Kit Fitton

Interested in renewable energy and electrification ⚡️ Work in strategy at Octopus Energy ⚡️ Write about energy and technology

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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.

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A very exciting moment for Octopus, as we take a majority stake in Uplight and accelerate our progress in the US market.

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@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?

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@alanchanguk @fuseenergy Credit to @MLiebreich for the hydrogen ladder, of course.

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@alanchanguk @fuseenergy This doesn't feel like the most efficient, or lucrative, use of hydrogen. In fact, it's one of the least...

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@seetickets I'm still waiting on a Glastonbury confirmation email. What is going on?

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Vast majority of these are full battery electric, but there are a few plug in hybrids

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Despite talk of an EV "slowdown", the % of new vehicles in the UK that are electric in some way continues to trend upwards...

[Simon Evans @DrSimEvans]

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

[Jesse Peltan @JessePeltan]

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.

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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.

[Jess Ralston @jessralston2]

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... 🧵

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From the latest Future Energy Scenarios.
https://t.co/ecOSPvcSVm

The 0.5C reduction is included in 2 of the 4 scenarios that @NationalGridESO models.

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@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).

[Duncan S. Campbell @duncancampbell]

This is blowing my mind.

WTF

So obvious. How did I not ever think of this?

Batteries will be everywhere.

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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!

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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).

A 🧵.

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The green hydrogen industry is saved!

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@ClemCowton Two reasons...
(1) You'd instantly see lower balancing and curtailment costs (I think), and
(2) I know it's a favourite topic of yours

[Octopus Energy @OctopusEnergy]

They do say you should dress for the job you want, not the job you have 👀 https://t.co/wqwp3gbyIR

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And a recent podcast he did with @drvolts which is well worth a listen:
https://t.co/1BXLHo4n0y

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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

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Michael Liebreich's article: https://t.co/bgNV7ezBUx