Biogas/heat pumps/fusion/geothermal & focus on EU & UK ETS

15th September 2023

Looking at the selections this week, two kinds of innovation are featured: First are the “out of the box thinking” type such as the burying of biomass and the fracking energy storage. The second is the Government sponsoring the long term ambitions of the fusion industry, and trying to pick winners. COMPANY NEWS AstraZeneca Partners … Read More

Nuclear ships/batteries/pensions/deforestation & focus on CCS

4th August 2023

You don’t have to be a conspiracy theorist for this one, but I think the UK Government is quietly cutting the environmental protections for industry. The FT spotted that the carbon price in the UK ETS has, since March, diverged noticeably from the EU ETS, which it had tracked ever since its post-Brexit launch. As … Read More

electrolysers/ccs/waste-to-fuel & focus on UK nuclear power costs

20th May 2022

One beneficiary of the change in views on energy costs and energy security has been sentiment towards nuclear power. My “focus” today may serve as a reminder that nuclear is a far from perfect solution especially as regards costs Company news 5MW gigastack project awarded £9.3m in UK Government fundingITM Power announced it had won … Read More

infra-red heating/autonomous delivery/fossil-free fertiliser & focus on farming

17th January 2022

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

virtual power plant/ccs/hummer/tidal & focus on Lazard LCOE

30th October 2020

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