HeyJaredEnergy Revolutions by David Toke
David Toke's Green Energy Blog discusses themes in and around his book 'Energy Revolutions - Profiteering versus Democracy' published by Pluto Press in April 2024
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Will Labour self-destruct over ‘net zero’? (opens the original)
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I was truly amazed when I read that the official (Labour-led) Parliamentary committee scrutinising the Department of Energy Security and Net Zero recommended that the name ‘net zero’ should be removed from the name of the Government Department. Certainly, if the Government actually does carry out this advice, it would be taken as a sure sign that the Labour Government was burying the ‘net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050’ target. Politically, this would be a major shot in the arm for the Gr
How British solar farms are returning shedloads of money to consumers (opens the original)
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Solar farms given contracts by the British government to supply electricity to the grid are paying larger and larger sums to electricity consumers. Far from being given subsidies by consumers, they are subsidising the consumers. They will also act to depress electricity prices in general. In recent years there have been auctions held by the UK Government for contracts to supply solar PV (as well as other renewable energy technologies) to supply power to the grid. Those who bid to be paid the low
How anti-net zero campaigners are making blackouts more likely (opens the original)
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In recent times, anti-climate action politicians in the UK and the USA have been distorting arguments about how best to balance the electricity grid. They claim that renewables threaten blackouts. It is nonsense, but it is also dangerous. Their focus on trying to stop large-scale solar and wind farms rather than deal with real issues will make the grid more vulnerable to blackouts. In the UK, anti-net zero newspaper opinion-based news in titles like The Times and Sun have been running headlines
Solar + wind cuts global greenhouse emissions by over 12% - but nuclear contribution stagnates (opens the original)
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Wind and solar power are making major cuts in global carbon dioxide emissions. Greenhouse gas emissions would be at least 12 per cent higher if not for solar and wind power. Almost all of today’s solar and wind generation has arisen since 2010. Meanwhile nuclear’s contribution has remained almost the same in volume terms (as in 2010), and has greatly declined in terms of proportion of total electricity generated. This is despite the never-ending talk of a ‘nuclear renaissance ’. Solar and wind’s
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