Anca Gurzu
Europe Correspondent at Cipher News
Chief Europe Correspondent for @CipherClimate | 🎤Moderator | ex @POLITICOEurope | ex Fellow @StiglerCenter @ChicagoBooth RTs≠endorsements
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3 weeks ago |
ciphernews.com | Anca Gurzu
LONDON — Renewable energy has a new elevator pitch. At a time of waning climate action and volatile geopolitics, renewable power sources like wind and solar are rebranding from planet-saving, emissions-reducing clean technologies to must-haves for energy security and peace-of-mind. The narrative is shifting around the world due to a confluence of factors, but it’s perhaps most visible across Europe.
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3 weeks ago |
ciphernews.com | Anca Gurzu
Rising electricity demand from artificial intelligence data centers is boosting the share of European investments in early-stage clean technologies that focus on power and energy, according to a recent report from lobby group Cleantech for Europe. More than half (53%) of the investments into early- and mid-stage EU cleantech companies in the first quarter of 2025 were in the energy and power sector, up from 34% in the last quarter of 2024.
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1 month ago |
ciphernews.com | Anca Gurzu
Nothing lays bare the risk the Trump administration’s trade war poses to the United States and the rest of the Western economy quite like critical minerals. Rare earth elements, as well as lithium, graphite, silicon, nickel and other minerals, are all crucial to clean energy technologies, such as electric vehicles and wind turbines. Many are also key components in defense technologies, like drones and stealth war planes.
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1 month ago |
ciphernews.com | Anca Gurzu
The United States and China account for 80% of the projected growth in electricity consumption from data centers by the end of the decade, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). As artificial intelligence becomes an increasingly important pillar in our day-to-day lives, demand for electricity to power all that AI is expected to rise. Power consumption from data centers in the U.S. is set to increase 130% to 425 terawatt hours (TWh) by 2030 compared to 2024 levels.
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1 month ago |
ciphernews.com | Anca Gurzu
ESBJERG, Denmark — We all know wind turbines are big, but you can’t get a real sense of their size until you see them, and their various components, up close and in person. And when you do, it’s hard not to be amazed and humbled by what it takes to build and install them. That was my experience earlier this month during a trip to Western Denmark and Port Esbjerg, the country’s largest port and where four-fifths of Europe’s offshore wind capacity is shipped from.
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The “climate change issue is not a one-way street," Rahman Mustafayev @rahman2609m, Azerbaijan's amb to the Netherlands, tells me. Yes, banks+donors need to give developing countries better access to 💵 but receiving countries also need to better account for how they use the 💵
.@AncaGurzu sat down with Azerbaijan's ambassador to the Netherlands @rahman2609m to discuss his country's plans for the #COP29 climate summit in the capital Baku. Key things: access to climate finance and fossil fuels. Read more: https://t.co/t1OCg90gCZ
⭐Europe enters elections as global clean power leader⭐ As Europeans head to the polls this weekend, they can boast one of the cleanest electricity mixes in the world, outperforming the US and China, according to @EmberClimate. Read in @CipherClimate https://t.co/WQo0LOOywx https://t.co/UI9Zf4Ojzg
🏭Europe’s secret sauce to building a green industry? Be a better team player at home. Industrial strategy remains largely in the hands of the 27 members, creating fragmentation. One solution? Overcome national mentalities, experts say. But that’s easier said than done. ⬇️
Europe has some of the world’s most ambitious climate policies and speaks with one voice in intl trade. But having a coordinated industrial green strategy is proving a weak spot for the bloc, @AncaGurzu writes. https://t.co/dfJ1PJTPfv