Energy transitions can happen faster than we think: In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels. In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.

Tetra Pak just launched a heat-pump-based pasteurization system that can cut energy use by up to 77%. Electrification + heat recovery = massive efficiency gains. This is the kind of behind-the-scenes innovation that quietly transforms entire sectors. foodtechbiz.com/business-updat…

Ik ga het nog één keer zeggen (en dan er misschien iets over schrijven): de demografische crisis zal een gigantische impact hebben op het Europa van morgen. Toch wordt ie zowat compleet genegeerd door het gehele politieke spectrum.

The shift to EVs is happening—fast. Manufacturers can either embrace long-term transition or chase short-term gains by clinging to petrol & diesel. China is choosing the long view. Many in Europe aren’t. The risk? Ending up with cars no one wants & lost market share.

Er zijn ook niet-Belgen die het gebruik van de Russische tegoeden een slecht idee vinden.

Grid bottlenecks aren’t a failure of the energy transition — they’re proof it’s working. Renewables got cheap fast, and now the grid has to catch up. Time to build the wires for the clean energy system we already have.

Batterijen zijn dit jaar 8% goedkoper geworden, aldus ⁦BloombergNEF. Verwachting is ook volgend jaar weer verdere kostendaling.

Hydrogen dreams meet reality as oil and gas groups abandon projects on.ft.com/48wm8M5

Mijn gedacht: Democratie sterft niet door een staatsgreep, maar door apathie. tijd.be/opinie/column/…

"Ik denk dat dit voorstel voor Nederland een doorbraak kan opleveren. Hierdoor zouden honderden energieprojecten weer door kunnen. Dat hebben we." Reactie ⁦NOS⁩ over soepeler stikstofregels voor duurzame energieprojecten nos.nl/artikel/259402…

De conclusie van de studie is wel: "een grondigere hervorming blijft noodzakelijk, de prijsverhouding tussen brandstoffen belemmert nog steeds de doorbraak van warmtepompen, en bestaande subsidies voor fossiele brandstoffen blijven de klimaattransitie afremmen."

Mijn gedacht: Bouchez vinkt alle vakjes van populistisch radicaal-rechts af. standaard.be/opinies/bouche…

Support in 🇷🇺 for Putin’s war is slowly declining. App 25% wants to continue while app 65% wants talks to get peace. And the trends are very clear.

Elke euro die je uitgeeft aan het instandhouden van de status quo is een euro die je niet kan inzetten voor structurele ingrepen zoals infrastructuur en innovatie. Op vele energiedossiers van toepassing. standaard.be/economie/reger…

The threat to German auto producers isn't from Chinese cars flooding Germany. It's from Chinese cars flooding to emerging markets (red), where they're killing the market for German cars. That's not something EU tariffs on China are going to be able to fix. robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/chinas-invas…

Weakening growth in demand for oil and gas is already having geopolitical consequences. When oil goes ex-growth, all hell will break loose - and all heaven too. Expect some highly non-linear decades.

Shares in Siemens Energy, which fell below €7 in late 2023 amid problems at its wind business, are now trading around €120. Siemens Energy’s order backlog stood at a record €138bn as of September, with the next available delivery slot for one of its large gas turbines in 2029.

India is building the largest renewable energy plant in the world, a combined 30 GW of wind and solar. Construction started in 2023, and power started flowing 9 months later! 7 GW are now operational. 4-5 GW will be added yearly. independent.co.uk/climate-change…

This is a really fascinating graphic, and a great way to show the emerging path through middle income to prosperity opening up now thanks to cheap renewables and batteries + electrification.

Texas operates the most competitive and freest generation market in the USA! What is that market doing? Wind, solar & storage dominate new generation, despite the big Texas fund to subsidize gas plants (gas socialism) & no state RPS. Why? They're cheaper! H/t David Wallace-Wells