Jonathan Balls

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@GC_Rail @GC_Rail - I have advance single on 11.41 from York- can I get on the 10.26 train instead- or do I have to do the 12.02 LNER

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#India is leading the charge when it comes to #solar projects and initiatives, but it could benefit from building up stronger approaches to monitoring and public accountability, suggests @Jonathan_Balls. @iukdpf https://t.co/oeKnmXZWHK

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In this piece I look at how much India is financing solar overseas, look at India's sharing of an 'Indian business model' on solar, and look at its promoting of 'demand aggregation'

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Narendra Modi is framing India as a world leader on solar cooperation. In this @orfonline piece - I look beyond India's political leadership at its current programmes - asking is India 'walking the talk' on solar #COP26 #SouthSouth

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#India is leading the charge when it comes to #solar projects and initiatives, but it could benefit from building up stronger approaches to monitoring and public accountability, suggests @Jonathan_Balls. https://t.co/oeKnmXIlja

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@ideatingenergy Brexiteers will be in tears to be told this wasn’t about Brexit

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@BarnabyJDye @ideatingenergy Regional grid interconnection is also totally at odds with push for decentralised micro-grids future!

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At #CoP26 India and the UK announced the ‘Green Grids Initiative - One Sun One World One Grid’. Here are my thoughts on how it should be viewed: https://t.co/WGYavTD0iS

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@BarnabyJDye @ideatingenergy And we have incidents like this: https://t.co/2NHBC2zgHy

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@ideatingenergy @BarnabyJDye a perfect visual!

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Also, expect everything infrastructure in the coming years to be labelled as OSOWOG. This inter-connection project in Bangladesh, which seems to have little to do with solar - is the latest example: https://t.co/NxBbUa6qNV

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I also argue that India and the UK will want to use it in order to be more involved in shaping the renewables transition around the world - and to partner with countries on national infrastructure development.

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@BarnabyJDye @ideatingenergy Were Scotland to become independent, England relying on Scottish wind would presumably be pretty uncontroversial. But England relying more on inter-connection with France - a very different politics!

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@danaAG79 This is super interesting - I had not seen it Thanks!

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@ideatingenergy @BarnabyJDye that is a really important point!

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@BarnabyJDye I think the qualities of electricity make the politics of dependence totally different from oil or gas. Also interesting to see how OSOWOG intersects with India's long pursuit of 'energy security' framed as no dependence at all on imports

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@ideatingenergy thanks!