BloombergNEF: ‘Already cheaper to install new-build battery storage than peaking plants’
The levelised cost of electricity (LCOE) that can be achieved today for battery energy storage means that “new-build batteries can be competitive on cost with gas peaker plants," according to BloombergNEF. Our sister site PV Tech reported yesterday that
CCC calls for a coronavirus recovery plan that supports net zero
The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) has called for low carbon and climate-resilient infrastructure to be at the heart of the government’s approach to rebuilding the UK after COVID-19. In an open letter sent to Prime Minister Boris Johnson
How To Grow A Survival Garden – Do You Have What It Takes?
[This article is a good summary of why I'm getting into the Good Life. Trevor] Make no mistake, a survival garden is not just any kind of beautiful backyard garden. A survival garden is one that is carefully designed
Energy storage ramps up to bury coal and natural gas
Everybody knows that coal is on the way out, but the latest electricity report from BloombergNEF is something of a shocker. It casts a shadow of gloom over natural gas, too. Low-cost renewables are creeping into gas territory, helped
Covid-19 crisis will wipe out demand for fossil fuels, says IEA
Renewable electricity may be only source to withstand biggest shock in 70 years Renewable electricity will be the only source resilient to the biggest global energy shock in 70 years triggered by the coronavirus pandemic, according to the world’s
2020 – WHEN THE GREAT DISRUPTION BEGAN
[This article caught my eye as it has parallels with my own views, see here. Trevor] It was always going to come to this. Whether it was a pandemic triggering a shutdown, a climate emergency bursting the carbon bubble,
Solar hits new milestones as renewables become world’s cheapest choice
“Dramatic” recent gains have pushed solar’s levelised cost of electricity below US$30/MWh and will see the industry break the US$20/MWh average in a decade, BloombergNEF (BNEF) has said. New analysis from the consultancy found that utility-scale solar and onshore wind
Halt destruction of nature or suffer even worse pandemics, say world’s top scientists
Exclusive: only one species is responsible for coronavirus – humans – say world’s leading wildlife experts The coronavirus pandemic is likely to be followed by even more deadly and destructive disease outbreaks unless their root cause – the rampant
Do Joggers pose a Covid risk?
I recently wrote a blog called Lateral Breathing raising the question of Covid safety when running. It occurred to me that high breathing rates while exercising would be bound to increase the potential of spreading a virus to other