Chapeau to the EU for their Green Recovery Package. Spot on for breadth, depth and timing. Company news £900m net zero infrastructure plan proposed by Britain’s gas networksPlans to invest more than £900m in switching Britain’s gas grid from using methane natural gas to hydrogen and biomethane have been unveiled today by the country’s five … Read More
Encouraging to see some big renewables projects getting a green light. My sense is that developers are keen to build projects despite the current state of power prices. Company news Limejump adds Ylem Energy peaker to its managed assetsLimejump has added a 20MW gas-fired peaking project, owned and developed by Ylem Energy to its award-winning … Read More
What will be the new normal after CV-19? Not a particularly original question I admit. As I sit at my home office looking out at a sunny and windy day I glance at Gridwatch (see snapshot below) which tells me that over 30% of the UK’s energy is being generated solar and wind, more than … Read More
As you can tell from the clips on here over the last few weeks it is hard to tell quite how much to celebrate the sight of negative oil prices, not a time for schadenfreude maybe. Company news Future Biogas look to pass on their scientific knowledgeFuture Biogas were one of the first players at … Read More
Those among you who watch these things closely may have noticed a sharp rebound in the price of carbon on the EU ETS over the last couple of days. This was because EDF announced that it is going to have to shut down a couple of nuclear reactors. It is too hard to maintain them … Read More
The world has found a way to cut CO2 emissions, albeit a very painful one. The crisis has also rudely barged the green agenda off the front pages. Hopefully we shall be back stronger than ever, but nonetheless Titbits intends to keep the newsflow coming as best we can. To soften the edges of a … Read More
The UK game of musical chairs continues: Welcome, Alok Sharma to the role/hot seat of Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) as well as Minister for COP26 climate summit. He will have his work cut out. He comes from the Department of International Affairs, but has few obvious green credentials. According … Read More
Back after the summer break with a slightly extended bulletin, covering some August highlights as well as this week’s goodies Company news Jinko Solar’s upbeat message on Q2 numbers Jinko Solar, the world’s biggest solar panel maker, has pleased markets by showing good growth in unit sales, revenues and profits at their Q2 numbers. This … Read More
Who needs campaigners for clean energy when you have Mike Pence Company news US-based GIP in talks to buy Engie’s Indian solar power business American investor Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) is in talks to buy the Indian solar power business of French energy firm Engie SA in a deal potentially worth around $500 million, a person … Read More
A big thank you to Aurora Energy Researh for their excellent Summer Renewables Summit. A privelege to hear the formidable Doyne Farmer (mathematics professor at Oxford) explain how mere mortal forecasters such as the IEA just don’t understand the concept of exponential growth. Under his model solar energy fits the 35% annual growth model, which … Read More