Alex Botha

Believer in positive change: liberally-minded-conservative-believing-questioning-passionate-husband-dad... & sports nut. Own views.

[Alex Botha @AlexBotha1]

I look forward to sharing some of my experiences and what I’ve learnt from others around this topic and engaging with you about your thoughts on here. (10/10)

[Alex Botha @AlexBotha1]

𝐎𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐟𝐢𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬
I’m a sports fanatic. I love taking part and watching all sort of sports. I’m not amazing at any particular sport but I’m decent at most, pretty fit and I've been competing in and training for triathlons for some time. (1/10)

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* Getting the pacing right;
* Being resilient and not giving up;
* Training with purpose;
* Preparation and planning; and
* Analysing the data.

… and many more. (9/10)

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Encouraging to see the #EUs #greenhousegas emissions fell by 5% last year continuing a trend of declining emissions. Still some way to go with the EU committed to cut net #greenhousegas emissions 55% by 2030, from 1990 levels. https://t.co/jQLdKGmX1e

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Encouraging to see Europe's progress in its shift to #renewables as part of the 2022 #REPowerEU plan for #EnergySecurity
👉 https://t.co/UMrQA9oPih

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#Europe can produce 111 bcm/year of #biomethane by 2040 This represents over 30% of the #EU gas consumption in 2022. @European_Biogas https://t.co/sW4YPl5G4T

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Investment in clean energy is significantly outpacing investment in fossil fuels.

#Renewables, led by solar, and EVs are leading the increase in #cleanenergy investment in 2023 @IEA

https://t.co/45q9Rxa14c

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Looking forward at where opportunities will be around #cleantech investing @AmyDuffuor believes that #Bluetech is next and Michael Bruce #nuclear
#InnovationZero

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Interesting hearing @samadlen talk about how 80 UK organisations are working together on the Space Energy Initiative to make space based solar power, which is technically and economically feasible, real
#Cleantech

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At @_innovationzero conference at Olympia listening to Minister of State for Net zero @grahamstuart talk about needing an integrated, innovation led approach to #NetZero

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The scale of the global #energytransition is massive and ramping up at pace. It's presenting a huge challenge and huge opportunity. Some interesting analysis in this stocktake report from the @iea

https://t.co/LADeL25T4y

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It's quite extraordinary to see the increasing scale of investment in the #Cleantech space. @IEA

[International Energy Agency @IEA]

Clean energy technology manufacturing is developing fast, with new projects announced by the day.

Our report provides an update on the latest announcements for 5 key technologies:

1️⃣ Solar PV
2️⃣ Wind
3️⃣ Batteries
4️⃣ Electrolysers
5️⃣ Heat pumps

More ➝ https://t.co/fqZCAvAtCr

[Alex Botha @AlexBotha1]

If what's happening in Spain temperature-wise is anything to go by 2023 looks like another scarily hot year, way above average. In 2022, on average, global temperatures were 1.2C above the 1850-1900 average.
https://t.co/qmAaCYabPc #ClimateCrisis @guardian