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Director of Policy at Stonehaven. Ex BEIS. Energy geek. All skeets in a personal capacity. @adam_grant_bell on the bird site
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The Government, it turns out, can actually use taxpayer monies to pay down energy bill levies - but only for industry. /1 www.thetimes.com/article/e666...

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

Somewhat worrying news for offshore wind today, as the latest seabed leasing round fails to find a buyer for all the sites. www.thecrownestate.co.uk/our-business...

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

On Spain, I think Xiao has it right here, if not elsewhere in his response to @janrosenow.bsky.social. If the question is whether renewables-heavy grids are fundamentally unstable, then the answer is no. If the question is whether such grids require more rigorous management, the answer is yes.

submitted 2 days ago • 4 comments

Public in, 'Demanding that Government be capable of governing,' shocker. All the architecture of decision making that prevents this needs reform, or Reform will happen to it. I don't believe the public will actually like the second option, but they will vote for it if the first doesn't happen.

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

Reform might not think they need a climate policy, but they're going to need a flood risk one - their consituents are literally going to be underwater. Land below annual flood level in 2030 - Kent, Lincolnshire, Doncaster, Southport coastal.climatecentral.org/map/5/0.9412...

submitted 3 days ago • 6 comments

The Spanish government is reporting that the cause of the massive blackout wasn't a lack of thermal power plants - rather that they failed to provide power at the time, acting 'inappropriately'. Funny, after fossil lobbyists were so quick to blame renewables.. elpais.com/economia/202...

submitted 4 days ago • 7 comments

A carbon tax is the best way of decarbonising home heating, but not hypothecating it to compensate the least well off is a great way of shattering support for decarbonisation.

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

This is intellectual integrity, of which there is too little in the public debate. Considerable kudos to Robert.

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

Even though I spend almost all my time chastising it, the UK's power system is one of the world's most reliable. This is thanks to the tireless work of the System Operator as well as the engineers that build and maintain the infrastructure.

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

Pub? Pub.

submitted 4 days ago • 13 comments

Really great on what NESO needs to run the system without fossil for the first time.

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

This is an incredibly important commitment, and my congratulations to @neso-energy.bsky.social for getting this far. Running a stable electricity grid without gas isn't as simple as just switching it off. www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...

submitted 5 days ago • 3 comments

One thing young people genuinely should be angry about is the extent to which so much of the decline of public services is driven by the need to pay for a state pension that has gone from 3% of GDP in the 1980s to nearly 5% now. It's time for it to be means tested as a minimum.

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

This is really good, especially for those such as myself who have assumed right wing objections to the ECHR have been based purely on vibes.

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

I disagree with James. It is absolutely correct that Net Zero by 2050 is not based on science, because if we wanted to maintain the atmosphere close to preindustrial norms, we should have sought to achieve Net Zero in 1990.

submitted 5 days ago • 2 comments

Think the awkward thing for all will be when the conclusion is that state services were just terrible at, and totally uninterested in, caring for vulnerable young girls from troubled and troublesome backgrounds.

submitted 6 days ago • 21 comments

Nothing like a bit of preemptive military strikes in the middle east to introduce volatility into energy prices. Has been relatively calm in European gas markets over the last week or two with small single digit % daily moves. This morning NBP gas up 5% above 90p/th, first time for a while.

submitted 8 days ago • 4 comments

I am very much a liberty chap, but regulate these things, regulate them now. This sort of thing will only get worse until AI companies are liable for the advice their products provide.

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

The entire nation of France calls out in one voice, " LE LOL." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments