It costs just $33/MWh to transform daytime solar into dispatchable solar
Huge since true.
"It costs just $33/MWh to transform daytime solar into dispatchable solar"
And no, that doesn't yet account for that storied Dunkelflaute. Then again, the typical gas LCOE doesn't account for Putin's whims or other geopolitical vagaries.
NOX only does heat pumps, right? Not EV chargers
28.02.2026 16:49 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0I think it's the 8000 HH analysed. Not entirely clear indeed
25.02.2026 17:08 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Interesting results reported by Laborelec from demand response mobilised by Engie in its Flextime product with "super offpeak hours": 15% demand shift representing 8,5 GWh.
corporate.engie.be/nl/press/rel...
Meanwhile, in Belgium #2
Government decided on tax shift electricity (-11,4c€/kWh) to fossil gas (+ 4,38c€/kWh) and heating oil.
Combined with ETS2 and Flemish region tax shift, this supports electrification towards 2030.
www.standaard.be/economie/tax...
Meanwhile, in Belgium #1
USA pushing to replace Russian LNG shippers in the Belgian LNG terminal of Zeebrugge with USA LNG exporters?
www.standaard.be/economie/doe...
4 years ago today Russia launched its large scale invasion of Ukraine. 🔌💡
24.02.2026 07:55 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
OKAY BIG ONE FOR YA
NEW report out today: I dig deep into how big tech has been muddling tech types and overstating evidence to claim "AI" will make global emissions drop like a stone....
Not only will it not, it seems to be verifiably doing the opposite!!
ketanjoshi.co/2026/02/17/b... + 📼+🧵>
Picture of snowman with solar garden lights as arms
Solar light snow man
15.02.2026 18:29 — 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
BREAKING: UK govt auction secures 4.9GW new solar at £65/MWh and 1.3GW new onshore wind at £72/MWh, 13% and 21% below the price cap respectively.
All due online by 2029.
Leestip dit weekend.
www.tijd.be/ondernemen/z...
Always a wealth of information!
Alarming to see a step backwards in Spain, of all countries.
Cool. Discarded wind blades reused as sound barrier (pilot) 🔌💡
www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/ki...
graph from Ember EU electricity review with battery pipelines in different countries
My favorite graph from the brand new EU Electricity Review by @ember-energy.org 🔌💡
It shows new battery storage capacity is coming, especially to the countries that need it to integrate their solar and wind.
Good for consumers, and sign that market signals work.
ember-energy.org/latest-insig...
If you think gas power is cheap, meet Keadby 2, the last CCGT gas plant built in Great Britain
It opened in 2023, after 5yrs of development, at a cost of £350m
Owner SSE says it would now cost 3.5x to build the same plant (~£1.2bn)
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Picture of ship on land next to ship lift of Ittre. Blue sky. Shadow of man on ground.
IJsvogel gespot. Een klein gelukje.
18.01.2026 13:48 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0that's less than 1 euro per Watt - not a bad price
15.01.2026 11:24 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
graph for week of 5 to 9 January 2026 in Belgium, with a red line showing CO2 intensity of grid power, and hourly CO2 emissions from heat pump in light grey and gas boiler in dark grey. Heat pumps is always less. Text box says heat pump saved 81 kg of CO2 emissions.
Does heat pump still save CO2 in a cold and snowy Belgian week, with record fossil gas power generation? Turns out it does. 🔌💡
Anecdotal but real life data from our Vaillant air-to-water heat pump.
1/n
Yes indeed. I haven't set those smart controls up in our Home Assistant management system yet. When I have, we will change to a dynamic energy contract.
13.01.2026 17:38 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Lijkt me eerder een
- grondopslag (je moet er iets mee doen hé 😜),
- visuele buffer tussen industrie en Nationaal Park,
- toeristische attractie,
met ook een energieopslag toepassing.
Voor mij niet gelaten. Hangt er van af wie er voor de kost opdraait.
Press release @windeurope.bsky.social here: windeurope.org/news/windeur...
12.01.2026 09:53 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0It's a 1950 3 facade single family house, that we gave a deep energy renovation. So, roof, walls and floor all insulated up to standards, windows replaced.
12.01.2026 09:51 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Data for week of 5-9 January 2026 with freezing temps just South of Brussels and snow on the ground (and solar panels).
- @vaillantuk.bsky.social Arotherm+ air-to-water heat pump, mostly floor heating, bedrooms ventilos
- CO2 data from @electricitymaps.com
- Compiled in @home-assistant.io
5/5
In all hours heat pump delivers CO2 savings. At end of the week wind picked up with storm Goretti passing - and temps also increased.
We have green power supply at home, but for this exercise I used general Belgian mix data. It's the hourly matching part of this exercise I find interesting.
4/n
Last week had "record daily gas generation" in Belgium, due to low renewable generation in most of the week, and only the last 2 remaining hashtag#nuclear reactors online. Begging the question if an electric heat pump still reduces CO2.
www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/20...
3/n
I matched hourly heating and domestic hot water production and corresponding electricity use, with hourly CO2 emission intensity from the Belgian grid. Then compared that to hourly CO2 emissions if the same heating energy would have been generated with a fossil gas condensing boiler.
2/n
graph for week of 5 to 9 January 2026 in Belgium, with a red line showing CO2 intensity of grid power, and hourly CO2 emissions from heat pump in light grey and gas boiler in dark grey. Heat pumps is always less. Text box says heat pump saved 81 kg of CO2 emissions.
Does heat pump still save CO2 in a cold and snowy Belgian week, with record fossil gas power generation? Turns out it does. 🔌💡
Anecdotal but real life data from our Vaillant air-to-water heat pump.
1/n
Rumors confirmed: Belgian ex-energy minister Tinne Van der Straeten becomes new CEO of Wind Europe, replacing Giles Dickson. 🔌💡
@windeurope.bsky.social
www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/20...
net electricity generaiton in Belgium showing battery storage contribution
net electricity generaiton in Belgium showing battery storage contribution compared to load
net electricity generation in Europe showing battery storage consumption and generation
Batteries showing up in the electricity wholesale market.
energy-charts.info/charts/power...
Foto van trein aan besneeuwd perron tegen bewolkte witte lucht
Op weg naar Antwerpen om het bij de VTM over energiecontracten te hebben. Met de trein geen probleem.
@sncb-nmbs.bsky.social
@vtmnieuws.be
