Frédéric Haghebaert

Algemeen Directeur/General Manager - Beauvent CV, father to 1 boy, 1 girl and 1 cat

[Frédéric Haghebaert @FreHaghebaert]

@letuscompound Zeer herkenbaar, bijna 10 jaar geen plezier aan GE beleefd. Gelukkig ben ik er wel in gebleven en heb de rit opwaarts mee beleefd. Het wordt wel stilaan tijd om (deels) uit te stappen.

[Frédéric Haghebaert @FreHaghebaert]

@spillemw @LCoelembier @KVoorspools 250.000km hier op 6j. Batterij nog steeds rond de 90% van initiële capaciteit (kia e-Niro).

[Martien Visser @BM_Visser]

Na een kleine hapering deze zomer is in september het 12-maands voortschrijdend percentage hernieuwbare elektriciteit gestegen tot 52,3%.
Zonder het veelvuldige afschakelen zou NL al op 55% hernieuwbare elektriciteit gezeten hebben. Het is niet anders.
#grafiekvandedag

[Felix Hamer • electricfelix @electricfelix]

.@alpitronic demonstrating LIVE #MCS aka #MegawattCharging

800V
1255A
1MW

Production start: Q2 2025

Alpitronic:

“Our MCS is a major leap in charging technology, meeting the needs of logistics companies and advancing the decarbonization of transport,” said Wolfgang Ademmer, CMO of Alpitronic.

Key features:
• MCS Performance – 1MW power unit, up to 1500A per dispenser
• Enhanced Efficiency – Over 97% efficiency with advanced technology
• Future-Proof Design – Scalable to meet evolving industry needs
• High Reliability – Based on the SiC power stack technology ensures highest reliability, proven in over 80 million sessions"

[Martien Visser @BM_Visser]

In zomer 2024 werd 4x meer zon & wind afgeschakeld dan in zomer 2023.
De afschakelhoeveelheid groeit kwadratisch: meer uren en meer MW per uur.
#grafiekvandedag
Naast groei zon & wind op land was er in 2024 veel extra wind op zee. In 2025 is er alleen groei zon & wind op land.

[John Raymond Hanger  @johnrhanger]

Good morning with good news: Poland's Coal generation fell from 90% in August 2015 to 52.7% in August 2024!

Wind & solar jumped from 5% in August 2015 to 28% in August 2024.

Solar was 2.5% of Poland's electricity in August 2020 and 18% in August 2024.

Rapid decarbonization!

[Simon 101 @sc101_101]

@TheEVuniverse You wanna know how much of Norway's electricity is consumed by EVs? With over a quarter of the total fleet now electric. Here. It's... uh... not really very much, is it?

[Martien Visser @BM_Visser]

De gemiddelde NL elektriciteitsmix afgelopen vier zomermaanden, inclusief de gemiddelde elektriciteitsprijs.
Wat valt u op?
#grafiekvandedag

[Sawyer Merritt @SawyerMerritt]

NEWS: Norway's electric car sales have just set new world record, taking up 94% market share in August. @Tesla's Model Y led sales with 18.8% of the market.

“If this trend continues, we will soon achieve the target of having 100% zero-emissions fleet in 2025."

[Henrik Larsen @larsen_hb]

Today is the last day of coal powered electricity in Denmark. Block 3 at the Esbjerg plant will close down today.
At its peak it used 500.000 tonnes per year, emitting 1,2 million tonnes of CO2 yearly.
A good day for the climate 😊

[Simon Evans @DrSimEvans]

BREAKING: China's CO2 emissions dropped 1% in Q2 of 2024, the first quarterly drop since Covid-19

The new analysis by @laurimyllyvirta for @CarbonBrief shows China remains on track for a fall in annual CO2 this year, meaning emissions would've peaked in 2023

🌄🚗🏙️Key drivers are record growth of solar / wind, as well as EVs and China's real-estate slowdown
⚡️Drop in 2024 depends on electricity demand growth easing in H2, per industry projections
⛰️🏭Strong demand from coal-to-chemicals, industry, has been raising energy use ahead of pre-Covid trends
⚖️If this pace of growth continues, CO2 would be flat in 2024 rather than falling

Full details in the article ↘️

https://t.co/Zx2EWe5vSU

[Simon Evans @DrSimEvans]

⚡️🚘BREAKING: For the first time ever, more than half of cars sold in China last month were electric

New-energy vehicles, including EVs and PHEVs, reached a record-high 51.1% of retail sales in July, according to data from the China Passenger Car Association

EVs are already noticably trimming China's oil demand: Just the increase in EVs on the road since last year shaved ~4% off transport fuel demand:

https://t.co/M1hJxqcACn

[Martien Visser @BM_Visser]

Inmiddels komt 45% van alle NL elektriciteit van zon en wind. Een jaar geleden was dat 37%.
Met deze groei ligt NL op schema om in 2030, conform de afspraken in het @klimaatakkoord, 85% van alle elektriciteit uit zon en wind te halen.
#grafiekvandedag

[Jan Rosenow @janrosenow]

Meet the world's largest all-electric ferry out for delivery in 2025:

It has capacity for 2,100 passengers & 225 cars.

Batteries can store >40MWh & will be 4x larger than any battery installation that has been constructed anywhere in the world for marine transport.

Range will be up to 100 n.m.

https://t.co/CxWKxYKd5Y

[Martien Visser @BM_Visser]

De NL gascentrales maken steeds minder draaiuren. In april werd slechts 340 miljoen m3 aardgas gebruikt. De op een na laagste maandwaarde ooit.
#grafiekvandedag
In augustus 2021 draaiden de kolencentrales volop. In april 2024 nauwelijks.

[Jan Rosenow @janrosenow]

This is the largest heat pump in the world (60MW).

It is located in Esbjerg, DK and provides heating for 100,000 people.

The heat pump replaced coal-fired thermal generation using Denmark's electricity which is 2/3 from wind and solar.

[AukeHoekstra @AukeHoekstra]

In 2022 the media (led by Toyota) freaked out about lithium scarcity, evidenced by prices "going through the roof".

I explained lithium wasn't scarce and it was just production catching up. But that wasn't dramatic enough.

Now look at lithium prices.
https://t.co/7iMTcSDmcY

[Felix Hamer • electricfelix @electricfelix]

.@stevelevine:
"In January, China’s @catl_official, the world’s largest battery manufacturer, slashed the price of its iron-based battery cells 40% below the global industry average. Western battery industry veterans told me at the time that the price had to be a one-off promotion for CATL’s best customers. It was not possible to make money at such prices, they said.

Today, CATL is still advertising the cells at about $56 per kilowatt hour—and it’s become the going rate in China for large lithium-iron-phosphate batteries used in buildings, according to multiple firms that track battery prices, compared with $95/kWh outside China; an electric vehicle battery using LFP would be roughly $10/kWh more. And China’s most efficient battery manufacturers are making a profit on the price, with average costs of $45/kWh, according to @InfoLinkConsult, a Taiwan-based renewable energy research firm.

As they did in January, many Western battery industry hands dismiss the LFP price as reflective of a brutal battery and EV price war in China, and not of the real costs of making the batteries. But they should worry: The LFP business may be evidence that the Chinese battery sector is repeating a phenomenon that has roiled industry after industry—so altering the economics of a product that most Western rivals are unable to compete, and are driven out. Cheaper than nickel-led batteries favored by major non-Chinese carmakers, LFP is the standard in China, used in the majority of Teslas, and is fast becoming more popular in the West."

#alwaysbecharging #theinformation #theelectric

[Martien Visser @BM_Visser]

Ik schat dat gisteren, zondag 12 mei, maar liefst 80%* van de (grootschalige) zonPV dagproductie werd afgeschakeld.
#grafiekvandedag
De blauwe curve zijn (grote) zonneparken, die direct aan TenneT zijn gekoppeld. Andere grote zonneparken worden vaak ook 24/7 aangestuurd en hebben dan naar verwachting een vergelijkbaar afschakelpatroon.

Zon op woningdaken, circa 40% van totale opgestelde zon-capaciteit in NL, schakelt niet/nauwelijks af vanwege commerciële redenen, maar heeft wel te maken met 'technische' afschakeling doordat de inverter vanwege te hoge spanning uitschakelt.

*meer dan 100% afschakelen kan niet. Wat zou er gebeuren als dit voor de balans handhaving wel nodig is?

[Martien Visser @BM_Visser]

In het eerste kwartaal van 2024 was 30% van alle nieuwe auto's in NL volledig elektrisch (BEV). Het eerste kwartaal vorig jaar was dit nog 26%.
Bron @RVO_Nederland