UK EV Drivers Save £1,100 Annually, £3bn Total
NEW ANALYSIS: Amid reports the govt is poised to water down EV targets, the UK's EV drivers are saving more than £1,100 each a year – and £3bn in total Plug-in hybrids, which could be pushed to make up for lower BEV sales, save three times less ££ https://t.co/4OejBC5C6G https://t.co/Xj0R8t8srp
UK’s 7th Carbon Budget Promises £865bn Economic Gains
NEW: UK's 7th carbon budget will deliver '£865bn' in economic benefits * Major investments needed to get rewards, inc saving £445bn on oil / gas imports * Pointedly, given current politics, figures are presented relative to "no net-zero" Full analysis: https://t.co/sWuxdqGNyl https://t.co/MV4uj8G8DC
UK Car Makers Exceed EV Targets, Over‑comply with ZEV Mandate
FACTCHECK: What the UK car industry is not saying about EV targets Despite all the "demand is falling short" narratives, they're actually smashing it! The industry has so far "over-complied" with the ZEV mandate – and it's on track for this year too https://t.co/4OejBC5C6G...
UK Wind and Solar Outpace Fossil Fuels for 15 Months
Wind and solar have now beaten fossil fuels in Great Britain for a record 15 months in a row Just a decade ago, fossil fuels were generating four times more than wind + solar Now that's flipped: Since the Iran war, wind...
Chinese Cleantech Dependence Differs From Russian Gas, yet Risks Politics
Dependencies on Chinese cleantech are very different to relying on Russian gas, says Dr Michal Median "It's not a useful comparison," as one is stocks, the other flows But, says Median, Chinese dependency could still come with "significant" political and geopolitical trade...
Europe Can Self‑manufacture Clean Energy, but at Higher Cost
Dr Nagat Karroum, Uniper Renewables, says that Europe could – technically – manufacture everything domestically for clean-energy expansion (rather than buying from China). But she adds that this would come with trade-offs in terms of cost and speed of deployment. https://t.co/4rWiRH3rtb
Half of UK's Onshore Wind Near End, Grid Reform Overlooked
Reowering: Scottish Power boss Keith Anderson says 40-50% of the UK's onshore wind projects are coming to the end of their lives in the next decade Says he's concerned that grid queue reform didn't take this into account https://t.co/IsyS5w2icd
Electrification Cuts Bills by Spreading Fixed Grid Costs
Interesting talk from Aurora's Dan Monzani on how to cut electricity bills Highlights key role for electrification in cutting unit prices, by spreading fixed investment costs – in grid etc – across a larger pool of demand https://t.co/26RdTambx3
Battery Costs Plummet, EV Flexibility Powers Future Grid
Octopus boss Greg Jackson says we are facing "unprecedented technology change" such as "astonishing" drop in cost of batteries Says flexibility from eg EV charging and V2G is "the system of the future" https://t.co/bPflfH86ig
Europe to Quintuple Battery Capacity by 2030, Still Trails US
European battery capacity is expected to grow 5x in 5 years to 2030, says Aurora's Richard Howard – but it will still be behind the US https://t.co/ECA3wrhf3U
Why Dale Vince’s Heat Pump Claims Are Wrong
There are literally 10s of thousands of reasons why Dale Vince is wrong about heat pumps and energy bills https://t.co/KR3JUI0Ujl https://t.co/O9qAbcNLk9
Solar to Overtake Coal by Early 2030s, Fact‑Check Confirms
FACTCHECK – FALSE: US energy secretary Chris Wright thinks coal will still be world's top source of electricity "when I die". But solar is set to overtake coal in the early 2030s – and wind soon after. https://t.co/ozxG21RD5A
UK’s Gas‑electricity Price Split: Incremental, Not Revolutionary
NEW: How is the UK govt aiming to "break the link between gas and electricity prices" – and will it work? While headlines “suggest a decisive shift", says Aurora's Marc Hedin, "the reality is more incremental” + comments from UKERC, Regen & more https://t.co/Vkf5BCYFW9...
China's CO2 Emissions Flat, Coal Power Declines.
Hi Harriet, you might have missed it but China's CO2 has been flat or falling for nearly two years https://t.co/xqAnUNQOdR The "rising coal" in your link is coal power capacity, not actual coal demand https://t.co/5xxRPefgvj Coal power fell last year https://t.co/lZal4xcGlg
UK to Curb Gas Power with Fixed-Price CfDs
NEW: Details of UK govt plans to "break influence of gas on electricity prices" Carrot: Offer fixed-price "wholesale CfDs" to old renewables, replacing wholesale ££ but not RO top-up Stick: Higher windfall tax of 45–>55% on 1 July for old renewables/nuclear 1/3 https://t.co/zMNwT7DWGm