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Gerard Reid

United Kingdom, Zechin
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Why and How Europe Must Make Electricity Cheap

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By Gerard Reid
| Substack
I was recently looking at a presentation showing average electricity prices for industrial and commercial customers across Europe. The lowest cost countries were Sweden and Finland, while the highest was the UK. The UK prices were roughly three times those in the Nordics, and the conclusion was hard to avoid and that was that if that gap persists, the UK is not going to just deindustrialise over the next decade, but it is also unlikely to attract new industry going forward.
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Espanha derruba preços de energia com avanço renovável

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By Nikolas Ferreira, JR Vital, Gerard Reid
| Diário Carioca
O AXIOMA O que um historiador citaria em 2050.) A Espanha transformou a descarbonização em um escudo de soberania nacional. O modelo prova que a infraestrutura renovável é a única proteção real contra a volatilidade geopolítica dos fósseis. A Espanha duplicou sua capacidade renovável desde 2019, isolando sua economia da alta de 55% nos preços do gás causada pela guerra com o Irã. O país registra hoje uma das tarifas elétricas mais baixas da Europa. Por que isso importa agora?
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Energy, Sovereignty and the Davos Wake-Up Call

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By Gerard Reid
| LinkedIn
“A country that can’t feed itself, fuel itself or defend itself has few options.” Those words from Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney stayed with me all week. When I look at Europe, I struggle to identify a single country that can genuinely do all three. France comes closest. It can feed itself, it can defend itself, and it has strong domestic electricity generation. But even France remains dependent on imported oil and gas. At the European level, the picture is even clearer.
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