Aan deze lijst kan je ook Finland toevoegen, waar de energie-intensieve industrie zelf besliste een kernreactor te bouwen en financieren.
In België willen sectorfederaties daarentegen niet investeren. Ze willen dat de overheid voor hen investeert.
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In het energiedebat worden twee soorten afhankelijkheid vaak op één hoop gegooid. Toch is het verschil fundamenteel. Hernieuwbare technologie importeer je één keer. Fossiele energie moet je élke dag blijven importeren. www.demorgen.be/meningen/de-...
To the moon!
- Brought to you by NASA and 56k modem technology
De vraag die beleidsmakers beter aan de industrie zouden stellen: wie blijft er hier produceren bij toekomstige gasprijzen die structureel tussen de 30 en 60€/MWh liggen. Luister naar en richt ondersteuning op degene die daar "ja, wij" op antwoorden.
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This is my favorite climate change chart. Japanese monks, aristocrats, and emperors kept meticulous records of cherry blossom festivals for 1,200 years and accidentally built the world's longest climate dataset.
De ironie is nu wel dat met deze versoepeling het "kernuitstap verhoogt de uitstoot niet, want ETS" argument wél klopt, want het was de rechtenvernietigende werking van de MSR die de uitstap slechts gedeeltelijk compenseerde.
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EU Commissioner for Energy Dan Jørgensen on the EU’s dependency on Russian energy: the bloc "should not ever again import as much as one molecule" of Russian oil or gas.
Casually signing a contract to construct a 12 and 30GWh battery.
Yes, that's a "G" in "GWh". For reference: on a sunny day, all PV panels in Belgium together generate 50GWh.
If there is one upside to the datacenter boom, it's technologies like these.
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The Last of Us van den Action.
In de buurt van Metz in Frankrijk hebben onderzoekers op 3.600 meter diepte een natuurlijke waterstofbel aangeboord. Het zou mogelijk de grootste ter wereld zijn en zich uitstrekken onder België, Luxemburg en Duitsland.
"Het kan gamechanger zijn, maar er is logistieke en technische uitdaging."
Yes, it's a question of accountability. But if we can trust the people with multiple fondue sets on Christmas, I'm pretty sure we can trust them with plugin batteries too. Requiring an expensive V2G charging station when a Mennekes outlet would suffice is imo a barrier to electrification.
Basically what the updated Belgian C10/11 code says is: we do not enforce global power limits, but you must make sure you comply with the safety regulations of your electrical installation.
When plugged into a typical 20A (16A cont) outlet: yes. www.synergrid.be/images/downl...
Although the LV installation guidelines (AREI) states "circuits should be dimensioned safely and properly", implying you should not use/place other outlets on this circuit.
Want kerncentrales produceren het aardgas waar de Antwerpse chemie op draait. 🤷♂️
Which is, imho, a mistake. The energy transition would benefit from less hardware and complexity, in stead of regulatory capture by OEMs. In Belgium, grid codes have been updated to remove any power injection limit from plug-in devices, as long as its in line with the electrical installation code.
Dit is, naar alle objectieve maatstaven, wellicht de de slechtste en sociaal meest regressieve hervorming van de energiefactuur sinds het opnemen van groenestroomcertificaten. Dit zal energie voor iedereen buiten de happy few duurder maken.
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To me this has a lot of "solar PV in the 2000's" vibes, when we had the same issue with PV inverters. Also then, the German VDE-AR-N 4105 became the de facto standard for other countries, eventually culminating in EN 50549. Let's hope we see something similar here, but faster.
I respectfully disagree. A solar inverter is the same for the whole EU, national grid codes is just selecting a firmware setting. Not a single technical reason this cannot be done with on-board chargers too. Additional hardware in the charging station is just unnecessary cost & complexity.
Come to think about it: with some AI to estimate user behavior and clever price differentiation based on charging speeds, you could probably turn charging stations like these from peaky into baseload consumers (good for the grid), or more aligned to low wholesale prices (good for the system).
The Digital Markets Act seems to working. WhatsApp is allowing messages to and from other platforms. Messaging (like phone calls and emails) becomes interoperable
Precisely because BYD is a vertically integrated company that manufactures both batteries and charging stations, this could be cost-effective. It certainly puts them in a better position than pure charging station manufacturers, who would have to source their batteries externally.
Interesting: BYD's 2.1 MW fast charger requires a grid connection of... 584 kW. It appears to come with a 1.5 MWh battery. As a result, it requires a lower grid connection capacity than competitors, while still being able to charge up to twice as fast. / www.etechvolution.com/p/byd-s-mega...
The final report on last April's Spain/Portugal blackout is out. A few takeaways:
- Lack of "inertia" due to too few fossil/nuclear generators - the thing anti-renewable pundits immediately blamed without evidence, then reporters breathlessly endlessly repeated - played essentially no role.
The Iberian blackout was not caused by renewables, but by outdated methods of voltage and reactive power management. This was already the conclusion reached by experts, two official investigations, and now also by the international ENTSO-E study. www.ft.com/content/bc3c...
Te koop: loftrompet over de Verenigde Arabische Emiraten. Slechts eenmaal gebruikt.
Zich wenden tot: Joren Vermeersch
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Tip aan journalisten: als iemand voorstelt "de elektriciteitsprijs van de gasprijs los te koppelen", vraag die persoon dan eens waarom die koppeling er in de eerste plaats is. Wie die vraag kan beantwoorden, zal zelden nog voor ontkoppeling pleiten
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Look to my coming, at the third week of the second energy crisis. At dawn, look to the East, for that is where the sun rises and prices fall.
- 𝘌𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘳𝘥
