Journalist - energy, climate, buildings and occasionally politics @Euractiv Tell me what I got wrong: nikolaus.kurmayer@euractiv.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/nkurmayer.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/nkurmayer.bsky.social/post/3muua6zfhfk2jLeg mich fest: AfD unter 40% in Sachsen-Anhalt06 Sep 2026 14:44 +0000at://did:plc:66qckp4ns5ad2juucv7pxfl2/app.bsky.feed.post/3muua6zfhfk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/nkurmayer.bsky.social/post/3murufulm5s22So we can all agree that liking olives is correlated with aging, dampened tastebuds, right05 Sep 2026 16:08 +0000at://did:plc:66qckp4ns5ad2juucv7pxfl2/app.bsky.feed.post/3murufulm5s22https://bsky.app/profile/nkurmayer.bsky.social/post/3mujiczm5y22jTaking all bets as to whether this is Theranos 2.0 [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Sep 2026 08:10 +0000at://did:plc:66qckp4ns5ad2juucv7pxfl2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mujiczm5y22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/nkurmayer.bsky.social/post/3mugvwncabc2iWhy nobody in the wind industry feels like celebrating what will likely become a record year https://www.euractiv.com/news/wind-industry-downbeat-despite-being-on-track-for-record-deployment-this-year/ [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Sep 2026 07:36 +0000at://did:plc:66qckp4ns5ad2juucv7pxfl2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mugvwncabc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/nkurmayer.bsky.social/post/3mucluaod2c2sIceland said no. Read this prescient piece by my collague @magnuslundnielsen.bsky.social reporting from Grundarfjörður to find out why! https://www.euractiv.com/news/referendum-enlargement-this-icelander-smells-something-fishy-in-brussels/30 Aug 2026 14:25 +0000at://did:plc:66qckp4ns5ad2juucv7pxfl2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mucluaod2c2shttps://bsky.app/profile/nkurmayer.bsky.social/post/3mtt6l5is5c2uAlle wollen schreiben, keiner will mehr lesen24 Aug 2026 11:17 +0000at://did:plc:66qckp4ns5ad2juucv7pxfl2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtt6l5is5c2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/nkurmayer.bsky.social/post/3mtlxsyz5e22kÖsterreich und die Obsession mit der Bodenversiegelung21 Aug 2026 14:28 +0000at://did:plc:66qckp4ns5ad2juucv7pxfl2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtlxsyz5e22khttps://bsky.app/profile/nkurmayer.bsky.social/post/3mtlus76fr223Why 2026 Europe shouldn't be compared to 2021/2022 Europe https://www.euractiv.com/news/historic-low-storage-levels-are-not-a-gas-supply-crisis/21 Aug 2026 13:33 +0000at://did:plc:66qckp4ns5ad2juucv7pxfl2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtlus76fr223https://bsky.app/profile/nkurmayer.bsky.social/post/3mtjbr6xa3s2qI'm in my thirties and excited for the upcoming Linkin Park Unshatter movie -- are there self-help groups for this20 Aug 2026 12:48 +0000at://did:plc:66qckp4ns5ad2juucv7pxfl2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtjbr6xa3s2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/nkurmayer.bsky.social/post/3mtjaylrayk2qhttps://www.euractiv.com/opinion/europe-should-read-taiwans-little-orange-book/20 Aug 2026 12:34 +0000at://did:plc:66qckp4ns5ad2juucv7pxfl2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtjaylrayk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/nkurmayer.bsky.social/post/3mtb5r6o5cs2wI'm as much anti-farmer as the next guy... But its extremely dangerous and worrying to see this kind of rhetoric from an influential Brusselite alleging that democratically elected MEPs are engaging in corruption by voting down green rules they'd be most affected by (&hence most informed on) [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Aug 2026 07:15 +0000at://did:plc:66qckp4ns5ad2juucv7pxfl2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtb5r6o5cs2whttps://bsky.app/profile/nkurmayer.bsky.social/post/3msiatcc2622nQuick reality check: in Kosovo, amost 90% of energy still comes from burning stuff, the country is currently weighing the odds whether to gasify its lignite, and how to make use of US support https://kosovotwopointzero.com/en/coal-burns-while-plans-for-gas-remain-in-the-air07 Aug 2026 09:33 +0000at://did:plc:66qckp4ns5ad2juucv7pxfl2/app.bsky.feed.post/3msiatcc2622nhttps://bsky.app/profile/nkurmayer.bsky.social/post/3msi3hn6rnc2gUS with a 15% tariff on poly from 4 December https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/08/adjusting-imports-of-polysilicon-and-its-derivatives-into-the-united-states/07 Aug 2026 07:57 +0000at://did:plc:66qckp4ns5ad2juucv7pxfl2/app.bsky.feed.post/3msi3hn6rnc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/nkurmayer.bsky.social/post/3msfl5kfkfs2jBig news coming out of Germany, via @emmapirnay.bsky.social Now where can I get some https://www.euractiv.com/news/novo-nordisk-announces-first-eu-country-for-wegovy-pill-launch/ https://www.euractiv.com/news/novo-nordisk-announces-first-eu-country-for-wegovy-pill-launch/?utm_source=eac&utm_medium=bluesky&utm_campaign=euractiv.com06 Aug 2026 08:00 +0000at://did:plc:66qckp4ns5ad2juucv7pxfl2/app.bsky.feed.post/3msfl5kfkfs2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/nkurmayer.bsky.social/post/3msazyvuedk2xHungarian PM now giving a livestream press conference in front of the empty cooling water pool at the Paks nuclear plant [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Aug 2026 12:42 +0000at://did:plc:66qckp4ns5ad2juucv7pxfl2/app.bsky.feed.post/3msazyvuedk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/nkurmayer.bsky.social/post/3ms6tg6x5vc2zEither demand reduction worked really well in Hungary or the country has not yet been able to secure the usual level of electricity imports from neighbours for tomorrow (24 hours from now) [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Aug 2026 15:39 +0000at://did:plc:66qckp4ns5ad2juucv7pxfl2/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms6tg6x5vc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/nkurmayer.bsky.social/post/3ms67knjmfs2wThis post made me read the book, I'm a third in and its fantastic, would recommend to the younger EU mainland crowd (treating it as partially fictitious) [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Aug 2026 09:44 +0000at://did:plc:66qckp4ns5ad2juucv7pxfl2/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms67knjmfs2whttps://bsky.app/profile/nkurmayer.bsky.social/post/3ms62mwj7rs2tMore on the Irish mafia: “We’re the land of storytellers, and there’s a great value that we might quite intrinsically have in translating complex policy into clear relatable stories,” said Andrea Pappin, who was Ireland’s spokeswoman during its last EU presidency, in 2013. [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Aug 2026 08:15 +0000at://did:plc:66qckp4ns5ad2juucv7pxfl2/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms62mwj7rs2thttps://bsky.app/profile/nkurmayer.bsky.social/post/3ms5xyivqjc2tHungary watch signing in In case you're wondering whats going on and why wholesale prices are just inching beyond €500 per MWh now, read our take from this morning: https://www.euractiv.com/news/hungary-leans-on-eu-grid-after-nuclear-plant-shutdown/03 Aug 2026 07:28 +0000at://did:plc:66qckp4ns5ad2juucv7pxfl2/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms5xyivqjc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/nkurmayer.bsky.social/post/3mrzf7maue22fAs first reported by Euractiv, Ukraine is racing to aid France in its battle against the Bordeaux fires Our flagship newsletter by @eddywax.bsky.social and @nicolettaionta.bsky.social gives you the news you need to know before they happen! https://www.euractiv.com/news/rapporteur-meloni-exploits-spains-migration-crisis/ [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Aug 2026 11:42 +0000at://did:plc:66qckp4ns5ad2juucv7pxfl2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrzf7maue22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/nkurmayer.bsky.social/post/3mrv5tfska22uIslam is a mysogynistic movement30 Jul 2026 19:19 +0000at://did:plc:66qckp4ns5ad2juucv7pxfl2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrv5tfska22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/nkurmayer.bsky.social/post/3mrunntsmus2rCan we revisit the pull factor discourse? https://www.euractiv.com/news/spanish-enclave-overwhelmed-by-migrants-arriving-by-sea/30 Jul 2026 14:29 +0000at://did:plc:66qckp4ns5ad2juucv7pxfl2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrunntsmus2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/nkurmayer.bsky.social/post/3mrubwfgl722vWe are so back: Carsten Brzeski, global head of macro at ING Research, said the data suggests that Germany’s export-oriented industries have been less badly affected than Asian firms by Tehran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz https://www.euractiv.com/news/eurozone-defies-iran-war-shock-to-grow-by-0-4/30 Jul 2026 10:59 +0000at://did:plc:66qckp4ns5ad2juucv7pxfl2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrubwfgl722vhttps://bsky.app/profile/nkurmayer.bsky.social/post/3mrf2cd6fkk2cProper Bluesky story: why the flamingo could become a new heraldic beast for the Greens -- and whos working towards that goal https://www.euractiv.com/news/why-the-greens-are-betting-on-a-pink-bird-from-albania/24 Jul 2026 09:33 +0000at://did:plc:66qckp4ns5ad2juucv7pxfl2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrf2cd6fkk2c