Owen Bellamy
@owenbellamy.bsky.social
Staffer at @thecccuk.bsky.social. I only have my own opinions…
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Delighted that our Independent Review of Greenhouse Gas Removals has now been published. It was chaired by Dr. Alan Whitehead and staffed by a small, dedicated, secretariat, all of whom deserve great credit for achieving so much in a short period of time.
October 23, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Delighted that our Independent Review of Greenhouse Gas Removals has now been published. It was chaired by Dr. Alan Whitehead and staffed by a small, dedicated, secretariat, all of whom deserve great credit for achieving so much in a short period of time.
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CCC chief Emma Pinchbeck
Says 60% of UK emissions reduction to 2040 depends on electrification
"The good news is we also said…that system is the cheapest for the UK & insulates UK economy from future fossil fuel price volatility. In other words, it's also good for national security."
Says 60% of UK emissions reduction to 2040 depends on electrification
"The good news is we also said…that system is the cheapest for the UK & insulates UK economy from future fossil fuel price volatility. In other words, it's also good for national security."
April 24, 2025 at 9:53 AM
CCC chief Emma Pinchbeck
Says 60% of UK emissions reduction to 2040 depends on electrification
"The good news is we also said…that system is the cheapest for the UK & insulates UK economy from future fossil fuel price volatility. In other words, it's also good for national security."
Says 60% of UK emissions reduction to 2040 depends on electrification
"The good news is we also said…that system is the cheapest for the UK & insulates UK economy from future fossil fuel price volatility. In other words, it's also good for national security."
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China's power generation from coal&gas fell 2% on year in March, as growth in solar, wind and nuclear power generation more than covered all demand growth. Increase in hydropower generation, which is more related to seasonal variation, came on top and helped push fossils down.
April 16, 2025 at 5:55 AM
China's power generation from coal&gas fell 2% on year in March, as growth in solar, wind and nuclear power generation more than covered all demand growth. Increase in hydropower generation, which is more related to seasonal variation, came on top and helped push fossils down.
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Five years ago today, most historical UK monthly rainfall observations were not available to scientists.
But the 66,000 pieces of paper containing the data had been scanned.
With covid lockdown approaching we saw an opportunity to transcribe the data.
#RainfallRescue began... 🧵
But the 66,000 pieces of paper containing the data had been scanned.
With covid lockdown approaching we saw an opportunity to transcribe the data.
#RainfallRescue began... 🧵
March 26, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Five years ago today, most historical UK monthly rainfall observations were not available to scientists.
But the 66,000 pieces of paper containing the data had been scanned.
With covid lockdown approaching we saw an opportunity to transcribe the data.
#RainfallRescue began... 🧵
But the 66,000 pieces of paper containing the data had been scanned.
With covid lockdown approaching we saw an opportunity to transcribe the data.
#RainfallRescue began... 🧵
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Terrific chart in this terrific piece by @pilitaclark.bsky.social:
Gas, not net zero, has driven up UK power bills
Britain has been unhelpfully exposed to international price shocks
www.ft.com
March 19, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Terrific chart in this terrific piece by @pilitaclark.bsky.social:
Monday evening bump for this energy analyst role at @thecccuk.bsky.social - just under a week until applications close (Sunday 23 March)
We're recruiting!
I have a high-profile role in my team for an Energy Analyst at @thecccuk.bsky.social, to lead the CCC's work on fuel supply (inc. hydrogen, oil & gas, biomass, aviation & shipping fuels) and contribute across the wider energy team including power.
£45k-49k
I have a high-profile role in my team for an Energy Analyst at @thecccuk.bsky.social, to lead the CCC's work on fuel supply (inc. hydrogen, oil & gas, biomass, aviation & shipping fuels) and contribute across the wider energy team including power.
£45k-49k
March 17, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Monday evening bump for this energy analyst role at @thecccuk.bsky.social - just under a week until applications close (Sunday 23 March)
We're recruiting!
I have a high-profile role in my team for an Energy Analyst at @thecccuk.bsky.social, to lead the CCC's work on fuel supply (inc. hydrogen, oil & gas, biomass, aviation & shipping fuels) and contribute across the wider energy team including power.
£45k-49k
I have a high-profile role in my team for an Energy Analyst at @thecccuk.bsky.social, to lead the CCC's work on fuel supply (inc. hydrogen, oil & gas, biomass, aviation & shipping fuels) and contribute across the wider energy team including power.
£45k-49k
March 7, 2025 at 5:23 PM
We're recruiting!
I have a high-profile role in my team for an Energy Analyst at @thecccuk.bsky.social, to lead the CCC's work on fuel supply (inc. hydrogen, oil & gas, biomass, aviation & shipping fuels) and contribute across the wider energy team including power.
£45k-49k
I have a high-profile role in my team for an Energy Analyst at @thecccuk.bsky.social, to lead the CCC's work on fuel supply (inc. hydrogen, oil & gas, biomass, aviation & shipping fuels) and contribute across the wider energy team including power.
£45k-49k
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We have published our advice on the Seventh Carbon Budget. It is in line with previous Government commitments – the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Carbon Budgets, international commitments, and the Net Zero commitment in 2050.
February 26, 2025 at 8:45 AM
We have published our advice on the Seventh Carbon Budget. It is in line with previous Government commitments – the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Carbon Budgets, international commitments, and the Net Zero commitment in 2050.
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A funny thing happened between 2020 and 2025. The UK's cost to reach net zero fell by 75%. The net cost is a mere 0.2% of GDP or about £4 billion per year, after accounting for the savings from energy efficiency and falling fossil fuel consumption.
Free to read: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Free to read: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
February 27, 2025 at 10:30 AM
A funny thing happened between 2020 and 2025. The UK's cost to reach net zero fell by 75%. The net cost is a mere 0.2% of GDP or about £4 billion per year, after accounting for the savings from energy efficiency and falling fossil fuel consumption.
Free to read: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Free to read: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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NEW: Official advisers CCC say UK shld cut emissions 87% by 2040
⚖️Net cost of net-zero 73% less than thought
💷Total cost to 2050 = £108bn (~£4bn/yr, 0.2% GDP)
🏡🚗H’hold energy/fuel bills to fall £1,400
🔌Electrification is key
THREAD + charts
www.carbonbrief.org/...
1/10
⚖️Net cost of net-zero 73% less than thought
💷Total cost to 2050 = £108bn (~£4bn/yr, 0.2% GDP)
🏡🚗H’hold energy/fuel bills to fall £1,400
🔌Electrification is key
THREAD + charts
www.carbonbrief.org/...
1/10
February 26, 2025 at 10:27 AM
NEW: Official advisers CCC say UK shld cut emissions 87% by 2040
⚖️Net cost of net-zero 73% less than thought
💷Total cost to 2050 = £108bn (~£4bn/yr, 0.2% GDP)
🏡🚗H’hold energy/fuel bills to fall £1,400
🔌Electrification is key
THREAD + charts
www.carbonbrief.org/...
1/10
⚖️Net cost of net-zero 73% less than thought
💷Total cost to 2050 = £108bn (~£4bn/yr, 0.2% GDP)
🏡🚗H’hold energy/fuel bills to fall £1,400
🔌Electrification is key
THREAD + charts
www.carbonbrief.org/...
1/10
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Energy UK has welcomed the publication of @thecccuk.bsky.social's Seventh Carbon Budget Advice for the UK Government.
Read our response in full 👉https://www.energy-uk.org.uk/news/energy-uk-responds-to-the-cccs-seventh-carbon-budget-advice
Read our response in full 👉https://www.energy-uk.org.uk/news/energy-uk-responds-to-the-cccs-seventh-carbon-budget-advice
February 26, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Energy UK has welcomed the publication of @thecccuk.bsky.social's Seventh Carbon Budget Advice for the UK Government.
Read our response in full 👉https://www.energy-uk.org.uk/news/energy-uk-responds-to-the-cccs-seventh-carbon-budget-advice
Read our response in full 👉https://www.energy-uk.org.uk/news/energy-uk-responds-to-the-cccs-seventh-carbon-budget-advice
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The UK’s Seventh Carbon Budget level should be set at 535 MtCO2e, an 87% reduction against 1990 levels.
This country has a prosperous and secure future ahead.
The fossil fuel age is over – it’s time to electrify the United Kingdom.
www.theccc.org.uk/2025/02/26/e...
This country has a prosperous and secure future ahead.
The fossil fuel age is over – it’s time to electrify the United Kingdom.
www.theccc.org.uk/2025/02/26/e...
End the fossil fuel age for a secure and prosperous future. - Climate Change Committee
Today the country’s climate advisors, the Climate Change Committee (CCC), present a new pathway to a decarbonised UK.…
www.theccc.org.uk
February 26, 2025 at 12:03 AM
The UK’s Seventh Carbon Budget level should be set at 535 MtCO2e, an 87% reduction against 1990 levels.
This country has a prosperous and secure future ahead.
The fossil fuel age is over – it’s time to electrify the United Kingdom.
www.theccc.org.uk/2025/02/26/e...
This country has a prosperous and secure future ahead.
The fossil fuel age is over – it’s time to electrify the United Kingdom.
www.theccc.org.uk/2025/02/26/e...
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Big day for UK climate wonks tomorrow: the 7th Carbon Budget document is out.
They only come around every five years, and these reports are pretty much the holy grail of what the UK has to do to get to net zero.
They only come around every five years, and these reports are pretty much the holy grail of what the UK has to do to get to net zero.
February 25, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Big day for UK climate wonks tomorrow: the 7th Carbon Budget document is out.
They only come around every five years, and these reports are pretty much the holy grail of what the UK has to do to get to net zero.
They only come around every five years, and these reports are pretty much the holy grail of what the UK has to do to get to net zero.
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On Wednesday, the Climate Change Committee publish a document far more important than any Budget or industrial strategy. The Seventh Carbon Budget sets the terms of trade for the British economy - because once adopted, it will dictate how much carbon we can produce. (1/?)
February 23, 2025 at 9:49 AM
On Wednesday, the Climate Change Committee publish a document far more important than any Budget or industrial strategy. The Seventh Carbon Budget sets the terms of trade for the British economy - because once adopted, it will dictate how much carbon we can produce. (1/?)
"The main reason why electricity prices are currently high is because the cost of gas - which is what sets the electricity price - is also high," said a spokesperson from the Climate Change Committee, the government's independent adviser on cutting emissions
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Why are energy bills going up, if there is more green power?
The government has pledged to reduce energy bills by using more renewables, but bills are currently rising.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 8, 2025 at 3:19 PM
"The main reason why electricity prices are currently high is because the cost of gas - which is what sets the electricity price - is also high," said a spokesperson from the Climate Change Committee, the government's independent adviser on cutting emissions
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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"There isn't a tension with the growth mission. Far from it."
@chrisstark.bsky.social tells us why he doesn't think the government's plans to decarbonise the power system by 2030 will conflict with its plans for growth.
📺 Watch the full event www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/govern...
@chrisstark.bsky.social tells us why he doesn't think the government's plans to decarbonise the power system by 2030 will conflict with its plans for growth.
📺 Watch the full event www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/govern...
February 4, 2025 at 6:14 PM
"There isn't a tension with the growth mission. Far from it."
@chrisstark.bsky.social tells us why he doesn't think the government's plans to decarbonise the power system by 2030 will conflict with its plans for growth.
📺 Watch the full event www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/govern...
@chrisstark.bsky.social tells us why he doesn't think the government's plans to decarbonise the power system by 2030 will conflict with its plans for growth.
📺 Watch the full event www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/govern...
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This is a very strong argument in favour of climate action from @elpinchbeck.bsky.social that you don’t hear often enough. It is both conservative and progressive.
www.thetimes.com/article/b729...
www.thetimes.com/article/b729...
UK’s net-zero guru: ‘Only Londoners say rural folk can’t adapt’
Emma Pinchbeck wants to dispel the myth that saving the planet will mean austere lifestyle changes and says the countryside is forever changing
www.thetimes.com
February 2, 2025 at 7:22 PM
This is a very strong argument in favour of climate action from @elpinchbeck.bsky.social that you don’t hear often enough. It is both conservative and progressive.
www.thetimes.com/article/b729...
www.thetimes.com/article/b729...
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Gave evidence to the Scottish HoC Select Committee yesterday morning with CCC’s great power sector lead Owen Bellamy, plus reps from the Just Transition Commission (panel 1). Fraser is right - was an interesting discussion about where energy & climate policy meet industrial & social policy.
Had some fun this morning giving evidence to the UK Parliament Scottish Affairs Committee on GB Energy, just transition and community ownership, including getting the phrase “proud Forfar loon” onto parliamentary record. Have a swatch here: parliamentlive.tv/event/index/...
January 23, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Gave evidence to the Scottish HoC Select Committee yesterday morning with CCC’s great power sector lead Owen Bellamy, plus reps from the Just Transition Commission (panel 1). Fraser is right - was an interesting discussion about where energy & climate policy meet industrial & social policy.
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Our brand new Clean Power 2030 Action Plan is published today.
We’ve produced this at lightning pace - it’s packed with new steps towards clean power. We’re moving quickly and making big decisions to open the path to 2030.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
We’ve produced this at lightning pace - it’s packed with new steps towards clean power. We’re moving quickly and making big decisions to open the path to 2030.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
December 13, 2024 at 11:05 AM
Our brand new Clean Power 2030 Action Plan is published today.
We’ve produced this at lightning pace - it’s packed with new steps towards clean power. We’re moving quickly and making big decisions to open the path to 2030.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
We’ve produced this at lightning pace - it’s packed with new steps towards clean power. We’re moving quickly and making big decisions to open the path to 2030.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
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The results from BloombergNEF's 2024 lithium-ion battery price survey are out. Lithium-ion battery pack prices dropped 20% from 2023 to a record low of $115 per kilowatt-hour. This is the largest decline observed in our survey since 2017. 🧵⬇️
December 10, 2024 at 3:50 PM
The results from BloombergNEF's 2024 lithium-ion battery price survey are out. Lithium-ion battery pack prices dropped 20% from 2023 to a record low of $115 per kilowatt-hour. This is the largest decline observed in our survey since 2017. 🧵⬇️
Happy 16th Birthday to the Climate Change Act (2008)!
The Act - now widely emulated globally - put in place a 2050 emissions target (first 80% now Net Zero), a pathway of carbon budgets to get there, and created @thecccuk.bsky.social to advise on these and progress towards meeting them.
The Act - now widely emulated globally - put in place a 2050 emissions target (first 80% now Net Zero), a pathway of carbon budgets to get there, and created @thecccuk.bsky.social to advise on these and progress towards meeting them.
November 26, 2024 at 5:04 PM
Happy 16th Birthday to the Climate Change Act (2008)!
The Act - now widely emulated globally - put in place a 2050 emissions target (first 80% now Net Zero), a pathway of carbon budgets to get there, and created @thecccuk.bsky.social to advise on these and progress towards meeting them.
The Act - now widely emulated globally - put in place a 2050 emissions target (first 80% now Net Zero), a pathway of carbon budgets to get there, and created @thecccuk.bsky.social to advise on these and progress towards meeting them.
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Trying something new:
A 🧵 on a topic I find many students struggle with: "why do their 📊 look more professional than my 📊?"
It's *lots* of tiny decisions that aren't the defaults in many libraries, so let's break down 1 simple graph by @jburnmurdoch.bsky.social
🔗 www.ft.com/content/73a1...
A 🧵 on a topic I find many students struggle with: "why do their 📊 look more professional than my 📊?"
It's *lots* of tiny decisions that aren't the defaults in many libraries, so let's break down 1 simple graph by @jburnmurdoch.bsky.social
🔗 www.ft.com/content/73a1...
November 20, 2024 at 5:09 PM
Trying something new:
A 🧵 on a topic I find many students struggle with: "why do their 📊 look more professional than my 📊?"
It's *lots* of tiny decisions that aren't the defaults in many libraries, so let's break down 1 simple graph by @jburnmurdoch.bsky.social
🔗 www.ft.com/content/73a1...
A 🧵 on a topic I find many students struggle with: "why do their 📊 look more professional than my 📊?"
It's *lots* of tiny decisions that aren't the defaults in many libraries, so let's break down 1 simple graph by @jburnmurdoch.bsky.social
🔗 www.ft.com/content/73a1...
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NEED SOME GOOD NEWS?
The EU now generates more electricity from wind and solar than from fossil fuels.
Graph from @natbullard.bsky.social using @emberenergy.bsky.social data.
The EU now generates more electricity from wind and solar than from fossil fuels.
Graph from @natbullard.bsky.social using @emberenergy.bsky.social data.
November 15, 2024 at 1:59 PM
NEED SOME GOOD NEWS?
The EU now generates more electricity from wind and solar than from fossil fuels.
Graph from @natbullard.bsky.social using @emberenergy.bsky.social data.
The EU now generates more electricity from wind and solar than from fossil fuels.
Graph from @natbullard.bsky.social using @emberenergy.bsky.social data.
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As part of our mammoth examination of the "climate bill" this week – looking into how much it will cost to stabilise the climate and how to pay for it – I have written this week's briefing arguing that the cost of the energy transition has been massively overstated. www.economist.com/interactive/...
The energy transition will be much cheaper than you think
Most analysts overestimate energy demand and underestimate technological advances
www.economist.com
November 14, 2024 at 3:31 PM
As part of our mammoth examination of the "climate bill" this week – looking into how much it will cost to stabilise the climate and how to pay for it – I have written this week's briefing arguing that the cost of the energy transition has been massively overstated. www.economist.com/interactive/...