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Martyn1981

RE generators built using RE generation ..... sounds like a good plan to me.

Envision Sets Most Ambitious 100% Renewable Energy Target For Mainland China

Shanghai-based energy technology manufacturer Envision has joined the global RE100 initiative with the most ambitious and earliest 100% renewable energy target out of all member companies from mainland China, committing to be powered by 100% electricity by 2025.

Envision, a manufacturer of wind turbines, energy management software, and energy technology services, will look to wind energy and solar energy coupled with smart energy management to reach its new 100% renewable energy target, and will seek to supply renewable electricity to its battery factories located in Japan, the United States, and the United Kingdom.

Further, companies in the commercial and industrial sector currently account for approximately two-thirds of the world’s end-of-use electricity, meaning that large-scale adoption of renewable energy technology in the C&I sector could yield significant reductions in emissions and accelerate the transition to a clean economy.

EricMears

silverwhistle wrote: »

. . . Rampion wind farm is now operational, last time I went they were still pile driving (it seems to have quite small turbines though). . .

Are you sure they were really small turbines or could they have been a bit further away than you realised ?

Martyn1981

EricMears wrote: »

Are you sure they were really small turbines or could they have been a bit further away than you realised ?

:rotfl:

Cows: Small Or Far Away? | Father Ted

Martyn1981

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Scottish Developers Announce Subsidy-Free Onshore Wind Farm

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ed110220

MyGridGB reports that in the 12 months from the beginning of September 2018 to the end of August 2019 our electricity was:-

Gas 109.4 TWh (40.4%)
Nuclear 50.2 TWh (18.5%)
Wind 49.7 TWh (18.4%)
Imports 19.3 TWh (7.1%)
Solar 10.7 TWh (4%)
Coal 9.0 TWh (3.3%)
Hydro 3.5 TWh (1.3%)

ABrass

Tesla model 3 was UK's third best selling car in August.

The Tesla Model 3 has rapidly become the UK’s third most popular new car as sales of electric vehicles overall doubled in the past year.
New owners registered 2,082 Tesla Model 3 cars in August, according to data published on Thursday by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).

The figures meant Model 3 registrations overtook popular cars including the Ford Focus, the Vauxhall Corsa and the Mercedes-Benz A-Class in August. Only the Ford Fiesta and the Volkswagen Golf sold more during the month.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/sep/05/tesla-model-3-was-uk-third-best-selling-car-in-august

The pent up desire for electric cars seems quite substantial. It'll be interesting to see how it plays out over the next year to see what the ongoing demand is like.

michaels

ABrass wrote: »

Tesla model 3 was UK's third best selling car in August.



https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/sep/05/tesla-model-3-was-uk-third-best-selling-car-in-august

The pent up desire for electric cars seems quite substantial. It'll be interesting to see how it plays out over the next year to see what the ongoing demand is like.

The govt has pulled a massive lever with zero benefit in kind tax on EVs from next March - given how well companies respond to such signals I suspect that supply will be the big constraint next year.

Martyn1981

Sometime I think the World has gone mad. We had Trump this week rolling back legislation on low energy lightbulbs, coz nobody wants cheaper (& cleaner) leccy bills?

And still the World invests in more FF reserves and extraction than we can ever utilise.

Oil and gas companies undermining climate goals, says report

Major oil and gas companies have invested $50bn (£40.6bn) in fossil fuel projects that undermine global efforts to avert a runaway climate crisis, according to a report.

The study is the first to analyse individual projects to test whether they are compliant with a 1.5C world, and whether they would be financially sustainable in a low-carbon world.

It found that none of the largest listed oil and gas companies are making investment decisions that are in line with global climate goals, and risk wasting $2.2tn (£1.8tn) by 2030 if governments take a tougher stance on carbon emissions.

Coastalwatch

Martyn1981 wrote: »

Sometime I think the World has gone mad. We had Trump this week rolling back legislation on low energy lightbulbs, coz nobody wants cheaper (& cleaner) leccy bills?

And still the World invests in more FF reserves and extraction than we can ever utilise.

Oil and gas companies undermining climate goals, says report

:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

1961Nick

michaels wrote: »

The govt has pulled a massive lever with zero benefit in kind tax on EVs from next March - given how well companies respond to such signals I suspect that supply will be the big constraint next year.

I reckon there will be some long waiting lists for an EV next fiscal year. Effectively the UK will absorb every EV it can get it's hands on.