@RichardCochrane

Director of Education for Renewable Energy - University of Exeter. Passionate about the engineering integral to deliver clean energy solutions. https://xitter.cf/t.co/e1nZkUGErH

Joined June 2009
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Government offshore wind champion says UK will miss 2030 targets newcivilengineer.com/latest/…

Government offshore wind champion says UK will miss 2030 targets | New Civil Engineer

In the report Tim Pick calls for the acceleration of offshore wind farm development to aid the UK’s transition to net zero. Currently, there is installed

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Watch “A new coal mine - what difference will it make?” on #Vimeo vimeo.com/535592691
act.38degrees.org.uk/act/ons…

Scrap the ban on onshore wind

I just signed the campaign calling to scrap the ban on onshore wind. We need cheap energy now! Will you join me?

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Here's a message to world leaders at #COP27 from @RichardCochrane of @Renewables_UoE @UniofExeter @UniExeCornwall It's an "exciting" time for #renewableenergy - with energy from wind and solar now cheaper than fossil fuels
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🚨 Breaking 🚨 The European Parliament just called for nation-states to “work on developing a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty” in its formal #COP27 resolution. This is a major development in the global push for a #FossilFuelTreaty. More at fossilfueltreaty.org/eu or in 🧵
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.@SouthWestWater CEO Susan Davy is cordially invited to #SewageFest to see their disgusting sewage pollution first hand. We need better solutions to the sewage pollution crisis and we need them now.
Floating windfarms could be hosted off Cornwall and Wales, crown estate says theguardian.com/business/202…

Floating windfarms could be hosted off Cornwall and Wales, crown estate says

Five ‘areas of search’ in the Celtic Sea could be developed and offered to businesses by 2023

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Nice opportunity to teach Renewable Energy @Renewables_UoE jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webre…
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Less an energy strategy, more a bad student assignment blogs.exeter.ac.uk/energy/20… via @exeterepg
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Petition: Review licence fees and financial support for hydro generation petition.parliament.uk/petit…

Petition: Review licence fees and financial support for hydro generation

Our island is surrounded by water & peppered with old water mills. We need a Government review of financial arrangements for the hydro industry, so that charges and support for water-based energy...

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Investing in green energy can boost jobs, report says independent.co.uk/climate-ch…

Investing in green energy can boost jobs, report says

Exclusive: Investment in low carbon energy and energy efficiency can deliver more jobs than gas or coal power

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5 ways to act on the energy crisis campaigning.friendsoftheeart…
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Government is failing on plastic pollution and nature is suffering the consequences. I’ve signed an open letter written by @friends_earth telling the the Government to get its act together. Will you join me? act.friendsoftheearth.uk/pet…
I just signed the petition calling on @DefraGovUK to ban trawl nets in the UK. Can you sign too? #seaspiracy you.38degrees.org.uk/petitio… via @38_degrees
We must #stopfundingfossils to tackle the #climatecrisis, but fossil fuel companies in the UK have over 30 new coal, oil and gas projects in the pipeline Join me and tell the government to immediately stop all new #fossilfuel extraction projects foe.uk/u8qa6
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Millions of pounds is being spent on research to help develop floating offshore windfarms around the South West coast A team from @PlymUni are involved along with @HeartofSWLEP and @RichardCochrane from @UniofExeter More here: planetradio.co.uk/greatest-h…
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£60 million boost for floating offshore wind gov.uk/government/news/60-mi…

£60 million boost for floating offshore wind

More than £31 million of UK government funding, matched by more than £30 million of industry funding, for development of innovative floating offshore wind technologies.

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The New Scientist has listed us as one of the emerging energy storage technologies to help deliver a renewable-powered future. bit.ly/3nJ50uC #energystorage #pumpedhydro #cleantechnology #renewableenergy #netzero

Fix the Planet newsletter: The weird and wonderful rivals to batteries | New Scientist

As Scotland announces the building of 17 enormous wind farms off its coast, we look at the novel solutions for storing the electricity they will produce

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