Lancea LLP has worked with Regenerate Asset Management so are delighted to see the announcement of the launch of the fund. We feel that there is scope for the further development of agriculture as an asset class and the increasing development of regenerative practises should accelerate this. COMPANY NEWS Regenerate launches first European regenerative agriculture … Read More
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UK-Morocco cable/EV fires/solar & battery/hot rocks/Shanghai Auto Show & focus on UK energy transition
The top two stories suggest that there is a reasonable secondary market in renewable assets. More mature projects being sold into long term funds. That is encouraging. COMPANY NEWS NextEnergy Solar Fund to sell some PV farms to invest in storageNextEnergy Solar Fund has announced plans to sell a 236MW portfolio of subsidy-free UK solar … Read More
REGO’s/power trading/nuclear/condensed battery & focus on battery technologies
Here is a question for you: what do the following companies have in common: Deutsche Telekom, Porsche, Inditex, Currys, WPP? Answer: They all came in the top ten in this year’s FT’s Climate Leaders list, that compares emissions reductions across a number of metrics. See the whole list HERE COMPANY NEWS Musk says Tesla will … Read More
Geothermal/capacity market/home solar/seaweed/lithium/microgrid in a box
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
AD/battery/ammonia/floating wind & focus on COP27
COP27 continues to debate the EU’s late arriving proposal on a loss and damage fund, so we shall have to wait on that, the most important decision at this year’s summit. In the meantime the UK’s Autumn statement is with us, and with it the expected windfall tax on electricity generators. General consensus seems to … Read More
solar link/heat network/electrolysers/lobsters & focus on US-China trade
I keep trying to peddle good news stories here, yet the politicians seem determined to undo it all. COMPANY NEWS UK pension funds buy 12.5% Hornsea 1 stakeOctopus Energy Generation and GLIL Infrastructure have acquired a 12.5% stake in UK offshore wind farm Hornsea 1 from Global Infrastructure Partners.Octopus made a £200m investment on behalf … Read More
rooftop solar/curtailment/battery efficiency/flooding & focus on food waste
My wife showed me a piece this week in Remodelista about a gorgeous off-grid hut in Majorca HERE which included a novel power system: In fact the architect, Mariana de Delás makes an interesting point: the wheelbarrow contains power banks which run all electrical requirements in the hut, which involves wheeling the power to the user.. … Read More
tidal/solar tiles/China & focus on heat pumps
So, we have survived the Spring Statement, which could have been better but could have been worse. Now we need to see some proper green initiatives with money backing them from the Energy Security Strategy. Now that we can get loans and zero VAT for domestic heat pumps, I thought a quick buyers guide might … Read More
EfW waste heat/heat pumps/long duration storage/wireless charging & focus on offshore wind transmission
This week we have all the elements of a complete zero-carbon package: Offshore wind, long term storage, hydrogen, heat pumps, plastics recycling, methane abatement. Look no further Company news Sony and Honda discuss alliance to build EVsHonda and Sony announced that they’re exploring the possibility of entering a joint venture for developing and building electric … Read More
Offshore wind/heat pumps/affordable EVs and focus on methane leaks
The Trump years created such an air of despondency within the environmental industries that we felt that it would take years to recover the lost ground. Team Biden seem to be doing a great job of helping lift the gloom by moving quickly to reverse the harmful legislation and doing so with a purpose. Company … Read More