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European Solar

European Solar: Sector Research by 350 PPM Ltd

25 January 2021 admin 0

Introduction: The world's best solar PV (photovoltaic) projects now offer the cheapest electricity in history, according to the IEA (International Energy Agency).   In this European Solar report, we provide a high level introduction to the use of  PV within the EU. Also, one of the largest global PV markets.  Despite rapid growth the PV sector currently provides only 4% of the EU's total electricity.  Not unexpectedly Covid has impacted the ongoing rollout.  Even so, the resilience shown has been impressive and there is a hope of a post pandemic bounce.  Owing to the green tilted 750 billion Euro recovery as [...]

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Why is climate change policy a leaky mess?

19 August 2015 admin 0

I’ve just read a carbon abatement report for a natural gas pipeline that runs across hundreds of miles of continental Eastern Europe.  It’s leaking 2.4 millions of tons of methane (CH4) into the atmosphere every year.  The equivalent of about 60 million tons of CO2 (going by the standard equivalency measure).  And that’s just from one facility in one country. Multiply the issue across the natural gas systems of Europe alone, and the equivalent of billions of tons of CO2 is spewing out into the atmosphere for no reason other than faulty well valves and leaking low-medium pressure pipes. You [...]

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Renewable subsidies destroyed the UK electricity market?

19 March 2015 admin 0

A couple of days ago, The Centre for Policy Studies released a report titled: Central Planning with Market Features: how renewable subsidies destroyed the UK electricity market. (You can read the report here). The UK press jumped onto this story and it's fair to say I agree with the findings of the report. I have known the root cause of the problem with renewable subsidies for a while: How can solar power really work in the UK market? We don’t get much sun anyway (when it’s not cloudy) and you never really know when it’s not going to be cloudy, which [...]

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