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Arla has ended the Bovaer trial in the UK, just after massive problems appeared in Denmark. But what bovine stupidity led to Bovaer being introduced in the first place?
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Bovaer Bovine Stupidity
UK Bovaer trials stopped after problems in Denmark
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November 23, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Arla has ended the Bovaer trial in the UK, just after massive problems appeared in Denmark. But what bovine stupidity led to Bovaer being introduced in the first place?
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Ofgem Asleep at the Wheel
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Ofgem Asleep at the Wheel
Consumer energy debt rising as energy suppliers fail financial resilience tests
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November 16, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Ofgem Asleep at the Wheel
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November 9, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Ending ROCs early and eliminating carbon costs from wholesale electricity prices will have a catastrophic impact on the asset values of highly indebted operators and investors in wind power. Bankers beware.
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Offshore Wind Bankers Beware
Many renewables projects are at risk from cutting carbon costs and terminating ROC subsidies.
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November 2, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Ending ROCs early and eliminating carbon costs from wholesale electricity prices will have a catastrophic impact on the asset values of highly indebted operators and investors in wind power. Bankers beware.
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Yesterday, Miliband announced the AR7 renewables Contract for Difference (CfD) budget. He's offering £113/MWh for fixed and £271/MWh for floating offshore wind index-linked for 20 years. This will drive up our electricity bills & miss his own CP2030 target. open.substack.com/pub/davidtur...
Miliband's AR7 Budget Destroys His CP2030 Plan
The AR7 Budget for offshore wind will not deliver CP2030 but will impoverish us all.
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October 28, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Yesterday, Miliband announced the AR7 renewables Contract for Difference (CfD) budget. He's offering £113/MWh for fixed and £271/MWh for floating offshore wind index-linked for 20 years. This will drive up our electricity bills & miss his own CP2030 target. open.substack.com/pub/davidtur...
New research from More In Common shows high energy prices are driving a revolutionary mood. When asked about our institutions, 43% of people can't help thinking "just let them all burn".
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High Energy Bills Fuelling Revolutionary Mood
Vast majority concerned about energy bills and nearly half think government has no plan or will make things worse.
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October 26, 2025 at 8:53 AM
New research from More In Common shows high energy prices are driving a revolutionary mood. When asked about our institutions, 43% of people can't help thinking "just let them all burn".
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New article this morning on intimidating letters from Dale Vince's lawyers trying to stifle discussion about the billpayer subsidies received by his generation companies
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Dale's Empire Strikes Back
Intimidating letters from Dale Vince's lawyers demonstrate his commitment to free speech is only skin deep.
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October 19, 2025 at 8:24 AM
New article this morning on intimidating letters from Dale Vince's lawyers trying to stifle discussion about the billpayer subsidies received by his generation companies
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In preparation for the Battle of Ideas on Saturday, here’s my new article explaining why our energy bills are so high. Spoiler Alert: It’s not gas.
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Why Is My Energy Bill So High?
And what to do about it.
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October 15, 2025 at 9:45 AM
In preparation for the Battle of Ideas on Saturday, here’s my new article explaining why our energy bills are so high. Spoiler Alert: It’s not gas.
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Despite huge subsidies, Greencoat UK wind is issuing profit warnings and selling assets so shareholders are left flapping in the wind.
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Greencoat Flapping in the Wind
Despite huge subsidies, Greencoat UK Wind is warning about profits
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October 12, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Despite huge subsidies, Greencoat UK wind is issuing profit warnings and selling assets so shareholders are left flapping in the wind.
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How do you go bankrupt? Slowly at first, then suddenly. How does Net Zero crumble? Slowly at first, then suddenly. Net Zero is collapsing faster than the coal power stations blown up by Alok Sharma. New article up this morning.
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Net Zero Crumbling Slowly At First, Then Suddenly
Net Zero collapsing faster the coal-fired power stations blown up by Alok Sharma
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October 5, 2025 at 8:30 AM
How do you go bankrupt? Slowly at first, then suddenly. How does Net Zero crumble? Slowly at first, then suddenly. Net Zero is collapsing faster than the coal power stations blown up by Alok Sharma. New article up this morning.
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Alas, Poor ORIT. Regulators should be paying more attention to the inherent risks in renewables investment funds.
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Alas, Poor ORIT
Despite harvesting massive subsidies, aggressive accounting policies may contribute to the downfall of the Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust.
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September 28, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Alas, Poor ORIT. Regulators should be paying more attention to the inherent risks in renewables investment funds.
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Wind farm profits gone with the wind. Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn that windfarm operators are issuing profit warnings because it hasn’t been windy enough.
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Gone with the Wind
Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn that wind operators are issuing profit warnings.
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September 21, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Wind farm profits gone with the wind. Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn that windfarm operators are issuing profit warnings because it hasn’t been windy enough.
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CCC Dissembles in Response to Coutinho
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CCC Dissembles in Response to Coutinho
New chair of the CCC now complicit in Carbon Budget deceit
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September 14, 2025 at 7:04 AM
CCC Dissembles in Response to Coutinho
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The offshore wind decommissioning timebomb. There’s no evidence offshore wind investors are creating a ring-fenced pool of cash to cover decommissioning liabilities, creating a risk that the taxpayer will have to pick up the bill.
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Offshore Wind Decommissioning Timebomb
No evidence that offshore wind investors are creating a ring-fenced cash pool to cover decommissioning liabilities
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September 7, 2025 at 8:29 AM
The offshore wind decommissioning timebomb. There’s no evidence offshore wind investors are creating a ring-fenced pool of cash to cover decommissioning liabilities, creating a risk that the taxpayer will have to pick up the bill.
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Miliband’s AR7 offer prices indicate that he’s going to blow his already eye-watering budget for Clean Power 2030.
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AR7 to Blow Clean Power 2030 Budget
Allocation Round 7 strike prices imply higher costs than Miliband’s Clean Power 2030 Plan
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August 31, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Miliband’s AR7 offer prices indicate that he’s going to blow his already eye-watering budget for Clean Power 2030.
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Gas and electricity prices down, but the price cap is up. Ministers blame the rise on fossil fuels, but constraint costs & WHD are the main culprits. Just like with the interest rate on the national debt, we're paying a moron premium on our energy bills. open.substack.com/pub/davidtur...
Energy Bills Moron Premium
Even though gas and electricity prices are down, the energy price cap has gone up.
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August 28, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Gas and electricity prices down, but the price cap is up. Ministers blame the rise on fossil fuels, but constraint costs & WHD are the main culprits. Just like with the interest rate on the national debt, we're paying a moron premium on our energy bills. open.substack.com/pub/davidtur...
Jobs in solar, onshore and offshore wind are costing us £192K each per year. Green jobs are making us poorer.
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Green Jobs Make Us Poorer
Green jobs are still costing us a fortune
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August 24, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Jobs in solar, onshore and offshore wind are costing us £192K each per year. Green jobs are making us poorer.
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Orsted leaves investors and consumers twisting in the wind. Both investors and consumers are losing money on offshore wind.
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Orsted Leaves Investors and Consumers Twisting in the Wind
Expensive offshore wind power is bad for consumers and just as bad for investors.
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August 19, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Orsted leaves investors and consumers twisting in the wind. Both investors and consumers are losing money on offshore wind.
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The Great Unravelling: The erosion of the social fabric of the nation, economic stagnation, soaring debt & deficits and energy scarcity. Net Zero must unravel before we can return to the road to prosperity.
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The Great Unravelling
The social and economic fabric of the nation is unravelling. Rational energy policy must be part of the solution.
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August 17, 2025 at 7:42 AM
The Great Unravelling: The erosion of the social fabric of the nation, economic stagnation, soaring debt & deficits and energy scarcity. Net Zero must unravel before we can return to the road to prosperity.
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Net Zero relies on minerals for wind, solar and batteries. However, the supply and demand outlook for silver and copper means prices are set to rise substantially and derail the whole Net Zero project.
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Silver and Copper Will Derail Net Zero Fantasy
Growing gaps between supply and demand mean the cost of Net Zero is going to soar
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August 10, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Net Zero relies on minerals for wind, solar and batteries. However, the supply and demand outlook for silver and copper means prices are set to rise substantially and derail the whole Net Zero project.
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We're using less energy because it's so expensive. We're rapidly facing a Trolley Problem choice between saving society or the green blob. If we choose to ditch Net Zero and save society, how low could energy prices go?
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What if we Ditched Net Zero?
It’s the energy stupid: how low could energy prices go if we stopped Net Zero?
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August 3, 2025 at 8:27 AM
We're using less energy because it's so expensive. We're rapidly facing a Trolley Problem choice between saving society or the green blob. If we choose to ditch Net Zero and save society, how low could energy prices go?
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Octopus Energy has been in the news with a potential separation of their Kraken arm at a valuation of £10bn, and demands for it to stop taking new customers because of an alleged £1bn regulatory cash shortfall. Have we seen Peak Pink Octopus?
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Peak Pink Octopus
Separating Kraken and regulatory woes may indicate that Octopus Energy has peaked.
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July 27, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Octopus Energy has been in the news with a potential separation of their Kraken arm at a valuation of £10bn, and demands for it to stop taking new customers because of an alleged £1bn regulatory cash shortfall. Have we seen Peak Pink Octopus?
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Miliband set to wreck the economy with AR7 strike prices offers far above the market price of electricity set by gas, even with a carbon tax. Fixed offshore wind set to cost £117/MWh, compared to current £73/MWh market rate.
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Miliband to Wreck the Economy with AR7
High prices in AR7 and extended contracts are set to increase electricity prices.
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July 24, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Miliband set to wreck the economy with AR7 strike prices offers far above the market price of electricity set by gas, even with a carbon tax. Fixed offshore wind set to cost £117/MWh, compared to current £73/MWh market rate.
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NESO just released their Future Energy Scenarios 2025 (FES 2025) report. It's like a hallucinogenic dream: uncosted plans forcing consumer demand flexibility and relying on uneconomic, unproven tech.
FES Phantasmagoria
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FES Phantasmagoria
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FES Phantasmagoria
Future Energy Scenarios 2025 is an uncosted dreamlike fantasy.
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July 20, 2025 at 7:36 AM
NESO just released their Future Energy Scenarios 2025 (FES 2025) report. It's like a hallucinogenic dream: uncosted plans forcing consumer demand flexibility and relying on uneconomic, unproven tech.
FES Phantasmagoria
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FES Phantasmagoria
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