Was a biologist once; ex @MSCActions GF: #energy #use #people #networks #buildings #openEverything
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Ben Anderson retweeted
19 Sep 2023
Here are all the things UK PM Rishi Sunak apparently doesn't want, given he's reportedly planning to trash UK climate policy, Investor confidence, intl reputation etc etc
4 Jul 2023
REMINDER: UK govt decision to ban the sale of new petrol & diesel cars in 2030, instead of 2035, will…
💷save more than £6bn
🪙boost GDP by 0.2%
👨🔧create an extra 32,000 jobs
⛽️cut oil imports & energy use
☁️avoid more than 100MtCO2
…but the Daily Mail doesn't like it so 🤔
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18 Sep 2023
still won't #stopSizewellC
18 Sep 2023
The eye-popping UK nuclear liability!
The "Nuclear Provision", ie the future cost estimated to clean up all of UK #nuclear plants stands now at a staggering 237bnGBP... or 10% of the country's GDP.
Prices exploded due to higher interest rates.
In order to get that number, you need to dig deep into the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority Annual Report and Accounts 2021/22 - page 138/252
assets.publishing.service.go…
I imagine that it is not any better in other countries.
@AssaadRazzouk @dorfman_p
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8 Sep 2023
Meanwhile in the UK’s #CFD auction…
8 Sep 2023
Denmark, Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands plan to build four artificial islands to quadruple offshore wind in the North Sea – the equivalent of 30 nuclear reactors.
We have so many solutions. Implement them. #ActOnClimate
#ClimateCrisis #climate #energy #tech #GreenNewDeal
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5 Sep 2023
Free self-clean complete. Hot oven, hot day 🙄
10 Aug 2023
We don’t want to let any green energy go to waste.
Enter Power-ups.
Starting in specific parts of East England, we're giving homes and businesses free electricity to Power up when there's spare 🌞🌬️ in the local wires. octopus.energy/power-ups
A bonkers new service w @UKPNnews.
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Ben Anderson retweeted
25 Aug 2023
An apt little snippet from our founder @g__j talking all about green, spiky power.
In order to move to a clean energy system, we’ve got to embrace the spikes - the system of the future is here, now 👉 octo.ps/flexibility
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Ben Anderson retweeted
29 Aug 2023
A @Salon article on a study that says the wealthy are disproportionately responsible for U.S. greenhouse gasses quotes @MichaelEMann. "The inequality in energy use is a great argument for progressive climate pricing." bit.ly/47MaOJj
@Penn @PENN_EES @PennCSSM
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Ben Anderson retweeted
17 Aug 2023
Ofgem publish a call for input on "the customer journey in domestic flexibility" which hints that it doesn't trust the market to innovate for consumers & is considering being over interventionist. ofgem.gov.uk/publications/en…
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Ben Anderson retweeted
15 Aug 2023
How did #COVIDー19 impact household energy demand in GB? Check out our open access paper in @ENBJournal for all things covid, energy and #MachineLearning with #smartmeter data
In partnership with @FrontierEcon @NationalGridESO
ALT Paper graphical abstract with findings and a figure
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Ben Anderson retweeted
15 Aug 2023
I’m not going to shut(ter) up about this @dataknut … 😉
15 Aug 2023
Over a third of England’s homes will be at high risk of overheating as temperatures reach new extremes - with poorest households most at risk: read more in our latest Spotlight report, out today: resolutionfoundation.org/pub…
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Did you know that energy suppliers were allowed to profit £130 on average for every customer this spring?
That’s a shocking increase from £27 in 2017📈
Find out what other secrets @WarmThisWinter & @FEA_ukUK uncovered in the new #TariffWatch report 🔍warmthiswinter.org.uk/news/t…
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11 Aug 2023
we can't shutter him up...
10 Aug 2023
During my recent holiday in France I developed a mild obsession with shutters (alongside the 🥐 and 🍷) … a photo thread.
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Ben Anderson retweeted
31 Jul 2023
New Paper! A residential emissions-based carbon levy: city and neighbourhood consequences By @dataknut
Housing stock simulations in the City of Southampton, UK, are used to explore whether a local carbon levy could pay for retrofits at a local level. buff.ly/3YhaRbN
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31 Jul 2023
New @BuildingsCities paper: could a (local) carbon levy fund energy efficiency retrofit? @SouthamptonCC as a case study Answers 👇doi.org/10.5334/bc.279 🧵
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31 Jul 2023
h/t @CREDS_UK, @ONS and @luhc for most of the data; code & data notebooks at dataknut.github.io/localCarb… #YMMV
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31 Jul 2023
highly emitting LSOAs (generally those with least deprivation) would raise sufficient levy to retrofit their dwellings within three to five years if an ‘all emissions’ levy were applied
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31 Jul 2023
Some areas (LSOAs) made it over the line in year 1. Most did not...
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