grid battery/green shipping/green hydrogen/lithium/thorium

26th August 2022

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

solar link/heat network/electrolysers/lobsters & focus on US-China trade

5th August 2022

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

banks & pensions/hydrogen island/wooden wind turbines & focus on permafrost

27th May 2022

So, we do have a windfall tax on oil companies in the UK, but the not-an-emergency budget has left hanging the prospect that electricity generators might be hit too, which would undoubtedly affect renewables investment and, yet again nothing on energy efficiency. Company news Polestar invests in extreme fast charging battery company StoreDotPolestar has made … Read More

undersea cables/seagrass/electrolysers & focus on learning curves and renewables

1st April 2022

A couple of readers last week spotted that the link to the best heat pumps review was missing. Apologies, you can find the article HERE Company news Macquarie takes stake in Island Green PowerMacquarie Asset Management has reached an agreement to acquire a 50% stake in UK renewables developer Island Green Power.The investment, via the … Read More

negative emissions/offshore wind/soil/lithium

28th May 2021

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