Amy Williams
@ajasm.bsky.social
Environmental scientist working in the offshore renewables industry ⚡️🌊 impact assessment, future energy, sustainability. UK and beyond.
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New South Wales gives planning approval for giant 2 GWh battery at site of state’s likely last coal generator
reneweconomy.com.au/nsw-gives-pl...
reneweconomy.com.au/nsw-gives-pl...
NSW gives planning approval for giant 2 GWh battery at site of state’s likely last coal generator
NSW government gives planning approval for another giant battery to be built at the site of a coal fired power generator likely to close within the next decade.
reneweconomy.com.au
November 27, 2024 at 6:28 AM
New South Wales gives planning approval for giant 2 GWh battery at site of state’s likely last coal generator
reneweconomy.com.au/nsw-gives-pl...
reneweconomy.com.au/nsw-gives-pl...
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punk rock crustaceans from Antarctica 🧪🦑🐧🇦🇶🌎🧬
#Antarctic #amphipods are wild!
Currently 564 amphipod species are known in the Antarctic and 417 species in the sub-Antarctic! Commonly known as sand hoppers, sand or sea fleas, scuds, or sideswimmers.
@bas.ac.uk
Currently 564 amphipod species are known in the Antarctic and 417 species in the sub-Antarctic! Commonly known as sand hoppers, sand or sea fleas, scuds, or sideswimmers.
@bas.ac.uk
November 19, 2024 at 7:03 PM
punk rock crustaceans from Antarctica 🧪🦑🐧🇦🇶🌎🧬
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Guinness’ main brewery is replacing fossil fuels with heat pumps
Guinness' main brewery is replacing fossil fuels with heat pumps
Fossil fuels have long been relied on to produce the electricity, heat, and steam the beer-making process requires.
theprogressplaybook.com
November 18, 2024 at 12:30 PM
Guinness’ main brewery is replacing fossil fuels with heat pumps
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This story has some issues that I find infuriating but in general the answer to why oil companies are just shrugging and doing more oil is because they are very rich and powerful and no government has decided to stop them
Why Oil Companies Are Walking Back From Green Energy
As leaders gather for a global climate summit, investors are rewarding oil giants like Exxon Mobil that did not embrace wind and solar.
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2024 at 1:51 PM
This story has some issues that I find infuriating but in general the answer to why oil companies are just shrugging and doing more oil is because they are very rich and powerful and no government has decided to stop them
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Earlier this week the UK approved another tranche of electricity interconnectors that will boost the capacity to import and export power with neighbouring countries.
So, a few brief thoughts on sub-sea cables and grid integration while I sit on the train this morning. (1/11)
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So, a few brief thoughts on sub-sea cables and grid integration while I sit on the train this morning. (1/11)
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Subsea cables to help Britain meet green energy goal get green light
Ofgem gives green light to five interconnectors capable of powering millions of homes
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2024 at 9:32 AM
Earlier this week the UK approved another tranche of electricity interconnectors that will boost the capacity to import and export power with neighbouring countries.
So, a few brief thoughts on sub-sea cables and grid integration while I sit on the train this morning. (1/11)
🔌💡
So, a few brief thoughts on sub-sea cables and grid integration while I sit on the train this morning. (1/11)
🔌💡
Following reports of damage in the C-Lion1 subsea telecomms cable between Finland and Germany earlier today, there are now reports that a cable between Lithuania and Sweden was also damaged #subseacables #offshore www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-e...
Undersea cable between Lithuania and Sweden damaged – Telia
Following Finnish media reports that an unexplained failure of an undersea telecommunications cable has disrupted commun...
www.lrt.lt
November 18, 2024 at 6:48 PM
Following reports of damage in the C-Lion1 subsea telecomms cable between Finland and Germany earlier today, there are now reports that a cable between Lithuania and Sweden was also damaged #subseacables #offshore www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-e...