Mike Barker - MicroGrids Matter ?
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Vehicle2Building2Grid = V-to-the-B-to-the-G
-MicroGrids, Batteries, RoofTop PV
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-MicroGrid Training
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-MicroGrids, Batteries, RoofTop PV
-Smart Local Energy Systems
-MicroGrid Training
http://linkedin.com/in/mikebarker/
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Imagine going through the immense effort of completely rebuilding our energy systems, but not taking care of #EnergyPoverty
What a massive societal failure that would be ?
Please guys, let's #LeaveNoOneBehind
What a massive societal failure that would be ?
Please guys, let's #LeaveNoOneBehind
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Flexibility could cut UK power system costs by up to £125bn by 2050. ⚡️
New modelling from the Energy Systems Nexus shows that when high levels of flexibility are achieved, changing how and when electricity is used can dramatically lower costs, accelerate electrification, and stabilise the grid.
New modelling from the Energy Systems Nexus shows that when high levels of flexibility are achieved, changing how and when electricity is used can dramatically lower costs, accelerate electrification, and stabilise the grid.
January 15, 2026 at 9:11 AM
Flexibility could cut UK power system costs by up to £125bn by 2050. ⚡️
New modelling from the Energy Systems Nexus shows that when high levels of flexibility are achieved, changing how and when electricity is used can dramatically lower costs, accelerate electrification, and stabilise the grid.
New modelling from the Energy Systems Nexus shows that when high levels of flexibility are achieved, changing how and when electricity is used can dramatically lower costs, accelerate electrification, and stabilise the grid.
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A comparison of 🇳🇴 Norway and 🇿🇦 South Africa when it comes to electric vehicle taxation: “There, cars drive on the left side of the road, the sun is in the north at midday and the cars that pollute the least, namely electric cars, have the highest taxes.”
Those Who Do Not Pollute Pay Extra
In Norway, the cars that pollute the most pay the highest taxes. In South Africa, the cars that pollute the least have the highest taxes.
elbil.no
August 12, 2025 at 6:47 AM
A comparison of 🇳🇴 Norway and 🇿🇦 South Africa when it comes to electric vehicle taxation: “There, cars drive on the left side of the road, the sun is in the north at midday and the cars that pollute the least, namely electric cars, have the highest taxes.”
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Europe-Wide EV Survey Finds Growing Interest in E-mobility & Acceptance of Chinese Brands
cleantechnica.com/2025/08/05/e...
cleantechnica.com/2025/08/05/e...
Europe-Wide EV Survey Finds Growing Interest in E-mobility & Acceptance of Chinese Brands - CleanTechnica
A survey of more than 8,000 people across Europe shows that interest in EVs is steadily increasing, with almost three in every five respondents saying they are likely to own one by 2030: up from just ...
cleantechnica.com
August 7, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Europe-Wide EV Survey Finds Growing Interest in E-mobility & Acceptance of Chinese Brands
cleantechnica.com/2025/08/05/e...
cleantechnica.com/2025/08/05/e...
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She highlights key actions needed:
👉 Reform EPCs and MEES with clearer, outcome-based metrics
👉 Support landlords with one-stop retrofit shops
👉 Tailor financial tools to landlords’ unique challenges
👉 Use better data for compliance and enforcement
Read more: es.catapult.org.uk/insight/putt....
👉 Reform EPCs and MEES with clearer, outcome-based metrics
👉 Support landlords with one-stop retrofit shops
👉 Tailor financial tools to landlords’ unique challenges
👉 Use better data for compliance and enforcement
Read more: es.catapult.org.uk/insight/putt....
Putting renters at the heart of the Warm Homes Plan
Everyone understands the importance of a warm, healthy home that is affordable to heat - but how we get there is a source of heated debate.
es.catapult.org.uk
August 5, 2025 at 8:06 AM
She highlights key actions needed:
👉 Reform EPCs and MEES with clearer, outcome-based metrics
👉 Support landlords with one-stop retrofit shops
👉 Tailor financial tools to landlords’ unique challenges
👉 Use better data for compliance and enforcement
Read more: es.catapult.org.uk/insight/putt....
👉 Reform EPCs and MEES with clearer, outcome-based metrics
👉 Support landlords with one-stop retrofit shops
👉 Tailor financial tools to landlords’ unique challenges
👉 Use better data for compliance and enforcement
Read more: es.catapult.org.uk/insight/putt....
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How can we embed real stakeholder engagement in Europe’s energy future? Find out at "Power of Participation" with RGI, @ec.europa.eu, & @eu-acer.bsky.social
Expect expert panels, interactive sessions & a Best Practice Fair on community engagement in grid planning.
Sign up: bit.ly/PowerOfParti...
Expect expert panels, interactive sessions & a Best Practice Fair on community engagement in grid planning.
Sign up: bit.ly/PowerOfParti...
July 31, 2025 at 10:22 AM
How can we embed real stakeholder engagement in Europe’s energy future? Find out at "Power of Participation" with RGI, @ec.europa.eu, & @eu-acer.bsky.social
Expect expert panels, interactive sessions & a Best Practice Fair on community engagement in grid planning.
Sign up: bit.ly/PowerOfParti...
Expect expert panels, interactive sessions & a Best Practice Fair on community engagement in grid planning.
Sign up: bit.ly/PowerOfParti...
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Ferrari's got some work to do if it wants to keep up with (checks notes) a family SUV from Kia.
insideevs.com/news/765535/...
insideevs.com/news/765535/...
Electric Cars Are So Fast That A Ferrari Can't Catch A Kia Now
The Kia EV6 GT is slightly heavier and less powerful than the Ferrari Purosangue, but it's the quicker-accelerating car of the two.
insideevs.com
July 13, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Ferrari's got some work to do if it wants to keep up with (checks notes) a family SUV from Kia.
insideevs.com/news/765535/...
insideevs.com/news/765535/...
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With the third-generation Leaf, Nissan is ushering in a new era of electric mobility. More range, more efficiency, more space – and for the first time, vehicle-to-grid functionality. 🔌💡
www.electrive.com/2025/07/13/e...
www.electrive.com/2025/07/13/e...
“Electrical efficiency is the main factor” – Shunsuke Shigemoto on the new Nissan Leaf - electrive.com
With the third-generation Leaf, Nissan is ushering in a new era of electric mobility. More range, more efficiency, more space – and for the first time,
www.electrive.com
July 14, 2025 at 3:43 AM
With the third-generation Leaf, Nissan is ushering in a new era of electric mobility. More range, more efficiency, more space – and for the first time, vehicle-to-grid functionality. 🔌💡
www.electrive.com/2025/07/13/e...
www.electrive.com/2025/07/13/e...
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I’ve just got approval for a 14.4kW system on my Suffolk house, consisting of 28 off 515W panels and 2 off 6 kW inverters. Hardware cost at trade of the above is just £2,500. Add labour and overheads to that (the house is fully scaffolded atm anyway for exterior decoration). Unbelievable.
July 12, 2025 at 7:08 PM
I’ve just got approval for a 14.4kW system on my Suffolk house, consisting of 28 off 515W panels and 2 off 6 kW inverters. Hardware cost at trade of the above is just £2,500. Add labour and overheads to that (the house is fully scaffolded atm anyway for exterior decoration). Unbelievable.
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BHESCo have developed more than sixty #CommunityEnergy projects in and around #Sussex.
Have a browse through our case studies and get inspired to make the leap to renewables.
bhesco.co.uk/commercial/c...
Have a browse through our case studies and get inspired to make the leap to renewables.
bhesco.co.uk/commercial/c...
July 12, 2025 at 7:01 AM
BHESCo have developed more than sixty #CommunityEnergy projects in and around #Sussex.
Have a browse through our case studies and get inspired to make the leap to renewables.
bhesco.co.uk/commercial/c...
Have a browse through our case studies and get inspired to make the leap to renewables.
bhesco.co.uk/commercial/c...
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Let people get it done themselves! Councils don't like paying for things like this, they do however like fining people, and British people love reporting their neighbours to the council. People will install the most perfect gullies for fear of the wrath of Brenda at number 27 getting a £500 fine.
English councils urged to install pavement gullies for home charging of electric cars
English councils urged to install pavement gullies for home charging of electric cars
Scheme aims to stop cables trailing across pavements and encourage drivers to switch to electric vehicles
Local councils in England will be encouraged to install pavement gullies that link houses to the kerbside so that electric cars owners can charge their cars from home if they do not have a driveway.
The new government scheme hopes to stop cables trailing across pavements, as EV owners in built up areas where off-street parking is scarce, try to charge their cars. The Department for Transport has said it will put £25m towards “cross-pavement” charging – essentially a narrow cable channel with a cover on top. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
July 12, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Let people get it done themselves! Councils don't like paying for things like this, they do however like fining people, and British people love reporting their neighbours to the council. People will install the most perfect gullies for fear of the wrath of Brenda at number 27 getting a £500 fine.
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Agrivoltaics - the future of farming.
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/07/11/a...
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/07/11/a...
A closer look at vertical agrivoltaics
<b>pv magazine</b> visited a 1.9 MW agrivoltaic plant in Austria where pumpkins and soy are cultivated beneath vertically mounted PV structures supplied by Next2Sun.
www.pv-magazine.com
July 11, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Agrivoltaics - the future of farming.
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/07/11/a...
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/07/11/a...
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Totally agree—we should aim for 50, but the early re-panelling risk is real. Some of the C&I installs in the 2022–2024 gold rush were rushed, under-specced, or poorly mounted. But the upside? Next-gen panels are dirt cheap, smarter, and tougher. Swaps will be upgrades, not setbacks.
July 1, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Totally agree—we should aim for 50, but the early re-panelling risk is real. Some of the C&I installs in the 2022–2024 gold rush were rushed, under-specced, or poorly mounted. But the upside? Next-gen panels are dirt cheap, smarter, and tougher. Swaps will be upgrades, not setbacks.
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Absolutely. PV won’t just sit on buildings—it will be the building. BIPV is the future: roofs, façades, windows, walls. And let’s not forget the great untapped solar goldmine—carport rooftops. Wasted space just begging to power the grid.
July 1, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Absolutely. PV won’t just sit on buildings—it will be the building. BIPV is the future: roofs, façades, windows, walls. And let’s not forget the great untapped solar goldmine—carport rooftops. Wasted space just begging to power the grid.
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Canadian study finds that 33% of commercial trucks are ready to electrify – today
Canadian study finds that 33% of commercial trucks are ready to electrify – today
A new study by the Pembina Institute shows that a third of the commercial trucks and vans on Toronto’s roads are ready to electrify today – while nearly half could be electrified by 2030.
more…
electrek.co
June 21, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Canadian study finds that 33% of commercial trucks are ready to electrify – today
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💡Discover a global network of agroecology projects and groups on Agroecology Map! 🌱 Connect, learn, and grow with initiatives promoting sustainable farming and food systems worldwide. 🌍✨ #Agroecology #SustainableFarming #FoodJustice
🔗 Find out more
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🔗 Find out more
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June 19, 2025 at 5:25 AM
💡Discover a global network of agroecology projects and groups on Agroecology Map! 🌱 Connect, learn, and grow with initiatives promoting sustainable farming and food systems worldwide. 🌍✨ #Agroecology #SustainableFarming #FoodJustice
🔗 Find out more
agroecologymap.org/projects_and...
🔗 Find out more
agroecologymap.org/projects_and...
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That’s the tech needed for electric tractors and medium range electric cargo ships.
China is rapidly pulling away on battery technology. While the West is wasting billions trying to make a juiced-up TI83 sentient.
China is rapidly pulling away on battery technology. While the West is wasting billions trying to make a juiced-up TI83 sentient.
Batteries are starting to get ahead of our capacity to charge & use them 🤣 carnewschina.com/2025/06/18/h...
Huawei’s 3,000km solid-state battery patent with 5-minute charge ignites industry race
Huawei’s patent filing describes a sulfide-based solid-state battery targeting higher energy density and reduced charging time
carnewschina.com
June 18, 2025 at 11:56 PM
That’s the tech needed for electric tractors and medium range electric cargo ships.
China is rapidly pulling away on battery technology. While the West is wasting billions trying to make a juiced-up TI83 sentient.
China is rapidly pulling away on battery technology. While the West is wasting billions trying to make a juiced-up TI83 sentient.
𝗚𝗿𝗶𝗱-𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 - 𝗘𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆 𝗙𝗹𝗲𝘅𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 - 24/7 Carbon-free Energy
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> 2000 members - a carefully curated spam-free resource
Thanks, Mike
Please consider joining:-
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> 2000 members - a carefully curated spam-free resource
Thanks, Mike
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June 18, 2025 at 12:01 AM
𝗚𝗿𝗶𝗱-𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 - 𝗘𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆 𝗙𝗹𝗲𝘅𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 - 24/7 Carbon-free Energy
Please consider joining:-
www.linkedin.com/groups/13513...
> 2000 members - a carefully curated spam-free resource
Thanks, Mike
Please consider joining:-
www.linkedin.com/groups/13513...
> 2000 members - a carefully curated spam-free resource
Thanks, Mike
" There was a time
A storm that blew so pure "
( This is NOT America )
A storm that blew so pure "
( This is NOT America )
June 15, 2025 at 1:15 AM
" There was a time
A storm that blew so pure "
( This is NOT America )
A storm that blew so pure "
( This is NOT America )
" There was a time
A storm that blew so pure "
( This is NOT America )
A storm that blew so pure "
( This is NOT America )
We may be witnessing the most globally embarrassing thing ever to happen to the United States.
June 15, 2025 at 1:09 AM
" There was a time
A storm that blew so pure "
( This is NOT America )
A storm that blew so pure "
( This is NOT America )
"The microgrid moment has arrived. Are utilities ready?" they ask.
open.spotify.com/episode/7K7e...
open.spotify.com/episode/7K7e...
The microgrid boom, explained
Energy Central · Episode
open.spotify.com
June 11, 2025 at 2:09 PM
"The microgrid moment has arrived. Are utilities ready?" they ask.
open.spotify.com/episode/7K7e...
open.spotify.com/episode/7K7e...
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Exciting news, we won Energy Flexibility Newcomer of the Year at Utility Week’s Flex Awards! 🏆
This was for our work on Flex Markets Unlocked Phase 2, alongside Arup, Electron, Piclo, GreenSync, and the University of Edinburgh.
This was for our work on Flex Markets Unlocked Phase 2, alongside Arup, Electron, Piclo, GreenSync, and the University of Edinburgh.
May 27, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Exciting news, we won Energy Flexibility Newcomer of the Year at Utility Week’s Flex Awards! 🏆
This was for our work on Flex Markets Unlocked Phase 2, alongside Arup, Electron, Piclo, GreenSync, and the University of Edinburgh.
This was for our work on Flex Markets Unlocked Phase 2, alongside Arup, Electron, Piclo, GreenSync, and the University of Edinburgh.
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While it's not a full Local Area Energy Plan replacement, it works to:
📍Map out the local energy system at a glance
📈 Track the impact of your Net Zero efforts
⏱️ Save hours of data wrangling and spreadsheet stress
Get your Baseline Bundle today: www.netzeromarket.org.uk/s/product/de...
📍Map out the local energy system at a glance
📈 Track the impact of your Net Zero efforts
⏱️ Save hours of data wrangling and spreadsheet stress
Get your Baseline Bundle today: www.netzeromarket.org.uk/s/product/de...
June 4, 2025 at 9:28 AM
While it's not a full Local Area Energy Plan replacement, it works to:
📍Map out the local energy system at a glance
📈 Track the impact of your Net Zero efforts
⏱️ Save hours of data wrangling and spreadsheet stress
Get your Baseline Bundle today: www.netzeromarket.org.uk/s/product/de...
📍Map out the local energy system at a glance
📈 Track the impact of your Net Zero efforts
⏱️ Save hours of data wrangling and spreadsheet stress
Get your Baseline Bundle today: www.netzeromarket.org.uk/s/product/de...
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A groundbreaking project in Florence is set to enhance local energy infrastructure while prioritizing community safety with dual emergency access points and dedicated staging areas.
Get the details!
#FlorencePinalCounty #AZ #CitizenPortal #PublicSafety #FlorenceEnergy #EmergencyResponse
Get the details!
#FlorencePinalCounty #AZ #CitizenPortal #PublicSafety #FlorenceEnergy #EmergencyResponse
Developers plan emergency access for new energy project on Judd Road
Project includes dual access points for emergency services and dedicated staging areas.
citizenportal.ai
June 7, 2025 at 7:38 AM
A groundbreaking project in Florence is set to enhance local energy infrastructure while prioritizing community safety with dual emergency access points and dedicated staging areas.
Get the details!
#FlorencePinalCounty #AZ #CitizenPortal #PublicSafety #FlorenceEnergy #EmergencyResponse
Get the details!
#FlorencePinalCounty #AZ #CitizenPortal #PublicSafety #FlorenceEnergy #EmergencyResponse