Everyone has a view on Elon Musk, he’s hard to ignore. But I do like the description of him by Charlie Munger as “gifted but weird”. Charlie has earned the right to his views as it was him who suggested to Warren Buffet that he invest in $232m in a then unknown Chinese battery company … Read More
lithium
energy saving/solar facade/lithium & focus on new battery technologies
What a week! It starts with a new PM who has shown little sign of recognising the urgency of net-zero actions, and finishes with a new king who has always been a keen friend to environmentalists. Will they behave to stereotype? Liz Truss’s energy policy needs plenty of detail fleshed out, but does at least … Read More
grid battery/green shipping/green hydrogen/lithium/thorium
I return this week to a material that gets airtime every now and then: Thorium. The world might be a very different place if thorium was chosen rather than uranium to power nuclear reactors. I was led to believe that it was pressure from the military that swung the argument in favour of uranium, as … Read More
biomethane/phone masts/Germany/lithium & focus on COP wasn’t so bad
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
negative emissions/offshore wind/soil/lithium
Good to see that the Electric Highway has been put out of its misery. A prime example of how being the first into a market does not guarantee that you are a winner Company news Drax and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries sign negative emissions project dealDrax Group and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engineering, part of Mitsubishi Heavy … Read More