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Kevin Bygate retweeted
The @LordsSTCom report on long-duration storage is out today. Important stuff. My only critique is that this should sit within a wider debate on energy security: long-duration storage is necessary but not sufficient for a clean, affordable and resilient energy supply.
Today, the Lords Science and Technology Committee publishes our report into long-duration energy storage, where we warn that urgent Government action is needed or energy security and Net Zero will be at risk.
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Kevin Bygate retweeted
Excellent discussion of energy efficiency , Jeavons paradox effects and the miracle of LEDs-and their materials technologies
Universities are failing to boost economic growth economist.com/finance-and-ec… from @TheEconomist... in short, Unversities need to focus more on turning ideas into cash... and not taking cash to come up with ideas!
We are being served a harsh reminder of a simple truth: most of what constitutes economic activity is actually a form of energy conversion. The real currency of an economy is energy!
thetimes.co.uk/article/d4f35…
Kevin Bygate retweeted
Couldn't agree more 📢 @metal_solutions
When Solar Panels look this good it’s important to Shout from the Rooftops
@BIPVCO Flextron modules are attached to GreenCoat by @metal_solutions delivering a near invisible solar roof.
@NSBRC exhibit 122 for innovative solutions with s contemporary twist
#greencoatplx
Meanwhile in the uk we are thinking of softening the regulations on banning the sale of petrol and diesel vehicles and banning the installation of gas boilers in newbuid housing. We have workable solutions… Electric vehicles and heat pumps: we just need to get on with it!
Italy wildfires encircle Palermo as temp hit 47C. Ferocious storms hit northern Italy with trees brought down & hail damage around Milan. The Māyor said: “What we are seeing is not normal. We can no longer deny that climate change is changing our lives” apple.news/ASwUG7qS7QIuiKvC6…
Kevin Bygate retweeted
Italy wildfires encircle Palermo as temp hit 47C. Ferocious storms hit northern Italy with trees brought down & hail damage around Milan. The Māyor said: “What we are seeing is not normal. We can no longer deny that climate change is changing our lives” apple.news/ASwUG7qS7QIuiKvC6…
We spent £1m on electric chargers — but we don’t have the power to use them... so a better answer is to generate and store the power locally at the point of use, using solar panels and batteries.
thetimes.co.uk/article/a3111…
Only governments have the power to cut demand for oil and gas, and their job has barely started
Oil companies are no match for the gathering #climate crisis they helped to create ft.com/content/47388003-3a32…
Kevin Bygate retweeted
Perfect approach to regeneration.
Utrecht, NL: Turning a monofunctional concrete duct, serving few motorists, into a biodiverse, beautiful and convivial #publicspace for all living beings to enjoy.
The late @MaxNeef called this #synergistic/ #multiplebottomline design: One intervention, achieving many objectives.
Here is a reseach paper that illustrates how investing in distributed residential
energy also stabilises the grid and reduces the need for investment in energy infrastructure. @EnergySysCat treehugger.com/rooftop-solar…
I despair. Is this the result of self vested interests, either directly or sub consciously… ? If we convert buildings to being energy positive that will be much cheaper. Will the energy system catapult please challenge this thinking... @guynewey
thetimes.co.uk/article/a49e0…
I despair. Is this the result of self vested interests, either directly or sub consciously… ? If we convert buildings to being energy positive that will be much cheaper. Will the energy system catapult please challenge this thinking... @guynewey
thetimes.co.uk/article/a49e0…
Kevin Bygate retweeted
FT-Germany plans heavily to subsidise power-hungry industries? ft.com/content/b4f6d51d-e023…
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
First solar farm connects directly to national grid: why are we doing this... just put it on the roof close to where the energy is needed.. plenty of roof space on supermarkets, warehouses, and football stadiums!
thetimes.co.uk/article/e065d…
Took this is the garden this morning… in the world full of daffodils, she was a blue bell- wild, fearless and rare.
Kevin Bygate retweeted
The energy price crisis, climate change and the threats to energy security urge us to act now. In our latest blog, BIPVco CEO Jonathan Wilson, addresses the need for energy diversification in the face of global uncertainty.
bipvco.com/the-price-of-ener…
#World_Sustainable_Energy_Day
In the end, the thing about AI, as with all new technology, is whether we invest in it sensibly and how we use it....You are able to see AI everywhere, except in the productivity statistics
thetimes.co.uk/article/25e97…
Redrow is detaching from gas. In one of its trials customers tried the new technology under real conditions for a year. Redrow found that heat pumps used less energy than gas boilers and were between 2 and 3 times more efficient than an A-rated boiler.
thetimes.co.uk/article/a1a9c…