Dan Travers

Working on a data cooperative for climate-focused non-profits with and solar forecasting with Open Climate Fix and University of Sheffield

[💧 David Mitchell @flexibledragnet]

I also found this graphic of how the energy transition will work very helpful. I explain this in words to people, but now I can use this framework on the back of a napkin. Kudos. /4

[National Energy System Operator @neso_energy]

☀ Read how our Solar NowCasting innovation project, in collaboration with @OpenClimateFix, is improving our solar forecasting capabilities by 2.8 times through deep machine learning to increase the amount of zero-carbon solar generation the grid can handle. 👇

[Dan Travers @danieltravers]

@MhehedZherting @NationalGridESO @OpenClimateFix Our long range forecasts aren't so good 😉

[Open Climate Fix @OpenClimateFix]

Hey everyone, just a heads-up – our #forecast is alerting us about an incoming #storm! Big impact for the West of the #UK showing up in our quartz. solar forecast!

Stay safe out there! ⛈

Storm picture reference from https://t.co/9pA3iEHEnS

#Solarforecast #Solar #StormAgnes

[Dan Travers @danieltravers]

I'm a climate week newbie, but looking forward to it - lot's of people to meet already set up!

[Open Climate Fix @OpenClimateFix]

OCF’s co-founder @danieltravers will be attending #ClimateWeekNYC hosted by @ClimateGroup from the 18th to the 21st of September.

If you are planning to attend and would like to meet up, message Dan directly. We’d love to make the connection!

#nyclimateweek

[Dan Travers @danieltravers]

🧵3. But in the 2023 report @energygovuk left them out. https://t.co/WKyobfQh2b.
These are swing factors of 50% or so.
Why are they omitted - are they short of time, or don't like the data?

[Dan Travers @danieltravers]

Possibly a bigger issue I have with the report in this article is they don't model the other costs of generation as they did in 2020 - time of generation for renewables, location, etc. UK uses inflated carbon price to shape energy policy, analysts say https://t.co/RUghIl6Awe

[Dan Travers @danieltravers]

🧵2. In the 2020 report,@energygovuk included these effects (as well as impact on rest of the grid) in an "enhanced levelised cost". They show renewables' true value as most people in the #energy industry would see it.

[Dan Travers @danieltravers]

Looking forward to making even better forecasts!

[Open Climate Fix @OpenClimateFix]

We are happy to share that OCF has secured funding to develop hyper-local forecasts for solar photovoltaic (PV) generation through the #AI for #Decarbonisation programme - part of the government’s Net Zero Innovation Portfolio! Thank you @energygovuk!

[Dan Travers @danieltravers]

That’s a real incentive for flexibility markets to get into the mainstream!

[Lion Hirth @LionHirth]

German day ahead prices drop to -500 €/MWh at 2 pm. Yes, minus 500.

That's the lowest price in several years, if I recall correctly.

If you have a dynamic pricing retail contract, charging your EV will earn you smth like €50.

https://t.co/g8f8Rv6L5y

[Dan Travers @danieltravers]

@PaintingsLondon Love this. Might know the part of the heath this is… but can’t be sure.

[Leon Simons 🌍 @LeonSimons8]

I like to imagine a world where people care as much about the North Atlantic Ocean, as about a small vessel lost inside of it.

[Dan Travers @danieltravers]

Should be good!

[Open Climate Fix @OpenClimateFix]

OCF will be attending the International Conference on Energy & Meteorology (#ICEM2023Italy) by @WEMC next week!

Come and say hello if you are there 😀!

@danieltravers @jack_kelly @JacobBieker

#netzero #energytransition #icem #solar

[Dan Travers @danieltravers]

This is really exciting!

[Henry Franks @hpwfranks]

This is a massive milestone for us and the culmination of an incredible effort by the team. More than 130,000 pages of climate law and policy text, searchable semantically 🥳 🥳

[Dan Travers @danieltravers]

@CleanPowerDave I would add:
1b. High levels of outright home ownership (without complications of freehold or tenancy)

[Open Climate Fix @OpenClimateFix]

Our solar forecasting project has been selected as one of the Top 10 Outstanding AI solutions of IRCAI’s yearly list of AI projects addressing the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Join us on May 4th at 1:30 GMT for the launch event
https://t.co/bOzKDShwGj

#Sustainability

[Dan Travers @danieltravers]

Raises interesting questions for when solar is getting towards 50% of power generation!

[AEMO @AEMO_Energy]

AEMO is preparing for a manageable reduction of solar generation due to tomorrow’s solar eclipse that will cast a shadow across parts of Australia, with a short period of complete darkness expected in central & northern Western Australia. https://t.co/mjFQgWwUGl
#energyinsights

[Dan Travers @danieltravers]

Thanks also @nvidia for the GPUs they provided us - really helps.

[NVIDIA AI @NVIDIAAI]

.@OpenClimateFix, a member of #NVIDIAInception, built transformer-based #AI models trained on terabytes of satellite data to improve #solarenergy generation predictions by 3x.

Learn how the nonprofit is helping decarbonize the UK's electric grid: https://t.co/UgQrsCXWQH

[Dan Travers @danieltravers]

We are hiring for a business development role at Open Climate Fix - working to expand the reach and impact of our solar forecasts. Come and work with a great team! https://t.co/JVT5nOVbZV #opportunity #greenjobs