Off to Belgium tomorrrow to cycle the Ronde cyclo. Can’t wait to be back in the Holy Land and spend my Saturday in rain, cobbles and bergs 🎉
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Since the entire national media is doing "Reverse Emails" all over again, here's a brief sample of the things that should be front page, above-the-fold, five-alarm fire news:
Stikstofregels schrappen gaat de PVV plotseling te ver
Nu de PVV aan de formatietafel zit, gaat het niet langer over stikstofregels schrappen. In het landbouwdebat praat de partij over bijstellen.
this is actually a huge arbitrage opportunity for any straight dude who is capable of being normal
Study shows how solar farms can revive insect populations theprogressplaybook.com/2024/01/23/s...
Within five years, insect abundance tripled at these two solar farms.
Offshore wind had a record year in 2023 says Wind Europe 4.2GW installed 9GW financed €30bn raised (up from record-low €0.4bn in 2022)
Had a great day cycling the 200 km route (more or less, it wasn’t a waterbike) of the Frisian traditional Elfstedentocht (11-cities tour) skating tour, which is hardly ever held nowadays due to climate change :-(
2,682TWh = world's nuclear power 2,790TWh = EU electricity demand 2,846TWh = renewables built in past 5yrs 😮 4,924TWh = US+Canada demand ~5,000TWh = new renewables forecast next 5yrs 😲 ~6,000TWh = new renewables "accelerated case" 🤯 6,500TWh = world's gas power www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-wor...
Industrial heat pumps are coming: Nestlé will be using a GEA Group heat pump at a new milk powder line at the Nunspeet plant in the Netherlands. When completed, the plant will use 75% less energy for steam and massively reduce carbon emissions. www.coolingpost.com/features/amm...
NETHERLANDS: GEA is to supply the latest process and ammonia heat pump technology to cut energy consumption at a new milk powder line at Nestlé’s plant in Nunspeet, the Netherlands....Read More...