Analyst @IEA. Interested in environment, politics, and economics. Give me a good book and I am happy. All tweets my own views, retweets not endorsements
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Thomas Spencer retweeted
20 May 2025
24/There are 2 transitions -Clean Energy & AI - that are getting $$. For ppl interested in how their interactions play out, recommend IEA's report on Energy & AI ht @KetanJ0 iea.org/reports/energy-and-a…
blew my mind: Capex in AI is 20% higher than capex in THE ENTIRE US POWER SECTOR
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Thomas Spencer retweeted
14 May 2025
Global sales of electric cars continue to break records 📈
In 2024, 1 in 5 cars sold worldwide was electric. In 2025, it's set to be more than 1 in 4 – with EV sales expected to exceed 20 million despite economic uncertainties
New EV Outlook from @IEA 👉 iea.li/43r7y5H
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Thomas Spencer retweeted
29 Apr 2025
The Summit on the Future of Energy Security, co-chaired by UK Secretary of State @Ed_Miliband & IEA Executive Director @fbirol, brought together 60 governments & 50 companies from around the world, including 🇬🇧 Prime Minister @Keir_Starmer, 🇪🇺 President @vonderleyen & many others
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Thomas Spencer retweeted
24 Apr 2025
Delighted to join UK Secretary of State @Ed_Miliband, Ministers, CEOs & other leaders to open the @IEA-🇬🇧 Summit on the Future of Energy Security
These high-level discussions can lay the foundations for a more holistic approach to energy security for today’s fast-changing world
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Thomas Spencer retweeted
9 Apr 2025
New ECB podcast on the economic implications of AI, featuring myself and teammates Antonio and Guzman. I focus on the interaction with the green transition. My hot tip for data and reports on AI and electricity demand is the @IEA website. Don't let me down now, I expect a report!
9 Apr 2025
What does AI mean for the economy? Will it take our jobs? Can it boost productivity? Is it a choice of going green or going digital?
We answer these questions in our latest episode of #TheECBPodcast.
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Thomas Spencer retweeted
10 Apr 2025
And we’re LIVE! 🔴
Join our Director of Sustainability, Technology & Outlooks @Laura_Cozzi_ & me as we launch @IEA’s new report on energy & AI
We'll discuss the implications of this transformative technology for electricity use, energy security & more ⬇️ iea.li/42rGNg3
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10 Apr 2025
Today, we @IEA releasing our special report on Energy and AI.
Watch the livestream with @fbirol and @Laura_Cozzi_
iea.org/events/energy-and-ai
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Thomas Spencer retweeted
10 Apr 2025
Our report can help decipher the energy sector's critical role in the unfolding AI revolution and navigate the uncertainties – macroeconomic, tech & policy-related
The report also features a new AI tool to explore the wealth of data & analysis ➡️ iea.li/3GdXjIO
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Thomas Spencer retweeted
10 Apr 2025
🚨 Global electricity demand from data centres powering AI is set to soar in the next decade 🚨
A groundbreaking new @IEA report digs into the data on how energy will shape the future of AI – and how AI can shape the ways the energy sector works
More ➡️ iea.li/445RNlN
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The Mitsubishi Air Lubrication System (MALS) that lets ships ride on a low-friction 'air carpet':
youtu.be/1RZ0UOIITMk
It was already demonstrated to reduce fuel consumption by 13% in its first trials.
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11 Feb 2025
How she is feeling
11 Feb 2025
What should I ask Jennifer Pahlka?, marginalrevolution.com/margi…, please leave suggestions at the link, #Cowenconvos, #statecapacity, @pahlkadot
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Thomas Spencer retweeted
11 Feb 2025
Honoured to welcome Prime Minister @PetteriOrpo of Finland to the @IEA HQ in Paris for a wide-ranging discussion about energy and AI
Finland has an enviable track record of innovation & is well positioned to leverage its plentiful supplies of secure & sustainable electricity
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Thomas Spencer retweeted
11 Feb 2025
Very pleased that @IEA is collaborating with @Google on a major upcoming IEA special report on energy & AI and on our Observatory tracking energy, AI & data centres globally
Great to discuss this cooperation with Google CEO @sundarpichai today at the #AIActionSummit in Paris
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Thomas Spencer retweeted
11 Feb 2025
🗣 “This coming April, we will launch an IEA Observatory on Energy & AI"
Today at the #AIActionSummit, our Executive Director @fbirol announced our new initiative to provide crucial data on the implications of AI for the energy sector & vice versa ➡️ iea.li/40XoYoa
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2 Feb 2025
Right, and even then it sometimes doesn't work. Depends on the child.
2 Feb 2025
Take that. Geoff Hinton. And she’s right, you know.
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Thomas Spencer retweeted
2 Feb 2025
Take that. Geoff Hinton. And she’s right, you know.
2 Feb 2025
as of the time of writing, the only way to create consciousness is having children
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Thomas Spencer retweeted
23 Jan 2025
With all due respect to the "Humanity's last exam" folks, the essence of humanity is not contained in any static test, but in our ability to continually evolve both in asking and answering questions we never, in our wildest dreams, thought we would--generation after generation..
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Thomas Spencer retweeted
23 Jan 2025
Africa has a huge potential for renewable energy.
Yet, 600 million African people lack access to electricity.
Now is the time to step up.
In Davos I’m inviting the private sector to invest in renewables in Africa.
Thank you @GlblCtzn for your support on this campaign.
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16 Jan 2025
"According to the Congestion Pricing Tracker, a project by college student brothers Benjamin and Joshua Moshes that monitors commute times via Google Maps, peak times through the Holland Tunnel fell from 20 minutes pre-toll to nine minutes"
on.ft.com/3DQwFVh via @FT
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Thomas Spencer retweeted
15 Jan 2025
Tomorrow, we’ll release a new special report on the Path to a New Era for Nuclear Energy 🚨
Watch from 10:30 CET as our Executive Director @fbirol & Director of Energy Markets & Security Keisuke Sadamori discuss the key findings during the LIVE launch 👉 iea.li/3BYeb4V
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