Iris ten Have, PhD

Today at the IFAT worldwide in Munich and at the Hydrogen Stage, where novel prospects for Municipal Hydrogen are discussed. As we embrace sustainable technologies, hydrogen emerges as a frontrunner. Recent advancements allow for emission-free production from diverse sources like wastewater, waste, and biomass. Tach2yone GmbH Zentrum Wasserstoff.Bayern (H2.B) #ifat #hydrogen #wastewater #solidwaste #biomass #energytransition #circulareconomy

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Hamburg as a green hydrogen Hub in Europe has reached another important milestone by receiving federal funding for its 100 MW electrolyzer as well as for the hydrogen network for providing green hydrogen to a lot of different industrial and commercial players.

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💧 The utility company Wiener Stadtwerke hosted the Center for Advanced Technologies Sarajevo (CNT), and they are united by a common vision of the wide use of green hydrogen in various sectors. CNT is already actively working on the use of hydrogen, and now they had the opportunity to visit the facility for its production, which will enable Vienna to switch to renewable energy sources and achieve climate neutrality by 2040. The delegation also had the opportunity to get to know the projects of the public transport company Wiener Linien, which uses green hydrogen for its bus line 39A, and the city's waste management department Die 48er (MA48), which uses hydrogen vehicles for waste removal. We hope that this visit will open the door to future cooperation and joint work to promote green hydrogen and sustainable technologies in different sectors. #zelenivodik #održivaenergija #CNT #vienna #klimatskaneutralnost

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Have you heard of hydrogen and want to know more? Sign up for the next free #webinar from Hydrogen Moves GmbH where Andrea Lübcke and I will show you how to use the H2-Compass to navigate the budding hydrogen economy and see Germany's progress on ramping up clean hydrogen production via electrolysis!

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Energy Transition Fundamentals. The big topic is often incomprehensible without context. That's why I like teaching sessions - if not too intense :) - sometimes for professionals, other times for college stundents or even junior high students. Join in below if of interest, and please feel free to share. Class will be in Bahasa Indonesia. 2x1 hour sessions with long QnA. As I normally go, let's discuss what are the likely pathways and challenges for Indonesia's transition. Let's cut through the noise, as best as a 4-hour session can do. ----- Mini Class Zonaebt hadir kembali! 💡 Introduction Energy Transition Industry Fundamentals 📅 : 3-4 Juli 2024 ⏰ : 19.00-21.00 WIB 📍 : Live melalui Zoom Meeting ✅Materi dan recording kelas ✅E-Sertifikat ✅Grup Diskusi ‼ Harga cuman 119.000 🔥 Kode diskon : Putra Link in comment below

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There will be no carbon capture and storage (CCS) without public and political support. Therefore, it was a pleasure to welcome a German delegation with representatives from industry, government, media and NGOs to discuss CCS and public perception at CONCITO. Together with Karsten Capion I had the pleasure to present our take on CCS and some key learnings from the implementation of the technology in Denmark. Thanks to Nina Skaarup for also sharing her experiences from on the geological groundwork and engagement with possible neighbors to onshore CO2-storage. A special thanks to Dr. Beate Baron, Anne-Mette Cheese, Katrine Thomsen, Fabian Liss and Julian Somers for sharing your perspectives in a fireside chat. We look forward to a continued and constructive dialogue across the border on the role CCS in climate policy! In our view CCS will play an important role in parallel with efforts to decarbonize all sectors. But since funding and resources are constrained, we should focus incentives on no-regret and cost-effective projects (which of course will be a moving target). Further, as green electricity will also be a limited resource for decades, green hydrogen and CO2 can be used separately to produce carbon free e-fuels and storing CO2 permanently, to maximize climate benefit.

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News: Speaking with Dr. Christian Dollfus at Impact Hub Zürich about the future of energy.⚡ Excited to announce our upcoming June 7th Energy Future 2.0 workshop with CEEX - Clean Energy EXchange! We will discuss the latest trends, technologies and policies that are shaping tomorrow. The event is of particular importance in view of the upcoming Swiss vote on energy policy. Key highlights: 🤖 Future Trends: Explore the latest advancements in energy. 🎤 Interactive Discussion: Engage with us on pressing energy issues. 🗳️ Policy Impact: Understand how new policies will shape our energy landscape. Join us to gain insights and be part of the conversation about the future of energy. Find the link to register in the comments. #EnergyFuture #Innovation #Sustainability

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📢 "The Hydrogen Compass and Electrolysis Monitor" - Next #webinar on July 30, 16:00 CEST with Valerie Tilker-Kwan, Stakeholder Dialogue Officer, and Andrea Lübcke, Project Leader of H2-Compass from National Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech – Deutsche Akademie der Technikwissenschaften).   The Hydrogen Compass project, led by acatech and DECHEMA, aims to develop strategies for Germany's #hydrogen economy. The H2-Compass combines a large-scale meta-analysis with extensive #stakeholderdialogue. The #Electrolysis Monitor tracks current and future publicly announced hydrogen production projects, ensuring transparency and progress towards climate neutrality. Why Attend? ▶ Learn how far we are from Germany’s 10 GW #electrolysisgoal ▶ Understand how to use the H2-Compass to navigate the budding hydrogen economy ▶ Gain a deep dive into cutting emissions in steelmaking with hydrogen   ❗ Don't miss this opportunity to gain insights from leading experts in the field. 👉Register now! https://lnkd.in/etBdj3Td #SustainableFuture Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz Silke Frank Irma Grandel

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German coalition agrees on financing details of hydrogen network. Germany's coalition has finalized the financial framework for its ambitious hydrogen network, aiming for completion by 2037. This extensive network, crucial for Germany's energy transition, particularly post its dependency on Russian gas, will span over 9,700 km and is expected to cost about €20 billion. The plan includes utilizing 60% of existing gas pipelines and will be funded through user fees and private investments, with a government-backed safety net to encourage investment in this nascent technology. This strategic move represents a significant step towards integrating renewable energy sources into the national grid and reducing carbon emissions.

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Interesting thinking about the electricity market and how market forces could support an evolution of the way we do business there. "For instance, similar to markets that trade different grades of crude oil (WTI and Brent), perhaps we can “grade” energy based on its characteristics, so that energy that includes inertia and VARs is valued higher than energy that doesn’t include these other characteristics. A MWh of energy from a synchronous generator has a higher operational reliability value than a MWh of IBR energy, so how can we signal this economically?"

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Amperon , a energy forecasting solution provider has just launched its innovative Asset-level Renewable Generation Forecasts, a game-changer for renewable energy producers, utilities, and electricity traders. This advanced tool provides: 🌟 Solar generation forecasts at individual site-level or aggregate-level for enhanced portfolio management. ⏰ 15-day solar forecasts updated hourly, and two-day, sub-hourly forecasts at 5-minute intervals. 📊 High accuracy scoring based on the asset’s nameplate capacity, ensuring transparency and accountability. 🌿 Insights into carbon footprint three days in advance, helping track avoided emissions. Amperon will not use the traditional forecasting metrics like mean absolute percentage error (MAPE), normalized mean absolute error (nMAE), and root mean square error (RMSE) as they often fall short of accuracy when applied to renewable generation In lieu of these, the company has introduced a new capacity normalized mean absolute error (cnMAE) metric to address traditional forecasting limitations. The cnMAE metric scales the forecast error according to the system’s capacity, offering a relative error measure that ensures the system’s scale and the observed values during the estimated period do not skew the error score. By simply calculating cnMAE as MAE divided by capacity, this new approach incorporates system capacity into error measurement. #RenewableEnergy #SolarForecasting #Sustainability #EnergyInnovation #CleanTech #isg

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📦 Packing & Unpacking: Research Insights from MIT CTL 💡 Last year, recent PhD graduate Jonas Lehmann, CTL's Director of Research Matthias Winkenbach, and CTL Research Scientist Milena Janjevic, published a study on how to reduce carbon emissions in temperature-sensitive airfreight transportation that has since been developed into a tool for logistics companies and practitioners alike! 🛩 ♻ 📑 Read the abstract and download the full white paper here: https://lnkd.in/e5iEcysF The tool, developed by SkyMind, "empowers companies to calculate and track their CO₂ footprint and identify key areas for emissions reduction." DECARBONIZE is available now for free; check it out on their website! ➡ https://lnkd.in/eBZjTX3n #Decarbonize #SupplyChain #SupplyChainManagement #SupplyChainInnovation #ResearchCenter #Logistics #Sustainability SkyCell AG MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics Yossi Sheffi Chris Caplice Jim Rice Josue Velazquez Martinez Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT School of Engineering

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Clear editorial statement about the need for nuclear energy in Monat magazine, obvious but worth repeating. "Following recent experiences of energy crises, people are increasingly realising that energy equals life. I believe that society is moving forward and getting ready to embrace the vision of a high-energy, low-carbon future. As more people are lifted out of poverty, they will also gain access to cheap electricity that will be a great equaliser. The power of the atom is within our reach. We need only step forward and grasp it. " https://lnkd.in/eSd-i5g5

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A research team at the Helmholtz Institute Erlangen-Nürnberg for Renewable Energy, Jülich Institute for Energy, has successfully developed a breakthrough method for recycling perovskite solar cells. Using a layer-by-layer solvent extraction approach, they have managed to recover nearly every layer of a planar methylammonium lead iodide (MAPbI3) perovskite solar cell. 🔹 Incredible Efficiency: Recovery Rate: Up to 99.97% of materials recovered! Cost Savings: Potential reduction in material costs by up to 63.7% in the lab and 61.4% in industrial manufacturing. 🔹 Key Insights: Quality Preservation: Recycled materials retained high quality, enabling the production of new solar cells without significant loss in efficiency. Selective Dissolution: Layers in solution-processed solar cells can be separated easily, facilitating the recycling process. 🔹 Challenges and Successes: Spiro-OMeTAD Recycling: Despite difficulties due to residual additives, the team found that complete removal of impurities wasn't necessary to maintain cell efficiency. Test Results: Solar cells made with recycled materials showed efficiency comparable to those made with fresh materials. 🔹 Next Steps: The researchers are now focused on scaling up their process, aiming to improve efficiencies and demonstrate the method's applicability for larger solar modules. 🔗 Discover the full story and the potential impact of this groundbreaking research on the future of solar energy: https://lnkd.in/d5Ek5Rc2 #RenewableEnergy #SolarPower #Innovation #Sustainability #GreenTech #EnergyTransition #CleanEnergy

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Just coming off two great days at #ENERGIETAGE here in Berlin. This is one of my favourite events dealing with the #energytransition (#energiewende) here in Germany. It attracts all levels of government, industry and civil society. And the conversations are diverse, rich and nuanced. This year there was a lot of discussion about the new nationwide mandate for community heating and cooling plans (already a requirement in a few individual states now for several years). These are seen as foundational to the heat transition and development of more integrated energy systems (sector coupling) at a local level. It's clear there are some policy gaps andf implementation holes still to fill. Some good discussions about the role of green gases and the future of the gas grid - certainly more nuanced regarding the priorities and also infrastructure requirements for green gases then we see so far in Canada. It was also interesting to hear the Federal Minister for Housing, City Development and Construction talk about the diminishing returns her Ministry is seeing to further tightening of building efficiency standards. The new minimum efficiency standard for new buildings in Germany is now the Efficiency House (EH) 55 standard. The next tier would be EH40, This is still not the level of performance of a passivhaus. There are growing concerns about marginal construction costs, embodied carbon and cooling challenges of even tighter standards relative to decarbonizing heating sources. Something we've noticed in our projects but still little talked about. All in all very productive couple of days. Lots of insights and inspiration for our practice!

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If #hydrogen and #derivatives based on renewable energies are imported in the future, the following questions arise: Where could they come from? In what quantities? At what cost? At EWI - Energiewirtschaftliches Institut an der Universität zu Köln, Ann-Kathrin Klaas, David Wohlleben, Tobias Sprenger, and I developed version 2 of the EWI Global PtX Cost Tool to investigate these questions. To me, the following features are what sets the tool apart: ① Calculation of production costs and potentials for hydrogen and derivatives from wind and solar energy in 117 source countries and transportation costs to 19 destination countries ② Analysis of two supply profiles: Baseload delivery or volatile delivery, including the resulting storage costs ③ 2024 estimates on country-specific weighted average cost of capital for green hydrogen projects ④ A detailed documentation of the methods and data You can access the tool here: https://lnkd.in/evdF9kFK

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Burning #ammonia to generate #power is an expensive and wasteful use of resources. Co-firing it with coal as a #baseload power source beats any emission reduction benefit it may bring. Importing it from overseas will likely add to #energy #security risks, especially in light of the recent energy crisis and geopolitical tensions. So writes my colleague Isshu Kikuma in our latest piece on the topic, Ammonia No Magical Bullet to Cut Asia's Power Emissions. It's therefore sad to see governments and companies in #Japan (my second home) and South #Korea rush to commercialize ammonia co-firing technology at home and in the rest of #Asia. We now count 12 jurisdictions in Asia eyeing ammonia combustion at thermal power plants. A cynic could say North East Asian companies built coal power plants at home and in South East Asia knowing these plants couldn't operate their entire economic lives if we were to comply with the Paris Agreement. Now these same companies are selling an expensive solution to the problem they helped create. What should jurisdictions mulling ammonia co-firing do instead? 1: Prioritize the development of domestic renewables (paired with #batteries when firm capacity is needed). This is cheaper than ammonia. 2: Prioritize clean ammonia for existing uses such as fertilizer production. 3: Limit ammonia use in power generation to seasonal peaking and backup, where its use can be justified, not baseload power. What else is in the report? 1: Economic analysis of ammonia use in power versus renewables and batteries. 2: The impact of the #US #IRA #45V tax credits on the economics. 3: Detailed analysis of companies and jurisdictions pursuing ammonia co-firing. Reach out if you're interested in seeing the report! BloombergNEF users can read it here: https://lnkd.in/eMcUAV78

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