Sharing hope and debunking FUD against electric vehicles and renewable energy. Director NEONresearch.nl @TUeindhoven Founder Zenmo.com.https://bsky.app/profile/aukehoekstra.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/aukehoekstra.bsky.social/post/3mlps664xhs25You might have noticed that GaN and SiC transistors are taking the world by storm and are helping to replace heavy transformers with smart inverters. https://www.powerelectronicsnews.com/sic-and-gan-transforming-efficiency-in-power-electronics/13 May 2026 07:36 +0000at://did:plc:wcpapruceqef3d52qfclel3d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlps664xhs25https://bsky.app/profile/aukehoekstra.bsky.social/post/3mlppan7dmc25Interesting new paper documents clearly how the IAEA has been overestimating the growth of nuclear time and time again. It's the inverse of what I've documented for solar and batteries. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2026.10467613 May 2026 06:43 +0000at://did:plc:wcpapruceqef3d52qfclel3d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlppan7dmc25https://bsky.app/profile/aukehoekstra.bsky.social/post/3ml72ffcrmc2tTwo recommendations for dealing with sycophantic AI chatbots: 1) Say (in the preferences, if you are a paying customer) say: "Don't tell me what I want to hear or how great my questions are. Be honest instead sycophantic." 2) Understand you are still talking to a machine trained to be sycophantic. [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 May 2026 15:48 +0000at://did:plc:wcpapruceqef3d52qfclel3d/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml72ffcrmc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/aukehoekstra.bsky.social/post/3ml6z4qokwk2tZack Polanski (leader of the UK greens) is Jewish and against the genocide in Gaza. Increasingly, his Jewish heritage and the anti-semitism he experienced is disqualified because of that. For me, this is the world on its head. Real jews are aware enough of the Holocaust not to want to repeat it. [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 May 2026 15:25 +0000at://did:plc:wcpapruceqef3d52qfclel3d/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml6z4qokwk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/aukehoekstra.bsky.social/post/3ml2mmdxfvk2vGood. (H)(B)EMS software is even more important. [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 May 2026 21:30 +0000at://did:plc:wcpapruceqef3d52qfclel3d/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml2mmdxfvk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/aukehoekstra.bsky.social/post/3ml2m525eks2vEven better: get your utility to pay market parties that move faster and that can also make money trading energy to do it for them. Cheaper and faster still. But yeah. [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 May 2026 21:22 +0000at://did:plc:wcpapruceqef3d52qfclel3d/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml2m525eks2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/aukehoekstra.bsky.social/post/3ml2hxxkml22vUS democracy is broken on so many levels. https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/how-redistricting-supreme-court-have-cut-voters-out-us-house-races-2026-05-03/04 May 2026 20:07 +0000at://did:plc:wcpapruceqef3d52qfclel3d/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml2hxxkml22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/aukehoekstra.bsky.social/post/3mkxz3mu2262nI've been touting the inevitable win of electric trucks over combustion and hydrogen trucks for over 10 years now. Glad to see it's finally happening. https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/business/2026/04/29/cheaper-cleaner-electric-trucks-overhaul-chinas-logistics03 May 2026 20:36 +0000at://did:plc:wcpapruceqef3d52qfclel3d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkxz3mu2262nhttps://bsky.app/profile/aukehoekstra.bsky.social/post/3mkxy4j6rik2nMessages like this about the strain the Dutch grid is under due to renewables drive me nuts because NOBODY is talking about using demand-response. E.g. by locational marginal pricing. It's all hand wringing and useless television spots about not charging your car in the evening https://x.com/AukeHoekstra/status/205102642069286106003 May 2026 20:18 +0000at://did:plc:wcpapruceqef3d52qfclel3d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkxy4j6rik2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/aukehoekstra.bsky.social/post/3mklblkeyzc2lPotentially hyper-cheap sodium batteries are becoming commercially available and are getting LFP battery specs. This is nuts! This could lead to *incredibly* cheap batteries! https://electrek.co/2026/04/27/catl-sodium-ion-battery-60gwh-energy-storage-deal/28 Apr 2026 19:03 +0000at://did:plc:wcpapruceqef3d52qfclel3d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mklblkeyzc2l