Matthew James

Publisher @Energy_Post

[Matthew James @MJ_Energy_Post]

@RhonddaBryant You, Nandy and Burnham would work. Britain needs saving. The world knows it but can’t help, so the world is sad. One of you has to step up. Get on the phone and sort it out.

[Matthew James @MJ_Energy_Post]

The growth of intermittent wind and solar and the search for replacements for coal and gas points at storage solutions that can ensure a reliable supply of electricity at all times. Standard lithium-ion batteries have limitations.…https://t.co/jAcwrOyG25 https://t.co/i3lmZZAw1j

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This week the European Commission tabled the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) which should accelerate the decarbonisation of buildings. Buildings and cities play a key role in the energy transition. And the target h…https://t.co/FOsgFEXpq3 https://t.co/nbHB1TaJj9

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If the cost of capturing methane (or CO2, or anything) can be folded into the cost of making something that can be sold at a profit, methane capture will take off. Rob Jordan at the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment expl…https://t.co/ftvfzXtzLb https://t.co/YFgOZJF8o8

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Carbon offset programmes rightly get a lot of criticism. There’s plenty of evidence of offsets not delivering all the GHG emissions reductions they are credited for. Though still on the international agenda, should they be ditched? Or can they be improved…https://t.co/m4Yk0Kk97D

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MEPs and governments are currently deciding on an EC proposal for all new cars sold from 2035 to be 100% zero-emissions. Here, T&E present test results that show e-fuels should not be allowed to replace petrol. T&E are concerned th…https://t.co/comElN0HlG https://t.co/6n0FAICjaK

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Ten years ago there was a major drive to get carbon capture off the ground. But only 30% of the earmarked $8.5bn worldwide was ever spent. Spending timescales were too short, deadlines were missed, projects were too focussed and to…https://t.co/j6z9usqpNp https://t.co/GNY7kgKd7y

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Most calculations of the costs of stranded assets abandoned and replaced by the net-zero economy have been missing the biggest element: human capital. It’s not sufficient just to total up the assets and supporting infrastructure fo…https://t.co/nsX4M7K83q https://t.co/PiFHcOclca

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Cutting methane emissions from gas production is a major part of the world’s strategy to limit temperature rises. The IEA says we need a 77% drop in methane emissions by 2030. The question is how to target and enact globally the required incentives and re…https://t.co/XnTj5VR4MP

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The planned rapid transition to electric vehicles has major challenges. Schalk Cloete complies them into a list of ten, including: preserving our car-centric cities preserves its inefficiencies and societal costs; it works against much of the personal “be…https://t.co/bNT4h56D0e

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Edie Taylor, Rebecca Esau and John Matson at Rocky Mountain Institute explain how their report “Grid-Interactive Efficient Buildings Made Easy” identifies simple, low-cost steps that produce immediate cost, energy, and carbon savin…https://t.co/hDaEjNt5u8 https://t.co/cmR2T58TQp

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The electricity and gas markets in Europe have seen unusual turbulence, particularly the price spike for electricity, gas and coal. This was due to a combination of several factors. We can argue about the causes but none of them ge…https://t.co/rQmVocdHBr https://t.co/Q4YbjKb81m

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Leading scientists, writing for Carbon Brief, explain how COP26 gave far greater recognition to science than any of the previous COPs. The scientific evidence from the latest IPCC reports was explicitly acknowledged in the Glasgow…https://t.co/QbNwChW7Hl https://t.co/SX7htwP1fp

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It’s time for national governments to focus on the short-term domestic actions needed to meet their 1.5°C goals, argue Anna Pérez Català, Henri Waisman, Marta Torres Gunfaus and Ariadna Anisimov at IDDRI. Analyses of emissions gaps…https://t.co/pbmsRXTof2 https://t.co/UuMrq7zD6H

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At COP26 the voice of hydrogen staked its claim to meeting its targets and its contribution to making the 1.5°C scenario a realistic ambition. Cato Koole and Thomas Koch Blank at Rocky Mountain Institute explain that hydrogen suppl…https://t.co/6iaXAMxfVM https://t.co/60dFrKns2T

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Experts from around the world summarise their reaction to the outcomes of this year’s UN climate summit, COP26, including the Glasgow Climate Pact agreed by all 197 countries attending the talks. Each expert covers their area of in…https://t.co/VpmuliH8D5 https://t.co/9NK7Hsofdt

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Vehicle congestion charge zones are a way of taxing drivers for the emissions they create. They have great potential to steer polluters towards shorter and/or fewer journeys, and towards cleaner fuels. But these schemes have receiv…https://t.co/0PBMtsBmm5 https://t.co/h4VmLM45Qm

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Energy-intensive industries that invest in their own large on-site batteries will provide multiple benefits to themselves as well as to grid stability, says a new study by the Joint Institute for Strategic Energy (JISEA) in partner…https://t.co/KXYNisPGdR https://t.co/CCRwDSaJLg

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Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) are poorly understood by the utilities, explain Doyob Kim and Alyssa Fischer at the IEA. Part of the problem is that new innovations and solutions are coming fast, and policy-makers aren’t creating the incentives and fr…https://t.co/cxOz6blXBC

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As more renewables are rapidly added to grids, network operators must plan new transmission lines to integrate them immediately, avoiding wasteful bottlenecks. It’s a puzzle that’s getting bigger and more complex as the energy tran…https://t.co/tiJZXKkymt https://t.co/I5Tdt2dko9