Apoliogies for smaller and late Titbits. Been a busy week UK news Scottish hydrogen network trial gets underwayHydrogen from Grangemouth site to be transported along 29 kilometre section of previously decommissioned gas pipelinesPlans to build a network of hydrogen pipelines across the UK took a step forward today, with the start of a Scottish pilot … Read More
Two biggies this week: The IPCC 6th assessment report and the UK Government Energy Security Strategy. The former has been applauded for not mincing words and stating categorically that net zero will need direct carbon capture (DCR) as well as renewables. As I show in the focus, that is going to be a hard ask The … 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
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
Electric vehicles work best in the city, so why are the car companies not falling over themselves to provide small, affordable city runabouts like the Wuling, below? These would drive mass acceptance of electric motoring and encourage people to switch their family SUV to a an electric alternative. Skoda have just withdrawn their entry level … Read More
Company news Xpeng’s IPO Went Really, Really WellChinese electric vehicle maker Xpeng sold more shares for more money than the company planned in its IPO, priced Wednesday evening—then opened up well above that price once trading started Thursday. It’s another sign that demand for EV stocks is still through the roofXpeng expected to sell 85 … Read More
This will be the last Titbits of the year, which is my excuse for a short wish list that might help drive the energy transition. Here in the UK we need the new government to show proper commitment to “Getting te transition done”. Spending a few pennies supporting new, and in some cases improbable technologies … Read More
I am not sure that it really shone through at the party conference last week, but there was a pleasantly surprising level of support for green policies Company news Bombardier inks €100m deal with Leclanché to energise battery-powered trains vision Bombardier Transportation, the rail division of transport giant Bombardier, has today announced a new €100m … Read More
Hitachi walking away from their two nuclear projects would constitute a major crisis in normal circumstances, but now it just joins a queue. The optimist in me hopes that this might lead to a fundamental reappraisal of UK energy policy. Nuclear is too expensive, fracking is no answer, gas works as a transition technology, but … Read More