Arij Van Berkel

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@rinusredpill Ik

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@Mattsingsopera @Porkchop_EXP Europe has been connected for centuries with many languages. Throughout most of history people have been multilingual in Europe.

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@ismschism137223 @hsdvries Elektriciteitsverbruik gaat omhoog en het totale energieverbruik omlaag.

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@tito @thomasforth The Euro banana

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@0xSeco @davince81 Hij doelt op overdrachtsbelasting denk ik

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@TheRealRolfster @Electroversenet Flow batteries can be important in the mix depending on local conditions. During a dunkelflaute you still get daylight, so the first line of defense is a good mix of different renewables and good demand-response. There are good models for dimensioning storage.

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@TheRealRolfster @Electroversenet All good questions that can’t be answered in a tweet. First you can mobilize huge amounts behind the meter battery storage with the right market structure. For longer duration, pumped hydro, compressed air (etc) and eventually hydrogen are good options.

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@mirrormerecos @Electroversenet Gas peakers (or combined cycles) can fill in when there’s not enough renewable generation. Energy storage (not only batteries) can do the same and it can store any superfluous generation. You do need to install sufficient storage capacity; that’s a tough engineering challenge.

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@BarcoCTO @Waksman84 No MW (no hour). You need to compensate for a discrepancy in power temporarily.

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@BarcoCTO @Waksman84 To compensate 1 GW of rotating power generation in terms of the inertia it provides you probably need about 150 MW battery. So it’s possible, you just need a lot of available battery power.

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@BarcoCTO @Waksman84 Grid inertia is about energy storage. If demands exceeds supply, the grid frequency starts to drop. The grid starts to use the energy stored in the rotating turbines (acting partially as flywheels). This gives time to respond and restore the balance. More storage is more time.

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@MichaelAArouet What makes you think no taxes are paid? Did you pay cash?

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@LiveDamnit @BasilTheGreat The EU doesn’t have a capital city.

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@BasilTheGreat The European Parliament is based in France

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@texas_sonof @GarrittyOf @the_transit_guy They were never taxed on the number of rooms in the Netherlands. It has always been on value. The way is estimated varied over time. In 17th century Amsterdam for example it was based on the breadth of the house along the street, resulting in narrow, deep houses. Today it is sq m

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@_pretyflaco @Partisan_12 @FumbleBTC What mess would that be?

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@BoringBiz_ There is steady decrease in total energy supply since 1999. European countries have had energy efficiency requirements for a long time and that achieve between 1% and 2% improvement per year.

This is mostly the compounded effect of 25 years successful energy efficiency policy

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@Alfonzo10432880 @splendid_pete It’s even worse. The EU has rules about wall electricity sockets, prescribing the same power plug for all devices. Even beer is regulated in some places.

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@RaelRutherford @splendid_pete @TrevieFontana The U.S. didn’t care. It cared about the Zimmerman telegram and about its own ships getting torpedoed.
I’m curious about that terrorism in Southern Europe you mention, since I haven’t heard of it. What are you referring to?