JensKnipper

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Blogging on: https://jensknipper.de

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JensKnipper··on Canada plans 'nuclear renaissance' with up to 10 reactors built by 2040

You can combine solar with wind. And the good thing: wind is complementary to solar. So no need for solar overcapacity and massive energy storage.

https://freeingenergy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Graph-s...

Edit: this is exactly what your link is showing > Demonstrates that mixed wind–solar portfolios outperform single technologies.

JensKnipper··on Škoda DuoBell: A bicycle bell that penetrates noise-cancelling headphones

What if they are shared?

JensKnipper··on Wired headphone sales are exploding

FiiO is great to get the best of both worlds. Using IEMs with FiiO UTWS5.

JensKnipper··on Photos capture the breathtaking scale of China's wind and solar buildout

If you look at the growth rate of renewables it should be pretty clear that coal will not play a major role in the foreseeable future. Why is it not saying 18% of the needs are being met by renewables? That's exactly what it does

JensKnipper··on Photos capture the breathtaking scale of China's wind and solar buildout

By showing only your provided data it seems. But when looking at the share of primary energy consumption from renewable sources it looks totally different!

https://ourworldindata.org/explorers/energy?tab=line&facet=n...

JensKnipper··on Ask HN: What are you building as a side-project or side-hustle in 2026?

https://re-director.github.io/

I am selfhosting a few applications at home and found managing redirects always a little cumbersome. There are lots of SaaS solutions out there, but no FOSS selfhosting ones.

So I wrote one myself.

Felt good to publish and share something :)