Glad to see the post about the boom in renewables, below. I hope that the UK will join in, although messages are mixed currently. A good example being that we criticise the President of DR Congo for issuing licenses to drill for oil in peatlands and then issue plenty of our own in the North … Read More
CCS
electrolysers/ccs/waste-to-fuel & focus on UK nuclear power costs
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
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
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