Hamish

Postdoctoral researcher on societal transitions and renewable energy for international development @imperialcollege

[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

[Dave Jones @CleanPowerDave]

This is a must-read challenge to the "batteries consume sooo many minerals". Will they? Will they really? Or will chemistry, energy density and recycling mean this concern is rather overblown?

OUT TODAY from @RockyMtnInst
https://t.co/yvybuAWiys

[Jan Rosenow @janrosenow]

A remarkable transition: Kenya is Africa's leading country when it comes to renewables.

In 2000 fossil fuels contributed 60% to electricity generation. Today it is 6%.

In 2023 electricity was from almost 50% geothermal, 20% wind+solar and 22% hydro.

@EmberClimate

[Hamish @hamishbeath]

@AJunyentFerre https://t.co/dvjAfwE34w

[Simon Evans @DrSimEvans]

Well will you look at that

Actual boss of actual farmers' union says solar farms not a threat to food security (which should have been obvious to anyone who understands that 0.1% of the UK is a small amount)

[Grantham Institute Imperial @Grantham_IC]

Read @hamishbeath's comments for @guardian about the approval of three giant solar farms and new rules on solar panels by the UK goverment ☀️🔋

https://t.co/hWSc1agOI8

[Jan Rosenow @janrosenow]

NEW RESEARCH: What do we do with the gas grid when gas demand drops?

A new regulatory approach is urgently needed to ensure costs for gas grid do not spiral out of control.

@RegAssistProj @heatpolicyrich @CKemfert

Free copy here 👇
https://t.co/42UPcXnFfZ

Key findings in 🧵.

[Simon Evans @DrSimEvans]

NEW: More than 400 climate researchers have written to UK political leaders calling for stronger climate action

Letter, organised by @emilyshuckburgh @ret_ward, says failure to do so "will place the prosperity and well-being of the British people at severe risk"

Key asks:

[Simon Evans @DrSimEvans]

Very eye-opening to see who's leading the way on clean energy investment – and who's leading on fossil fuels

China: Clean energy investment 3.7x fossil fuels
Europe: 5.5x more in clean energy
N America: Biggest investor in fossil fuels
Middle East: 5.4x more on fossil fuels

[Grantham Institute Imperial @Grantham_IC]

📈Global warming is advancing at a quarter of a degree per decade - the highest rate since records began - finds a new report co-authored by @RobinLamboll & @JoeriRogelj 🧵

📰https://t.co/yqWPLfXABp

#WorldEnvironmentDay

[Joeri Rogelj @JoeriRogelj]

Global warming close to 1.5°C begs the question what will happen to the #ParisAgreement 1.5°C goal.

Some have declared it deader than a doornail.
I suggest a contrasting view: 1.5°C will never die

My opinion @ProSyn
Your reflections are very welcome
https://t.co/HgX8pZv2M5

[Dr Iain Staffell @iain_staffell]

Here's a little bit of good news in case you needed it...

Britain now gets more power from wind farms than any other source, knocking gas off #1.

And yes, that's averaged over the past year, so it's factoring in all those times the wind doesn't blow 🌬️

https://t.co/KS7hm1ajFR

[Grantham Institute Imperial @Grantham_IC]

A new paper by @hamishbeath & @AjayGambhir11 explores the untapped potential of off-grid PV ☀️ as a low-cost 'leapfrog' option to provide energy access to 100s of millions of people across Africa 🌍 by considering carbon pricing & reliability policies.

https://t.co/SVOS3mhWT6

[Sheridan Few @SheridanFew]

Great to see this piece led by @hamishbeath published in @NatureComms. I particularly like this figure mapping most cost-effective electricity technologies across levels of energy access (L to R), and how this changes with reliability incentives (middle), and carbon tax (bottom).

[Grantham Institute Imperial @Grantham_IC]

Cutting costs & expanding access: how solar powered mini-grids could improve infrastructure in refugee camps

@SSCP_DTP's @hamishbeath blogs on recent research
👉https://t.co/6QtwXz1ipu
@MeshPower @AjayGambhir11
#energyaccess #minigrids #solar #refugeecamps

[George Eaton @georgeeaton]

People need to stop confusing the UK having higher taxes with it being a high-tax country – they’re not the same.

[Hamish @hamishbeath]

https://t.co/gVTV1fK7tS

[Hamish @hamishbeath]

https://t.co/sxVE3OkAfy

[Ryanair @Ryanair]

Rishi's cabinet 🤝 Ryanair
Random Seat Allocation

[Dave Vetter @davidrvetter]

Thinking about how the UK's new Prime Minister helped engineer the 2008 financial crisis and got rich doing it.