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Today, at the #NIC we published the results of our study of electricity distribution networks. nic.org.uk/studies-repo... Distribution networks deliver electricity to people's homes and most businesses.

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Please enjoy this hydrogen fuel cell bicycle in Shell's energy scenarios report (from 2001) www.shell.com/news-and-ins...

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It's LGBTQ+ history month. Myself, & other LGBTQ+ folk in STEM, work to improve inclusivity. But why is this needed? The recent dismantling of inclusion initiatives, & the rise of anti-LGBTQ+ governments, it's important to reflect on why we do this 🏳️‍🌈👇🧵 #LGBTHistoryMonth #LGBTinSTEM #LGBTQinSTEM

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The world has probably passed “peak air pollution”

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I've not used twitter for ages now but does anyone have any advice on how to bulk delete my content on there?

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Trek Movie double bill: VI & I with @planetpegg.bsky.social & @raidercast.bsky.social

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Check out these new images from the European/Japanese #BepiColombo mission on its final Mercury flyby. 👇 The spacecraft, with UK-built instruments, will increase our understanding of Mercury's composition, structure, and atmosphere. 🌕 Learn more 👉 gov.uk/government/c... 📷 ESA/BepiColombo/MTM

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Lovely new year gathering @raidercast.bsky.social @planetpegg.bsky.social @geckokid.bsky.social @pokubakes.com ✨🥂

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sandi toksvig is the national treasure ppl like to think stephen fry is.

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This is what it looked like when we punched an asteroid back in 2018. For science. For the dinosaurs.

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In our Star Trek movies rewatch we got to this. @planetpegg.bsky.social @raidercast.bsky.social

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NEW heat pump installs reached a new record in October, under the Government's Boiler Upgrade Scheme 3,800 applications received in October ‼️ following a year of growth after the last Government upped the grant amount to £7,500

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Want to ‘buy 🇬🇧 British’ energy for for heating? By 2030, w/ renewable roll outs, heat pumps will use: 📍 55% LESS imported energy than today 📍 1/6 the imported energy of a gas boiler 🧵

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Today, thanks to BUUK, I got to visit a wonderful zero carbon heat network in Suffolk. It will supply a new build suburban housing estate with heat and instant hot water from an air source heat pump. It even had a thermal store to help reduce electricity demand during peak hours.

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Energy bills are going to rise again in January. But what are we actually paying for in an energy bill? My colleague @martinakavan.bsky.social has written this lovely explainer, with some neat charts www.nesta.org.uk/report/whats...

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Great news! The government is going to remove the 1m planning application requirement for heat pumps. This rule was putting people off getting a heat pump and makes it much easier for people in terraced houses to install one. www.gov.uk/government/n...

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Gave the keynote presentation at EMEX 2024 today. 20 minutes to cover the energy infrastructure policy needed to meet net zero was a challenge but the questions show it was worth while!

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Re-upping this for all those who have just joined...

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November 18 is the International Day of LGBQTIA+ People in STEM! Today more than ever we want to stress the importance of communities, building connections, and raising each other up. Let's keep leaving our mark for the betterment of us all! 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 #QueerinSTEM prideinstem.org/lgbtstemday/

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👋 Bringing some energy to BlueSky... #ElectricVibes

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As @kencaldeira.bsky.social estimates: "each kg of CO₂ ultimately melts about 650 kg of glacial ice." Also a physical reality (with some uncertainty) that adds spice to what Ketan says. kencaldeira.com/2018/03/how-...

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Shortcut to some energy starter packs: UK/Europe 1: go.bsky.app/BAxXdHc UK/Europe 2: go.bsky.app/DTY2xx3 Women in energy: go.bsky.app/AGCURBf Community energy: go.bsky.app/LpqEmbM

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A message to UK Conservatives: "We should be restating our commitment to net zero 2050 and laying out an inspiring, affordable, job-creating, reality-based programme to get there. If we don’t, we will remain in opposition. And we will deserve to." conservativehome.com/2024/11/15/m...

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The Observer view: the Cop summit is foundering, we need urgent action not more hot air

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Cars in the U.K are up to 55% larger today than they were in the 1970s and there are twice the number of cars on the U.K's roads as there were 30 years ago, but the media are still running articles claiming that a handful of cycle lanes and LTNs 'cause congestion' in London...🙄

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Right - EPC reform! You know those energy performance certificates that you see on Rightmove? They’re terrible, everyone in the energy sector hates them. But actually reforming them is tricky. My colleague @tomleach.bsky.social tries to chart a way forward www.nesta.org.uk/blog/epcs-ne...

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Whenever people talk about how much fossil fuel energy we need to replace with renewables, they often forget how much energy is wasted when burning them.

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Alt text is such an easy way of making things more accessible. I'm really glad to see this as a setting and would encourage you to turn it on!

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[looking at Bluesky over the past 2 days] So this is what the Cambrian explosion must have felt like

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New @nestauk.bsky.social blog by me: the UK's COP29 pledge to reduce emissions 81% by 2035 is great, but we are not going to meet it without much faster action to decarbonise heating www.nesta.org.uk/blog/cop29-t...

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Batteries prices continue to fall. A more than 90% drop over the past 15 years. Innovation and learning curves keep driving battery prices down.

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Now World Bollard Association is here why be anywhere else!

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Most people don’t know this. Heat pumps REDUCE gas consumption even if running 100% on electricity from a gas fired power plant. More here in my piece for @carbonbrief.org 👇 www.carbonbrief.org/factcheck-18...

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I love deep time; worlds upon worlds stacked ontop of each other each with a different story to tell.

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For new followers, we have put together a Starter Pack of LGBTQIA+ people in STEM. If you like to join it, please let us know - we still have room on this one or we can start a second one. And if you are on it and at any point it is unsafe to be do get in touch! go.bsky.app/BFc4wgf

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To meet the Clean power by 2030 the UK needs to double its onshore wind (13GW to 27GW), triple its solar power from (15GW to 47GW) by 2030, 10-12 GW of flexible demand side response (e.g smart charging) as well as CCS power and nuclear plant life extensions. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

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Ooft, UK petrol car sales fell 28% year-on-year in October 2024, with year-to-date sales down by more than 100,000 Meanwhile, strong EV sales mean the ZEV mandate "has been met", says New Automotive, which is odd bc I'm sure I've seen lots of scare stories saying it'd never happen

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Celebrating Halloween with some spooktacular pumpkin pie by @chrisince.bsky.social and the Agatha all along finale

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