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H2PRO: another way of splitting water in oxygen and hydrogen
H2PRO is a startup that developed E-TAC, a revolutionary method for producing green hydrogen by splitting water that is over 95%...

Pjotr van Schothorst
Mar 25, 20211 min read
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Masterclass Financiering spring 2021
On April 15 2021, TKI Energy organises their Masterclass Financiering again. It is in Dutch, and intended for startups that want to learn...

Pjotr van Schothorst
Mar 23, 20211 min read
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Startupbootcamp's Sustainability Accelerator goes live
Startupbootcamp Sustainability is a new fund which will invest in 30 of the most promising startups and scaleups from around the world...

Pjotr van Schothorst
Mar 20, 20211 min read
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How many deaths resulted from using different types of energy?
Excellent video by Kurzgesagt on the death tol caused by different types of energy sources in the past.

Pjotr van Schothorst
Feb 3, 20211 min read
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First geothermal project in The Netherlands for district heating goes live
First geothermal project in The Netherlands for district heating goes live. I invested in one of the project developers earlier this...

Pjotr van Schothorst
Dec 21, 20201 min read
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Blockheating: use of data center residual heat for horticulture greenhouses
Today we completed an investment in Blockheating, a Dutch startup which places a containerized mini data center at the premises of a...

Pjotr van Schothorst
Dec 7, 20201 min read
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Oceans of Energy was listed as one of the EU Offshore Renewable Energy Strategy Key Technologies.
I invested in them earlier this year. Good to see that they are getting international recognition. There is not enough space on land for...

Pjotr van Schothorst
Nov 23, 20201 min read
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EIC Investor Day on the EU Green Deal
Pjotr is jury member during pitching session 2 of the EIC Investor Day on the EU Green Deal, Tuesday 10 November, 13:45.

Pjotr van Schothorst
Nov 6, 20201 min read
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Good articles on hydrogen by Michael Liebreich
Michael Liebreich wrote two excellent articles on hydrogen for Bloomberg New Energy Finance, October 2020: Separating Hype from Hydrogen...

Pjotr van Schothorst
Oct 26, 20201 min read
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PVS Investments made an investment in Delft IMP
Delft IMP has developed a new process and machine for adding nanocoatings to powders, leading to a better cathode material for Li-ion...

Pjotr van Schothorst
Oct 13, 20201 min read
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Is It Too Late To Stop Climate Change? Well, it's Complicated.
Kurzgesagt video, part of a series about climate change supported by Breakthrough Energy – a coalition founded by Bill Gates, that is...

Pjotr van Schothorst
Sep 29, 20201 min read
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Masterclass Finance for Startups
Are you a start-up or small and medium-sized company in the energy sector? And are you looking for the financing instrument that best...

Pjotr van Schothorst
Sep 21, 20201 min read
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How does a good pitchdeck look like?
(Based on https://articles.bplans.com/what-to-include-in-your-pitch-deck and https://slidebean.com/blog/startups-what-is-a-pitch-deck-pre...

Pjotr van Schothorst
Sep 11, 20202 min read
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Amazon Launches $2 Billion Climate Venture Capital Fund
E-commerce giant Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) is launching a Climate Pledge Fund that will invest in companies developing products, services,...

Pjotr van Schothorst
Jun 25, 20201 min read
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Scientific research on different scenario's towards no-carbon energy for Europe
Excellent study "Cost-optimal reliable power generation in a deep decarbonisation future" with simulation runs of different scenario's...

Pjotr van Schothorst
Jan 21, 20201 min read
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Dutch entrepreneur magazine Quote selects LeydenJar for top 25 "most promising Dutch start-ups"
Quote magazine published their annual list of top 25 "most promising Dutch start-ups. LeydenJar Technologies, in which we made a seed...

Pjotr van Schothorst
Jan 21, 20201 min read
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Impacts of Green New Deal Energy Plans on Grid Stability, Costs, Jobs, Health, and Climate
Excellent long-read article by group of Stanford University scientists on how the World could become totally carbon-free in 2050. After...

Pjotr van Schothorst
Jan 3, 20201 min read
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LeydenJar to open pilot plant for high energy density batteries
Dutch startup LeydenJar is opening a pilot plant for manufacturing new-generation batteries that store up to 50 percent more energy. We...

Pjotr van Schothorst
Nov 26, 20191 min read
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Levelized Cost of Energy and Levelized Cost of Storage 2018
Interesting overview of the ownership costs of various energy and storage solutions made by Lazard, a financial advisory and asset...

Pjotr van Schothorst
Nov 7, 20191 min read
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Can planting trees compensate for flying?Â
Here is a good article on this. And here a good attempt to calculate the number of trees needed for a flight. There are some critical...

Pjotr van Schothorst
Nov 6, 20191 min read
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