Bastiaan van Wijk

My interests lie at the intersection of technology, economics, and society. Working in climate-tech.

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[Seb Johnson @SebJohnsonUK]

A chip maker in the Netherlands just raised $250m to take on Nvidia.

Ineffable is raising $1bn to take on the frontier labs

OLIX raised $200m to also take on Nvidia.

Europe is no longer content with just dominating the application layer.

We're now coming after the full stack.

[Bastiaan van Wijk @bmvanwijk]

@MaartenvBiezen @M_Steinbuch @VincentDekker4 Mooi, nog wel werk aan de winkel voor meeste EV leveranciers om vehicle-to-grid ook echt te gaan ondersteunen binnen de garanties.

[Bastiaan van Wijk @bmvanwijk]

👀 https://t.co/iY1LuWszLX

[Arthur Turrell @arthurturrell]

Get excited... press conference from @ENERGY on fusion results from the US National Ignition Facility @lasers_llnl on Tuesday with a potentially HUGE #nuclearfusion announcement: FT reporting that NIF has hit scientific net energy gain!
https://t.co/RMqYVRWrU1 #TheStarBuilders

[Bastiaan van Wijk @bmvanwijk]

Great to read that LeydenJar, one of the companies in the portfolio of my employer YARD ENERGY, plans to construct a novel battery anode factory in the region of Eindhoven. https://t.co/LtwPC0ZBzH

[Bastiaan van Wijk @bmvanwijk]

Handig hoor!

[Bastiaan van Wijk @bmvanwijk]

Nice report outlining the benefits of 24/7 Carbon-free Energy Procurement: "would create an early market for advanced technologies, stimulating innovation and learning from which the whole electricity system would benefit"
https://t.co/XvnFXAGKOB

[Tom Brown @nworbmot]

🚨 New 24/7 report for Europe! 🚨

Companies moving from *annual* to *hourly* clean power matching get:

- lower emissions for them *and* system

- reduced backup needs for system

- only small cost premium for 90-95% hourly matching

- stimulation of new tech for final 5-10%

🧵

[Akshat Rathi @AkshatRathi]

Steel is the backbone of the world. It also causes 7% of global greenhouse-gas emissions—more than shipping and aviation combined.

This summer, I visited Electra that's been in stealth mode and developed a process to cut 90% of steel's carbon problem.

🧵 https://t.co/JsWo6qayv5

[Bastiaan van Wijk @bmvanwijk]

@bslagter Lijkt me niet aannemelijk dat deze oplossing het beste past bij Nederland gezien onze Nimby-traditie, daarnaast de vraag vanaf hoeveel units/j er daadwerkelijk leereffecten optreden en hoe Rolls Royce deze adoptie denkt te bereiken gezien early-adopters in het nadeel zijn.

[Bastiaan van Wijk @bmvanwijk]

@JamesTFrith Impressive! I read they aim for a cost level of $20 kWh for a full battery system, curious to hear your opinion whether that would be realistic https://t.co/Z86uu1zSVz

[Bastiaan van Wijk @bmvanwijk]

@Xalinai2 @Wim_Fleuren @_dmoser I guess regions with excess solar will naturally start attracting energy-intensive processes and thereby effectively exporting energy embedded in products/goods.

[Bastiaan van Wijk @bmvanwijk]

@EmilePuttmann @BM_Visser @NPORadio1 In de basis helder maar uitvoer lijkt me inderdaad (in sommige gevallen) uitermate lastig. Indien hoge winsten niet gerealiseerd worden door zon of windpark b.v. tgv een fixed-price terugleveringsovk, wordt dan naar de afnemer/handelaar gekeken en hoe gaat dat werken?

[Bastiaan van Wijk @bmvanwijk]

@RobbieUSANL @Sustainable2050 @hans_koevoet Nope, there’s always personal responsibility, although good leadership & communication would really help since a lot of people are simply not aware of the (upcoming) problems. Some measures like better home insulation etc take time.

[Bastiaan van Wijk @bmvanwijk]

@hans_koevoet @Sustainable2050 Regret to see there is so little communication until now from govt on the urgency and no real guidance towards households how to save usage / prepare for energy scarcity.

[Bastiaan van Wijk @bmvanwijk]

@TrungTPhan Amazing company. Although being founded in 1984, the company wouldn't be where it is now without the tireless R&D efforts by Philips going back to the 1960s. The book 'ASML's Architects' by @ReneRaaijmakers describes this really well.

[Bastiaan van Wijk @bmvanwijk]

@BM_Visser Mooie grafiek! Benieuwd in hoeverre de stroomvraag zich zou kunnen gaan aanpassen aan deze periodes van overschot.

[Laetitia Ouillet @LaetitiaOuillet]

Zie hier: eerste volledig recyclebare windmolenwieken in gebruik https://t.co/26UPR59Lcu

[Bastiaan van Wijk @bmvanwijk]

@northvolt Great initiative! Can a lignin anode also match the performance of traditional graphite anodes?

[Bastiaan van Wijk @bmvanwijk]

Oef… Wat een drama voor de omgeving en voor dit bedrijf. Herbebossing doorgaans een goed idee – alleen het carbon offsetting dat daaraan wordt toegeschreven blijft bijzonder. Uitstoot van een fossiel c-atoom kun je niet compenseren door bomen planten imho https://t.co/6BwcqtmsUJ

[Martien Visser @BM_Visser]

Een van de (harde) voorwaarden om de winter 'door te komen'* is dat NL 20% (= 8 miljard m3) aardgas bespaart. Een flinke opgave die eerder lukte dankzij de warme winter. In juni was de besparing 'slechts' 16%.

*NB: met extreme gasprijzen, dus grote problemen
#grafiekvandedag