Klaas

@klaasnotfound
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Dabbling with software, hardware and music. Interested in ClimateTech and pathways to solve the climate crisis.
Websitehttps://klaasnotfound.com
We have published an open letter to Google opposing the Android Developer Verification Program with over 30 organizations as signatories: https://keepandroidopen.org/open-letter/
Math trivia: the "B." in Benoit B. Mandelbrot stands for Benoit B. Mandelbrot
Sometimes, people on Facebook don't know the Fediverse exists.
The European Commission likes to tell them. 💜 😉

Remember "don't print this email" in signatures that was a bit cringe? It doesn't feel that cringe anymore in retrospect. I'm doing an experiment now with this new email signature :D Anyone doing something similar? Could it catch on?

edit: BTW please absolutely steal/modify this idea if you want!

Profits go down: We regret to announce that we have to destroy the world.

Profits go up: We're delighted to announce that we have to destroy the world.

okay which of you did this

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Last September I researched and wrote a few thousand words on compressed air #energy #storage. I finally managed to clean up and (back-)publish the post:

https://klaasnotfound.com/2025/09/12/whats-up-with-small-scale-caes/

TL;DR: Modular, small-scale CAES is promising and underrated. I think more companies should be pursuing this.

#renewables #battery #caes

What’s up With Small-Scale Compressed Air Energy Storage? — KlaasNotFound

Compressed air energy storage has amazing economics at large scale. Why don't we see more modular, small-scale commercialization of this technology?

☀️ 2026 startet mit Rekordenergie: Erstmals wurde in Deutschland und in der EU mehr Strom aus Sonne als aus Kohle erzeugt! 💪

Wind & Solar dominieren, Kohle fällt auf den tiefsten Stand seit den 1950ern. Jetzt heißt es: mehr Tempo geben für 100 % #Energiewende. 🌍

https://www.zeit.de/wirtschaft/2026-01/strom-energie-photovoltaik-solar-braunkohle