Reader David Toke
@davidtoke.bsky.social
Reader in Energy Politics at University of Aberdeen. Author of book 'Energy Revolutions - Profiteering versus Democracy' published by Pluto Press https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745349268/energy-r/ free blog: https://substack.com/@davidtoke
‘ScottishPower Renewables repowers Hagshaw' Hill’ renews.biz/105163/scott...
See also: ‘Repowering could boost onshore wind to over a third of UK electricity supply’ davidtoke.substack.com/p/repowering...
See also: ‘Repowering could boost onshore wind to over a third of UK electricity supply’ davidtoke.substack.com/p/repowering...
November 10, 2025 at 9:51 AM
‘ScottishPower Renewables repowers Hagshaw' Hill’ renews.biz/105163/scott...
See also: ‘Repowering could boost onshore wind to over a third of UK electricity supply’ davidtoke.substack.com/p/repowering...
See also: ‘Repowering could boost onshore wind to over a third of UK electricity supply’ davidtoke.substack.com/p/repowering...
Renewables and batteries force electricity price reduction in Australia
reneweconomy.com.au/prices-fall-...
See also: ‘So why are UK electricity bills so high? - it's got nothing to do with the amount of wind and and solar generation’ davidtoke.substack.com/p/so-why-are...
reneweconomy.com.au/prices-fall-...
See also: ‘So why are UK electricity bills so high? - it's got nothing to do with the amount of wind and and solar generation’ davidtoke.substack.com/p/so-why-are...
October 30, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Renewables and batteries force electricity price reduction in Australia
reneweconomy.com.au/prices-fall-...
See also: ‘So why are UK electricity bills so high? - it's got nothing to do with the amount of wind and and solar generation’ davidtoke.substack.com/p/so-why-are...
reneweconomy.com.au/prices-fall-...
See also: ‘So why are UK electricity bills so high? - it's got nothing to do with the amount of wind and and solar generation’ davidtoke.substack.com/p/so-why-are...
The German electricity network operator reports increasing network reliability as renewables increase their share of generation www.bundesnetzagentur.de/SharedDocs/P...
See also ‘Renewables based systems are reducing blackouts in UK and USA!’ davidtoke.substack.com/p/renewables...
See also ‘Renewables based systems are reducing blackouts in UK and USA!’ davidtoke.substack.com/p/renewables...
October 9, 2025 at 12:28 PM
The German electricity network operator reports increasing network reliability as renewables increase their share of generation www.bundesnetzagentur.de/SharedDocs/P...
See also ‘Renewables based systems are reducing blackouts in UK and USA!’ davidtoke.substack.com/p/renewables...
See also ‘Renewables based systems are reducing blackouts in UK and USA!’ davidtoke.substack.com/p/renewables...
‘Overvoltage key factor in Iberian blackout’ - a law (changed after the blackout) actually prevented renewables from contrbuting to voltage control renews.biz/103454/overv...
See also ‘Renewables based systems are reducing blackouts in UK and USA!’ davidtoke.substack.com/p/renewables...
See also ‘Renewables based systems are reducing blackouts in UK and USA!’ davidtoke.substack.com/p/renewables...
October 8, 2025 at 12:45 PM
‘Overvoltage key factor in Iberian blackout’ - a law (changed after the blackout) actually prevented renewables from contrbuting to voltage control renews.biz/103454/overv...
See also ‘Renewables based systems are reducing blackouts in UK and USA!’ davidtoke.substack.com/p/renewables...
See also ‘Renewables based systems are reducing blackouts in UK and USA!’ davidtoke.substack.com/p/renewables...
Private Eye summed it up quite well back in February:
August 16, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Private Eye summed it up quite well back in February:
Exposing a week of Daily Telegraph distortions about green energy!
davidtoke.substack.com/p/exposing-a...
davidtoke.substack.com/p/exposing-a...
August 8, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Exposing a week of Daily Telegraph distortions about green energy!
davidtoke.substack.com/p/exposing-a...
davidtoke.substack.com/p/exposing-a...
In California solar curtailment fell by 12% this year despite an increase in of 18% in solar generation - because of batteries mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#in...
See also ‘How falling battery prices and renewables will slash electricity bills’ davidtoke.substack.com/p/how-cheape...
See also ‘How falling battery prices and renewables will slash electricity bills’ davidtoke.substack.com/p/how-cheape...
July 22, 2025 at 4:19 PM
In California solar curtailment fell by 12% this year despite an increase in of 18% in solar generation - because of batteries mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#in...
See also ‘How falling battery prices and renewables will slash electricity bills’ davidtoke.substack.com/p/how-cheape...
See also ‘How falling battery prices and renewables will slash electricity bills’ davidtoke.substack.com/p/how-cheape...
Ed Miliband slams Nigel Farage as he accuses critics of 'telling lies' about net zero www.businessgreen.com/news/4515770... In fact Miliband will achieve his clean power plan targets, albeit one or two years late. See davidtoke.substack.com/p/how-close-...
July 3, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Ed Miliband slams Nigel Farage as he accuses critics of 'telling lies' about net zero www.businessgreen.com/news/4515770... In fact Miliband will achieve his clean power plan targets, albeit one or two years late. See davidtoke.substack.com/p/how-close-...
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June 23, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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The decline in policy costs from older renewables and falls in prices from new renewables, allied to cheaper batteries will produce electricity prices that a quarter lower than today. See How cheaper batteries and renewables will slash electricity bills davidtoke.substack.com/p/how-cheape...
June 5, 2025 at 12:36 PM
The decline in policy costs from older renewables and falls in prices from new renewables, allied to cheaper batteries will produce electricity prices that a quarter lower than today. See How cheaper batteries and renewables will slash electricity bills davidtoke.substack.com/p/how-cheape...
Reform’s proposed ban on green energy projects in Lincolnshire will cost 12200 jobs says report from Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit www.theguardian.com/politics/202.... They will also put up consumer energy prices which would fall otherwise, see davidtoke.substack.com/p/how-cheape...
May 7, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Reform’s proposed ban on green energy projects in Lincolnshire will cost 12200 jobs says report from Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit www.theguardian.com/politics/202.... They will also put up consumer energy prices which would fall otherwise, see davidtoke.substack.com/p/how-cheape...
How cheaper batteries and renewables will slash electricity bills davidtoke.substack.com/p/how-cheape...
April 30, 2025 at 10:17 AM
How cheaper batteries and renewables will slash electricity bills davidtoke.substack.com/p/how-cheape...
How cheaper batteries and renewables will slash electricity bills davidtoke.substack.com/p/how-cheape...
April 30, 2025 at 9:07 AM
How cheaper batteries and renewables will slash electricity bills davidtoke.substack.com/p/how-cheape...
How cheaper batteries and renewables will slash electricity bills davidtoke.substack.com/p/how-cheape...
April 30, 2025 at 9:06 AM
How cheaper batteries and renewables will slash electricity bills davidtoke.substack.com/p/how-cheape...
Renewables provided over 90 percent of the world's increase in generation capacity in 2024. That's because renewables are the cheapest sources davidtoke.substack.com/p/renewables...
April 13, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Renewables provided over 90 percent of the world's increase in generation capacity in 2024. That's because renewables are the cheapest sources davidtoke.substack.com/p/renewables...
Badenoch ignored Tory opinion research when she abandoned net zero. Why? davidtoke.substack.com/p/badenoch-i...
March 25, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Badenoch ignored Tory opinion research when she abandoned net zero. Why? davidtoke.substack.com/p/badenoch-i...
@anothergreen.bsky.social Hi Derek - looks like you're a time-traveler! See (on amazon)
March 13, 2025 at 12:04 PM
@anothergreen.bsky.social Hi Derek - looks like you're a time-traveler! See (on amazon)
It's money that has stopped nuclear power, not planning problems davidtoke.substack.com/p/its-money-...
February 8, 2025 at 8:43 PM
It's money that has stopped nuclear power, not planning problems davidtoke.substack.com/p/its-money-...
UK electricity generation fell by 1.7 percent in 2024 compared to 2023 according to figures from the NESO energy portal. See NESO chart below showing sources of generation. This continues a downward trend in UK electricity consumption. Weak economic growth (around 1 per cent) was a factor.
January 17, 2025 at 7:24 PM
UK electricity generation fell by 1.7 percent in 2024 compared to 2023 according to figures from the NESO energy portal. See NESO chart below showing sources of generation. This continues a downward trend in UK electricity consumption. Weak economic growth (around 1 per cent) was a factor.
Breakthrough for agrivoltaics in France as 30 MW agrivoltaics solar farm wins FIT contract with bid for 78 euros per MWh renews.biz/98190/clearv...
January 16, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Breakthrough for agrivoltaics in France as 30 MW agrivoltaics solar farm wins FIT contract with bid for 78 euros per MWh renews.biz/98190/clearv...
Batteries galore! How green energy schemes are surging through the UK's planning system davidtoke.substack.com/p/batteries-...
January 4, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Batteries galore! How green energy schemes are surging through the UK's planning system davidtoke.substack.com/p/batteries-...
Home solar and batteries is more important than economists would let you think! davidtoke.substack.com/p/how-econom...
December 28, 2024 at 10:53 AM
Home solar and batteries is more important than economists would let you think! davidtoke.substack.com/p/how-econom...
Home-based solar batteries are important. Solar farms and grid-scale batteries are great news, but that shouldn’t lead us to downgrade the importance of buildings-based solar pv and batteries. Their importance is often wrongly decried by economists. See davidtoke.substack.com/p/how-econom...
December 25, 2024 at 9:54 AM
Home-based solar batteries are important. Solar farms and grid-scale batteries are great news, but that shouldn’t lead us to downgrade the importance of buildings-based solar pv and batteries. Their importance is often wrongly decried by economists. See davidtoke.substack.com/p/how-econom...
Floating wind could power UK to net zero
There’s so much potential for floating wind power that it could provide the UK with as much energy as it is ever likely to need. davidtoke.substack.com/p/floating-w...
There’s so much potential for floating wind power that it could provide the UK with as much energy as it is ever likely to need. davidtoke.substack.com/p/floating-w...
December 21, 2024 at 12:51 PM
Floating wind could power UK to net zero
There’s so much potential for floating wind power that it could provide the UK with as much energy as it is ever likely to need. davidtoke.substack.com/p/floating-w...
There’s so much potential for floating wind power that it could provide the UK with as much energy as it is ever likely to need. davidtoke.substack.com/p/floating-w...