What are the best ways to store energy (or, more specifically, electricity)?
A 2024 update to my list of storage technologies that will help enable a zero carbon grid.
@alanchanguk@fuseenergy@MLiebreich A PPA would be a better revenue hedge than an electrolyser, surely?
And are there not more sensible things you could be doing with the solar generation in the first place that don't involve hydrogen?
Supplying your customers, for instance? Or charging a battery?
Incredible stat:
A single container ship of solar panels can provide as much electricity as more than 50 large LNG tankers of gas – or 100 large coal ships
There's many more insights in IEA Energy Technology Perspectives 2024 – here's a selection 🧵
1/7
If you import 1 tonne of coal, you can burn it to generate ~2 MWh of electricity.
If you import 1 tonne of solar panels, you can use them to generate ~1,000 MWh of electricity.
Is anyone on UK #energytwitter aware of good data on residential air conditioning sales / installations (both historical and forecast)?
I'm trying to look at the impact that A/C could have on residential electricity demand.
An opinion piece in the @Telegraph on Friday by Lord Lilley posed a series of (frankly misleading) 'questions' about clean energy
(Lilley is a former trustee at climate-denial group Global Warming Policy Foundation)
Let's try and answer them for him... 🧵
@NationalGridESO is predicting that households will voluntarily reduce their thermostat temperature by 0.5 C on average between now and 2050.
Feels optimistic (and I'm all in favour of cooler buildings, especially right now).
Given we're only two weeks from gates opening, I'm re-sharing my top tips for Glastonbury that proved pretty popular last year.
The only difference is that this year I *do* have a ticket. See you on the farm!
This is the first year since 2007 that I haven't got @glastonbury tickets. Perhaps the Glasto Gods saw what was coming and didn't think it was wise to take a 3-week old 🤷♂️
Either way here are my top tips for first time Glasto goers (and those who haven't been in a while).
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@Ed_Miliband also talking about "horsemen" in the context of the energy transition.
Only 4 of them though. As opposed to the 5 @MLiebreich talked about in his recent(ish) article.
https://t.co/Nc4R8h4XrK