Kees van der Leun

@Sustainable2050

1/3 of a century for sustainable energy at Ecofys, and now . 100% renewable energy globally by 2050 is possible! RT≠endorsement Views=own

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  1. Pinned Tweet
    11 May 2018

    Years it took us to drive up CO2 by 10 ppm: 320 → 330: 12 330 → 340: 8 340 → 350: 6 350 → 360: 7 360 → 370: 6 370 → 380: 5 380 → 390: 5 390 → 400: 5 400 → 410: 4 That’s making the climate crisis worse faster.

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  2. 6 hours ago

    When the construction of Finland's Olkiluoto 3 nuclear reactor started I'v 2005, the world had 5 GW of solar PV. Now that has grown 100 times, to 500 GW, and Olkiluoto 3 still isn't ready.

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  3. 7 hours ago

    Oh well, what's 6 weeks on a delay that has now reached 10 years ;)

    Commissioning of Finland's Olkiluoto 3 EPR is now running six weeks behind schedule, the Areva-Siemens consortium has informed Teollisuuden Voima Oyj. The supplier is to provide TVO with a revised schedule for the start-up of the plant next month
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  4. Retweeted
    11 hours ago

    With the ongoing flooding in the north of England, we’re working hard to ensure our substations are protected. 45 colleagues have set up 1.5km of temporary flood defences and placed over 2000 sandbags at Thorpe Marsh near Doncaster.

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  5. 7 hours ago

    Suggestion for next year's IEA scenarios: PASS = Paris Agreement Sustainable Solutions FAIL = Fossil Alternative, Isn't Logical

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  6. 8 hours ago

    .. scenarios that assume compliance with an agreement recently ratified by practically all countries in the world are presented as some sort of fantasy alternative for greenies.

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  7. 8 hours ago

    Everybody knows that the present stated policies are not good enough; that's why the has a 'ratcheting up' mechanism for the national contributions to the required emission reduction. But this way, crashing-the-planet scenarios are branded as 'realism', and ..

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  8. Retweeted
    16 hours ago

    Brexit fears led Tesla to choose Berlin over Britain for the site of its new European mega-factory. Hardly a surprise but another depressing sign of the times...

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  9. 8 hours ago

    How IEA scenarios work in the media: title "Main role in 2040 will still be for fossil fuels". Graph shows this is based on the Stated Policies Scenario, which is totally out of line with the . Only lower left graph shows there's a sustainable alternative. ()

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  10. 8 hours ago

    Mr Trump's show of support for the Republican candidate at the end of his campaign seems to have resulted in a Democratic Governor for Kentucky.

    BREAKING: Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin conceded defeat Thursday, as a recanvass of last week’s election showed him still trailing Democrat Andy Beshear.
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  11. 9 hours ago

    .. but Germany's Environment Minister does not agree with the proposal by her Economy (and Energy) colleague to prohibit wind turbines within 1000 m of groups of 5 homes or more.

    SPON: Große Koalition streitet über Abstandsregel für Windräder - Die von entworfene Regel für den Abstand zw. Windrädern und Wohnhäusern sorgt für Krach im Kabinett. Umweltministerin machte klar: Sie lehnt den Vorschlag ab
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    22 hours ago

    “The depth of denial within Australia’s Coalition government now runs so deep they are in a state of denial about the act of denying. Apparently, there is not a climate denier amongst them, if you believe Jason Falinski, the Liberal member for Mackellar.”

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  13. 9 hours ago

    German (speaking) scientists support : 60 minutes of silence outside Ms Merkel's office tomorrow: "All has been said. ▶️ Act!" Via

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    21 hours ago

    Offshore wind's international expansion continues; congratulations, !

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    We’ve inaugurated our first-ever offshore wind farm in Taiwan! 🎉 The 128MW Formosa 1 farm is the first-ever commercial-scale offshore wind farm in Taiwan. 😲 Explore more:
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  15. 10 hours ago

    October 2019 was the 2nd warmest on record globally, behind 2015, and ahead of 2018, 2014, 2017,and 2016: +0.74°C above the 20th century average. [Japan Meteorological Agency]

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    18 hours ago

    IEA scenarios for global solar PV in a nutshell: "Yes, annual solar PV capacity additions have shown exceptional growth over the years, and last year it grew too, but we project that from now on there will be hardly any growth at all" [repeat] Graph:

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  17. 13 hours ago

    Good evening from our Utrecht office!

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  18. 18 hours ago

    IEA scenarios for global solar PV in a nutshell: "Yes, annual solar PV capacity additions have shown exceptional growth over the years, and last year it grew too, but we project that from now on there will be hardly any growth at all" [repeat] Graph:

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  19. 21 hours ago

    Offshore wind's international expansion continues; congratulations, !

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    We’ve inaugurated our first-ever offshore wind farm in Taiwan! 🎉 The 128MW Formosa 1 farm is the first-ever commercial-scale offshore wind farm in Taiwan. 😲 Explore more:
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  20. 22 hours ago

    Biggest worry of our today: "the Germans are laughing at us!".

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  21. Retweeted
    Nov 13

    Yesterday, wind produced 18% of Europe's electricity! Top-5 by share in total: Denmark 79% Ireland 50% Portugal 44% Germany 35% Spain 31% Top-5 by electricity produced (GWh): Germany 521 UK 229 Spain 216 France 133 Italy 108

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