Ben Miller

Policy and public affairs professional in energy - focusing on offshore wind and marine renewables. Nature-lover. Proud Dad. Personal views.

[Ben Miller @mrben_m]

@NetworkRailSCOT @ScotRail Every time it rains at Newtongrange huge amounts of water run down the car park onto track. Are there any plans to sort the drainage?

[Ben Miller @mrben_m]

@OrstedUK Got this book from a conference last year and my kids really like it - thank you🌍

[Scottish Government Nordic Office @ScotGovNordic]

Ports have a critical role in the energy transition.🚢

Energy Minister @GillianMSP led a delegation of Scottish companies to Esbjerg to identify business opportunities and to see first-hand the developments being made at one of Europe’s largest offshore wind terminals.

[Ben Miller @mrben_m]

Not the headline overall today but Scotland and Wales are steadily building a serious tidal energy sector

[UK Marine Energy Council @MarineCouncil]

Fantastic news that the @energygovuk 's latest renewable auction could see an additional 50MW of tidal stream projects deployed in UK waters by 2028.

MEC response -

https://t.co/lRGR1qP0tj

[Crown Estate Scot @CrownEstateScot]

A new report by @XodusGroup and Crown Estate Scotland explores the potential of new and existing offshore wind farms to produce green hydrogen. Read more ➡️ https://t.co/zGzufZZOPx
#GreenHydrogen #NetZero #RenewableEnergy

[Ben Miller @mrben_m]

Very sad - he was also an excellent patron of @FairtradeUK, saying it was about putting right some of the poverty he had witnessed as a foreign correspondent.

[BBC Press Office @bbcpress]

It is with deep sadness that the BBC is announcing the death of its much-loved journalist and presenter George Alagiah.

https://t.co/W5TPEKmTIP

[Lewis Goodall @lewis_goodall]

To fight climate change, France bans domestic flights where cities are linked by train with a journey time of two and a half hours or less. Will mean flights between Paris, Nantes, Bordeaux and Lyons will be shut down.

Is the first country in the world to introduce such a ban.

[Ember @ember_energy]

Our modelling shows how Scotland and the North of England will dominate UK power generation by 2030. Investments in the north-south power grid will be critical.

https://t.co/ADtUxVdyUc

[Bénédicte Bergeaud @BBergeaud]

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿New milestone achieved this week for @northlandpower's Scottish journey!

Find out more about our two projects : https://t.co/Ep65iQV1ka
➡️Spiorad na Mara, 840MW to be operational early 2031
➡️Havbredey, 1500 MW of floating ready for mid-2030s

#offshorewind #scotwind #Scotland

[Ben Miller @mrben_m]

This is very encouraging - one of the most promising sites in Scotland for creating a major hydrogen export hub.

[Energy Voice @EnergyVoiceNews]

EnQuest, operator of the Sullom Voe Terminal in Shetland, plans to reduce the size of the facility to reflect “substantially” reduced production rates, and make way for hydrogen opportunities @EnQuestplc #ENQ
https://t.co/uAvpeMj24o

[Borders Forest Trust @BordersForest]

Can you help Borders Forest Trust with their most ambitious appeal ever to expand the Wild Heart of Southern Scotland by adding the lands at Ericstane to our existing Corehead site and reuniting both sides of the Devil's Beef Tub? - https://t.co/B9jF8pz90S

[Crown Estate Scot @CrownEstateScot]

The search for Crown Estate Scotland’s next Chair has begun. If you have the qualities to lead an organisation which is at the heart of Scotland’s push for net zero by 2045, now is your moment. RTs very welcome. https://t.co/IrVbyTcDwo #netzero #offshorewind #landreform #chair

[Ben Miller @mrben_m]

@chargebird 50949

[Ben Miller @mrben_m]

@GillianMacMSP Wishing you all the best with this whole campaign Gillian. I didn't really what these were until recently but have pulled about 20 out of my local hedge in last couple of weeks.

[Ben Miller @mrben_m]

@midgov Why have you taken down the news item?

[Simon Evans @DrSimEvans]

As @NationalGridESO asks reserve coal units to warm again, here's a remarkable @OctopusEnergy chart showing effectiveness of the "demand flex service"

It says just 400k customers collectively shifted 200MWh of electricity (ie 200MW plant not needed)

What if everyone took part?

[Paul Fernandes @PaulFer13180972]

A unique, fully-funded PhD opportunity, to study fish in and around offshore windfarms, applying cutting edge marine sampling methods, deploying surface and submarine drones. Details here: https://t.co/uB10lhGO6Q

[Ben Miller @mrben_m]

Similar scale of opportunity to £29bn Scottish spend commitments from ScotWind projects. Resource competition for sure but also synergies: vessels, ports, hydrogen, marine restoration?

[BBC North East Scot @BBCNorthEast]

Offshore decommissioning spend forecast at £20bn over next decade; with analysis from ⁦@KKeaneBBC⁩ https://t.co/o55st6wHTc

[Ben Miller @mrben_m]

@chargebird 50949

[Ben Miller @mrben_m]

This was a brilliant day out! From Workington to Wick there are some excellent O&M teams and facilities - and much more to come of course.

[Crown Estate Scot @CrownEstateScot]

#ScotClimateWeek seems like the perfect time to share the story of our recent trip to Robin Rigg, the first windfarm to operate in Scottish waters, courtesy of @RWE_UK 🌬️⚡️- and to look ahead to the new generation of windfarms coming under ScotWind ➡️https://t.co/DEtFuqtb79