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🦺 "Autonomous and safe": timely report by @… for Topsector Energie.
32 recommendations on how to make the Dutch and European energy system more robust, based on interviews with 22 energy experts, including yours truly.
💬Main message: Accelerate the energy transition!
⛽ One takeaway for immediate use: Do not use govern…

Autonoom en veilig
Nederland moet zijn energievoorziening versneld autonomer en weerbaarder maken. Dat stellen 22 experts op het gebied van energie en veiligheid in het rapport ‘Autonoom en veilig: hoe Nederland zijn energiepositie kan versterken’ van Topsector Energie met een voorwoord van admiraal b.d. Rob Bauer. In het rapport doen zij 32 concrete aanbevelingen om de energievoorziening beter bestand te maken tegen geopolitieke spanningen, verstoringen in internationale aanvoer en toenemende digitale dreigi…

US Big Tech companies have been on an energy-related hiring spree; Workforce.AI says Microsoft has hired 570 people with energy-related expertise since 2022 (Tasmin Lockwood/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/14/big-tech-google-microsoft-energy-hiring-ai.html…

Big Tech is poaching energy talent to fuel its AI ambitions
Hires of energy-related talent by Big Tech was 30% higher in 2025 than pre-AI levels.

Kingston Community Energy (2012) - Creating non-for-profit community (solar PV) energy schemes was undermined by whiplash changes in government support. #community #microgen -

Kingston Community Energy (2012)
Creating non-for-profit community (solar PV) energy schemes was undermined by whiplash changes in government support. #community #microgen

China could emerge a winner from Trump’s global energy shock
The disruption caused by the war on Iran may reveal that years China spent preparing for a global energy crisis have left the country and its economy better positioned than most to endure a long-term hike in the cost of oil and gas.

Through massive stockpiles of crude oil,
an aggressive push into electric vehicles
and huge investments into coal, renewable power and battery storage,
Beijing has worked …

Why China could emerge a winner from Trump’s global energy shock
Spiking oil prices may reveal how China has been more successful in electrifying its economy and reducing dependence on fossil fuels than the United States.

🦺 "Autonomous and safe": timely report by @… for Topsector Energie
32 recommendations on how to make the Dutch and European energy system more robust, based on interviews with 22 energy experts, including yours truly.

Autonoom en veilig
Nederland moet zijn energievoorziening versneld autonomer en weerbaarder maken. Dat stellen 22 experts op het gebied van energie en veiligheid in het rapport ‘Autonoom en veilig: hoe Nederland zijn energiepositie kan versterken’ van Topsector Energie met een voorwoord van admiraal b.d. Rob Bauer. In het rapport doen zij 32 concrete aanbevelingen om de energievoorziening beter bestand te maken tegen geopolitieke spanningen, verstoringen in internationale aanvoer en toenemende digitale dreigi…

On the LIME Energy Saving Plug: Review (2011) - Read how this simple helpful gadget chopped the watts to save cash and carbon! #smartPlug #frugal #cutCarbon -

On the LIME Energy Saving Plug: Review (2011)
Read how this simple helpful gadget chopped the watts to save cash and carbon! #smartPlug #frugal #cutCarbon

Oracle expands its partnership with fuel cell maker Bloom to procure up to 2.8 GW of capacity, after receiving a warrant to purchase $400M of Bloom stock (Jordan Novet/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/13/oracle-expands-bloom-energy…

Oracle expands Bloom Energy deal days after receiving $400 million stock warrant
Last week Oracle received a warrant to buy nearly $400 million in Bloom Energy's stock, which jumped on Monday after the companies announced an expanded deal.

Good to see this NRC editorial catch the essence of the Topsector Energie report on energy security "Autonoom en veilig", to which I contributed:
"The Netherlands should green its energy supply, out of necessity."

Wat vindt NRC | Nederland moet sneller verduurzamen, uit noodzaak
Energietransitie

On Office Comfort and Energy Efficiency - Sweating or shivering 9 to 5 at work? Small business or home office? Get comfy, save money, cut carbon! #office #frugal #thermostatWars -

On Office Comfort and Energy Efficiency
Sweating or shivering 9 to 5 at work? Small business or home office? Get comfy, save money, cut carbon! #office #frugal #thermostatWars

16WW Energy Series Dataset - Time series of electricity and gas and other energy generation and use. #energy #microgen #dataset -

16WW Energy Series Dataset
Time series of electricity and gas and other energy generation and use. #energy #microgen #dataset