JohanEmpa

JohanEmpa, 1 month ago to random

"A fifth (21 GW) of the EU’s coal fleet will close in 2024 and 2025." - Ember

Pretty good. Things are moving.

JohanEmpa, 4 months ago to random

Started writing a bold vision for GreenFedi :sparkles_green:

What do you think?

https://greenfedi.org/greenfedi-vision-v1-0/

#GreenFedi

JohanEmpa, 4 months ago to random

BBC has written about wooden wind turbines from Modvion. The actual tower is 105 m. Made from about 200 trees.

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-67718719
#Modvion #wind #wood

JohanEmpa, 5 months ago to threads

I've published a new blog post on the topic of Threads.net and Mastodon.green. Do you have any thoughts on it?

https://greenfedi.org/draft-statement-on-big-tech-v2/
#Threads #MastodonGreen

JohanEmpa, 5 months ago to random

Not going well at GOP28 today

Some oil and gas countries can't see any scientific evidence that the world need to phase-out fossil fuels. :blobcatfacepalm:

#cop28

JohanEmpa, 5 months ago to random

It's going well on COP28 🙂
"More than 100 countries have now signaled support for a fossil fuel phase-out."

They track methane emissions by satellite and tell the oil companies where it leaks.

USA want to cut methane emissions with 80 %. Nothing can stop that, except the election next year.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/dec/02/us-outlines-measures-to-cut-methane-emissions-by-80-in-next-15-years
#COP28 #methane

JohanEmpa, 5 months ago to random

#TreeReport for Oktober

764 trees being planted 🌳
Mangroves in the Philippines

Thanks to all Mastodon.green members 🤗
We've done 19 049 trees in total

#AlbinSocial #MastodonGreen
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JohanEmpa, 6 months ago to random

#TreeReport for September

779 trees being planted 🌳
Mangroves in the Philippines

Thanks to all Mastodon.green members 🤗
We've done 18 285 trees in total

#AlbinSocial #MastodonGreen
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JohanEmpa, 6 months ago to random

SSAB plan to reduce CO2 emissions with ~90 % around 2030. That's more than 8 million tonnes. Sweden's total emissions can reduce by around 10 % and Finland's by around 7 %.

They're doing this 15 years earlier than originally planned.

Source: Their annual report 2022, page 21.

#SSAB #Steel #GreenSteel

JohanEmpa, 6 months ago to sailing

This ship 😍

#Canopee #ArianeGroup #Sailing #ESA

JohanEmpa, 7 months ago to australia

Just saw that some trucks in Australia drive two 800 km round trips per day with a total weight of 175 ton in one of the directions.

I believe a regular 40 ton truck can be modified with 1-2 extra fuel cells and five more H2 storage bottles and that will cover it.

Am I right?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmzfmn898J0

#Australia #RoadTrain #Hydrogen #FuelCell

JohanEmpa, 7 months ago to Hydrogen

This is a H2 fuel cell. They put two of these hydrogen fuel cells inside a regular Volvo truck.

1000 km range, up to 65 ton vehicle, fill the tank with green H2 in 15 minutes.

#FuelCell #Hydrogen

A truck with two TEU containers.

JohanEmpa, 7 months ago to Hydrogen

There are lots of hydrogen fuel stations in western Europe.

#hydrogen #Europe

JohanEmpa, 7 months ago to Hydrogen

These are the nine TEN-T corridors. I believe they cover about 30 000 km.

The EU requires a heavy duty H2 filling station every 200 km along the core routes along the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) by 2030. 👀 ! 😮

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#hydrogen #EU

JohanEmpa, 7 months ago to random

Wikipedia says that the UK will close its last coal power plant next year.

They replaced most of the coal with gas during the last fifty years.

JohanEmpa, 7 months ago to random

#TreeReport for August

1850 trees being planted 🌳
Mangroves in Madagascar

Thanks to all Mastodon.green members 🤗
We've done 17 506 trees in total

#AlbinSocial #MastodonGreen
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JohanEmpa, 7 months ago to random

#TreeReport

This report is for the month of July. I also have the august report right here, but I'll post that one tomorrow. Stay tuned by following the #TreeReport hashtag.

803 trees being planted 🌳
Mangroves in the Philippines

Thanks to all Mastodon.green members 🤗
We've done 15 656 trees in total

#AlbinSocial #MastodonGreen
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JohanEmpa, 7 months ago to Germany

Germany is installing Europe's largest battery. :flan_cheer:

500 MWh, to be ramped up to 3 GWh. Iron flow. Pumping electrolytes between two tanks.

Sounds good - Turn off a coal power plant. Install a giant liquid battery. Connect it to solar panels.

#Germany #Battery

JohanEmpa, 7 months ago to random

#MastodonGreen is on v4.2.0 :abunhdhappyhop:

Search is enabled on both servers.

If you want to be searchable you need to opt-in. It's in Edit Profile → Privacy and Reach → Include public posts in search results.

JohanEmpa, 7 months ago to random

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JohanEmpa, 8 months ago to Trains

Kim Jong-un travels by private train - good for the climate.

#NorthKorea #train

JohanEmpa, 9 months ago to nuclear

Nuclear lost against coal in the EU, and now it's losing against renewables.

#coal #nuclear #solar #wind

JohanEmpa, 9 months ago to nuclear

Nuclear energy is dying in the EU.

No new plants, only decommissions, and that in times of quickly growing electricity demand.

Meanwhile solar energy grows fast. It more than covers for the decommissioned nuclear and coal energy.

#nuclear #eu #solar #coal

JohanEmpa, 9 months ago to random

@TomSwirly
When you say "Unbounded exponential growth is impossible on a finite planet, I believe you do three flawed assumptions

First that the growth isn't naturally bounded by the limits of a finite planet, secondly that the growth is exponential and third that the planet is finite and not part of a larger world

No one wants exponential growth, and luckily we don't have it

In any case, growth or de-growth, the world needs solar panels and EVs to become net-zero.

#degrowth #growth #maths

JohanEmpa, 9 months ago to solar

This solar panel is about 200 cm times 40 cm and 2 mm thick. Made by Heliatek. It's pretty neat. With glue on the back it's just a matter of pressing it onto the wall and plug it in.

Probably falls off 😅, unless it's superglue? 🤔

#solar