Karolin Schaps

Journalist and founder of Magenta Media. Ex-Reuters Energy Correspondent, now freelancer

[Karolin Schaps @KarolinSchaps]

🌾☀Can combining agriculture and solar power help meet Europe's solar energy targets? Read all about it in my latest article for @EnergyInstitute

#agrivoltaics #solarpower #renewableenergy #repowereu

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[Karolin Schaps @KarolinSchaps]

⚡Nearly half of the Dutch power production mix (46%) is now made up of green energy. Especially solar output has continued to surge over the past half year, with a 33% rise year on year in Q2. #renewableenergy #solarpower #netherlands #energytransition https://t.co/YSeTyJU4B9

[Karolin Schaps @KarolinSchaps]

🦇🐦Bats & birds are increasingly the cause for Dutch offshore wind farms to switch off. The ACM now urges traders to speed up comms on when their assets have to go offline. More in my latest article for @montelnews #offshorewind #renewableenergy https://t.co/di0Qd1mvfD

[Karolin Schaps @KarolinSchaps]

The UN aims to have signed an intl treaty to tackle plastic pollution by the end of '24. An ambitious timeline, but lawyers are optimistic that urgency and drive at national level will help make it happen. Read more in my piece for @IBAnews https://t.co/nXbEMQvQVI

[David Weston @DaveW_Journo]

The Netherlands is having to think creatively as its grid is becoming more congested. A fascinating new piece on @foresightdk by @KarolinSchaps. #energytransition #gridcongestion #flexibility #PowerSummit23

[FORESIGHT Climate & Energy @Foresight_CE]

Huge #renewableenergy growth in the #Netherlands has pushed its #electricity grid to its limit. The innovative Dutch mindset, coupled with desperation over economic growth & #lowcarbon ambitions, has resulted in a melting pot of #gridcongestion solutions https://t.co/urBjMJY6gD

[Montel News @montelnews]

A new intraday power exchange, to be launched on Wednesday by Amsterdam-based ETPA, wants to handle up to 50% of intraday volumes by 2027 in the European markets where it will be active, its CEO told Montel.
https://t.co/dGIdyYVkeC
#electricity #energy #trading #markets

[Karolin Schaps @KarolinSchaps]

"We ain't seen nothing yet," ETPA CEO Michiel Lensink about negative power prices. Interesting that algorithmic power trading will be at the heart of ETPA's new intraday platform. Read all about it:
#powertrading #electricity #intradaytrading #renewables https://t.co/CzoILrFEYO

[Montel News @montelnews]

European power exchanges have agreed to lower the negative price threshold which triggers a second day-ahead auction to EUR -500/MWh, the Nemo committee announced on Monday.
https://t.co/SLoieZVo0S
#electricity #markets

[Karolin Schaps @KarolinSchaps]

☀ Recent sunny conditions have really put new Dutch solar panels to the test: now roughly 20GW of solar can completely flood the power market, resulting in deeply negative prices. Find out more in my latest piece for @montelnews
https://t.co/KtvdjQ9DDC

[Karolin Schaps @KarolinSchaps]

The Dutch are the first in the world to switch off offshore wind turbines during peak bird migration. Last weekend more than 1,600MW of capacity was curtailed and the govt plans more of it. Read all about it in my latest piece for @montelnews https://t.co/YfTmUCVvTs

[Hydrogen Economist @HydrogenEconom1]

The Dutch government has agreed to fund a €300mn auction window through the German-led H2Global initiative to import #greenhydrogen derivatives

https://t.co/82XArRktt0 #hydrogen

[Karolin Schaps @KarolinSchaps]

🌱💧NL agrees to becomes the second European nation to tender imports of green hydrogen derivatives through H2Global. Two more countries are also in talks, find out which ones in my latest article for @HydrogenEconom1
#GreenHydrogen #energytransition
https://t.co/lmLY9GREWV

[Montel News @montelnews]

The Dutch government could as early as next year open a tender for the construction of a 500 MW offshore hydrogen electrolyser powered exclusively by nearby offshore wind turbines.
https://t.co/jIjmDmRflN
#H2 #gas #renewables #energy

[Montel News @montelnews]

Dutch greenhouse gas emissions fell more than 30% below benchmark 1990 levels for the first time ever in 2022, amid a sharp drop in gas demand and a rise in renewable energy output.
https://t.co/1sSiasCqeP
#emissions #climate #energy #natgas #renewables

[Montel News @montelnews]

Dutch TSO Tennet recorded an accounting loss of EUR 976mn last year as record-high energy prices made it more expensive than ever to contract grid balancing capacity.
https://t.co/vMzpRrrDSp
#electricity #energy #renewables

[Karolin Schaps @KarolinSchaps]

European TSOs want to build a hydrogen network based 60% on old gas pipelines. But how realistic is this project? Find all the answers in my latest piece for the @EnergyInstitute https://t.co/uADx1kKhSX #hydrogen #energytransition #pipelines

[Karolin Schaps @KarolinSchaps]

The NL is slowly but surely approaching its 2030 goal of generating 70% of electricity from green sources: last year it reached a record of 40% in the output mix as solar and onshore wind grew substantially (nearly 5GW combined). My latest for @montelnews https://t.co/CQiFxiOCmv

[Karolin Schaps @KarolinSchaps]

☀ Sometimes my job takes me to amazing places like a festival carpark covered in pv panels. I thoroughly enjoyed reporting on this piece for the Thomson Reuters Foundation @ContextNewsroom about innovative Dutch solar power projects.
https://t.co/6CAu3i2pUh

[Karolin Schaps @KarolinSchaps]

💶 Energy bills have been eye-wateringly high. Are energy suppliers raking it in by overcharging unnecessarily? No, says the Dutch markets watchdog @AutoriteitCM. Find out why in my latest article for @montelnews .
#energybills #netherlands #energyprices
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