Interesting links, articles, news and blog posts sent out to members on 08/10/24.
News: Time is running our to solve the poisonous SF6 UK grid dilemma – Energy Voice
4 October 2024, Jeremy Cresswell. SF6 is the most potent known greenhouse gas on earth so why is it still being used in UK’s electricity transmission network?:
News: Rightmove warns almost £25bn needed to insulate 2.9m UK homes by 2030 – City AM
4 October 2024, Elliot Gulliver-Needham. There are 2.9 million houses that will require £23.4bn in improvements to meet the government’s energy performance certificate (EPC) standards by 2030, according to Rightmove:
Link: https://www.cityam.com/rightmove-warns-almost-25bn-needed-to-insulate-2-9m-uk-homes-by-2030/
Article: Carmakers ramp up pressure on chancellor for EV sales subsidies – Guardian Online
4 October 2024, Jasper Jolly. Bosses say cost of complying with zero-emission vehicle mandate is ‘astronomical, and unsustainable’:
Article: Labour to commit almost £22bn to fund carbon capture and storage projects – Guardian Online
4 October 2024, Jillian Ambrose and Richard Partington. Investment will fund two CCS clusters – but environmental campaigners have criticised plans:
Consultation: Innovation in the energy retail market – Ofgem
2 October 2024. Closing date 27 November 2024. The energy system is changing to decarbonise and meet net-zero. Ofgem wants to facilitate new, innovative products and services that will help enable consumers to lower their bills, get a better service and deliver a low-cost transition. This consultation is on innovation in the energy retail market aims to progress a conversation on the key barriers and enablers of retail innovation. Specifically, this paper focuses on regulatory routes to market and presents options to help enable new innovative products and services that benefit consumers:
Link: https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/consultation/innovation-energy-retail-market
Open consultation: Capacity Market: new technologies 2024 – Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
30 September 2024. The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero is seeking to identify emerging generating technologies that may be eligible to participate in capacity market auctions. This consultation closes at 11:59pm on 1 November 2024:
Link: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/capacity-market-new-technologies-2024
Collection: Energy Consumption in the UK – Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
26 September 2024. This series brings together all documents relating to Energy Consumption in the UK:
Link: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/energy-consumption-in-the-uk
Opinion: Britain’s grid battery storage record is maddening – Financial Times
25 September 2024, Pilita Clark. “So what’s going on? Some think engineers simply prefer trusty gas power plants to newfangled green tech batteries. The electricity system operator denies this, but it has confirmed that oldfangled computer systems are a problem”:
Link: https://www.ft.com/content/13e8fd48-7320-4c60-9703-51d12268e868
Article: Climate scientists call on Labour to pause £1bn plans for carbon capture – Guardian Online
25 September 2024, Matthew Taylor. Letter says technologies to produce blue hydrogen and capture CO2 are unproven and could hinder net zero efforts: