Category: Net Zero
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Future Energy Scenarios (FES) 2025 – Review
The National Energy System Operator (NESO) has released its 2025 Future Energy Scenario (FES) report. They are always a good read and make you think. I have just been through and these are the things that stuck out for me, with some comments: Political – It seems much more political in tone in the sense…
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Making brilliant places in a post-carbon world
I have worked in and around the design of buildings for over twenty years. During that time, I have seen how much of the attention has moved to being low carbon. Building Regulations, industry standards and the whole sector discusses it. Most organisations have specifications and strategies to get to net zero and we are…
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The Solar Eclipse
Solar is so much cheaper than every other generation technology and getting cheaper. Is it inevitable and wonderful that the entire world will end up running on solar power connected across the world? We are in the mid stages of a global energy revolution where we are moving to using almost 100% renewable energy. We…
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Climate Change Policies need to understand how Energy Systems Work
There is a lot of stuff going on in the world of energy in buildings and we are slowly moving in the right direction. We have tried every other option, but we are finally acknowledging that we need to electrify heating in almost all buildings. The Building Regulation updates are going to lock that in…
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Wales’ Energy needs People, Policy and Pylons
The Welsh Government has committed to generating as much renewable electricity as we consume by 2035. That is a massive change in 12 years and we aren’t on target. We will need to generate multiples of the amount we generate now. That means a lot of solar farms, onshore and offshore wind farms, but also…