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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

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 rmi.org/insight/the-ba…

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

@AJunyentFerre nature.com/articles/d4158…

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)

Read @hamishbeath's comments for @guardian about the approval of three giant solar farms and new rules on solar panels by the UK goverment ☀️🔋 ow.ly/urRc50SBhUL

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 👇 authors.elsevier.com/a/1jJcf9C%7EIu… Key findings in 🧵.

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:

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

📈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 🧵 📰ow.ly/hVB250S9peo #WorldEnvironmentDay

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 project-syndicate.org/commentary/amb…

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 🌬️ thetimes.co.uk/article/wind-p…

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. ow.ly/qbKN50RPj9A

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).

Cutting costs & expanding access: how solar powered mini-grids could improve infrastructure in refugee camps @SSCP_DTP's @hamishbeath blogs on recent research 👉ow.ly/V1kV50NcUxm @MeshPower @AjayGambhir11 #energyaccess #minigrids #solar #refugeecamps

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

Rishi's cabinet 🤝 Ryanair Random Seat Allocation

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