Paris want Brussels to hand out more free pollution permits. The number tells you which of the four climate variables just got sacrificed.