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Oct 1, 2020 14 tweets 10 min read Read on X
Yesterday was our official NEONreseach.nl KICK-OFF!

tagline: NEON 'lights the way to zero emission energy and mobility'

Here are 5 PhD positions on the program.

Apply if they appeal to you and you want to work in a multi-disciplinary team (thread) Image
vacancy A: NEON research: Energy demand and new market models
jobs.tue.nl/en/vacancy/the… Image
vacancy B: NEON research: Technical standards to accelerate the energy transition
jobs.tue.nl/nl/vacature/th… Image
vacancy C: NEON research: Modeling the energy and mobility transition (2 positions)
jobs.tue.nl/nl/vacature/th… Image
vacancy D: NEON research: Modeling climate impacts
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Please read the website carefully and use the website to apply. Please don't use email since your application might get lost and it is a lot of extra work for us. But you can ask me/us questions using email (see site). Image
NEON research accelerates the energy transition with a focus on solar, wind, electric mobility, MAAS and smart grids and using a team with many different competencies that will work closely together with each other and with companies and governments.
neonresearch.nl/solutions/ Image
Every Friday we come together in Eindhoven (virtually for now) to learn from each other and motivate each other. We end the week / start the weekend with music and drinks.

Most important are the 35 PhDs.

They work closely with the principal investigators
neonresearch.nl/team/ Image
But of course people of the 20 partner companies are also welcome and every month the Friday is a mini-conference with presentation to and from partners.

The idea is also to use these presentations to eventually create a global transition course.
neonresearch.nl/partners/ Image
Every year we produce a report and (more importantly) an online model that shows cost effective pathways to a renewable future. At the kick-off a member of the Dutch parliament already indicated that he and his colleagues would LOVE to use that.
Let's not exaggerate: a lot of the practical work within NEON will still be writing papers that are primarily relevant for a specific domain or discipline. But the explicit purpose is that the PhDs together create societally relevant pathways that accelerate the transition.
That's the kind of "purpose driven movement" you would become part of when you get a PhD position within NEON. And we aim to grow further so we can make a BIG difference! Please apply when that appeals to you!
And usually I don't spam on Twitter but it is *really* important that we find the smartest and most motivated people for NEON.

So I would like the tagged & following people to consider a retweet. (You can simply mute this discussion if you don't want to see notifications!) Image

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Apr 30
Solar PV is growing exponentially at the fastest rate of any energy source in history.

BUT we should stop comparing it to other energy technologies using WATT. (So the picture below from @renew_economy is doing it wrong!)

We should compare in WATT-HOUR!
reneweconomy.com.au/solar-is-now-b…
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Put differently: we should take the CAPACITY FACTOR into account.

For example: imagine we install 1 kilowatt-peak of solar (that's 2 or 3 solar panels).

How much kWh per hour will that produce on average?

If 1 kW produces 0.25 kWh/h on average,
the capacity factor is 25%.
And that means, we have to install 2 kW of solar to achieve the same as 1 kW of coal and up to 4 kW to achieve the same as nuclear.

In Europe, offshore wind can have a capacity factor of up to 50% and PV can be as low as 10%.
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Apr 14
Five of the Fossil Fuel Industry's Biggest Disinformation Tactics

@guardian article by @WesterveltAmy and @kylepope

Very recognizable for me too, so allow me to summarize the five points and add some observations/examples.
theguardian.com/us-news/2024/a…
1 "FF provides Energy Security"

In reality FF cause(d)(s) many INsecurities.

From the climate crisis, to "Dutch disease", to the end of democracy in Iran, to the war in Ukraine. [My examples]

Renewables are not scarce and last forever.
That sounds more secure to me. Image
2 "You must choose the economy or the environment"

The article gives great examples of this claim.
I hear it daily.

But the reality is that speeding up the transition to renewable SAVES money. Yes, really.

Don't be fooled by their delaying tactics!
cell.com/joule/pdf/S254…
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Apr 13
The European Union just came out with an official report:
REAL-WORLD emissions versus the new WLTP cycle.

The results are
*UNBELIEVABLE!!*

PHEVs emit on average
THREE AND A HALF TIMES MORE
than the official test claims!
climate-energy.eea.europa.eu/topics/transpo…
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Remember my complaints about @Toyota's misinformation claiming PHEV's are better than full EV's because they need smaller batteries?

Well, @Toyota actually scores WORSE than average with a gap of OVER FOUR TIMES the official value.

(Although their cars are more frugal.) Image
Researchers know since 2012 or so that EU tests are bollox and only useful as an illustration of "regulatory capture".

In my texts explaining how to calculate CO2 emissions I refer to it as "Error 4" (of 6).


sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
researchgate.net/publication/37…
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Apr 12
GEOTHERMAL
Just saw a fascinating webinar and you should too if geothermal interests you.


It explains how techniques from fracking are creating a game-changer in the last few years that can reduce the cost of energy systems without fossil fuels.

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The webinar by prof. Roland Horne from @Stanford is about Enhanced Geothermal Systems or EGS that he defines as using fracking to make the area between the infusion and extraction well permeable for water. Image
He focuses on @fervoenergy, a company founded by two @Stanford alumni (one from his program) that has for the first time in history used the horizontal boring technique from fracking in geothermal.
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Apr 5
OVERsupply for lithium batteries is looming!

It will bring battery prices down, helping the transition to EVs and clean energy, but create headaches for the lithium industry

Let me give some perspective, showing the long term trend is clear and e.g. @Toyota should be ashamed
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This eviscerates the last credibility of @Toyota regarding EVs.

They (esp. Gill Pratt) have been pushing the story we should buy their hybrids instead of full EVs because lithium batteries are and will stay the bottleneck

BNEF shows that's simply untrue
The energy transition is the largest project in the history of humanity. OFF COURSE there will be some hickups when developing new industries.

But we should stop freaking out anytime some false doom prophet provides clickbait to push their agenda.
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Mar 23
How to look at our impact on life on earth in 3 graphs:

1) Humans are just 0.01% of all biomass. (The graph is gorgeous!)

2) Humans + domesticated animals have almost completely displaced wild mammals.

3) We use 45% of habitable land for agriculture.
I *love* how well this graph was designed and how well it shows how small we are in the grand scheme of things.

Fun facts:
- Life is 0.00001% of the earth by weight
- Earth is 0.0003% of the weight of the sun

So we are insignificant right?
Well...
weforum.org/agenda/2021/08…
If we look at the mammals at the top of the food chain the opposite is true: we have completely taken over.
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