Heleen Groenenberg
heleengroenenberg.bsky.social
Heleen Groenenberg
@heleengroenenberg.bsky.social
December 26, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Zo fijn, mensen die dingen maken.
Ondertussen op mijn werktafel- ik doe niet aan kerst - ik bouw liever een operagebouw- en mijn kat inspecteert de constructie
December 25, 2025 at 8:38 AM
A wind chill equivalent of -4 oC this evening! Siberian conditions.
December 23, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Reposted by Heleen Groenenberg
EU and Japan agree on Japanese association with Horizon Europe research programme - ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
EU and Japan successfully conclude Horizon Europe negotiations
The European Commission and Japan have successfully concluded negotiations on Japan\'s association to Horizon Europe, the EU\'s flagship €93.5 billion research and innovation funding programme.
ec.europa.eu
December 22, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Michelle Tongerloo geeft in Buitenhof wat cijfers over daklozen, de duurste burgers van NL. Daarvan zijn er naar schatting 80.000 met elk kosten 30-85kE. Max 20% wordt opgevangen en is goed voor 90% van alle kosten, de rest moet maar kijken. Wat een maatschappelijke no-brainer.
December 21, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Deze kreeg ik door uit Drenthe, waar met midwinter kennelijk de viooltjes en de goudsbloemen bloeien. Bijen en een citroenvlinder zijn ook gesignaleerd. Bizar toch hoe verstorend hogere temperaturen werken voor ecosystemen.
December 21, 2025 at 5:39 PM
December 21, 2025 at 7:50 AM
EU carbon border tariff now pushes back on coal-based power from the Western Balkans. Hurray. The region will need a decarbonization plan. www.euractiv.com/news/brussel...
Brussels’ carbon border tax to decimate revenue for Balkan power exporters | Euractiv
Western Balkan countries are faced with a billion-euro carbon levy
www.euractiv.com
December 18, 2025 at 7:07 AM
It's been a while since I checked the Euractiv website and / but energy and environment tabs have vanished completely.
December 18, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Central Europe does not seem eager to support Ukraine backed by RU frozen assets. www.euractiv.com/news/reparat...
www.euractiv.com
December 18, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Reposted by Heleen Groenenberg
Very good news, and a signal to many UK universities that it is crucial to rebuild closer relationships with European partners.
December 16, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Hoppekee.
Australia’s home battery program has been a remarkable success. ~160,000 batteries installed in just months — ~3.6 GWh of distributed storage added almost overnight. Households moved fast when economics aligned.
A$5 b top-up vs A$2.3 b original → A$7.2 b total, more than 3× the initial plan.🔋⚡ #BESS
Government pumps $5 billion into home battery program, issues persist
Over the weekend the federal government announced major changes to its $2.3 billion home battery subsidy program. The changes include nearly $5 billion in extra funding and adjustments to the financia...
www.pv-magazine-australia.com
December 17, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Reposted by Heleen Groenenberg
Devastating and dangerous blow to the weather and climate community tonight, as 20,000 earth and space scientists meet at #AGU25.

New @ucs.org statement from @carlonimbus.bsky.social on the Trump administration plans to dismantle @ncar-ucar.bsky.social:

www.ucs.org/about/news/t...
Trump Administration Threatens to Dismantle Leading Climate and Weather Research Center
The Trump administration is threatening to dismantle one of the U.S.’ leading weather and climate research institutions.
www.ucs.org
December 17, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Herinnering: mijn oom bracht na het jagen een haas bij ons thuis, met oren en al. Mijn moeder maakte hem panklaar, maar vond het een verschrikking. Nooit weer.
December 17, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Reposted by Heleen Groenenberg
‘Nederland heeft alles in huis om koploper te worden in duurzame industrie. Maar dan moeten we nú samen keuzes maken voor de lange termijn. Dat is de belangrijkste boodschap uit het deze week gepresenteerde bidbook van de industriecoalitie.
Lees hier meer: www.vno-ncw.nl/artikelen/bi...
December 1, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Tell Rubio that the European Commission uses Times New Roman.
December 10, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Reposted by Heleen Groenenberg
The European Commission presented plans for speeding up integration of member states' power infrastructure on Wednesday, particularly in regards to Spain and Portugal, which were hit by mass outages this year. Both countries have long accused France being slow to act.
EU pressures France to improve energy links with Spain and Portugal after blackout
The European Commission presented plans for speeding up integration of member states' power infrastructure on Wednesday, particularly in regards to Spain and Portugal, which were hit by mass outages this year. Both countries have long accused France being slow to act.
www.lemonde.fr
December 10, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Wouldn’t it be refreshing if news coverage about Europe was truly all about Europe? And about how we're going to run our own affairs? Security, industry, climate, digital, democracy, good partners, the whole lot. Enough about the US.
December 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Reposted by Heleen Groenenberg
If anyone cares at all, EV battery recycling is now hitting 99% recovery for important metals

Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is

interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
New recycling tech recovers nearly pure nickel and cobalt from old EV batteries
Researchers have developed an eco-friendly recycling tech that extracts 99 percent pure nickel and cobalt from waste batteries.
interestingengineering.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Reposted by Heleen Groenenberg
Tekst van Jetten en Bontenbal: Samen aan de slag voor een sterker Nederland e-mailabonnementen.rijksoverheid.nl/mailings/SHA...
e-mailabonnementen.rijksoverheid.nl
December 2, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Reposted by Heleen Groenenberg
"All of this falls apart if humans don't adopt the tech. This is why you've seen Meta cram its lame chatbots into WhatsApp and Instagram. This is why Notepad and Paint now have useless Copilot buttons on Windows. This is why Google Gemini wants to "help you" read and reply to your emails."
Analysis: OpenAI is a loss-making machine, how can it survive?
Don't call it a bubble! Loss-making monster OpenAI is on the hook for $1.4 trillion (with a T) in compute commitments. How can this go on?
www.windowscentral.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:30 PM
In Frankrijk werden meningen over de uitkomsten van een burgerberaad klimaat kennelijk gepeild onder de bevolking. Klinkt ergens dubbelop, anderzijds kun je draagvlak nooit zichtbaar genoeg maken.
December 1, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Boeiend interview met socioloog Dubet over gelijke kansen en onze meritocratie.
www.volkskrant.nl/politiek/min...
Links zegt vaak: u heeft ongelijk, kijk maar naar onze statistieken. Dat versterkt alleen het gevoel van minachting bij extreem rechts.
Minachting is de motor van het populisme, zegt deze Franse socioloog. ‘Het is niet meer wij tegen zij. Het is ‘ik’ die geminacht wordt’
Minachting als breedgevoeld maatschappelijk sentiment is van alle tijden, betoogt socioloog François Dubet, maar lijkt in het huidige tijdsgewricht alles te doordringen. ‘In de VS is met het trumpisme...
www.volkskrant.nl
November 29, 2025 at 9:04 AM