Kit Fitton

What are the best ways to store energy (or, more specifically, electricity)? A 2024 update to my list of storage technologies that will help enable a zero carbon grid.

@alanchanguk @fuseenergy @MLiebreich A PPA would be a better revenue hedge than an electrolyser, surely? And are there not more sensible things you could be doing with the solar generation in the first place that don't involve hydrogen? Supplying your customers, for instance? Or charging a battery?

@KitFitton @fuseenergy @MLiebreich Problem with this chart is averages, Commodity prices are volatile, the best way to hedge revenue volatility is to have diversified revenue sources whilst still selling majority of your volume to highest priced source.

@FuseEnergy has received authorisation to supply and ship gas in the UK. Why gas? ~75% of households in the UK uses gas, as much as we wish to accelerate electrification, gas is not going anywhere anytime soon. Our commitment to decarbonise the world doesn’t stop here. Our first commercial green hydrogen plant is scheduled to energise by end of 2025, where we plan to blend cheap abundant green hydrogen (hydrogen powered by Fuse’s own solar energy) directly into gas grid. This means our customers would not need to lift a finger to reduce their carbon footprint, whilst enjoying lower energy bills.

@alanchanguk @fuseenergy Credit to @MLiebreich for the hydrogen ladder, of course.

@alanchanguk @fuseenergy This doesn't feel like the most efficient, or lucrative, use of hydrogen. In fact, it's one of the least...

@seetickets I'm still waiting on a Glastonbury confirmation email. What is going on?

Vast majority of these are full battery electric, but there are a few plug in hybrids

Despite talk of an EV "slowdown", the % of new vehicles in the UK that are electric in some way continues to trend upwards...

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

If you import 1 tonne of coal, you can burn it to generate ~2 MWh of electricity. If you import 1 tonne of solar panels, you can use them to generate ~1,000 MWh of electricity.

Is anyone on UK #energytwitter aware of good data on residential air conditioning sales / installations (both historical and forecast)? I'm trying to look at the impact that A/C could have on residential electricity demand.

An opinion piece in the @Telegraph on Friday by Lord Lilley posed a series of (frankly misleading) 'questions' about clean energy (Lilley is a former trustee at climate-denial group Global Warming Policy Foundation) Let's try and answer them for him... 🧵

From the latest Future Energy Scenarios. nationalgrideso.com/document/32231… The 0.5C reduction is included in 2 of the 4 scenarios that @NationalGridESO models.

@NationalGridESO is predicting that households will voluntarily reduce their thermostat temperature by 0.5 C on average between now and 2050. Feels optimistic (and I'm all in favour of cooler buildings, especially right now).

This is blowing my mind. WTF So obvious. How did I not ever think of this? Batteries will be everywhere.

Given we're only two weeks from gates opening, I'm re-sharing my top tips for Glastonbury that proved pretty popular last year. The only difference is that this year I *do* have a ticket. See you on the farm!

The green hydrogen industry is saved!

@ClemCowton Two reasons... (1) You'd instantly see lower balancing and curtailment costs (I think), and (2) I know it's a favourite topic of yours

@KitFitton What makes you suggest that?

There a policy fix that could reduce energy bills for everyone in Britain as soon as it’s implemented, without putting up taxes or increasing emissions. Can you guess what it is?

They do say you should dress for the job you want, not the job you have 👀 octopus.energy/careers

And a recent podcast he did with @drvolts which is well worth a listen: volts.wtf/p/the-energy-t…

Michael Liebreich's article: about.bnef.com/blog/liebreich…

@Ed_Miliband also talking about "horsemen" in the context of the energy transition. Only 4 of them though. As opposed to the 5 @MLiebreich talked about in his recent(ish) article. current-news.co.uk/labour-uk-ener…