Nice to have a back to back; I can dishwasher all the pots and pans I used batch cooking today with tommorrows free electricity 😀

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Today, we get all (?) the facts about the Iberian blackout! Exciting... But keep in mind this will be the factual, not final report. The final should come, with recommendations, in another 3-4 months. Doc should appear here on ENTSOE webpage: www.entsoe.eu/publications... 🔌💡

South Wales is frequently (atm - 194 gCO2/kWh) the dirtiest part of the GB grid. This 250MW/1,250MWh BESS at Uskmouth Sustainable Energy Park should benefit from near Rs, Greenlink to Ire & eventual HPC. The park already has one 240MWh BESS in build and a claimed potential for 3.5GWh

Another masterstroke by the leader of the 'party of business'

I don't really understand Labour's strategy here. £300 was a foolish pledge during the election. OK but why persist. Short of a deus ex machina its going to be missed. The present policy is likely to push it up in the short term at least. It would need levy & VAT removal to give it a chance

I'm sure this charity is wonderful but I want the BBC to tell me more about this panel - whats its made of unicorn horn?

Our new study published this month finds that climate change will tend to create more noise around airports across Europe. The lift generated by a departing aircraft is less in warmer air, reducing climb angles by up to 7.5%. Study: doi.org/10.3390/aero... www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/...

I'm skimming, but this paragraph stood out:

The day Gov is dragged kicking and screaming into making clear the non industrial gas network must have an organised closure, and we can stop these 'solutions', the better.

Given the overwhelming voter concerns on energy costs this has clear downsides. Ed trying to buy off labour unions by forcing clean energy companies to pay to train O&G workers and new enhanced conditions etc must be reflected in future bid prices.

Why has the government published a NIMBY charter? (FREE TO READ!) takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/the-govern...

You want to bar Tesla from having a licence. Fine, go for it. Musk is a horrible piece of work. But first explain to me why the flexibility offered by one of the most active energy storage providers in the UK should be ignored without resorting to nonsense, and explain the costs of doing so.

Its 'cheating' when you count clean gen greater than demand - but the increasing number of hours shows the latent potential for zero carbon operation. Should see 1st ZCO Q4 🤞 but eg need lower inertia levels & project completions for the grid to really lengthen its stride. But both are ongoing.

German identity doesn’t rely on cars – Brussels should face down the mighty automakers

NEW: Since the start of the Ukraine invasion, 17 out of 27 EU nations have spent more on Russian oil and gas than they’ve sent to Ukraine in aid! Despite an oil embargo, Europe is still sending £1bn a month on Russian energy. This week’s column: www.thetimes.com/article/dd9d...

Pollutting now and cleaning up later is not a viable strategy: Direct Air Capture (DAC) is hitting a hard reality check. Costs are falling much slower than anticipated, casting doubts on the nascent technique’s role in tackling climate change.

At least in respect of Aarhus I do think there is a case for leaving. It has become an exploited route for NIMBYs/BANANAs to delay & drive costs up for essential projects that benefit the environment (green ⚡& infr) I don't think applying the same cost rules as for other litigation is unreasonable

The corrected version too, gotta write it out a hundred times before sunrise

Inbox is indeed full "The plan is unlikely to have many sweeping new policies" Gov has lost 2 legal cases on not having a credible plan. Now it wants airport expansions & additional O&G. To do so within existing policy seems to require an implausible delivery level or dramatically increased spend

Not sure what OR is up to here as it appears disproportionate.

The gold standard wd be PV/BESS/HP & EV which can deliver low/zero bills in many cases Given continuing falls in BESS costs, & speed they can be installed, that alone (assuming managed Bess) w/ ToU would bring fuel poor & overall system costs down - & may be the best route where PV is not poss

Always a mixed bag but some nice projects.

I tend to think central banks are poor tools for climate action but that aside the only bit we need whenever Carney is mentioned is the last paragraph.

The EU’s failure to present a concrete climate action pledge at Wednesday’s United Nations Climate Summit in New York raises doubts over the future of the battle to stop global warming, MEPs from across the political centre have warned.

rough Dallas Fed Survey "We have begun the twilight of shale...The U.S. isn't running out of oil, but she sure is running out of $60 per barrel oil. $100 per barrel? $150 per barrel? Price likely must cover for less-than-optimal geology over time." www.dallasfed.org/research/sur...

The 6th Carbon budget led by the tories passed parliament with consensus. But a Labour govt will need to deliver the plan to meet it - in a world where the political consensus (if not the public one) has gone. Me for @ippr.org on how to negotiate that challenge www.ippr.org/articles/six...

I see someone had another go at prompting NESO to give an update on their thinking on the broad timing for the first GB Zero Carbon Operation. (Summer - the Q - never seemed likely) But the OTF answer was about as bland a non answer as might have been humanly possible to write!

The chances of the best geology happening to combine with a supportive community has to be low Given the UK has to store the waste, & almost the only thing with a worst record of cost blowouts than ☢️ is ☢️ storage; I don't see much choice but to make site choice abt the geology

GB Cap & Floor scheme progress: Of the 171 that applied, 77 met eligibility criteria & can move to the project assessment stage. "Track 1: 71 projects account for 24.5 GW, deliverable by 2030. Track 2: 6 projects account for 4.2 GW, deliverable by 2033."

At the UN today Trump called climate change the ‘greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world.’ Congrats to the clever plotters for enlisting the planet’s glaciers, oceans and forests in their scheme.

“the height of arbitrary and capricious” does seem to be the motto of the presidency. I'm unclear what the timeline for a final decision is here but, given the project is ~80% complete, if it drags out it could be very close indeed.

A proposal for chicken sheds by Lone Wolf Planning! 🤔

And by a "no-brainer for growth" what the Gov means is the evidence doesn't actually support this but they're running out of ideas for much else.

Öffentliche Nettostromerzeugung in Deutschland in Woche 38 vom 15.09.25 bis 21.09.25 7,22 TWh Erneuerbare Energien (EE) 1,70 TWh nicht EE 81,0 % Anteil der EE an der öffentlichen Nettostromerzeugung 83,4 % Anteil der EE an der Last 0,32 TWh Export im Saldo www.energy-charts.info/charts/energ...

Feels like pitch rolling going on for fudging the UK Gov's manifesto no new O&G Ls commitment. Its not just in the reliable mouth pieces for fossils fuels on the right

This, on connections reform, is something to watch. Reform is necessary. But in the shake out there will be complications which are difficult for NESO to predict. A view of system value should include an assessment of clustering value / risk of connections.

Absolutely wild, record breaking numbers coming back on solar-plus- storage tenders in India - equivalent to about 2p per kWh!

Yet more embarrassment for the Times, which has printed a ludicrous – and almost certainly false – line about windfarms being “dismantled” near Trump’s Scottish golf course But why pick up the phone, as I did, when you can print nudge-nudge rumours instead? 1/

100m if delivered would be deeper than the average for the North Sea & ~40m deeper than anything presently installed.

Not really so. eg National Policy Statements (Planning Act 2008) which must be considered embeds climate change into many decisions. "The motion...means the council will no longer have to consider net zero ambitions when making decisons."

Trump there attacking Europe for importing Russian energy while also attacking us for using wind turbines that help ensure we import less energy.

In August 2025, Germany installed 1.95 GW of solar power, the second highest monthly installations ever ☀️🇩🇪 Only December 2024 (1.98 GW) was higher. This also brought Germany's installation rate back above the targeted rate of 1.62 GW a month needed to achieve its own 2030 solar installation goal.

250MW/1GWh BESS approved in York. Green Belt but accepted; likely due to a nearby project that went to appeal/public inquiry & whose refusal was overturned as the renewable energy infra benefits were considered 'very special circumstances' for allowing building in the GB. Dial has definitely moved

I know relatively little about tunnelling but this scores highly on 'cool tech'. I suspect grids would be sweating though if it became more common and if diameter increased as the power demand is potentially colossal.

NEW: IEA reiterates ‘no new oil and gas needed’ if global warming is limited to 1.5C (but this time, it only says so quietly) 🧵quick thread www.carbonbrief.org/... 1/6

On form sleight of hand as we now say GBE/GBE-N budget so we can pretend they didn't gut the GBE budget to bail out N & don't have to mention the bns. Definitely don't say anything about HMT strings [Ed: Quick say Aberdeen. We have an office & maybe some staff...God we need to justify this...]

UK govt infatuation with nuclear power continues. Plans for Small Modular Reactors in places around UK No SMR has ever been built in the West. Those that have been tried have faced the familiar issues of escalating costs and delays A 🧵about this nuclear agreement www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Cutting energy bill VAT is a poor choice bc its not progressive &, applying to fossil fuels, its not helping the transition If HMT has a sum in mind then targetting the fuel poor is always better for the former & if they insist on universality - VAT off electricity or removing levies far better