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Together Against Sizewell C
5 days ago
Elfed
But of course,???? it was never going to be a viable commercial business enterprise as an alternative to candles was it. ?
The question therefore to be asked is ,why do political parties that oppose Trident support Nuclear power plants ? Mmm.
Together Against Sizewell C
6 days ago
What does a successful Clean Growth Strategy look like?
Business Green 9th Oct 2017
As the UK green economy awaits the government's Clean Growth Strategy the low carbon economy and environmental campaigners face a similar dilemma, albeit on a smaller, national scale. How should they greet a document, said
to be due any day now, which is likely to both inspire and frustrate? It is all but inevitable the final version of the strategy will provide plenty of ammunition for those who think the government has singularly failed to deliver a commensurate response to the climate threat. The fear is this long-awaited new strategy will feature a raft of aspirations and non-binding goals that once again defer all the big financial decisions on
clean energy support and energy efficiency funding to the glacially-paced mandarins at the Treasury. Difficult decisions on onshore wind farms, building standards, electric vehicle infrastructure, and much more besides could similarly be kicked into the pampas-long grass of yet more consultation exercises. These concerns have been further reinforced by the
collapse in Theresa May's authority and her perennial reluctance to take on the headbangers in the right of the party.
International Renewable Energy Agency estimates costs of stationary battery storage could drop 66 per cent by 2030, as EV development accelerates. Rapid reductions in stationary battery storage development costs could lead to a 17-fold growth in installed capacity worldwide by 2030, according to
the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). A report last week by the Agency estimates development costs associated with stationary battery storage applications could plunge 66 per cent by 2030, potentially helping to push installed global battery storage capacity from just 2GW today to
around 175GW - a level that would see it rival global pumped hydro storage capacity.
https://www.businessgreen.com/bg/news/3018758/irena-battery-storage-could-grow-17-fold-by-2030-due-to-falling-costs
The upcoming emissions reduction plan needs to be fit for purpose, but it also needs to provide a strategic vision for the UK's post-Brexit economy,Policy,Politics,Legislation ,Low Carbon Economy,BEIS,In-depth,Clean Growth Strategy,Clean Growth Plan,Climate Change Act,Emissions Reduction Plan
Together Against Sizewell C
6 days ago
Sizewell C Community Forum - EDF Energy Consultation
The Sizewell C Community Forum is meeting at 19:00 on Thursday 16 November 2017 at the Riverside Centre, Great Glemham Road, Stratford St Andrew.
Please arrive in time for a 19:30 start so we can conclude the meeting at 21:00.
Like me, given the elapse of time, I am sure you have been keen to get an update from EDF Energy on the outcome of their Stage 2 Public Consultation on Sizewell C. I have been in contact with the Project Director and he has confirmed that the company’s assessment on the Stage 2 responses is near completion. Therefore, my aim for this meeting as independent chairman of the Forum is to encourage EDF Energy to update us on the feedback they received from communities and statutory stakeholders at Stage 2, and any of the next steps they can update us on.
http://sizewell.edfenergyconsultation.info/szc-community-forum/
The Sizewell C Community Forum is an independent group of local representatives and stakeholders which plays an important consultative role in the Sizewell C project. The Sizewell C Community Forum is intended to provide a mechanism for discussion during the planning and construction process between...
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6 days ago
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2 weeks ago
www.no2nuclearpower.org.uk
http://www.no2nuclearpower.org.uk/wp/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Time-to-Cancel-HinkleyFinal.pdf< br />
A new report by Emeritus Professor of Energy Policy, Steve Thomas, says it is time to cancel Hinkley Point C. EDF and the French and UK governments may try to suggest that it’s too late to stop and will talk up the costs which have already been incurred. But the start of construction, when the first structural concrete is poured, is still between 2 and 4 years away. Preliminary works are conspicuous but relatively cheap. EDF Energy will have incurred expenses since signing the deal with the UK Government in October 2016 and some of these may be compensatable. But these costs would be dwarfed by the costs of going ahead.
Together Against Sizewell C
2 weeks ago
McDonnell: Labour would ensure UK becomes 'world leaders in decarbonising our economy'
Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell has today reiterated that low carbon infrastructure and clean technologies would provide one of the central pillars of a Labour government's economic strategy, vowing that the party "will ensure we become world leaders in decarbonising our economy". In his keynote speech to the Party's annual conference in Brighton this morning, McDonnell said the UK needed to respond to the environmental "wake up call" provided by extreme weather and step up investment in clean technologies. "Labour will ensure we become world leaders in decarbonising our economy. With a publicly owned energy supply based on alternative energy sources." He added that "absolutely commit" to building the Swansea Tidal Lagoon project, accusing the government of having "dithered and delayed". The commitment to nationalise energy - which followed a BBC interview this morning where McDonnell suggested the valuations for any nationalised industries would be "determined by Parliament" - appeared to go further than the manifesto itself, which proposed "legislating to permit publicly owned local companies to purchase the regional grid infrastructure, and to ensure that national and regional grid infrastructure is brought into public ownership over time", and supporting the introduction of new regional "publicly owned, locally accountable energy companies and co-operatives to rival existing private energy suppliers".
Business Green 25th Sept 2017
https://www.businessgreen.com/bg/news/3018005/mcdonnell-labour-would-ensure-uk-becomes-world-leaders-in-decarbonising-our-economy
Shadow Chancellor promises to back clean technologies, reasserts nationalisation plans, and vows Tories will face 'political battle of their lives' if they try to water down EU environmental protections,Politics,Policy ,Labour Party,Low Carbon Economy
Together Against Sizewell C
2 weeks ago
Clayhill, Britain’s first subsidy-free solar farm, revives fading industry
Times
26th Sept 2017
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/clayhill-britain-s-first-subsidy-free-solar-farm-revives-fading-industry-sxzd36t5j< br />
In rural Bedfordshire today, Claire Perry, the climate change minister, will open the first solar farm in Britain to sell power to the grid without a direct subsidy. It will perform this trick thanks partly to banks of batteries that enable it to transmit electricity even when the sun is not shining, and partly to the plummeting price of both batteries and solar panels in recent years. Clayhill Farm is a landmark achievement. It will provide power for 2,500 homes without pumping out any pollution, making any noise or killing any birds. It will come onstream less than a month after an auction for wholesale energy contracts in which wind power operators underbid even gas-fired energy producers for the first time. And it was built in 12 weeks flat. A renewable energy revolution is gathering steam, so to speak, but Clayhill Farm poses a troubling question for government and the rest of the British solar industry. Why is it, so far, alone? There are three reasons. First, one of the biggest obstacles to setting up a new solar farm is securing a connection to the grid, and Clayhill has been able to piggyback on a neighbouring facility whose connection is already in place. Second, few sites in Britain are so lucky, because solar power installation slumped when subsidies were withdrawn two years ago while still being available for wind. Thirdly, Britain is not very sunny. The Clayhill project shows that solar power has a future here despite everything. Moreover, battery and solar panel prices are expected to keep falling thanks to a global glut created by China. This oversupply is a result of mass Chinese production initially to meet subsidised German demand in the 1990s, and later to meet domestic Chinese demand. Beijing now dreams of building and controlling a global solar-powered grid. If Britain wants its own, the time to build is now.
Britain’s first solar farm to operate without a direct subsidy opens today and is expected to generate enough power for 2,500 homes. Clayhill solar farm contains 31,000 ground-mounted panels and...
Together Against Sizewell C
1 month ago
www.worldnuclearreport.org
For anyone who wants a balanced, factual comprehensive insight into the current state of nuclear power world wide, here is a link to the excellent world nuclear report. A really good read if you want to know what is actually happening with the nuclear "renaissance" https://www.worldnuclearreport.org/IMG/pdf/20170912wnisr2017-en-lr.pdf
Together Against Sizewell C
1 month ago
Is this the end of the nuclear age? Why the writing is on the wall for Sizewell C plans
All my life, nuclear power has been a part of Suffolk life – and for 50 years it has felt as if it would always be there.