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Maarten De Groote
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Construction innovation & energy policy shizzle @energyville/@VITObelgium + @HesbEnergie | Coordinator @oPENLab_project | All views are my own
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Moscow is either preparing to attack Estonia - a NATO nation - or is making new attempts to intimidate NATO.

Russia is moving electronic warfare systems 20km from Estonia against the backdrop of Zapad-2025 military drills in Belarus.

www.eurointegration.com.ua/eng/news/202...
July 25, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Beste @maartenboudry.bsky.social, je redenering is niet alleen moreel gevaarlijk, maar ook feitelijk misleidend
July 6, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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A MIRROR IMAGE:

We overestimate the persistence of incumbent technologies like coal.

But we and underestimate the growth of clean energy technologies like solar.
March 13, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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⚡ How ready are Europe’s grids for the energy transition?

@globsec.bsky.social’s first ever Grids Transition Index is a great starting point for a discussion.

📖 Read the report: www.globsec.org/what-we-do/p...
February 28, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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“It’s a moonshot.”

Vienna has a $21 billion plan to end its dependence on imported fossil gas with heat pumps, boreholes and energy efficiency.

www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Vienna Embraces Heat Pumps to Ditch Russian Gas
The Austrian capital has a $21 billion plan to end its dependence on imported natural gas with heat pumps, boreholes and energy efficiency.
www.bloomberg.com
February 16, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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Today's #HydrogenSoufflé comes to you from France, where #Hyvia, the delivery van JV between @plugpowerinc.bsky.social and #Renault has been put into receivership. «En gros, il n’y a pas de marché sur le véhicule hydrogène» said Renault CEO Lucas de Meo. Who could have known?
media.hyvia.eu?p=10142
HYVIA ANNONCE UNE PROCÉDURE DE REDRESSEMENT JUDICIAIRE
Pendant trois ans, HYVIA, l’une des premières entreprises à investir et innover dans la mobilité hydrogène, a développé une offre, et ce dans un marché qui reste encore absent, lui permettant cependan...
media.hyvia.eu
February 10, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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A reminder that the EUs 'heat pump accelerator' is due this Thursday.
#EnergySky
JUST DROPPED:

Why do I like heat pumps? Well it's frankly the most efficient technology for heating ever invented.

Watch the full video podcast episode with @energyfutureslab.bsky.social @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social here 👇

www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8ay...
January 27, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Behind the Scenes:
Renovation works of the oPEN Lab project in Genk entering final phase 💪🦾
youtu.be/6foSO3VcoOM
Behind the Scenes | Renovation works of oPEN Lab in Genk entering final phase
YouTube video by oPEN Lab Project
youtu.be
January 8, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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Jeff Bezos never wanted this cartoon to become public.

He killed it, and as a result, pulitzer prize editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes quit.

Make sure everyone sees this cartoon.
January 4, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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Het blijft me verbazen hoe kalm sommige landen bij die klimaatonderhandelingen blijven. Eeuwenlang leeggeroofd, bevolking tot slaven gemaakt en vernederd, en nu de gevolgen moeten dragen van wat de Westersee landen met al die rijkdom gedaan hebben. Je zou voor minder kwaad worden. #klimaat
November 24, 2024 at 6:28 PM
“Het is niet nodig te hopen om te ondernemen noch te slagen om te volharden.” ⁦‪
@gerardgovers‬⁩ en #WillemvanOranje
💡💡💡
www.demorgen.be/meningen/waa...
Waarom Valérie Trouet het klimaatdebat opgeeft, maar wij dat niet mogen doen
Gerard Govers is geograaf en vicerector van de groep Wetenschap en Technologie en voor het domein duurzaamheid aan KU Leuven, waar hij ook een cursus over de impact van de mens op de Aarde (en omgekee...
www.demorgen.be
November 25, 2024 at 7:50 AM