Adrian Hiel
@adrianhiel
Director of the Electrification Alliance. Representing the major actors in delivering European energy to European homes and industry. 🇨🇦 🇮🇪
It's beautiful enough to forget, for a few minutes, about different beach views in Bordeaux and elsewhere.
I was actually just looking at some crickets for a snack at the shop 20 minutes ago. I feel very seen.
A family member just made this and sent it to me. Now they think I have the legs broken of the gas lobby.
Tempted to get a version of this but it says: AC/PV Highway to Hell World Tour 2026
My cooling load and PV generation from Friday. Easily managed from an app. PV feeds the airco at no cost to me and I sent another 9kWh or so on to the grid to power other peoples' airco. A small battery covers evening consumption when prices are high. It's not rocket science.
Nicest surprise of London Climate Action Week was the 100% BEV boat on the Thames that passed us.
A little treat for myself tonight. Ralph Fiennes was good. Miranda Raison was excellent. The story wanders a bit but it's hard to beat a night out at the theatre.
Last leg of my trip home from Rome. Köln to Brussels. A chance to salute my bag which my mother made by hand over 50 years ago. That's quality!
Amazing wayfinding at Basel SBB station. Just a giant live video of all the trams and buses outside. So easy. Have never seen this before.
One of the benefits of taking the scenic route home is that you meet other people who also enjoy the scenic route. Just had a very nice quick chat with Henk Swarttouw, CEO of the wonderful European Cyclists Federation coming back from the annual @ecf.com annual forum.
Just got halfway through it before audibly saying 'f*ck no' to this bit. People charge when electricity is cheap. It is cheap when it is based on renewables.
We have slowed to a mere 250km/hr. Rome in 40 minutes. Quite like these Frecciarossa trains.
Anyone have a subscription for the Irish Independent so I can read this whole article? I feel a 'letter to the editor' coming on. www.independent.ie/business/mon...
You could do worse than spend the day on the train Bxl - Paris - Milan. On to Rome tomorrow morning.
I have many thoughts on this. But happy to hear yours! My ideas look a lot like this: strategicperspectives.eu/eu-gas-insig...
It is more difficult than you would think to photograph the inside of a wind turbine tower.
Interesting. Just rented an EV for the day. If I bring it back with 70-100% charge there is no fee. Between 30% - 70% it is €27. Fortunately Brussels has over 10,000 charging points so no problem to bring it back full.
In my postbox. Car promotional material from Stellantis (Peugeot/Citroën/Opel/Fiat/Jeep/ Leapmotor). Pushing mild hybrids very hard. Only mentioning that BEV also available. Only pure BEVs mentioned are tiny Topolino/Ami and an interesting push for BEV vans priced as a diesel.
OECD press release on inflation in May driven by energy costs. Belgium amongst the most impacted. (Ironically a heat pump, PV and batteries means May was the cheapest energy month of my life) Follows the European Commission release earlier this week: ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web...
What has a very low coefficient of friction with cardboard that you could also sit on?
I just cooked a solar powered omelette in my garden but forgot to take pictures until it was all done. Video coming in the next couple of weeks.
My guide to building a solar fence: 1) buy solar panels. 2) lean them against the existing fence. Jk - there is a bit more to do, like put them on a base, fix them in place, etc. but you get the idea.
Anyone want to go in on an 18th c. chateau with a rather spectacular interior? Must have own lawnmower. www.lesviviers.be/biens/achete...
Balcony solar panels have arrived. More fun! Foolishly, I neglected to check their physical size before ordering. They are huge! It's ok though, I am going to stick them in the garden.