On professional & personal mission to help achieve long term, sustainably low cost offshore wind power projects. Innovation, cost reduction, & of course people!
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David McMillan retweeted
NEW ANALYSIS: Record wind and solar save UK from gas imports worth £5.9bn during Hormuz crisis
🌤️ wind/solar generation up 14% in 2026 to date
🏭 gas down ~10%
🚢 >100 LNG cargoes avoided
David McMillan retweeted
Wind and solar now supply 40% of Britain's electricity demand.
What a remarkable change has been made over the last decade! That puts us ahead of most major world economies.
A bit of positive news for your weekend read at Electric Insights: reports.electricinsights.co.…
ALT The share of Britain’s electricity demand met by wind and solar power reached 40% in the second quarter of 2026, ahead of most major world economies. International comparisons cover 2025, or the most recently available data.
David McMillan retweeted
Interesting! NESO is buying back 400MW from Hornsea 1 after it self-curtailed (wholesale prices maybe?)
David McMillan retweeted
Great Britain: NESO's Ten Year Outlook cut offshore wind for 2030 to 33.6 GW, a more deliverable pipeline. But it assumes 4 to 6 GW of connections each year after that, against the 1.3 GW GB actually managed in 2025. That's the harder number to believe.
ALT Chart: neso tyo 2026 02 offshore wind path
David McMillan retweeted
As we all know high oil prices and disruption in the Strait of Hormuz are putting growing pressure on conventional plastic producers.
Many petrochemical plants in Asia Pacific depend on fossil fuel supplies from the Middle East, so disruptions are already having a real impact.
LG Chem temporarily shut its 800,000-tonne-per-year ethylene plant due to naphtha shortages, while polyethylene and polypropylene production in Japan has reportedly fallen by as much as 27% and 16%.
It’s a clear example of how disruption in global energy supply chains can quickly affect plastics production and availability. One to watch closely for the plastics and packaging sectors. #Plastics #Petrochemicals #SupplyChain #OilPrices
David McMillan retweeted
Isn't thinking your product is some sort of unavoidable trolley problem for humanity a sign of total corporate psychopathy?
David McMillan retweeted
We're proud of the lifesaving work our volunteers do in the Channel – we make no apology for it. Those we rescue are vulnerable people in danger & distress. Each of them is someone’s father, mother, son or daughter - every life is precious. This is why we launch:
David McMillan retweeted
#ICYMI California has filed a lawsuit over the Golden State Wind cancellation and is preparing to sue over the federal gov't #offshorewind exit agreements with RWE and Invenergy.
Golden State Wind news: buff.ly/UwYMaKy
RWE, Invenergy news: buff.ly/oLZiV1e
David McMillan retweeted
Contrast Dolly Parton talking about child literacy with the splenetic car crash in the White House, and ask yourself ‘What does leadership look like ?
She lived in the light
If anyone asked me who my inspiration in life was. As a female I have to say Dolly. She was truly amazing. I will be saying many prayers of thanks for her life, her beautiful words and kindness. My thoughts are with her family. RIP Dolly 🙏🏼 In the immortal words of my Rhinestone lady legend, “If you don't like the road you're walking, start paving another one.”
David McMillan retweeted
⛵️ Wexford Harbour 🇮🇪, where the River Slaney meets the Irish Sea, reveals a mosaic of tidal flats, sandbanks, wetlands and farmland.
🛰️ This #CopernicusEU Sentinel-2 #ImageOfTheDay supports monitoring of dynamic coastal and estuarine environments.
🔗 eu-space.europa.eu/explore-e…
David McMillan retweeted
Wind has delivered 35% of all our electricity this past year No.1 generation), gas 27%
Niche knowledge acquired by reading Hornblower.
The Bosuns Call is a whistle used to make announcements or pipes in @RoyalNavy which used to be used for all sorts of things. Such as to inform the crew to get their food whilst it’s still hot, hence ‘piping hot’ and at the end of the day when all must be quiet we ‘Pipe Down’
David McMillan retweeted
@EEEStrathclyde @StrathEng @UniStrathclyde Congratulations and well done to our MSc students who delivered their final presentations this week.
David McMillan retweeted
a few weeks ago a wrote an article for @Substack called "is midday now worthless" it seems that the #Lithuania DSO @ESO now agrees with me and is seeking to introduce legislation that flips the old UK Economy 7 structure upside down.
It appears I am becoming a futurist! LOL
