Government needs to introduce new ambitious energy policies before next general election, advisers say Ministers must take control of the UK’s energy system, removing the barriers to planning permission and problems with the national electricity grid, to build the windfarms and other renewable power needed to meet net-zero goals, government advisers have warned. Chris Stark, chief executive of the committee on climate change, the statutory adviser, said the task was too urgent to wait until after a general election, expected within the next 18 months. “It would be an enormous mistake to wait until the next general election to introduce new ambitious [...]
Read MoreENG8: Please find below link to our promotional video for ENG8, who have developed the first renewable energy technology for 70 Years, via The EnergiCell (TEC) which can generate upto a COP of 30. (HeatPumps can manage 3). You can also download the Information Memorandum by clicking below: View ENG8's Promotional Video Download Information Memorandum Organic Heat Exchangers Ltd: O-Hx is due to go live again on Crowdcube for their Series A Raise. There are service advantages for larger investors to invest directly with O-Hx. Smaller investors, you are more suited to Crowdcube. To download an IM directly from O-Hx and to Pre-register and assure your allocation [...]
Read MoreFirst Energivault charger loaded and ready for delivery to Quotient Scientific. Organic Heat Exchangers have recently released their Series A video, which is now live on their blog. View Video Here Information Memorandum for Organic Heat Exchangers can be downloaded by clicking below: Download Information Memorandum
Read MoreMegawatt Mosaic (MM) has now signed an Employment Contract with Helen Passfield (BA CIMA) for the role of Managing Director. Cedric Berard moves to Chairman, Isabel Prat (LLM Commerical Law, Master in Legal Practice) joins as Director. Here, Helen talks about her experience in renewables dating back to 2010, with some of the most prestigious names in the sector, including Lightsource, Impax, Octopus, Blue Tree and Allianz, and how she sees MM developing in the first three years: Helen Passfield Interview MM is now due to deploy into the first 10 projects, in partnership with other investors and operators, including our main partner, [...]
Read MoreFor a couple of days this month, wind power supplied over half the UK’s electricity. You wouldn’t know it from our bills – or our politicians The first time wind energy emerged as a serious contender in the UK’s energy provision. It was 6 November 2012, and the country’s electricity use from wind hit an all-time high in the middle of the afternoon, at 9.3%. The casual observer wouldn’t have noticed, and the expert wouldn’t have been surprised, but for people between those poles, it was astonishing. Windfarms were then perceived as a nascent technology, so infant and speculative they needed endless subsidy, [...]
Read MoreThe link below takes you to all the energy nodes across europe along with grid lines: See all the Energy Nodes Across Europe Click in ” Legend ” at 9 O’clock and you can see the voltage of the lines and the mosaic of power generation plants in operation and planned. Click on the white spots out at sea and these are the offshore wind farms. White spots on land are power generators or substations. Checked Lines are gridlines in development. What does this all tell us? There is a huge huge volume of offshore wind being introduced. WEGS are no longer 1 MW from [...]
Read MoreMore than half of the country's electricity came from this source with 21.6GW generated National Grid ESO has confirmed that wind provided more than half of the UK's power on 10th January 2023, setting a new record, according to RenewableUK. Wind generated 21.6GW of electricity in the half-hour period between 6-6.30pm, providing 50.4% of the UK’s power. This beats the previous record of 20.9GW set on 30 December, which was the third wind energy record set last year. RenewableUK has been tracking the massive amount of electricity being produced by low carbon sources (renewables and nuclear) throughout the winter and tweeting updates every fortnight. Its latest wind power [...]
Read MoreEurope’s largest economy installs 7.2GW of new solar and 2GW of onshore wind – but additions still too low to reach 2030 targets Germany added close to 10GW in new net onshore wind and solar capacity last year, which brought a “new dynamic in the expansion of renewable energies” amid a flurry of legislative changes to speed up deployment, the country’s economics and climate ministry said. Net solar PV additions are expected to have risen by 26% to 7.2GW in 2022, according to preliminary figures, the ministry said in an overview paper, pushing cumulative solar capacity in Europe’s largest economy beyond 65GW. For [...]
Read MoreOrganic Heat Exchangers have released their Series A video, which is now live on their blog. View Video Here O-Hx was the first company that we funded under 350 PPM’s new Marine Corp initiative. This is where the whole PPM team parachute into the target business, adding additional skill sets in fields away from standard engineering, and most importantly, allowing them to get on with their business, while we do the rest. Organic Heat Exchangers, with its hybrid cooling and energy storage system, Energivault®, is looking like another winner. Priced at 32p per share in the Series A round creates a paper profit [...]
Read MoreNext month's UN biodiversity summit is the "best and last chance" to halt and reverse the decline of nature, the head of Natural England has said. In December nearly 200 countries will meet in Montreal, Canada, to agree a landmark deal to safeguard nature. The chair of the government nature agency, Natural England, said countries must come together and agree an ambitious plan. "This isn't just about saving rare species," said Tony Juniper. "It's about sustaining the web of life upon which humankind ultimately depends, for food, water, health and climate regulation." On Wednesday, Natural England and other government agencies are setting out their vision [...]
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