Anne-Sophie Corbeau
Global Research Scholar, Center on Global Energy Policy. On 2 shows, 3 appearances, plus 1 compilation re-air not counted. The Shows tab opens the full record on each.
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Corbeau leads research on natural gas and hydrogen markets, geopolitics, and global energy security at Columbia University’s Center on Global Energy Policy. She previously served as head of gas analysis at BP, held research and leadership roles at the International Energy Agency and KAPSARC, and authored LNG Markets in Transition.
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Everything Anne-Sophie Corbeau said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.
Corbeau: Germany decommissioning nuclear plants to burn coal is 'completely insane'
“The second reason is that Germany has continued with their nuclear power plant decommissioning, so a few gigawatt free nuclear power plants were decommissioned at the end of last year, and they are going to decommission another three at the end of this year, w…”
Corbeau: Hydrogen Is a Conversion Business, Not a Rent Business Like Oil
“From an economic point of view, many developing countries want to benefit the maximum from hydrogen, and hydrogen is not a rent business. It's not like oil or gas. It's a conversion industry, so you are never going to get as much revenues and benefits as you w…”
Corbeau: For Putin, Oil Is Money and Gas Is Geopolitics
“Because for Putin, oil is about money, and natural gas is about geopolitics.”
Russia withheld European gas supplies months before the invasion of Ukraine
“Russia was actually not booking more capacity in order to send gas to the market. So we had the impression that they were a little bit withholding, you know, gas supplies.”
The EU did not voluntarily cut Russian gas; Putin cut supplies
“The European Commission is always very prompt at saying, uh-oh, We have been very successful at reducing our imports of Russian gas. I mean, look, you know, they have been really down. And I'm saying, well, I am very sorry, but actually you have not Mr. Putin …”
Corbeau: European renewables cannot compensate for nuclear and hydro generation drops
“So all the renewables that we have been having that, that are presented as the solution in order to reduce natural gas are actually not enough to compensate the drop in In hydro and in nuclear.”
Corbeau: EU hydrogen import target equals 40 NEOM-scale projects by 2030
“Ten million tons of imported hydrogen. This is about 40 of this NEOM project, which is currently considered in Saudi Arabia. So that's a lot of project. And this is supposed to happen in eight years.”
Corbeau: Expecting energy suppliers to build infrastructure without long-term contracts is madness
“Who thinks that these people are going to invest into heavy infrastructure without any long-term certainty? I mean, this is madness.”
Corbeau: High gas prices may push Southeast Asia from coal directly to renewables
“So we may actually be destroying that demand potential in the long term. So if you are thinking that, hey, I am going to sell LNG to Europe for 10 years, and then by 2035, I will have potential in Southeast Asia. I am not so sure. First of all, because they ma…”
Corbeau: Fragmenting hydrogen transport across multiple carriers will stall cost reductions
“Here we have so many solutions, and if we embark in each of them, then we are not going to get the cost improvements that are required.”
Corbeau: Japan's Hydrogen Strategy Envisages 20% Ammonia Co-Firing with Coal
“When you are looking at, you know, the Japanese hydrogen strategy, they do envisage to use that combined with coal. So right now they are looking at coal firing with 20% of ammonia, and this is why it could be potentially a bigger market for ammonia.”
Corbeau: Pipelines will definitely be Europe's cheapest hydrogen transport option
“Transporting hydrogen by pipeline, which can also be an option between, you know, different continents and will be definitely an option and the cheapest option for Europe.”
Corbeau: LOHC and ammonia will lead hydrogen carrier cost race next decade
“I think right now it's a battle between LOHC and ammonia in terms of costs for the kind of next 10 years.”
Corbeau: Energy trust between Europe and Russia is permanently dead
“The first one is that the trust which kind of existed between Europe and Russia is dead. I mean, this is never going to be restored again.”
Europe quietly continues to import Russian LNG despite the war
“We are importing Russian LNG. And, you know, I wrote a little note on that, and suddenly everybody realized, oh, actually, Russian LNG is still coming to Europe. Yes, it's still coming. Nobody's talking about that. This is actually included in the global LNG s…”
Corbeau predicts global LNG markets will remain tight until 2025
“So, to your question, the markets are very likely to be tight up until twenty-twenty-five, because we know that in twenty-twenty-five, a certain number of new LNG plans are going to start. Golden Pass, although they have said 24 potentially, but I tend to be c…”
Xi Jinping's zero-COVID policy inadvertently saved Europe from a gas crisis
“The reason, one of the main reasons why Europe has been going through the past year is because of Xi Jinping and its zero COVID policy. Because Chinese gas demand has been muted, its LNG imports have declined massively, and China in 2021 was the largest LNG im…”
Corbeau: Multiple European countries are reviving coal power generation
“So right now we need to burn more coal, and this is why we have seen in many countries that coal is being brought back. I mean, in Germany, in Austria, in France, in the Netherlands, everywhere is being brought back because there is no other issue in the power…”
Corbeau: Europe must triple annual wind and solar additions to hit 2030 goals
“The target is To have more than 1200 gigawatts of renewable capacity by the end of 2030. So that means a very, very substantial increase in terms of the addition of wind and solar capacity every year. We need to, between now and 2030, to multiply the normal ad…”
Corbeau: EU green hydrogen goal requires 500 TWh of renewable electricity
“Ten million tons of Green hydrogen produced domestically. This is an additional 500 terawatt hours of the renewable capacity. That's about 70% of what we are producing right now in Europe.”
Corbeau: Half of Russian LNG exports went to Europe in 2022 H1
“It was about, you know, half of the Russian LNG exports have come to Europe over the first half of the year, so actually the only country which has stopped importing LNG from Russia has been the United Kingdom, but we still have a lot going to Italy, to the Ne…”
Corbeau: 75% of Russian LNG exports go to unfriendly countries
“When you are considering where the Russian LNG exports are going right now, 75% is going to Unfriendly countries, whether this is European or Japan.”
Corbeau: Northwest European LNG import infrastructure is running at maximum capacity
“Right now, our LNG infrastructure in Europe, it's full. It's running at maximum capacity in Northwest Europe. It cannot come and absorb more LNG.”
One line per show, most statements first. The link opens Anne-Sophie's full record on that show: the calibration, argument clarity, speaking style and every statement made there.
| Show | Role there | Eps | Statements | Record | |
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 CATALYSTLEDGER | Global Research Scholar, Center on Global Energy Policy | 2 | 28 | 95% 18/19 | full record on Catalyst → |
 GREEN BLUEPRINTLEDGER | Global Research Scholar, Center on Global Energy Policy | 1 +1 | 16 | 73% 8/11 | full record on the Green Blueprint → |