I had hoped to help bring some clarity around the brave new world of farming outside of the clutches of the CAP. Unfortunately I suspect that we haven’t got there yet and can only hope that soon all will become clear. Company news Schneider Electric acquires Zeigo PPA platformSchneider Electric has acquired start-up climate-tech platform … Read More
Last Titbits of 2021, and a slight deviation from the usual format. I have chosen four themes that have come to the fore this year and found news items to match the themes. Predictions for 2022: I expect to see an increasing influence of tech, epecially AI, in cleantech and funding of renewable energy projects … Read More
It seems like only last week that we were celebrating the EU carbon price touching €80. This week it touched €90 briefly. This FT article highlights the cause and effect of gas crisis necessitating a shift back to coal, which leads to an increase in demand for credits, thus a price spike in carbon and rise … Read More
Monumental end to the week with the news that Shell has pulled out of developing the Cambo oil field. This is the first sign that stranded assets are starting to actually get stranded. The BBC suggested that smaller companies would jump in, but the cost of finance for this kind of project may well make … Read More
COP26 achieved some good (see focus, below) and we now have a properly Green influenced German Government. Are we setting ourselves up for major disappointment? Company news Good Energy puts its power generation portfolio up for saleGood Energy has put its 47.5MW power generation portfolio up for sale, confirming its intention to transition away from … Read More
Telstra story is interesting. I hope that Telco’s moving into energy services is more successful than their move into media twenty years ago Company news Morrisons acquires ‘significant stake’ in soft plastics plantMorrisons said the plant in Fife has an “initial capacity” of 15,000 tonnes and will process hard-to-recycle soft plastic – including chocolate wrappers, … Read More
You have to trawl pretty deep into the budget announcement to find anything of significance for the green agenda. I hope we won’t be saying the same about the wee conference in Glasgow Company news Daimler and BP partner on UK hydrogen refuelling networkMercedez-Benz’s sister brand, Daimler Truck, has partnered with BP to develop a … Read More
This week both the Queen and Greta Thunberg (the oldest and youngest activist?) called out the leaders of the developed nations for lack of concrete action on climate change. Greta called it “decades of blah blah blah”, whilst her majesty was irritated by those “who talk but don’t do”. Company news Falck family to sell … Read More
I have been an extreme optimist on electric cars but never imagined that by September 2021 we would see an EV as best seller in the UK. It is testament to the disruptive business that Mr Musk has built that even as the big players enter the market, Tesla continues to lead and push the … Read More
This, smaller than usual Titbits is beamed to you from the Fully Charged OUTSIDE show at Farnborough International Conference Centre. I would strongly recommend a trip to it over the weekend. It is full of EV’s and gave me the first sighting of the Tesla Model Y (big, definitely a SUV), The Hyundai Ioniq 5 … Read More