Following quite a few requests, I have started recording some video content which can be found on YouTube here:
So far, I have recorded videos about marginal pricing, and whether gas is responsible for bills being high. I have also posted a recording of a speech I gave at a public meeting in Wells recently. All of these are aimed at the general public rather than energy market insiders.
Please add requests for new video content in the comments either here or on YouTube. I can’t promise to do them quickly as I have a lot of client work, as well as trying to dig in to various areas of the market that are breaking, but I’ll do my best!
Clearly the most important mission is pointing out the insanity of what we are doing with electricity, but I would be interested in topics beyond this. Is that something you might be interested in?
Please do one on 30 minute spot pricing market for UK electricity
Request for an explainer video (or blog) about the day-ahead and BM bidding for renewables. I can’t be the only person who is baffled.
For example, if I am an NSIP solar farm with a CfD,, why don’t I just bid £0 (or less) to ensure a win, then live off the CfD? Do I get a curtailment payment if my summer midday peak exceeds grid demand? Seagreen seems to make a good living off not making electricity.
What on earth happens when it’s all renewables (2030 in Millband’s universe)? Leave aside the awkward question of what a country with a winter demand peak wants with a summer electricity source, what happens to the collective summer production spike at midday? Do we all get compensation?
(Yes, some solar NSIPs are planning batteries, but they are few and minimal.)
Thank you.
Please don’t post anything ONLY in a video. I don’t generally watch videos and I would hate to miss out.
Excellent news. I am looking forward to learning more.
Great news. Thanks for doing this.
I suspect the majority of the public dont realise that all these so called markets exist in the world of electricity generation.
Goodness knows why it has to be so complex. I suspect that complexity is part of its downfall. So many different businesses all trying to screw a profit out of electricity supply. Little wonder consumer proces are so high.
Thatchers deregulation gone mad.
I try to watch the YT posts from Modo Energy where they often try to explain all the trading that is going on behind the scenes. Would be great if you tackled some of that and gave us a clear understanding of the bigger picture – presented in your usual easy to understand way.
Could we go through the requirements for energy in the UK. Are the forecasts correct? Is their too much unnecessary infrastructure that is poorly planned. Could it be combined and distributed through the UK more efficiently?
Rushing into this using 100 year old technology at huge expense to the bill payer seems a farce. New technology is not far off.
I saw small thorium reactors being developed that can produce enough for industrial sites and can be wheeled in on a lorry.
Many other great solutions on their way if we give it a little breathing space.
Thank you for notifying me of the new YouTube channel, which is good news. I’ve watched all three videos and found them informative and authoritative, as is typical of your work.
I would very much like to see a presentation on achievable electricity cost of nuclear generation in the UK, if we went about it the right way, largely by replicating proven designs, rather than the current approach of the best reactor being the one we haven’t finished yet. Let’s assume that nuclear would be upwards of 50% of total generation. Would the government always have to be involved?
Thisbis great to have another source so i now have the option of reading or watching.
However for some reason you have decided to turn off comments from the videos so now its only one way street.
Sorry that is not the way forward
Tony
A breakdown of the sources of available/potential UK energy and the basic reasons why some are more beneficial, compared to the government options and discussing how zet zero fits into that. General public perception comes from the government and I think a basic outline with facts and stats could be shared far and wide so they all see.
Great that you are doing this but I find the interruptions for advertisments (in the Wells Speech at least) a bit distracting. I also note that YT have put a ‘Context information panel’ under the video, proclaiming the UN CAGW meme.
When you’re getting flak, you know you are cloae to the target!
Really pleased you’ve launched. One of the few voices of sanity in a crazy net zero world. Looking forward to new content.