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Steve Loughran

InstaVolt extends off-peak charging hours from 20:00-07:00. This must make it very appealing to anybody who doesn't have AC charging options... some of our neighbours just charge once a week at the council charger -this will provide a alternative option nearby with two more charging bays and more reliability.

This makes a lot of sense for them: I've already invested the capital in the chargers and back-end systems, this should keep the chargers busy during quiet times and if it causes some people to reschedule their charging -that provides more capacity at peak times.

Petrol stations never reduce their fuel prices at offbeat times or when it is sunny or windy.
#evs #netzero

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Steve Loughran

InstaVolt's Winchester charging station is coming together, placed perfectly for a trip to Portsmouth and back.
As well as 30+ car bays, they are adding drive-through bays for people towing their caravans from London to the south coast

They've 500 kW of solar + a 4 MWh battery. They can store their electricity until needed – & in winter they can charge it with off peak power.

They're even adding things like a play area for kids & a café. This is the future of motorway service stations
instavolt.co.uk/winchester-sup
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instavolt.co.ukWinchester Superhub Achieves Milestone with Solar and Battery Storage - InstaVolt
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CelloMom On Cars

Despite what Farage and Reform might claim,

"The #NetZero sector is growing three times faster than the overall #UK economy, analysis has found, providing high-wage jobs across the country while cutting climate-heating emissions and increasing energy security.

Net zero businesses accounted for 1.1% of the UK’s total GVA, making it bigger than the farming and advertising and market research sectors." And growing fast.

theguardian.com/environment/20

The Guardian · Britain’s net zero economy is booming, CBI saysBy Damian Carrington
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David Clubb

UK has 'zero' chance of making net zero by 2050, according to Simon Roberts, who is one of the smartest guys I ever met.

He models the likely reduction in CO2 to be 57% by 2050 leaving a colossal gap.

Policy Brief brunel.figshare.com/articles/o

Full report brunel.figshare.com/articles/o

figshareCan the UK reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions?Achieving ‘net zero’ greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050 is a target set in the Climate Change Act, with the UK Government pursuing even more stringent and specific intermediate targets from 2030. The term ‘net’ arose to address sectors with emissions deemed too difficult to become emission-free, by 2050, otherwise the overall emissions reduction target and endeavour might be undermined. The Sixth Carbon Budget, revealed in December 2020, reflects this target.
#ClimateChange#NetZero
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Steve Loughran

A tidal lagoon near Minehead sounds interesting
-close to Hinkley C so already being wired up for grid in integration
-a lot less environmentally destructive than the Severn Estuary Barrage
-A lot less expensive
-Being tidal, the only way you would not get your predicted electricity would be if the moon disappeared.
-if you start building it ASAP -it will probably be ready before Hinkley C
The S/W of England depends on tourism. If this could be done in a way which actually improves tourism, it could be beneficial.

They were looking at doing something like this near Cardiff over a decade ago -I don't remember why it was never started. I think it is time to revisit this.

bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvglq9

BBC NewsTidal lagoon in Bristol Channel could bring 120 years of clean energyThe lagoon would cost £10bn and would run from Minehead to Watchet under plans being proposed by an MP.
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Steve Loughran

@thanetric @ChrisMayLA6 the problem with this is that it traps 80% on fossil gas, a victim of the international gas market -and either relying on fossil fuel companies claims of CCS enabling them to generate zero CO2 H2 -call as willing to dedicate much of the renewable energy infrastructure we need to build into hydrogen manufacture.

Stanford University has some great talks on this – their point of view is that Hydrogen -be in homes or as a transport fuel doesn't work, except in some niche cases. Hydrogen for homes it simply the fossil fuel industry pretending it can be business as usual for them in a zero CO2 world -and therefore what that current and ongoing investments will retain their value.
#netzero
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Sabrina

Hallo! An #introduction - I’m Sabrina, a #PublicPolicy student from the US working on #CriticalMinerals and the #EnergyTransition. Here to meet interesting people and also hopefully practice my German (enrolled in B2). I’m a #writer and do #photography and enjoy #hiking. Interested in achieving #NetZero and helping the world prevent severe #ClimateChange. I also like coffee and exploring new places. Same username over on mastodon dot social.

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Steve Loughran

@Wen given the car manufacturers pay penalties if they don't ship enough EVs, maybe LHR & others (LGW, BRS,..) could be given a timeline and penalties for "Net Zero Jet Fuel" use. If they genuinely believed that fantasy-they'd have no reason not to accept it.

"Only zero CO2 planes can use this runway"
#netzero

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Auscandoc

cbc.ca/news/climate/carney-esg “Parts of the UN-sponsored initiative — originally designed to get banks aligned on and sharing investment practices for #netzero goals — are seeing notable dropouts. One offshoot, the Net-Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA), has seen every major U.S. bank quit in the span of the last month.”

“Though none of the departing banks offered a reason for leaving, climate finance experts pointed to the elephant in the room. "All the U.S. banks are running scared of Trump 2.0,"

CBCHuge banks are bailing on a Mark Carney climate initiative | CBC NewsAll major U.S. banks have quit a climate initiative known as the Net-Zero Banking Alliance. Formed in 2021 as a subgroup of a Mark Carney-led climate finance group, it now faces an uncertain future, even as Canadian and European banks remain for now.
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LeftyLabourTechToronto

Ontario didn’t inform the public about advice urging a shift away from natural gas

The Doug Ford government commissioned an independent report for up to $1.5 million to identify pathways to net-zero emissions. Now The Narwhal has learned what it said

By Fatima Syed

#Ontario #OntaroPolitics #onpoli #netzero #DougFord #climatechange #climatecrisis

thenarwhal.ca/ontario-energy-r

The Narwhal · Ontario didn’t inform the public about advice urging a shift away from natural gasBy Fatima Syed
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Donald R Noble

Hey #renewableEnergy Mastodon, for a piece of work I'm doing, I wonder if anyone can point me towards global/regional/country targets/ambitions for #floatingOffshoreWind deployment by 2050?

The only global number I can find is 264GW from DNV, but RenewablesUK say there is already a global pipeline of 266GW and WindEurope expect between 100 and 150GW of floating wind in Europe, both of which suggest the DNV number might be a bit low.
Thanks

#netZero#energyTransition#offshoreWind
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