Pro the Environment and Renewable Energy.
Bury Saint Edmunds, England
Joined June 2022
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Investment for Northern Scotland and Central Southern England 🤔
Energy firm promises £22 billion investment in ‘critical grid infrastructure’
Electricity firm SSEN Transmission has set out a five-year plan that will support tens of thousands of jobs and help the UK towards its clean energy targets, including £16 billion for 'strategic investments' already approved by Ofgem.
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Renewable energy will account for about 37% of the UK’s electricity output this year, overtaking 35% from fossil fuels, according to think-tank Ember on.ft.com/3ZwHx1E
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Study: government 'jobs bonus' could deliver 10,000 wind manufacturing jobs
Campaigners claim new policy has the potential to deliver thousands of jobs in regions where fossil fuel industry workers are at risk of job losses.
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New analysis reckons the 'Jobs Bonus' component to the clean energy contract regime could create 10,000 jobs. businessgreen.com/news/43831…
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The world is set to move into a new age — the Age of Electricity ⚡️
Global electricity use has grown 2x as fast as energy demand in recent years. But its set to grow 6x as fast in the coming decade
Explore the trends defining the future of energy ➡️ iea.li/3V199uz
Wind and Gas in a bit of a race to the end of 2024. Need a windy December 🙂
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"World’s largest onshore wind turbine powers up for first time."
We normally think of 15MW turbines as big for offshore installations. This is enormous for onshore! reneweconomy.com.au/worlds-l…
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The last wind turbine has been installed at the Moray West offshore wind farm.
All 160 blades were built in Hull, & when fully operational in 2025 it will provide up to 50% of Scotland's electricity & save over 1.1 million tonnes of CO2 emissions every year.
🌊 We announce the installation of the final turbine at the Moray West wind farm!
In the stunning Moray Firth, northern Scotland, the 60th SG 14-222 DD turbine, capable of generating up to 14.7 MW, is set to transform Europe's energy.
Onward to a greener future! 🌱
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🔌 We've just connected @TagEnergy1's new 100MW/200MWh storage facility to the grid in North Yorkshire, making it the UK’s largest transmission connected battery.
Battery storage, or battery energy storage systems, are devices that allow energy from renewables, like solar and wind, to be stored and released when needed.
This is a key moment in the pursuit of UK clean energy targets: natgrid.com/3t
Here's the point of connection at our Drax substation 👇
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Electric car sales in the UK are up this month, making up 20.7% of new car sales, according to industry figures.
This means nearly 30,000 new EVs on our roads as drivers are increasingly making the switch to electric – a 24% increase compared to sales in October 23.
ALT Image of electric vehicle. 21% of new car sales were electric in October. Source: SMMT new car registration data - battery electric vehicles.
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China completed the production of a 26 MW offshore wind turbine - the world’s biggest and most powerful. A single unit could generate 100 GWh of clean power per year – enough to power 55k homes and cut 80k tonnes of CO2 emissions (6/6)
via @renew_economy
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On 30 September, the last coal power station came off GBs electricity system for the final time. We were joined by @ITNBusiness to capture this milestone on our journey to zero carbon operations and explain the role of NESO in their Urban Evolution: Our Future Cities programme.👇
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🇬🇧BRITISH MANUFACTURING🇬🇧
Jaguar Land Rover-owner Tata Group’s new Somerset gigafactory – the numbers:
▪️ £4 billion investment - one of the largest ever investments in the UK automotive sector.
▪️ 4,000 direct jobs set to be created plus thousands more in the wider supply chain.
▪️ The Agratas-operated gigafactory, Tata Group’s first outside of India, is one of the largest battery manufacturing plants in Europe.
▪️ With an eventual output of 40GWh, the gigafactory will provide almost half of the battery production that the Faraday Institution estimates the UK will need by 2030.
The £4 billion gigafactory, scheduled to open in 2026, is in addition to the £15 billion UK investment programme JLR announced last year.
