Let’s start the year by looking back at the best EV’s of 2020. If you haven’t had any experience of electric motoring, you should, so as to understand the demonstrable benefits. Recent research stated that only 1% of EV buyers would look to revert to petrol/diesel for their next car. I suspect that this is … Read More
Lots of technology pieces this week and no cars for once. Next week will be the last of 2020, and who doesn’t want to put 2020 behind them. I shall be doing the annual EV of the year announcement. Happy to take any suggestions. Company news Starbucks outlines next steps on regenerative agricultureStarbucks has announced … Read More
Another exciting new mnemonic for the lexicon: NDC, or “nationally determined contribution”. All the signatories to the Paris Agreement are meant to announce their pledge by the year end. As host next year it was important that we lead from the front. Credit where it is due, we have with a commitment to reduce emissions … Read More
Two weeks worth in this issue, plus a rare political piece from me. Normally try to avoid that kind of thing. Company news Arrival arrives but not with a UK listingElectric vehicle startup Arrival will debut on Wall Street following a merger with a U.S. blank-check company, in a deal valuing the startup at $5.4 … Read More
I remember seeing an impressive presentation years ago about the idea of using ammonia as a zero carbon fuel for certain applications. Some ideas take a long time to take hold Company news Rolls-Royce unveils plans to build 16 mini nuclear plants in the UKRolls-Royce is pushing for the UK government to provide a multi-billion-pound … Read More
Will this momentous week be remembered as the week that we waved goodbye to Trump, or the week that the USA waved goodbye to the Paris Agreement? Company news Downing to float £200m renewables investment trustAn investment trust set up to buy into renewable energy and other infrastructure assets will today announce plans to raise … Read More
We may be near the end of the curve of falling costs for wind, maybe also solar, but as both are now competitive with the marginal cost of gas, nuclear and coal we are going to have to afind something else to argue about UK news Tesla launches UK-based virtual power plant projectTesla has opened … Read More
Back in the early days of all this there was talk of a giant project to build solar farms in the Sahara in order to supply energy for the whole of Europe. That has never happened but the Darwin project described below has reactivated the idea of a giant solar resource linked to distant markets … Read More
According to WRAP food waste contributes 6x the greenhouse gas emissions that aviation does. That came as a surprise to me. Company news Lightsource bp completes financing on Bighorn SolarLightsource bp has successfully closed on a $285 million financing package for its Bighorn Solar project, which will be located on EVRAZ Rocky Mountain Steel mill … Read More
Company news Glasgow’s Weir Group quits oil and gas industryWEIR Group has sold its oil and gas division to Caterpillar in a deal worth more than £300 million, sending shares soaring in early trading.The Glasgow engineering giant had put the operation, which has been hit heavily by the downturn in the US shale market, up … Read More