The UK has a good record on offshore wind and other renewables but its grid scale battery storage efforts have been decidedly suboptimal on.ft.com/3U51N95

Britain’s grid battery storage record is maddening

[FREE TO READ] The UK is great at building renewables but not the batteries needed to use green electricity effectively

The UK has had big hopes for batteries to store green electricity but a range of technical problems mean it is overlooking them and often has to use gas-fired power plants to keep the grid balanced. on.ft.com/4gu3wOM

National Grid blames old computer systems for sidelining batteries

[FREE TO READ] Britain’s network operator overlooks batteries up to 30% of the time when they are cheaper, company admits

An extraordinary read about some extraordinary people

EJemmavj.bsky.socialSep 8, 2024 7:38am

Please read! Ambiguous loss, family estrangement, nerd skills, identifying dead ‘If you were found in the street with your throat cut, because it’s a murder there’ll be a budget. But if it’s a heart attack, and the hospital says they don’t know who it is, there’s no budget.” on.ft.com/3XlnCBQ

The amateur sleuths trying to crack real-life cold cases

[FREE TO READ] A network of DIY detectives is on a mission to solve the mysteries that don’t grab headlines

Am only halfway through the weekend papers but not sure I’ll see anything better than this terrific piece from @anneapplebaum.bsky.socialon.ft.com/4cLsKoz

The kleptocrats aren’t just stealing money. They’re stealing democracy

[FREE TO READ] A shadow world of secret wealth now threatens us all. We need to shut it down, argues Anne Applebaum

A big move looms for one of Europe’s most experienced climate leaders on.ft.com/4gceRCW

Spanish environmentalist poised to take charge of EU’s green agenda

[FREE TO READ] Teresa Ribera likely to become next commissioner for climate and environment

This very interesting - and very sobering - study of 1,500 climate policies in 41 countries over the last 20 years suggests that just 63 of them led to big cuts in emissions. On the upside, it shows which measures work and why, and there’s a good dashboard tool to compare them all

Ppik-potsdam.bsky.socialAug 23, 2024 7:54am

🆕Evaluation of #climatepolicy over 2 decades: A global PIK study of 1,500 #climatepolicies, published in the journal Science, shows most failed to cut emissions. Only 63 cases saw a 19% average reduction. The key? Tax & price incentives in smart policies. www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...

Today on Volts: Biden & Dems have funneled billions of dollars & tens of thousands of new manufacturing jobs to purple & red districts. How are they feeling about it? I chat with @canarymediainc.bsky.socialwww.volts.wtf/p/how-is-new...

How is new clean-energy manufacturing affecting red & purple states?

The Biden administration has spurred billions of dollars of investment and created more than 100,000 manufacturing jobs in purple and red districts. Julian Spector of Canary Media, reporting from thes...

is it a shell company?is it a shell company?

UBbbcnews-uk-rss.bsky.socialAug 21, 2024 6:21am

Snail farm in Liverpool office sparks tax avoidance probe

Snail farm in Liverpool office sparks tax avoidance probe

City leaders claim the "agricultural use" of the office is a "tactic" to avoid paying business rates.

Roger that

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