Sandor Liive

Co-founder at GridiO

[Gridio @GridioApp]

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[toomas hendrik ilves @IlvesToomas]

My God.

I think I'm going to have a heart attack.

It took 35 years but I finally heard it. @GermanyNATO

[Darth Putin @DarthPutinKGB]

Day 1193 of my 3 day war. Several billion dollars worth of Russian aircraft were destroyed by several thousand dollars of Ukrainian drones.

I remain a master strategist.

[Sandor Liive @SandorLiive]

Canadian regulator issues SMR construction licence https://t.co/STSv8MGVxz

[Mark Nelson @energybants]

Intense, accelerating rumors around German nuclear restarts coming out of Germany.

Three reactors first; perhaps more after.

I would no longer be shocked by official announcements coming within weeks or even days.

[Anton Gerashchenko @Gerashchenko_en]

President of Finland Alexander Stubb at a joint press-conference with President Zelenskyy:

I think the basis of statehood usually rests on three pillars: independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity. And Finland in 1944 with the peace of Stalin lost two of those pillars. 

We retained independence pretty much as the only Soviet neighboring state, but we lost our sovereignty to decide. And we also lost 10% of our territory. And as I keep on stressing, both of my grandparents were born and my father was born.

So if the question is should Ukraine fall into this predicament, my answer is absolutely no. We work continuously to maintain the independence, the sovereign right for Ukraine to decide its path towards Europe and the West, and its territorial integrity. This is why we're here. This is why diplomacy continues.

And this is why this is such an important moment in international relations and international history. Because in Europe, there has been no serious territorial acquisition or takeover through force. And we don't want that to happen again. World War II was enough.

[Kristen Michal @KristenMichalPM]

Estonia will increase its defence spending to at least 5% of our GDP from next year.

Our aim is clear - to make any aggression against us unfeasible.

Russia has not changed its goals and imperialistic ambitions. This is a real threat to both Europe and NATO.

[Mark Nelson @energybants]

The top energy conference in the world, @CERAWeek, has a ending tradition:

The senior analysts get together and share their best insights, reflecting the mood and gossip from a week spent with the world's top energy executives.

They're amazed how much this conference was a nuclear conference this year. Huge interest in learning about nuclear from the oil and gas world.

TBD what it all ends up meaning. Until then, it's mostly natural gas that wins.

Other points:

In twenty years, this is the highest interest ever in electricity production in all its complexities.

Hydrogen is basically dead. Even the "Hydrogen Hub" area got its name switched into "New Energies Hub." But CCS got a bump.

"A tale of two conferences": there's clearly a fossil energy champion in the highest office and fossil financial interest is roaring back. The other conference is the one where there's still an energy transition happening.

Tariffs popping on and off are causing extreme confusion and companies are holding off large investments, as everyone realizes they can't predict what's going to happen next.

Lots of talk about the Global South starting to loudly demand more energy of all types, to accelerate towards the higher living standards of rich countries.

[FT Energy @ftenergy]

Amazon, Google and Meta support tripling of nuclear capacity by 2050 https://t.co/wRpejWWGyV

[Mark Nelson @energybants]

HOUSTON: Tech giants joining together with heavy energy users to support the Triple Nuclear by 2050 pledge.

Just announced minutes ago, with the signing event later today at the CERAWeek global energy conference.

Everyone is realizing that, in the end, we are all baseload.

[Donald Tusk @donaldtusk]

The war, the geopolitical uncertainty and the new arms race started by Putin have left Europe with no choice. Europe must be ready for this race, and Russia will lose it like the Soviet Union 40 years ago. From today, Europe will arm itself more wisely and faster than Russia.

[NEXTA @nexta_tv]

🇪🇺 Europe is ready!

All 27 EU member states have approved the ReArm Europe program, which will allow Europe to spend €800 billion on defense (even Hungary and Slovakia signed on.

This was announced by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.

[Richard Woodruff 🇺🇦 @frontlinekit]

French senator perfectly describes the Trump situation.

[Kaja Kallas @kajakallas]

It was great meeting you today in Brussels, @_FriedrichMerz.

Your recent announcement to increase Germany’s defence spending is leading the way. We must all rise to the challenge.

Germany’s support for Ukraine has been invaluable, and together, we will take it further.

[Richard Woodruff 🇺🇦 @frontlinekit]

Trump's allies are asked a simple question: "What else could a Russian asset actually possibly do that Trump hasn't yet done?"

[Justin Trudeau @JustinTrudeau]

Russia’s war against Ukraine did not start on February 24, 2022. It started over a decade ago — in Crimea.

And every day since, Canada has been clear: we stand with the people of Ukraine.

[Vatnik Soup @P_Kallioniemi]

After 9/11, NATO's Article 5 was invoked for the first (and only) time ever by the United States.

Troops from the UK, Canada, Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Denmark, Australia, Spain, Poland, Norway, Romania, Turkey, New Zealand, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Ukraine, Finland, and many others joined the fight in Afghanistan.

More than one thousand of these soldiers paid the ultimate price.

JD Vance - Have you said 'thank you' once for their sacrifice?

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell.

This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.

[GAU @deaidua]

Germany's Minister of Foreign Affairs Annalena Baerbock has just given a really remarkable, nearly 12-minute speech on yesterday's events at the White House in support of #Ukraine. I have translated a large part of the speech for you.