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Falkirk Bairn and engineer working in the energy transition
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A reason why offshore wind has struggled over the past few years is because governments around the world have wanted to: a) localise supply chains, b) remove subsidies, c) allocate more risk to private sector, d) extract economic rents. Cakism like this won't get us to net zero.

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Slightly concerning prognosis on the chances of UK offshore wind AR7 success by a guy who knows what he is talking about

submitted 28 days ago • 1 comment

As someone who has reported on AI for 7 years and covered China tech as well, I think the biggest lesson to be drawn from DeepSeek is the huge cracks it illustrates with the current dominant paradigm of AI development. A long thread. 1/

submitted 30 days ago • 230 comments

An important but under-discussed issue: Norway oil and gas is entering structural decline which will exacerbate the UK’s own structural decline. Notwithstanding climate change risks, it means further geopolitical, cost, and security of supply risks #energysky www.sodir.no/en/whats-new...

submitted 39 days ago • 0 comments

Fascinating article describing what Big Solar looks like from both a technology and project finance perspective

submitted 39 days ago • 0 comments

This is an excellent little widget that provides a good breakdown of costs in the power bill stack. I would probably have characterised the capacity market as part of the wholesale market, but that is very much up for debate! www.electricitybills.uk

submitted 45 days ago • 6 comments