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New report: The true affordability of net zero
This evening my latest report: The true affordability of net zero, was launched at an event hosted by The [...]
Norway turning away from electricity interconnection
Norway is turning away from electricity interconnection as its governing coalition collapses over disagreements over energy co-operation with Europe. [...]
Time to accept that wind farm costs are not falling
There has been a consistent narrative that the cost of building new wind farms is falling, with falling subsidy [...]
Addressing the high real cost of renewable generation
Over the past few months we have been inundated with claims from interested parties that more renewables are the [...]
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My blog may have been quiet but you can hear me on several recent podcasts
I've been busy latey on some interesting client projects and a couple of reports which should be published shortly, but in the meantime, I've recorded several podcasts so far this year which are all linked below. From time to [...]
Relying on interconnectors for imports carries risks
Britian’s latest subsea interconnector, the 1.4 GW Viking Link with Denmark began commercial operations at the end of December. Initially its capacity will be limited to 800 MW until internal grid reinforcement in Denmark is completed, since if it [...]
Disappointing roadmap and AGR retirements risk periods of no nuclear from 2028
The past few weeks have been full for interesting developments in the nuclear sector, with a new GW scale reactor opening, a GB fleet update from EDF and a new nuclear roadmap from the UK Government. First up was [...]
Critical minerals for the energy transition: rare earth metals
In this final post in my series on minerals critical to the energy transition I look at rare earth metals. The name "rare earths" is often used to describe all 15 elements comprising the lanthanide series on the periodic [...]
Critical minerals for the energy transition: graphite and manganese
In this next post in my series on the critical minerals required for the energy transition, I look at more of the essential components of batteries: graphite and manganese. Graphite is an often over-looked part of the battery supply [...]
Critical minerals for the energy transition: lithium, cobalt and nickel
Continuing my series on critical minerals, in this post I will look at some of the main metals required for lithium-ion batteries, the core component in electric cars and current battery-based grid-scale electricity storage solutions, lithium, cobalt and nickel. [...]
Critical minerals for the energy transition: copper and aluminium
Following on from my post about the need to secure critical minerals for the energy transition, in this post I look at copper and aluminium, two metals essential for the delivery of the huge increase in grid infrastructure that [...]
Accessing minerals critical to the energy transition will be challenging
Following on from my recent post about the challenges of upgrading power grids to meet net zero ambitions, in this post I will set out the issues relating to the supply of critical minerals for the energy transition. This [...]
Energy market outlook – what can we expect in 2024?
Yesterday I reviewed the key market themes in 2023. In this post I take a look at what we can expect in 2024... The past couple of years have been dominated by concerns over energy prices, particularly gas. However, [...]
Energy market review of 2023
At the end of each year, I like to look back at the past year and ahead to what the coming 12 months might bring (which I will cover in a separate post tomorrow). In the past, I have [...]
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