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Sam Hamels

@samhamels.bsky.social
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Energy economist at Ghent University. Trying to help figure out the energy transition in all its social, political, economic and technical complexity.

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Sam Hamels @samhamels.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
📢CALL FOR PAPERS 📜 Workshop on the Economics of Flexible Electricity Demand October 28th, 2026, Ghent Submit your paper (PDF) to marten.ovaere@ugent.be by May 30th! Attendees are also welcome at our Policy & Industry Day on October 27th For all info: link in comment below
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Joannes Laveyne @jolaveyne.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Energy abundance suggereert dat overvloed van duurzame energie vanzelf tot verduurzaming leidt. Maar dit is al zo vaak weerlegd. Zonder actieve vraagstimulering ontstaat geen structureel gebruik. Overvloed zonder consumptie is verspilling. Mijn stuk in De Standaard: www.standaard.be/opinies/over...
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Overheden moeten de vraag naar duurzame energie actief stimuleren
Het heeft geen zin massaal te investeren in de productie van koolstofarme stroom, als de consument die toch niet wil gebruiken, schrijft Joannes Laveyne.
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Sam Hamels @samhamels.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
After again seeing some people freak out about primary energy figures, I felt it was time to write this post. The energy transition is, in some ways, easier than it looks. www.linkedin.com/pulse/primar...
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The primary energy fallacy
Looking at primary energy figures can be little depressing and frightening. You may be forgiven to think "Oh God, fossil fuels are still so dominant, and look at how small renewables still are 😱" This...
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Sam Hamels @samhamels.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Zonnepanelen, windmolens, EV's, warmtepompen, new nuclear, upgrades aan elektriciteitsnetten en de bouw van compleet nieuwe netten om waterstof en CO2 te transporteren. De rode draad is: een verschuiving in de balans tussen CAPEX en OPEX in ons energiesysteem. Een draadje 🧵
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Jaap Burger @jaapburger.eu · 22/02/2025
With current regulatory conditions - dynamic tariff, intraday optimisation, optional time-varying network tariff starting April - German EV drivers can already reduce charging cost by -68%. Making taxes time-varying as well: -84%. With #V2G: €355 net revenue www.rabot.energy/wp-content/u...
-68% Einsparpotential (von 475 EUR > 154 EUR)mit zeitvariable Steuern: -84%: von 475 EUR > 78 EUR-174% Einsparung beim bidirektionalen Laden: 475 EUR > -355 EUR
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Sam Hamels @samhamels.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
I just gave a 2h lecture about electricity markets, with a focus on futures and the day-ahead market. Slides: bit.ly/4gKMg6v Video: youtu.be/nHywOS1mHLQ?... Enjoy! 🍿
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Sam Hamels - Guest lecture on electricity markets (Feb 17, 2025)
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Sam Hamels @samhamels.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Just learned that China is now building windmills with a capacity of 26MW *each*. Unthinkable just a few years ago.
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Sam Hamels @samhamels.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Thuisbatterij eigenaars hebben er baat bij dat "iemand" hen helpt om hun thuisbatterij zo snel mogelijk terug te verdienen. EV eigenaars om hun laadfactuur to laag mogelijk te krijgen WP eigenaars om hun verwarmingsfactuur zo laag mogelijk te krijgen. 1/6
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Jaap Burger @jaapburger.eu · 25/11/2024
(Existing) heat pumps (and 🔋) are getting smarter by the day: on top of optimising for ☀️ & energy tariffs, these devices can now also be controlled to run the national grid more efficiently. GBP 5 - 20 / month bonus for participants, a more efficient and therefore cheaper energy system for all.
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Good Energy to pilot automated flexibility
Good Energy will pay its customers to automate flexible heat pump and home battery use using its new platform, FlexiRewards.
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Have we been duped by the primary energy fallacy? Critics of renewables often say that we cannot possibly replace the vast amount of fossil fuel we currently use with clean energy. The good news is that we don’t have to. My article in Medium explains why. medium.com/@jan.rosenow...
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Have we been duped by the primary energy fallacy?
Whenever I post something on renewable energy on social media it never takes long for negative comments to arrive in my feed. One type of…
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Colin McKerracher @colinmckerracher.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
*taps mic* Each year, I hear about all the reasons that EVs will fail, and each year sales keep going up. On track for just under 17 million in 2024, in line with BNEF forecast's from the start of the year about.bnef.com/blog/are-glo...
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Adrian Hiel @adrianhiel.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Charging can be added with remarkable speed.
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Sam Hamels @samhamels.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
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