@KathrynPorter26 Avatar @KathrynPorter26 Kathryn Porter

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"Policy-makers everywhere are pushing hard for electric cars but they are far from sustainable and require major infrastrture development"
X Link 2023-08-20T21:26Z [---] followers, [----] engagements

"The Inflation Reduction Act is succeeding in boosting renewables investment but it won't be enough to deilver net zero"
X Link 2023-09-05T17:05Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"US power grids are experiencing stability issues due to an imbalanced energy transition leading to increased use of synchronous condensers"
X Link 2023-09-14T23:42Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"In my latest article for @Telegraph I compare net zero politics with Brexit - the lack of honest engagement with the public on the costs of the transition means as those costs become apparent public support may wane. #NetZero https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/09/22/green-energy-nobody-asked/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/09/22/green-energy-nobody-asked/"
X Link 2023-09-22T18:33Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"In my latest article for @Telegraph I take a look at coal use in the developing world. The sad reality is that whether we ban gas boilers in [----] [----] or never our impact on climate change is tiny as long as countries keep burning coal at scale"
X Link 2023-09-27T15:26Z [---] followers, [----] engagements

"In my latest column for @Telegraph I discuss the @ENERGY de-carbonisation liftoff report for heavy industry. It talks up the usual unicorns of CCS and hydrogen but in my view small nuclear reactors are a better bet. #NuclearEnergy"
X Link 2023-10-05T16:01Z [---] followers, 13.3K engagements

"The DoE thinks industrial de-carbonisation will be difficult and expensive. Small nuclear reactors could provide the solution. This post builds on my @Telegraph article linked below adding more detail on SMR developments"
X Link 2023-10-05T20:50Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"My latest article for @TheTelegraphUK @TelegraphUS discusses the challenges facing offshore wind as OEM losses failed tenders project cancellations and the threat from Chinese imports combine to create a perfect storm that threatens renewables targets"
X Link 2023-10-10T13:07Z [---] followers, [----] engagements

"The windfall tax and Labour's promise not to licence new fields is weighing on North Sea oil and gas harming UK energy security"
X Link 2023-10-20T16:26Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"My latest article for @Telegraph looks at the technology I think well deliver #NetZero goals: #nuclearenergy. Nuclear has no emissions in operation has high energy density is not intermittent and is the kind of plant grids were designed for"
X Link 2023-11-01T16:36Z [---] followers, 13.6K engagements

"Refinery activities closing at #Grangemouth increase the UK's dependence on energy imports - in this case from the Middle East and Asia/China - in echoes of the #Rough gas storage closure which left the UK more vulnerable to gas market volatility"
X Link 2023-11-28T16:56Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"@Telegraph decided to publish my rather un-Christmassy article today. The warning equally applies to the UK and Europe and those who will suffer most will be the vulnerable and less well off"
X Link 2023-12-25T15:07Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"Yesterday I reviewed the energy market themes of [----]. Today I look ahead to what we can expect in 2024: re-evaluating energy economics more nuclear supply chain concerns energy security and decisions on hydrogen"
X Link 2023-12-31T16:34Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"In this final post in my series on #CriticalMinerals to the #EnergyTransition I look at #rareearth metals and their importance to energy"
X Link 2024-01-12T08:41Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

"I was delighted to join @MerrynSW on the @Bloomberg #MerrynTalksMoney podcast this week talking all things energy"
X Link 2024-02-17T05:53Z [----] followers, 10.3K engagements

"The UK Government is pushing for more gas generation to support energy security and mulling a move to local electricity pricing. While the first is a good idea the second is not and will fragment an already illiquid power market"
X Link 2024-03-12T08:52Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"With the election rapidly approaching I take a look at what the manifestos for each party say about energy - this time the Lib Dems #energypolicy #GeneralElection2024 https://watt-logic.com/2024/07/02/what-the-manifestos-say-about-energy-liberal-democrats/ https://watt-logic.com/2024/07/02/what-the-manifestos-say-about-energy-liberal-democrats/"
X Link 2024-07-02T14:59Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"The Lib Dem campaign appears to consist of party leader Ed Davey throwing himself off stuff from paddleboards to cranes. Clearly he doesn't expect to be Prime Minister on Friday morning but it would be nice if he took the Election more seriously"
X Link 2024-07-02T14:59Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"Another low wind day in GB. Note the high levels of gas generation and use of coal. image credit @lcp_delta @Ed_Miliband @energygovuk"
X Link 2024-08-01T18:32Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@_EllenKendall @GBNEWS It's really not to do with bonuses. Gas and electricity supply to households does not generate very much profit for suppliers. When you see news abour "big energy company profits" this is companies that drill for oil and gas not people selling gas/electricity to homes"
X Link 2024-08-23T14:53Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@kimmono @mattotele @OctopusEnergy @g__j @MLiebreich @RenewableUK Zonal pricing would just make energy prices more volatile. The solution is to build more power lines to remove constraints. In [----] Norway had serious shortages and high prices in the populous south and surplus/low prices in the north where few people live"
X Link 2024-08-23T15:57Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@MLiebreich @kimmono @mattotele @OctopusEnergy @g__j @RenewableUK That's just because of the character limit If you split the market you get higher vol and lower liquidity. If there aren't enough power lines you get the differences seen in Norway. Hard to see how it's a good model when you have a surplus in the north/shortage in the south"
X Link 2024-08-24T21:46Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@kimmono @Andy47583901 @MLiebreich @mattotele @RenewableUK The dams in Norway require rain /snowmelt as almost none have pumping capabilities"
X Link 2024-08-26T11:03Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"Great question: why are we shipping LNG from Peru to the UK instead of extracting it from the UKCS Maybe @Ed_Miliband can answer. @energygovuk https://www.linkedin.com/posts/marcus-paige-5307074_the-uk-has-imported-liquefied-natural-gas-activity-7242505308424613889-ZH-cutm_source=share&utm_medium=member_android https://www.linkedin.com/posts/marcus-paige-5307074_the-uk-has-imported-liquefied-natural-gas-activity-7242505308424613889-ZH-cutm_source=share&utm_medium=member_android"
X Link 2024-09-19T15:08Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@SamMaclaine @Ed_Miliband @energygovuk If you cut new licensing and increase the windfall tax as Labour intends you will cut production. They should be issuing more licenses and cutting taxes (which will result in more to HMT from higher volume produced)"
X Link 2024-09-19T17:18Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"Very bad day for renewable generation today. The green sliver is wind and the orange one is solar. Apparently in just [--] years' time we won't need all that gas (purple) any more. Doesn't seem very likely to me @Ed_Miliband @energygovuk"
X Link 2024-11-03T23:56Z [----] followers, 73.6K engagements

"A second consecutive low wind day with negligible solar. Today we had [--] GW gas in the evening peak @Ed_Miliband @energygovuk"
X Link 2024-11-05T00:02Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Day [--] of minimal contribution from wind and solar. Today @neso_energy published its Clean Power [----] plan. Even the [--] GW of storage it hopes to have would have long since run out"
X Link 2024-11-06T00:06Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Even if the first two are delivered which is unlikely the third is outside the ability of the UK Government to secure. In April @WoodMackenzie warned that transformer lead times have grown to 115-130 weeks (2 yrs)"
X Link 2024-11-06T00:06Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Lead times for substation power transformers and GSU transformers are 120-210 weeks (2.3-4 yrs). Transformer prices have risen 60%-80% since Jan-20 driven by raw materials. Prices for grain-oriented electrical steel have doubled since covid and copper prices are up 40%"
X Link 2024-11-06T00:06Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"souce: But we are going to bankrupt the country chasing this arbitrary net zero [----] pipe dream which we have no realistic hope of achieving. A clean power system that has a chance of succeeding would have nuclear at its core @Ed_Miliband @energygovuk https://www.powermag.com/the-transformer-crisis-an-industry-on-the-brink/ https://www.powermag.com/the-transformer-crisis-an-industry-on-the-brink/"
X Link 2024-11-06T00:06Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Day [--] of minimal contribution from intermittent renewables although wind output was somewhat higher than in the past few days - a whopping [---] GW during the evening peak"
X Link 2024-11-07T00:02Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"It's interesting that despite low wind conditions in GB we've done quite a lot of exporting over the past few days. It seems we're not the only ones with low wind at the moment hardly a surprise since we have 40-60% weather correlation with our connected markets except Norway"
X Link 2024-11-07T00:02Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

".but has checked if this is technically feasible Maintaining CCGTs in working order is not trivial. How certain are we that units with such low running hours will ramp as needed And whether staff would remain motivated to continue operating them @Ed_Miliband @energygovuk"
X Link 2024-11-07T00:02Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"The treatment of interconnectors in the Capacity Market also looks quite random. ESO provides wide ranges of potential de-rating factors but DESNZ just plumps for c 2/3 of nameplate capacity without much science"
X Link 2024-12-09T16:03Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"That's not a lot of spare CCGT capacity particularly as it's not that cold just now (daytime temps in winter can easily be 5-8 degrees colder than they were on Weds). None of this bodes well for security of supply. #netzero #renewables @energygovuk @Ed_Miliband @ClaireCoutinho"
X Link 2024-12-12T01:03Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Grid frequency fell through the lower operational limit of [----] Hz [--] times and touched the limit a further [--] times"
X Link 2024-12-13T00:23Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"This comes on the day Norwegian Energy Minister Terje Aasland joined his colleague Finance Minister Trygve Slagsvold Vedum in calling for the Skagerrak interconnectors between Norway and Denmark to be abandoned once they reach the end of their lives in 2026"
X Link 2024-12-13T00:23Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"This is due to the impact exporting electricity has had on Norwegian power prices Vedum's Centre Party has long argued for this and for the re-negotiation of the interconnectors with Britain and Germany. https://bit.ly/3DbxV5j https://bit.ly/3DbxV5j"
X Link 2024-12-13T00:23Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Sweden cancelled a planned link with Germany this year saying it didn't want to be connected with such a dysfunctional market Unfortunately the only project Ofgem approved in Window [--] of the interconnector cap and floor regime was a link with Germany https://bit.ly/3Be7zis https://bit.ly/3Be7zis"
X Link 2024-12-13T00:23Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@HumptyDrumpf @MrBDelany @JKempEnergy Why should they GB and Germany should invest in their own generation and not leech off Norwegian tax and bill payers. If you rely as we do on imports you effectively outsource investment in generation. We shouldn't be surprised when those who did invest push back"
X Link 2024-12-13T17:54Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@KatyDuke Very true. We need major regulatory reform. HPC was made a lot worse by 6k design changes imposed by UK regulators vs the design being built in Finland"
X Link 2024-12-20T08:35Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"I have spent the past few weeks digging into frequency data for the GB grid. @neso_energy is going a great job of keeping the grid within acceptable frequency bounds despite falling inertia but the job is becoming harder and the grid seems to be operating at the margins"
X Link 2024-12-23T16:53Z [----] followers, 14.5K engagements

"Policymakers have high hopes for demand-side flexibility but in GB participation is falling. Triad avoidance used to deliver [--] GW of demand reduction but since it ended the Capacity Market and Demand Flexibility Service combined have failed to reach that level"
X Link 2024-12-29T23:07Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"AI has been one of the buzz-words of [----]. I have definitely used ChatGPT in my work this year - it's a useful tool to aid in research but needs to be used with caution since as this blog highlights it often simply makes stuff up. https://watt-logic.com/2024/12/31/use-of-ai/ https://watt-logic.com/2024/12/31/use-of-ai/"
X Link 2024-12-31T18:15Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"I asked ChatGPT to write a summary of [----] in energy markets in the style of my blog (I gave it a link to my site). The results were hilarious Apparently Biden was re-elected in the US and in the UK we had a hung Parliament with energy a key element of coalition negotiations"
X Link 2024-12-31T18:15Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"I leave you to read the explanation ChatGPT gave of its re-writing of recent history. It was a relief however to know that a simple free AI wasn't up to the job of replacing me. Yet I will publish a real version of my review of [----] later on. #AI #chatgpt #energy"
X Link 2024-12-31T18:15Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"My non-AI review of the energy markets in [----] looks at the way in which energy cost concerns spilled over into mainstream politics as the driving theme of the year. #netzero #energypolicy #energytransition https://watt-logic.com/2025/01/01/review-of-energy-markets-in-2024/ https://watt-logic.com/2025/01/01/review-of-energy-markets-in-2024/"
X Link 2025-01-01T04:22Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Parties sceptical about the status quo gained market share - definitively so in the the US. Upcoming German elections could prove pivotal to whether the Green Deal will endure in the face of ongoing de-industrialisation I would like to wish all my readers a very Happy New Year"
X Link 2025-01-01T04:22Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"This is not a bad thing - EVs are not actually very good for the environment. Better solutions for cleaning up transport are needed but in the US there's a quick win - smaller cars Americans prefer SUVs and pick-ups which are rarely actually needed by the people who drive them"
X Link 2025-01-05T19:10Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@likeuson It's a surprise to me that this market is not better developed"
X Link 2025-01-06T17:02Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@SamMaclaine @craigybaby111 @neso_energy More nuclear & more gas until the nuclear is built. Winter blackouts would kill people and that's not OK even to prevent climate change UK represents c1% of global emissions so killing people to reduce that is immoral. We need to slow down and build durable economic solutions"
X Link 2025-01-08T20:17Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"From NESO's official pronouncements you'd never guess how close things got but the data are all there on BMRS. Oh and it cost over [--] million to balance the system - almost 10x the usual daily cost. BM prices maxed out at [----] /MWh and cashout prices were [----] /MWh at times"
X Link 2025-01-09T05:52Z 17.6K followers, 62.6K engagements

"Perhaps @energygovuk can tell us all again how it's delivering security of supply. @UKLabour says we will have secure "home grown" energy without relying on imports - by which it means gas imports since we absolutely do rely on electricity imports"
X Link 2025-01-09T05:52Z [----] followers, 21.4K engagements

".but yesterday came very close to proving them wrong. We were [---] MW away from probable demand control and a possible blackout and it would have had absolutely nothing to do with Russia or Putin or gas supplies but with energy policies that cannot guarantee a secure system"
X Link 2025-01-09T05:52Z [----] followers, 18.5K engagements

"@netwars1984 @neso_energy Unfortunately they won't work in a power cut"
X Link 2025-01-09T08:03Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@LowryRLM @neso_energy Total peak demand yesterday was [-----] MW"
X Link 2025-01-09T09:59Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Blackout Britain I'm about to discuss this on @GBNEWS #blackouts #energysecurity"
X Link 2025-01-10T12:27Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@FrJeb It really isn't. Visit BMRS (link below) for actual generation data https://www.elexon.co.uk/data/kinnect-insights-solution/ https://www.elexon.co.uk/data/kinnect-insights-solution/"
X Link 2025-01-10T13:29Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"Since I wrote about the #blackouts near miss on Wednesday @neso_energy has been trying to discredit me. But has refused to explain how my analysis was wrong as set out here by @unherd It's an interesting read including the most liked comment. https://unherd.com/newsroom/uks-blackout-near-miss-shows-danger-of-net-zero/ https://unherd.com/newsroom/uks-blackout-near-miss-shows-danger-of-net-zero/"
X Link 2025-01-11T15:11Z [----] followers, 43.2K engagements

". and how much were they paid for that And could they have run instead of Rye House which made millions in the Balancing Mechanism #energysecurity #transparency @ofgem @energygovuk @Ed_Miliband @ClaireCoutinho @DavidGHFrost @AndrewBowie_MP @Telegraph"
X Link 2025-01-11T15:11Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@AndrewJohnWalls @afneil There's very little pumped hydro around. Norway has almost none which is why it's gone off the idea of electricity interconnectors. Once its water has run out it has to wait for snow to melt again"
X Link 2025-01-12T15:25Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@afneil Yes but the reverse is much worse. When it's not windy we're all short and only France and Norway can supply everyone else. Norway has gone off the whole idea and amended its Energy Act (x2) to be able to restrict exports to protect Norwegian consumers Energy nationalism rising"
X Link 2025-01-12T15:27Z [----] followers, 83.1K engagements

"@NetZeroWatch If you refuse to do controlled burns in the cold season you end up with uncontrolled burns in the hot season. You can't avoid burning"
X Link 2025-01-12T15:31Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@danielmgmoylan Fracking might be a red herring as it is in Poland but we have plenty of onshore and offshore resources we can access through conventional drilling. Would bring much needed to @hmtreasury too That way we can reduce reliance on the aging French nuclear fleet"
X Link 2025-01-12T15:40Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@latimeralder We're only "leading the world" because we happened to find gas under the N Sea just as coal was running out so we replaced dirty coal with cleaner gas in power generation. Nothing to do with climate change. If we had gas first that ran out we would have swapped to coal 😂"
X Link 2025-01-12T15:43Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@pijoe1212 @afneil @BurggrabenH Yes. You only need to look at Norway. Amendments to the Energy Act and now discussing not renewing the Skagerrak interconnectors with Denmark which are nearing end of life. Norway is just more up front about its thinking than most"
X Link 2025-01-12T15:54Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@SamMaclaine @LD_Sceptics Isn't that a very dangerous situation to be in On Wednesday we had [---] GW wind. Some days this winter it's been [---] GW. If [--] Jan had been one of those days the lights would have gone out. Basing energy security on something that's here today and gone tomorrow isn't smart"
X Link 2025-01-12T16:12Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@Pierotlunaire1 @pijoe1212 @afneil @BurggrabenH Yes you need 100% backup because you can have close to zero when it's not windy (in the UK there's zero solar in the evening peak because it's night time). THAT's a big reason why the economics don't add up and renewables are not cheap"
X Link 2025-01-12T16:30Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@HighFarndale @jessralston2 @neso_energy That depends. If they see it coming they would do demand control ie regional blackouts. But if they didn't eg a big power station tripped at the wrong time then the extent of a blackout would be down to luck"
X Link 2025-01-12T17:08Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@GutoOwenH2 @pijoe1212 @afneil @BurggrabenH They cancelled a planned interconnector with Germany saying "would would want to be connected to such a dysfunctional market". Well us apparently since @ofgem just approved a GB-Germany link"
X Link 2025-01-12T17:10Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@GutoOwenH2 @pijoe1212 @afneil @BurggrabenH @ofgem I did a bunch of work on this a year ago. See this and the linked posts https://watt-logic.com/2024/01/09/energy-transiition-critical-minerals/ https://watt-logic.com/2024/01/09/energy-transiition-critical-minerals/"
X Link 2025-01-12T17:43Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@david_duguid @Morphington @afneil @NorthConnectUK1 They went off the idea when their electricity prices went up x10 not long after opening NSL and a link to Germany. They rarely import. @ofgem refused to permit a bunch of projects because once you are an exporter it's bad for consumers and Norway has figured this out as well"
X Link 2025-01-12T22:16Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@garyrobi @ClaireCoutinho They haven't. These are just not subsidies in same way. Oil and gas gets tax breaks for investment. Renewables get cash handed to them and consumers are forced to pay a lot of the costs they create eg the necessary backup to make them firm higher balancing more grid etc"
X Link 2025-01-13T08:35Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@KatyDuke @StrategicSin @DrSimEvans Ah so you think we should go back to caveman days. Equal poverty for all"
X Link 2025-01-14T11:00Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@MikeHudema I can't see who they are but places like Iceland (geothermal) and Tasmania or Norway (hydro) are hardly indicative. The real question is anyone doing it just with wind and solar. The answer is No"
X Link 2025-01-14T12:39Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@7Kiwi US tech companies are falling over themselves to sign supply agreements with nuclear power stations"
X Link 2025-01-14T12:45Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@KatyDuke @StrategicSin @DrSimEvans This is naive. The rich tend to be wealth creators. Too many taxes and they don't bother. You can see this in the N Sea where oil and gas investment is falling. All it means is we import more and have lower tax receipts"
X Link 2025-01-14T13:03Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@Ed_Miliband Your plan is not actually to rely on "home grown clean power" because you need to supplement with electricity imports You rely on China to build renewables You are INCREASING reliance on oil & gas imports by trashing N Sea production This policy is incoherent and irrational"
X Link 2025-01-15T02:44Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@janrosenow Do you know that in Scandinavia more people have a wood burner than a heat pump A LOT more When it's cold they use the wood burners to keep warm because the heat pump isn't enough by itself Let's not cherry pick facts to give a false impression"
X Link 2025-01-15T02:59Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@cliffski It was probably built with polysilicon made by forced labour in Xinxiang And I bet the regulators didn't make you change the design [----] times like they did at Hinkley or make you write an eleventy billion page Environmental Impact Assessment like at Sizewell"
X Link 2025-01-15T03:04Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@sarollia @ClaireCoutinho @iamkepco I think it's both. The EPR hasn't been a roaring success in Finland or France. The APR1400 has done much better But the regulators are out of control and the scope for JRs needs to be narrowed so we can focus on delivery"
X Link 2025-01-15T03:23Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@Nigel_Farage "We're going to have clean home grown energy and not rely on dictators" We will do this by: - buying wind turbines and solar panels from China - importing electricity when it's not windy - importing lots more gas because we trashed N Sea production Make it make sense"
X Link 2025-01-15T11:22Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@michael_wheller @Ed_Miliband SMRs are [--] years away at least and there are security challenges people haven't even thought about yet. Large reactors are the answer because we already know how to build them eg the APR1400. SMRs are a buzzword like tidal and fracking that distract from the real priorities"
X Link 2025-01-15T15:12Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@michael_wheller @Ed_Miliband @RollsRoyce Reactors from submarines CANNOT be used in civil applications. The fuel is highly enriched and no country allows it to be used for power generation on land. Rolls Royce is developing an entirely new design for civil use. Totally different"
X Link 2025-01-15T16:10Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"I don't understand why this is so hard for them @ofgem @Ed_Miliband @ClaireCoutinho @AndrewBowie_MP @DavidGHFrost @Iromg @afneil @mattotele @DavidRoseUK"
X Link 2025-01-15T16:19Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@veryweirdfish @Nigel_Farage No indeed I wasn't saying they were. I have great respect for Norway's energy policies China is though The character limit doesn't allow for nuance"
X Link 2025-01-15T23:57Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@Norsunenergy @brazen_headd @janrosenow Consumers don't care about the wholesale price. They care about their bills. And the wholesale price they are exposed to is based on the [--] month hedging formula in the price cap for most people"
X Link 2025-01-16T03:18Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@alex_avoigt I'm not surprised. The EDF main board only narrowly approved HPC. Why build another EPR in the UK when the focus in France is on EPR2 Plus you have to deal with intransigent UK regulators Pivot to an APR1400 at SWC reform the regulators and legislate to make nuclear JRs harder"
X Link 2025-01-16T14:15Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@James_BG This language turns climate into a religion. Since when was debate a bad thing We are spending billions on net zero pushing more people into fuel poverty. Questioning every aspect of this is a good thing not a bad one. Stop shutting down debate with pseudo religions rhetoric"
X Link 2025-01-16T14:38Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@allnewtomorrow @James_BG Actually the consensus is weaker than you think partly because people shut down debate and because dissenters are afraid to speak out. That's why this language is so damaging I disagree with the CO2 obsession because it ignores and even encourages other environmental harm"
X Link 2025-01-16T15:06Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@mattrandle42 @KemiBadenoch Yet. There's plenty of time before manifestos will be written. I would rather they took the time to engage with experts to understand the market and carefully formulate their thinking @ClaireCoutinho is leading the way on this actively seeking the range of views needed"
X Link 2025-01-16T15:08Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@allnewtomorrow @aDissentient @James_BG If you're going to use AI for your argument then you're going to be disappointed ChatGPT told me Biden won the US election and the UK had a hung parliament 😂 https://watt-logic.com/2024/12/31/use-of-ai/ https://watt-logic.com/2024/12/31/use-of-ai/"
X Link 2025-01-16T15:14Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@fw7287 @janrosenow In Norway everyone (90%) have wood burners"
X Link 2025-01-16T18:31Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@KnowN0t @Anapecalleddave @PeterSmartpower @janrosenow The money is missing because of renewables pushing them out of merit cutting their utilisation rates and hence the income available to them If they have too little income they close which means there's a generation shortfall on low wind days No renewables no problem"
X Link 2025-01-16T22:57Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@veryweirdfish @jessralston2 @CommonsESNZ The safety analysis showed that H2 in the home would not burn with an invisible flame due to impurities. That's supposed to be comforting 😁"
X Link 2025-01-17T00:03Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"It's been a week since the near #blackout on the GB grid on [--] January. I wrote a blog saying I thought there was only [---] MW of spare margin @neso_energy went into overdrive trying to discredit my analysis. "We always have at least [----] MW" it told anyone who would listen"
X Link 2025-01-17T00:34Z [----] followers, 70.8K engagements

"Later it invented a concept it called "headroom" and said there was [---] GW of it. Headroom is defined in the Grid Code as The Power Available (in MW) less the actual Active Power exported from the Power Park Module (in MW)"
X Link 2025-01-17T00:34Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

".where a Power Park Module is an Offshore Power Park Module or an Onshore Power Park Module which are themselves defined as non-synchronous generating units powered by an intermittent power source. In other words NESO is playing with words"
X Link 2025-01-17T00:34Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"We are concerned with Margin & Reserve. "Headroom" has nothing to do with it or if it does NESO is claiming there was [---] GW of intermittent generation spare at the peak on [--] Jan Also if there was [---] GW of spare generation around why did we need market warnings"
X Link 2025-01-17T00:34Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"What NESO continually fails to do is TELL US WHICH UNITS WERE PROVIDING THE RESERVE AND MARGIN It's very simple - if they really want to be persuasive just tell us I have done further analysis looking at max availability of all units during the peak demand period for [--] Jan"
X Link 2025-01-17T00:34Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"I still come out [---] MW and show a chunk of the reserve units ran in the market reducing availability for reserve by [---] MW Rye House was told to start shutting down from 4:30pm & was off by 5:15pm - when demand was higher than expected there wasn't enough time to get it back"
X Link 2025-01-17T00:34Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"In fact the [---] MW of margin I identified would take [--] minutes to get to full load and since the available units at Dinorwig (pumped hydro) were already running it would have been hard to avoid demand control if NSL or Viking tripped"
X Link 2025-01-17T00:34Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"My analysis suggests NESO did not meet the minimum reserve standard in the peak on [--] January. I invite it to DEMONSTRATE not just ASSERT that it did by publishing the units providing margin and reserve on the day"
X Link 2025-01-17T00:34Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@7Kiwi Why do people even put something like that out If you give your product away you will never pay for the machine that makes it. It's not complicated"
X Link 2025-01-17T09:02Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@toadmeister And that's before you look at retrofit costs The Netherlands is now mandating hybrid systems because they are worried about the impact of heat pump demand on power grids But they also remove the need for much of the retrofit as you can access high grade heat in cold weather"
X Link 2025-01-17T09:06Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Excellent article by @DavidRoseUK at @unherd about the fragility of our electricity grid and how Clean Power [----] will make it much worse #energysecurity @Ed_Miliband @ClaireCoutinho @AndrewBowie_MP @DavidGHFrost @energygovuk https://unherd.com/newsroom/ed-milibands-net-zero-plan-will-make-blackouts-more-likely/ https://unherd.com/newsroom/ed-milibands-net-zero-plan-will-make-blackouts-more-likely/"
X Link 2025-01-17T13:51Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@scorpiotiger77 @KemiBadenoch @ClaireCoutinho @UxbEconomist07 @unherd @nfergus @Dominic2306 @KonstantinKisin @RobertJenrick @Ed_Miliband says he wants to end reliance on international gas markets. Then he increases tax on domestic production so much operators start pulling out High tax = Lower Production = Lower Tax Revenue = Higher Imports = Higher Reliance on International Markets Not complicated"
X Link 2025-01-17T13:55Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@energygovuk @UKAEAofficial @Ed_Miliband Fusion is decades away. Please focus on fission and build GW scale reactors ASAP to replace the closing AGRs @iamkepco can build in [---] years. We can do it too You just need to make the tough choices on regulatory and JR reform"
X Link 2025-01-17T18:00Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@LukeJohnsonRCP Volkswagen threatening to close factories was a wake up call for the public. The upcoming election will be interesting. My guess we see anti net zero parties doing well"
X Link 2025-01-17T18:05Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@WTarbiat @James_BG It's not a bad thing. Most people in the UK own Centrica through their pensions. And if you drive away experienced operators what are you left with. Oil and gas stocks have performed very well in the past few years driving a withdrawal of capital from ESG funds"
X Link 2025-01-17T19:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@HopfJames Li-ion is a terrible technology for grid scale storage. It's dirty to build vulnerable to fire and hard to recycle. And it's not that good at storage running out in c2 hours New chemical battery tech is coming and the sooner the better"
X Link 2025-01-17T19:53Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@HarryWilkinsonn And all it achieved is offshoring emissions to places with dirtier energy. As long as we only target territorial production emissions and not consumption emissions we will have these issues But the proposed solution of a carbon border adjustment mechanism will be v inflationary"
X Link 2025-01-17T19:58Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"I was delighted to record this webinar with @unherd this week to discuss blackout risks on the GB power grid particularly given the plans for CP2030 #energysecurity #netzero #cleanpower2030 https://www.youtube.com/watchv=Kjl_HjEL3Sc https://www.youtube.com/watchv=Kjl_HjEL3Sc"
X Link 2025-01-17T20:18Z [----] followers, 12.7K engagements

"@UxbEconomist07 I think Trump wants to cut back on the IRA and leverage cheap shale gas to drive the economy. Since discovering shale the US has managed to revive its industrial base while Europe goes in the opposite direction"
X Link 2025-01-18T01:32Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@Iromg Maybe he means growth in the national debt growth in inflation growth in taxes growth in unemployment growth in business failures"
X Link 2025-01-18T01:42Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@The_TUC @FrancesOGrady @Ed_Miliband @FrancesOGrady has a degree in politics & modern history. Does she know how alternating current is generated how this will change in a renewables dominated grid (which produces dc) & what this means for inertia & grid control Can she explain reactive power and SCL Can you"
X Link 2025-01-18T07:52Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@AllisonPearson But she is achieving growth. in inflation in the national debt in taxes in job losses in business failures. Her friend @Ed_Miliband is creating growth in energy prices energy imports reliance on China grid instability de-industrialisation"
X Link 2025-01-18T08:07Z [----] followers, 11.2K engagements

"@martynroberts1 @The_TUC @FrancesOGrady @Ed_Miliband No that's the one thing we know it's not. It's supposed to be an investment vehicle but what it can invest in if it needs to generate positive returns is unclear since profitable investments generally don't have a problem attracting private capital"
X Link 2025-01-18T14:25Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@RohanSprenger @HopfJames Since the duration is c2 hours there's no reasonable way to scale them to act as backup for low wind. They're fine for frequency support but newer tech will be able to do both"
X Link 2025-01-18T14:31Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@carla_denyer @EllieChowns @AdrianRamsay @sianberry You do know that during the times of peak energy demand the contribution from solar is zero There is no sun in the winter after sunset when annual peak demand happens. This period covers about [--] months So no they don't contribute to energy security"
X Link 2025-01-18T15:04Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Lithium cobalt and nickel https://watt-logic.com/2024/01/11/critical-minerals-for-the-energy-transition-lithium-cobalt-and-nickel/ https://watt-logic.com/2024/01/11/critical-minerals-for-the-energy-transition-lithium-cobalt-and-nickel/"
X Link 2025-01-18T15:22Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Great article on #blackouts by @Jonathan__Leake in the @Telegraph. It quotes @Ed_Miliband saying "NESO has said that at no point were electricity supplies less than anticipated demand. No-one said otherwise.less than demand is not the same as less than the required margin"
X Link 2025-01-18T18:42Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"It quotes me: "Jan [--] was the tightest day for electricity supplies in over [--] years. Market data indicate we came within the loss of one power station of demand control or even blackouts"
X Link 2025-01-18T18:42Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

".Unfortunately NESO continues to refuse to be transparent about which generating assets or batteries were available to run that day to provide spare margin and reserves"
X Link 2025-01-18T18:42Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

".This is disappointing and undermines confidence in their assertions which are not supported by underlying market data. @Ed_Miliband @ClaireCoutinho @AndrewBowie_MP @DavidGHFrost @energygovuk @neso_energy https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/01/18/day-life-blackout-britain-net-zero-electricity-rationing/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/01/18/day-life-blackout-britain-net-zero-electricity-rationing/"
X Link 2025-01-18T18:42Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@ScottLuft It's interesting to watch the progress of this project. I think BWR tech makes a lot of sense but most SMR developers are going the PWR route and struggling to get off the drawing board #NuclearEnergy"
X Link 2025-01-18T23:14Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"My feed is full of good news about #NuclearEnergy today. Here's me at Torness last year (and a few months later I also got to visit Sizewell B) I did tell an anti-nuclear friend I could see the bones in my hand when I touched the side of the containment 😂"
X Link 2025-01-18T23:40Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@simonmaechling Look what happened in Sri Lanka when they banned synthetic fertiliser. Within months they went from an exporter of rice to being unable to feed their people An IMF bailout was needed after that and other poor decisions https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2022/7/15/23218969/sri-lanka-organic-fertilizer-pesticide-agriculture-farming https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2022/7/15/23218969/sri-lanka-organic-fertilizer-pesticide-agriculture-farming"
X Link 2025-01-19T03:32Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@l33d5un1t3d1 @7Kiwi @OctopusEnergy I DEFINITELY agree with that. #NuclearEnergy is a much better way to decarbonise the power grid than #Renewables although regulatory reform is essential to make sure we bring down costs and build times If S Korea can build reactors in [---] years so can we"
X Link 2025-01-19T07:06Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@isabelleboemeke These protest give lie to claims that #NuclearEnergy is unpopular. In fact it's a source of high quality #greenjobs @Ed_Miliband take note. Nuclear is the best solution to decarbonisation but can only be achieved through regulatory reform And please get on with extending SWB"
X Link 2025-01-19T19:44Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"I'm so proud of this tweet and the underlying analysis that has got people talking about #blackout risks I followed up with deeper analysis showing that @neso_energy let margins fall dangerously low on [--] Jan https://watt-logic.com/2025/01/17/nesos-approach-to-transparency/ https://x.com/KathrynPorter26/status/1877232061347438985 Yesterday the GB power market came within [---] MW of demand control or a blackout on what was the tightest day since [----] or before @neso_energy issued its first Electricity Market Notice of the winter and third (quickly cancelled) Capacity Market Notice"
X Link 2025-01-19T20:26Z [----] followers, 12K engagements

"@g__j You know perfectly well the low energy density & intermittency of renewables make them more expensive Consumers must pay for - renewables subsidies - backup for when there's no wind/sun - more grid to connect them - more balancing costs because of intermittency - curtailment"
X Link 2025-01-19T20:32Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@zerohedge Has anyone run the numbers on this Curious to know if Germany could keep the lights on without electricity imports from France"
X Link 2025-01-19T20:39Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"Next [--] days looking tight for the GB power grid. Wind output on Wednesday expected to be [---] MW. Yes virtually zero. We will be relying on gas nuclear and imports to meet demand. Again @Ed_Miliband @ClaireCoutinho @AndrewBowie_MP @DavidGHFrost @Iromg @EdConwaySky @DavidRoseUK"
X Link 2025-01-20T08:39Z [----] followers, 15.5K engagements

"@toadmeister @7Kiwi We're having another one This Wednesday wind output is forecast to drop to [---] MW vs [----] on [--] Jan We will rely on gas nuclear and imports to meet demand"
X Link 2025-01-20T08:41Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@SuellaBraverman @JuliaHB1 @TalkTV While complaining about Elon Musk making his own comments about the UK. If you dish it out you need to be able to take it"
X Link 2025-01-20T15:45Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Companies are not building new petrochemical fertiliser aluminium steel and mineral mining and fabrication in the UK. On the contrary more are leaving More significantly there is an absence of much new investment in new energy-intensive businesses"
X Link 2025-01-20T17:57Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Tight day on the GB grid but not as bad as some this winter. Very little wind and imports way down. Also some nuclear outages. Thank good for CCGTs doing the heavy lifting. Anyone who thinks we can run the market without them is dreaming"
X Link 2025-01-20T19:40Z [----] followers, 45.4K engagements

"@moaningminnie6 @SkyNews did some good coverage of this with me a couple of years back. I mostly go on the @BBCNews / BBC Radio to talk about price caps I will speak to anyone to help get this information out. It's important people understand the real energy issues not just the propaganda"
X Link 2025-01-20T23:14Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@MikeTho04795078 @MhehedZherting @Ed_Miliband @ClaireCoutinho @AndrewBowie_MP @DavidGHFrost @Iromg @EdConwaySky @DavidRoseUK There are often tankers just sailing around waiting for a good price. Weirdly they sometimes sail in squares rather than circles There are shipping trackers that show these data These cargos can turn up relatively quickly if needed"
X Link 2025-01-20T23:18Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@TiceRichard @reformparty_uk We should exit because it doesn't achieve anything. We focus on territorial production emissions which simply leads to offshoring Meanwhile global emissions rise. Pulling out of the Paris Agreement should stimulate discussions about a more effective approach to sustainability"
X Link 2025-01-20T23:27Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"I have been saying for a while that I did not believe the CBAM would be implemented. Now that's on the table in the EU Finally politicians are joining the dots Intermittent renewables = expensive energy = de-industrialisation https://www.euractiv.com/section/eet/news/epp-leaders-want-to-freeze-co2-duty-abolish-renewable-targets/ https://www.euractiv.com/section/eet/news/epp-leaders-want-to-freeze-co2-duty-abolish-renewable-targets/"
X Link 2025-01-20T23:29Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@moaningminnie6 Buy a small diesel generator (not petrol because petrol goes off). A full blackout could take days to recover"
X Link 2025-01-20T23:48Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@NetZeroWatch EU politicians talking about delaying emissions reporting and narrowing the scope of the CBAM. I really think the penny is starting to drop. https://www.euractiv.com/section/eet/news/epp-leaders-want-to-freeze-co2-duty-abolish-renewable-targets/ https://www.euractiv.com/section/eet/news/epp-leaders-want-to-freeze-co2-duty-abolish-renewable-targets/"
X Link 2025-01-21T10:11Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@BernardGra77791 @MhehedZherting @MikeTho04795078 @Ed_Miliband @ClaireCoutinho @AndrewBowie_MP @DavidGHFrost @Iromg @EdConwaySky @DavidRoseUK I agree. They didn't run the numbers then either"
X Link 2025-01-21T10:29Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@JemRobson01 @NetZeroWatch But there are no guarantees and some countries have found it not to be viable. The high population density could be an issue Supporters of fracking in the UK tend to assume it will be economic and that we only have to turn on the taps"
X Link 2025-01-21T22:11Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@carla_denyer This is a weird attitude to take. Trump was elected by 160m people & got a much bigger share of the vote than Labour. He will be in office for [--] years. Is it really smart to throw away centuries of friendship for the blink of an eye And where would we turn. Europe is imploding"
X Link 2025-01-21T22:17Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@BjornLomborg But Bjorn did you not receive the memo that we have cheap renewable energy We're on track to be the Saudi Arabia of wind You're not supposed to notice inconvenient facts like the high costs and if you do you're supposed to blame dictators for making gas prices high"
X Link 2025-01-21T22:21Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Today's generation mix. Very little wind. Very little solar (zero in the peak). Very little of anything in fact that's not gas. With old gas plant and [--] x nuclear power stations due to close before [----] it's not looking good for #energysecurity and the Clean Power [----] plan"
X Link 2025-01-21T22:34Z [----] followers, 43.2K engagements

"I can't see how we're going to keep the lights on without more gas power stations being built in the next [--] years. Clearly wind and solar don't cut it and we're not going to install hydrogen or any other large scale storage in this time Worrying @Ed_Miliband @ClaireCoutinho"
X Link 2025-01-21T22:34Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@MarkDampier @Ed_Miliband @ClaireCoutinho It's definitely hard to do that with aging assets. The AGRs were actually designed to load follow and the French nukes do but it would be a bad idea to start flexing the AGRs now"
X Link 2025-01-21T23:32Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Very tight day expected today. Wind currently at [---] MW although expected to increase to [---] MW in the peak. We're going to need all available imports this evening (only [---] GW due to outages) at the same time dunkelflaute in Europe means they have little to give"
X Link 2025-01-22T08:46Z [----] followers, 128.4K engagements

"@JamesBarton50 @MarkDampier @Ed_Miliband @ClaireCoutinho We need big nukes first because we know how to build them. The RR SMRs are totally new and different from the design used in submarines"
X Link 2025-01-22T09:09Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@JamesBarton50 @MarkDampier @Ed_Miliband @ClaireCoutinho @RollsRoyce We need to follow the example of @iamkepco which has built [--] APR1400s [--] in S Korea and [--] in UAE in [---] years and on more or less budget"
X Link 2025-01-22T12:21Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@Stevie5tapes That depends but there would probably be demand control. Blackouts are more likely if something big trips during a tight period. Then they may not have enough in reserve to maintain frequency and once it falls too low or falls too fast you get sections of the grid going off"
X Link 2025-01-22T12:26Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Last week I published this analysis of @neso_energy forecasting errors and their contribution to the #blackouts near miss on [--] Jan Today NESO has announced an internal audit of its demand forecasts This is welcome news but I encourage NESO to publish the results"
X Link 2025-01-22T14:03Z [----] followers, 31.6K engagements

"Oh dear. The output of our biggest windfarms this morning vs their theoretical capacity @Keir_Starmer maybe time to tell @Ed_Miliband his energy policy is incoherent and will lead to #blackouts How will we cope in [----] when older gas and nuclear plant have closed Prayers"
X Link 2025-01-22T15:12Z [----] followers, 30.8K engagements

"@Lancasterlaw175 @rchrisleigh We never used very much Russian gas even before Ukraine. Most gas was from our own production which @Ed_Miliband wants to cut and our friends in Norway Without Norwegian gas these past few years Europe would have been a very cold and dark place"
X Link 2025-01-22T15:14Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@NoPoke @StellarNukesX @neso_energy Demand was over the forecast as well so the two errors were compounded"
X Link 2025-01-22T15:46Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@Lancasterlaw175 @NavyLookout I agree. If you follow my blog you will see I repeatedly call for more #NuclearEnergy with gas as a transition fuel since we don't have time to wait for new nuclear to be built"
X Link 2025-01-22T15:51Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@TorstenBell Renewable energy is not cheap This misinformation needs to stop Since @Ed_Miliband cancelled the cost of generation project launched by @ClaireCoutinho they have no idea what cheap looks like Today wind and solar generation has been next to nothing and we've relied on imports"
X Link 2025-01-22T17:24Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@LePlonge @Keir_Starmer @Ed_Miliband Why don't you explain it then because I can see us throwing to subsidise windfarms we can't use because we can't built the transmission lines fast enough while gas and nuclear plant retires leaving us short. And more so on windless days"
X Link 2025-01-22T17:33Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@Ed_Miliband We are literally relying on gas to keep the lights on today. Wind output just now at the peak is [---] MW. Solar is [--] Yet you are forcing us to increase reliance on imports More imported gas as you destroy NSea production More imported electricity when we don't have wind Crazy"
X Link 2025-01-22T17:53Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@7Kiwi If they can't answer these questions they have no business deciding anything about electricity policy I could add [--]. Explain how the Balancing Mechanism works [--]. What is reserve How is it procured What is the SQSS [--]. What is grid frequency AND why do we have a statutory limit"
X Link 2025-01-22T18:03Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@ConnaireMcG @Keir_Starmer @Ed_Miliband https://renewables-map.robinhawkes.com/#3.5/55/-3.2 https://renewables-map.robinhawkes.com/#3.5/55/-3.2"
X Link 2025-01-22T22:40Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Spot the wind on today's generation chart from @lcpEnergy. If you magnify the picture and squint really hard you might see it. The little orange sliver is solar. The huge purple bit is gas #Dunkelflaute #energysecurity"
X Link 2025-01-22T22:49Z 10.7K followers, [----] engagements

"@sash_tom @blueblueblue62 @LePlonge @Keir_Starmer @Ed_Miliband I don't think geothermal belongs on your list. Iceland does pretty well with it"
X Link 2025-01-23T08:38Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@alanhigham100 @A1an_M Flow data are public on the Elexon website. If you play around with the tabs at the top (REMIT etc) you can find a lot of market data. https://bmrs.elexon.co.uk/generation-by-fuel-type https://bmrs.elexon.co.uk/generation-by-fuel-type"
X Link 2025-01-23T08:45Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@alanhigham100 @A1an_M The interconnectors are not contracted per se. There are auctions where market part buy capacity eg [---] MW on UK to Belgium and they can decide which way to send the electricity If they decide to send it to France then NESO would have to buy it off them to make it flow to GB"
X Link 2025-01-23T08:46Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@renewablesmiffy Gas plant relies on days like yesterday to make because their running hours have been cut by wind When it's not windy we'd have blackouts w/o them. There's NO WAY to meet demand otherwise even under the [----] clean power plan If they can't make enough they will close"
X Link 2025-01-23T08:58Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@renewablesmiffy Grid costs have a lot to do with renewables which is my point. No renewables = lower grid costs"
X Link 2025-01-23T13:52Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@WladyslawMejka Yes and also curtailment because the grid won't be able to cope with the high wind. Ironic or what"
X Link 2025-01-23T14:31Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@Protons4B @7Kiwi No we bought almost no gas from Russia. Most of our imports are from Norway Qatar and the US which are not our enemies"
X Link 2025-01-23T16:10Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@James_BG For many industries it doesn't make sense. Data centres need good telecom connectivity & access to staff. Without those they cannot function regardless of how cheap the electricity is Neither of those things is abundant in the north of Scotland where all the wind is being built"
X Link 2025-01-23T16:18Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@Dominic2306 Why are ppl who have no background in hard science put in charge of mkts whose economics & function are driven by physics If you can't explain how ac is generated what inertia is why we have frequency control why reactive power & SCL are important you shouldn't do this job"
X Link 2025-01-23T16:36Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@PeterSmartpower @jessralston2 @david_duguid We make it so because of our stupid approach to regulation. If @iamkepco can do it in [---] years on budget so can we"
X Link 2025-01-23T21:12Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@MarkDampier De-industrialisation Just brought down the German government @Keir_Starmer beware"
X Link 2025-01-23T21:14Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"People keep telling me #NuclearEnergy takes too long and is too expensive. Yet my feed is full of stories about new projects in Europe and the US. Even the abandoned Summer AP1000 is back in play and the closed Pallisades and TMI1 plants being brought back"
X Link 2025-01-23T21:51Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Tech companies are leading the drive. They know that nuclear is the only solution to clean reliable 24/7/365 power My paper on nuclear power in GB remains as true as when I wrote it https://www.thegwpf.org/publications/new-paper-reveals-sorry-state-of-gb-nuclear/ https://www.thegwpf.org/publications/new-paper-reveals-sorry-state-of-gb-nuclear/"
X Link 2025-01-23T21:51Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@bobrey2009 You can't use submarine reactors because they use highly enriched fuel which is not licensed for civil power generation That's why Rolls Royce had to design something completely new"
X Link 2025-01-23T22:35Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"Countries are falling over themselves to be the next #NuclearEnergy powerhouse Time for the UK to get on board. @Ed_Miliband @AndrewBowie_MP @energygovuk 💡 Nuclear Energy Seminar in Denmark Today [---] people attended the first event by the newly established Centre for Nuclear Energy Technologies headed by Bent Lauritzen at @DTUtweet in Denmark. Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (@ilovekhnp_eng) CEO Joo-ho Whang presented the https://t.co/QXbDaXsKiU 💡 Nuclear Energy Seminar in Denmark Today [---] people attended the first event by the newly established Centre for Nuclear Energy Technologies headed by"
X Link 2025-01-23T23:17Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Britains experiment in virtue-signalling to the world that we are leaders in net zero ambitions has been a risible farce. We have achieved: the highest electricity prices of any developed country; falling electricity usage; the loss of major industries;"
X Link 2025-01-23T23:57Z [----] followers, 51.2K engagements

". a worrying dependence on energy imports; a dangerous risk of blackouts; an impending net reduction in nuclear power; net zero impact on global emissions; and net zero influence. Even Rachel (From Complaints) Reeves appears now to realise that growth means abandoning net zero"
X Link 2025-01-23T23:57Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@renewablesmiffy Gas generation is cheap. Renewables are expensive We had [--] years of low gas prices but people forget that and focus on the [--] years of high prices Meanwhile we pay billions every year to support renewables"
X Link 2025-01-24T14:19Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@RachelReevesMP Then you need to follow the lead of @realDonaldTrump and recognise that cheap energy is the route to economic growth and that renewables are not cheap Watch the US economy grow & watch the US provide the world with its cheap gas. And watch it restart its nuclear power programme"
X Link 2025-01-24T14:21Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Today there's a [--] GW shut off risk for wind ie turbines being turned off to protect them from damage due to high wind speeds - in some places wind speeds are double the level that turbines can cope with https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/01/23/storm-eowyn-gusts-force-thousands-turbines-switch-off/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/01/23/storm-eowyn-gusts-force-thousands-turbines-switch-off/"
X Link 2025-01-24T14:54Z [----] followers, 49.4K engagements

"@BurggrabenH @renewablesmiffy We should follow the example of Norway. They are making smarter energy choices than most and realising that electricity interconnection to countries which failed to invest in dispatchable generation was a big mistake"
X Link 2025-01-24T15:53Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@renewablesmiffy @chris_mumby Poland found the same However rather than banning it we should let the market decide. If companies can make it work using their own money without disrupting the locals too much they should be allowed to"
X Link 2025-01-24T17:07Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@LePlonge @renewablesmiffy @chris_mumby We used to get a lot of tax revenues so while our production wouldn't reduce global prices we would have a significant economic benefit"
X Link 2025-01-24T17:09Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@toadmeister It's as if they don't realise that people with resources to move will do so once things reach a certain point Most people are willing to pay their fair share of tax but if governments get greedy they leave if they can"
X Link 2025-01-24T20:22Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@afneil Particularly not by people who have zero understanding or experience of actually running businesses"
X Link 2025-01-24T20:33Z [----] followers, 50.8K engagements

"@TheMongrel_Cat This is the third shuttered plant I think that is wanting to re-start @holtecintl with Pallisades @ConstellationEG with TMI1 Now @nexteraenergy with Duane Arnold #NuclearEnergy Will Indian Point be added to the list"
X Link 2025-01-24T20:46Z 10.6K followers, [--] engagements

"Apparently it's going to invest in things like community energy projects but only if they generate positive returns for taxpayers If a project is likely to have positive returns it will get the finance it needs from private investors. No need for public money"
X Link 2025-01-25T01:29Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@premnsikka Regulators are out of control Look at Hinkley Point C. They required [----] design changes vs the design being built in Finland and France countries not known for a lax approach to safety and the environment Like everyone else they need to be held accountable"
X Link 2025-01-25T15:46Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"This is NUTS. If they were doing a good job I would have sympathy but when you see people struggling to pay inheritance tax interest because they can't liquidate the estate because they don't have probate yet it's not on https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2025/01/24/civil-servants-strike-return-to-office/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2025/01/24/civil-servants-strike-return-to-office/"
X Link 2025-01-25T17:39Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@DavidGHFrost And get rid of quangos rather than setting up new ones at a rate of knots @UKLabour seems determined to expand the public sector and dessimate the private sector which looks a lot like communism to me"
X Link 2025-01-25T19:57Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@simonmaechling Nuclear and hydro are the answer. Not wind and solar"
X Link 2025-01-28T13:33Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@Nick80577717 No that was true for Bulb who had pass through as a strategy. Some others were constrainted to short term hedging by credit but the fact prices went above the cap which only changed every 6m hurt everyone. SOLRs were forced to buy hedges for the new customers above the cap"
X Link 2025-01-29T08:30Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@mwt2008 @Ed_Miliband @Keir_Starmer @AndrewBowie_MP @DavidGHFrost @Iromg @afneil @AllisonPearson @MerrynSW @EdConwaySky @jonathan_leake As if De-Smog was a credible source 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂"
X Link 2025-01-30T13:54Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

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