Was a biologist once; ex @MSCActions GF: #energy #use #people #networks #buildings #openEverything
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Here are all the things UK PM Rishi Sunak apparently doesn't want, given he's reportedly planning to trash UK climate policy, Investor confidence, intl reputation etc etc
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An apt little snippet from our founder @g__j talking all about green, spiky power.
In order to move to a clean energy system, we’ve got to embrace the spikes - the system of the future is here, now 👉 octo.ps/flexibility
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A @Salon article on a study that says the wealthy are disproportionately responsible for U.S. greenhouse gasses quotes @MichaelEMann. "The inequality in energy use is a great argument for progressive climate pricing." bit.ly/47MaOJj
@Penn @PENN_EES @PennCSSM
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Ofgem publish a call for input on "the customer journey in domestic flexibility" which hints that it doesn't trust the market to innovate for consumers & is considering being over interventionist. ofgem.gov.uk/publications/en…
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How did #COVIDー19 impact household energy demand in GB? Check out our open access paper in @ENBJournal for all things covid, energy and #MachineLearning with #smartmeter data
In partnership with @FrontierEcon @NationalGridESO
ALT Paper graphical abstract with findings and a figure
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I’m not going to shut(ter) up about this @dataknut … 😉
Over a third of England’s homes will be at high risk of overheating as temperatures reach new extremes - with poorest households most at risk: read more in our latest Spotlight report, out today: resolutionfoundation.org/pub…
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Did you know that energy suppliers were allowed to profit £130 on average for every customer this spring?
That’s a shocking increase from £27 in 2017📈
Find out what other secrets @WarmThisWinter & @FEA_ukUK uncovered in the new #TariffWatch report 🔍warmthiswinter.org.uk/news/t…
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New Paper! A residential emissions-based carbon levy: city and neighbourhood consequences By @dataknut
Housing stock simulations in the City of Southampton, UK, are used to explore whether a local carbon levy could pay for retrofits at a local level. buff.ly/3YhaRbN
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If everyone who has been grateful for the NHS over the past 75 years followed and retweeted we’d reach a million by midnight
Please take just two seconds to show you care
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We’re pleased to have been awarded @Ofgem SIF funding for the beta phase of our CrowdFlex project, which looks to understand consumer demand and domestic flexibility to demonstrate the benefits of the Virtual Energy System.
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Collaborative new research by CSE, @ofgem, @innovateuk, @UKRI_News & @EnergySoton will investigate how to increase the uptake of low-carbon technologies (LTC) in vulnerable & low-income homes🏡
Results will highlight how to make LCT accessible👇
cse.org.uk/news/guidelight-i… #OfgemSIF
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Our new report for the CCC exposes the glaring disparity between the potential power of #Planning system to create long-termplans that integrate energy & resilience strategies with other public policy objectives and the current reality on the ground 👉cse.org.uk/news/our-ccc-repo…
ALT A review of planning systems and vital changes needed.
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My beer and heat pumps thread made it to @bbc5live - here's an interview with me on why heat pumped beer is great.
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There has been much discussion about the likely failure of Thames Water in the last day or so. I’ve been looking at the accounts of England’s water companies for the last twenty years. My conclusion is that they are all environmentally insolvent. So, a thread…..
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The net result is that of the £89.8bn invested, customers or borrowing of various sorts provided £89.8bn of the funding meaning the shareholders effectively made no investment in the assets of these businesses, at all.
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What that also means is that the shareholders provide less than 15% of the overall funding for this industry. So much for the idea that private capital would fund water after privatisation. The reality is that borrowing is doing so.
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No wonder the water industry is in trouble. The income statement shows that the public is being fleeced by these companies who are simply treating the fact that the English consumer has had no choice as to who to buy water from as a means to extract profit from them.
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Finally, of the almost £25 billion they have made in profit over the years they have paid out every penny, and more, in dividends. In other words, the shareholders have taken 15p in every pound paid for water. There was nothing left for reinvestment, at all.
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Firstly, the operating profit margin in this industry is 35%. That is staggeringly high, and it goes up to 38% when other income is taken into account. 38p in every pound you pay for water is operating profit i.e. profit before the cost of borrowing.
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NEW
Brutal @theCCCuk report says chance of UK meeting climate pledges has "worsened" since 2022
🎯Govt has no "credible" policies for 75% of emissions cuts needed by 2030
🔴Only 9 of 50 key indicators on track
↩️Govt has "backtracked" over fossil fuels
carbonbrief.org/ccc-chance-o…
