Paul Eastwood
@pauleastwd.bsky.social
Climate and energy policy. Currently at Ofgem, the UK's energy regulator, planning for a future net zero energy system.
Views are entirely mine.
Views are entirely mine.
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This is just very good news. It's also not just about the solar and resulting energy bill and emissions savings. It is also an enabling move for more energy storage, more heat pumps, more dynamic energy management. There are huge potential benefits all round. www.businessgreen.com/news/4413004...
'A common-sense decision': Government reportedly preparing to make solar panels mandatory for new homes in England
Ministers expected to beef-up Future Homes Standard to ensure solar panels are installed on 99 per cent of new build homes from 2027
www.businessgreen.com
May 1, 2025 at 10:16 AM
This is just very good news. It's also not just about the solar and resulting energy bill and emissions savings. It is also an enabling move for more energy storage, more heat pumps, more dynamic energy management. There are huge potential benefits all round. www.businessgreen.com/news/4413004...
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NEW
Solar panels to be mandated on vast majority of new homes in England
Currently about 40% of new builds have solar; new rules should push that to about 99%
Story 👇
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
Solar panels to be mandated on vast majority of new homes in England
Currently about 40% of new builds have solar; new rules should push that to about 99%
Story 👇
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
Solar panels on all new homes as part of Labour’s net-zero push
Sir Keir Starmer rejects Sir Tony Blair’s calls to reset ‘irrational’ climate policies because they were ‘doomed to fail’
www.thetimes.com
April 30, 2025 at 9:09 PM
NEW
Solar panels to be mandated on vast majority of new homes in England
Currently about 40% of new builds have solar; new rules should push that to about 99%
Story 👇
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
Solar panels to be mandated on vast majority of new homes in England
Currently about 40% of new builds have solar; new rules should push that to about 99%
Story 👇
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
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The Trump administration this week summarily dismissed more than 400 scientists and other experts who had begun to write the latest National Climate Asst.
As I say here, climate change puts us all at risk, and we all need this vital information. Without it, the future will be much more dangerous.
As I say here, climate change puts us all at risk, and we all need this vital information. Without it, the future will be much more dangerous.
'It's a huge loss': Trump administration dismisses scientists preparing climate report
More than 400 experts were starting to prepare the latest national climate assessment report. They all received an email from the Trump administration dismissing them.
www.latimes.com
April 30, 2025 at 9:57 PM
The Trump administration this week summarily dismissed more than 400 scientists and other experts who had begun to write the latest National Climate Asst.
As I say here, climate change puts us all at risk, and we all need this vital information. Without it, the future will be much more dangerous.
As I say here, climate change puts us all at risk, and we all need this vital information. Without it, the future will be much more dangerous.
'But renewables will never be able to replace fossil fuels'
Spain shows that they can.
Wind 46%, solar PV 27%, hydro 23%, solar thermal 2%, other renewables 2%.
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/04/22/s...
Spain shows that they can.
Wind 46%, solar PV 27%, hydro 23%, solar thermal 2%, other renewables 2%.
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/04/22/s...
Spain hits first weekday of 100% renewable power on national grid
Spain’s grid ran entirely on renewable energy for the first time on April 16, with wind, solar, and hydro meeting all peninsular electricity demand during a weekday. Five days later, solar set a new r...
www.pv-magazine.com
April 27, 2025 at 8:26 AM
'But renewables will never be able to replace fossil fuels'
Spain shows that they can.
Wind 46%, solar PV 27%, hydro 23%, solar thermal 2%, other renewables 2%.
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/04/22/s...
Spain shows that they can.
Wind 46%, solar PV 27%, hydro 23%, solar thermal 2%, other renewables 2%.
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/04/22/s...
Interesting looking new platform (if I can call it that?) to access social media from a variety of other platforms, including Bluesky, Mastodon, and Threads. Should help to democratise access to information and give far greater control over what you see. Definitely the direction we need to head in.
Watch @mmccue.bsky.social give a live demo of Surf at SXSW. Learn what Surf is for, how it brings together content and communities across platforms, and how to make your own custom feed. Audience questions at the end are also👌.
flipboard.video/w/rFyohvCiuP...
flipboard.video/w/rFyohvCiuP...
Surf Demo
On March 10, 2025, Flipboard CEO and Co-founder Mike McCue took to the stage of the Fediverse House at SXSW to show off Surf, a new kind of social browser and a way to bring your communities togeth...
flipboard.video
April 27, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Interesting looking new platform (if I can call it that?) to access social media from a variety of other platforms, including Bluesky, Mastodon, and Threads. Should help to democratise access to information and give far greater control over what you see. Definitely the direction we need to head in.
Henry Paulson, former US Treasury Secretary (under Bush), making the case for accelerating uptake of clean energy to power growth in AI.
'...sticking with gas would be to sacrifice speed of development and bet against the rapid decline of solar and battery storage costs'
www.ft.com/content/1374...
'...sticking with gas would be to sacrifice speed of development and bet against the rapid decline of solar and battery storage costs'
www.ft.com/content/1374...
Clean energy will be critical to winning the AI race with China
Rather than choosing one energy source over another, the US must quickly create the conditions for a mix to meet demand
www.ft.com
April 27, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Henry Paulson, former US Treasury Secretary (under Bush), making the case for accelerating uptake of clean energy to power growth in AI.
'...sticking with gas would be to sacrifice speed of development and bet against the rapid decline of solar and battery storage costs'
www.ft.com/content/1374...
'...sticking with gas would be to sacrifice speed of development and bet against the rapid decline of solar and battery storage costs'
www.ft.com/content/1374...
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NEW: Why are hydrogen cars outsold by Ferraris (& EVs)?
Why have H2 projections massively outstripped reality?
Find out + see the latest hydrogen "ladder" by @iain-staffell.bsky.social based on new review with @mliebreich.bsky.social @dankammen.bsky.social
www.carbonbrief.org/guest-post-w...
Why have H2 projections massively outstripped reality?
Find out + see the latest hydrogen "ladder" by @iain-staffell.bsky.social based on new review with @mliebreich.bsky.social @dankammen.bsky.social
www.carbonbrief.org/guest-post-w...
April 22, 2025 at 3:07 PM
NEW: Why are hydrogen cars outsold by Ferraris (& EVs)?
Why have H2 projections massively outstripped reality?
Find out + see the latest hydrogen "ladder" by @iain-staffell.bsky.social based on new review with @mliebreich.bsky.social @dankammen.bsky.social
www.carbonbrief.org/guest-post-w...
Why have H2 projections massively outstripped reality?
Find out + see the latest hydrogen "ladder" by @iain-staffell.bsky.social based on new review with @mliebreich.bsky.social @dankammen.bsky.social
www.carbonbrief.org/guest-post-w...
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Astronomers have found thousands of planets outside the solar system. All of them are, to my knowledge, garbage. Happy Earth Day to the only good one 🌍
April 22, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Astronomers have found thousands of planets outside the solar system. All of them are, to my knowledge, garbage. Happy Earth Day to the only good one 🌍
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The battery giants really are battling it out..
Now CATL pushes past BYD with 520km on just five minutes of charging time. Incredible progress🤯
www.ft.com/content/b4c8...
Now CATL pushes past BYD with 520km on just five minutes of charging time. Incredible progress🤯
www.ft.com/content/b4c8...
China’s CATL says it has overtaken BYD on 5-minute EV charging time
New version of flagship battery cell can achieve 520km range compared with BYD’s 470km, claims company
www.ft.com
April 21, 2025 at 5:41 PM
The battery giants really are battling it out..
Now CATL pushes past BYD with 520km on just five minutes of charging time. Incredible progress🤯
www.ft.com/content/b4c8...
Now CATL pushes past BYD with 520km on just five minutes of charging time. Incredible progress🤯
www.ft.com/content/b4c8...
Feels like another important milestone reached for @bsky.app.
For comparison, twitter had an estimated 40 million users in 2010: www.businessofapps.com/data/twitter...
For comparison, twitter had an estimated 40 million users in 2010: www.businessofapps.com/data/twitter...
April 18, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Feels like another important milestone reached for @bsky.app.
For comparison, twitter had an estimated 40 million users in 2010: www.businessofapps.com/data/twitter...
For comparison, twitter had an estimated 40 million users in 2010: www.businessofapps.com/data/twitter...
If the link between decentralisation and democracy is not immediately obvious then have a read of Mike's article, and then follow this by reading a recent article by another person with some knowledge of the internet, the very founder of it, Tim Berners-Lee.
www.ft.com/content/79d2...
www.ft.com/content/79d2...
April 18, 2025 at 5:53 AM
If the link between decentralisation and democracy is not immediately obvious then have a read of Mike's article, and then follow this by reading a recent article by another person with some knowledge of the internet, the very founder of it, Tim Berners-Lee.
www.ft.com/content/79d2...
www.ft.com/content/79d2...
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Please watch this over the weekend and help spread the word.
It's the story of a solar power project helping to save several hundred babies' lives each year in Sierra Leone.
More than ever we need good news stories about clean energy, and people looking after each other.
youtu.be/yMxJzLNc214?...
It's the story of a solar power project helping to save several hundred babies' lives each year in Sierra Leone.
More than ever we need good news stories about clean energy, and people looking after each other.
youtu.be/yMxJzLNc214?...
How Solar Is Saving Babies’ Lives in Sierra Leone — Ep204: Project Bo
YouTube video by Cleaning Up Podcast
youtu.be
April 11, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Please watch this over the weekend and help spread the word.
It's the story of a solar power project helping to save several hundred babies' lives each year in Sierra Leone.
More than ever we need good news stories about clean energy, and people looking after each other.
youtu.be/yMxJzLNc214?...
It's the story of a solar power project helping to save several hundred babies' lives each year in Sierra Leone.
More than ever we need good news stories about clean energy, and people looking after each other.
youtu.be/yMxJzLNc214?...
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Did you know how much of the power generation capacity added each year world-wide was in renewables?
2022 it was 80 %
2023 it was 86 %
2024 it was 92,5 %
Not because the whole world suddenly turned „woke“, but because it’s the cheapest!
2022 it was 80 %
2023 it was 86 %
2024 it was 92,5 %
Not because the whole world suddenly turned „woke“, but because it’s the cheapest!
April 15, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Did you know how much of the power generation capacity added each year world-wide was in renewables?
2022 it was 80 %
2023 it was 86 %
2024 it was 92,5 %
Not because the whole world suddenly turned „woke“, but because it’s the cheapest!
2022 it was 80 %
2023 it was 86 %
2024 it was 92,5 %
Not because the whole world suddenly turned „woke“, but because it’s the cheapest!
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In 2017, @mliebreich.bsky.social started Project Bo, an initiative that brought solar power & batteries to a NICU in Sierra Leone, preventing life threatening power cuts. Now we need your help to further improve care & conditions. For more on how you can help, visit projectbo.org
Home | Project Bo
ProjectBo Saving Babies' Lives with Solar Power
www.projectbo.org
April 16, 2025 at 12:03 PM
In 2017, @mliebreich.bsky.social started Project Bo, an initiative that brought solar power & batteries to a NICU in Sierra Leone, preventing life threatening power cuts. Now we need your help to further improve care & conditions. For more on how you can help, visit projectbo.org
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This is a screenshot from the remote monitoring of the #ProjectBo PV system at the Government Hospital neonatal unit in Bo, Sierra Leone. See that blue line? That's the batteries. Overnight 14-15th April, a long power cut. Only the minigrid kept the oxygen, heat & lights on!
youtu.be/yMxJzLNc214?...
youtu.be/yMxJzLNc214?...
April 16, 2025 at 12:52 PM
This is a screenshot from the remote monitoring of the #ProjectBo PV system at the Government Hospital neonatal unit in Bo, Sierra Leone. See that blue line? That's the batteries. Overnight 14-15th April, a long power cut. Only the minigrid kept the oxygen, heat & lights on!
youtu.be/yMxJzLNc214?...
youtu.be/yMxJzLNc214?...
If you're in doubt as to the importance of international aid, then watch this excellent episode of Cleaning Up telling the story of how solar and batteries are helping to ensure the power remains on to help save the lives of vulnerable babies in Sierra Leone.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMxJ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMxJ...
The Power of Solar in Sierra Leone — Ep204: Project Bo
YouTube video by Cleaning Up Podcast
www.youtube.com
April 16, 2025 at 8:37 AM
If you're in doubt as to the importance of international aid, then watch this excellent episode of Cleaning Up telling the story of how solar and batteries are helping to ensure the power remains on to help save the lives of vulnerable babies in Sierra Leone.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMxJ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMxJ...
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The data are in:
Battery-electric cars require only 40% the repairs as internal-combustion-engine (ICE) cars
BEVs: 4.2 breakdowns/year per 1,000 vehicles
ICEs: 10.4 breakdowns/year per 1,000 vehicles
www.carscoops.com/2025/04/new-...
Battery-electric cars require only 40% the repairs as internal-combustion-engine (ICE) cars
BEVs: 4.2 breakdowns/year per 1,000 vehicles
ICEs: 10.4 breakdowns/year per 1,000 vehicles
www.carscoops.com/2025/04/new-...
Huge Study Shows EVs More Reliable Than ICE Cars With One Surprising Common Issue | Carscoops
EVs averaged 4.2 breakdowns per 1,000 vehicles, while similarly aged combustion models more than doubled that rate
www.carscoops.com
April 13, 2025 at 4:50 PM
The data are in:
Battery-electric cars require only 40% the repairs as internal-combustion-engine (ICE) cars
BEVs: 4.2 breakdowns/year per 1,000 vehicles
ICEs: 10.4 breakdowns/year per 1,000 vehicles
www.carscoops.com/2025/04/new-...
Battery-electric cars require only 40% the repairs as internal-combustion-engine (ICE) cars
BEVs: 4.2 breakdowns/year per 1,000 vehicles
ICEs: 10.4 breakdowns/year per 1,000 vehicles
www.carscoops.com/2025/04/new-...
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While generally I think China is in a stronger position on this trade war, the rare earths stuff is completely paper-tiger nonsense that will just shift more of the rare earths supply chain from China: 🧵
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/b...
China Halts Critical Rare Earth Exports as Trade War Intensifies
Beijing has suspended exports of certain rare earth minerals and magnets that are crucial for the world’s car, semiconductor and aerospace industries.
www.nytimes.com
April 14, 2025 at 2:59 AM
While generally I think China is in a stronger position on this trade war, the rare earths stuff is completely paper-tiger nonsense that will just shift more of the rare earths supply chain from China: 🧵
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/b...
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The Good Friday Agreement was signed 27 years ago today. It was an act of delicate diplomacy, which delivered peace and security to a part of our country where those qualities had long been absent. Those achievements should never be taken for granted.
April 10, 2025 at 5:31 PM
The Good Friday Agreement was signed 27 years ago today. It was an act of delicate diplomacy, which delivered peace and security to a part of our country where those qualities had long been absent. Those achievements should never be taken for granted.
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What China's push to replace exports to the U.S. with domestic demand looks like: Jingdong, China's biggest online retailer, pledges to buy 200 bn yuan ($27 bn) of goods from export firms over the next year. That's not pennies even for the huge firm, with 160 bn yuan turnover.
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mp.weixin.qq.com
April 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
What China's push to replace exports to the U.S. with domestic demand looks like: Jingdong, China's biggest online retailer, pledges to buy 200 bn yuan ($27 bn) of goods from export firms over the next year. That's not pennies even for the huge firm, with 160 bn yuan turnover.
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What the dollar normally does in a crisis vs what it's doing now, via RBC
April 11, 2025 at 4:11 PM
What the dollar normally does in a crisis vs what it's doing now, via RBC
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Spain is ignoring calls to reconsider its nuclear decommissioning plans, betting renewables and battery storage will make up for the upcoming energy shortfall. It migh be able to pull it off
Free link to my latest on @bloomberg Green
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Free link to my latest on @bloomberg Green
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Spain’s Nuclear Shutdown Set to Test Renewables Success Story
Plans to shut down all nuclear power plants by 2035 remain unchanged even as other countries delay closures and plan to build more.
www.bloomberg.com
April 11, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Spain is ignoring calls to reconsider its nuclear decommissioning plans, betting renewables and battery storage will make up for the upcoming energy shortfall. It migh be able to pull it off
Free link to my latest on @bloomberg Green
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Free link to my latest on @bloomberg Green
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Economic uncertainty update:
The thing about veering wildly between policy positions, favouring and then discarding a new maverick advisor each week, and using contradictory justifications at every turn, is that even if one particular pivot is in the direction of sanity, chaos is the constant.
The thing about veering wildly between policy positions, favouring and then discarding a new maverick advisor each week, and using contradictory justifications at every turn, is that even if one particular pivot is in the direction of sanity, chaos is the constant.
April 10, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Economic uncertainty update:
The thing about veering wildly between policy positions, favouring and then discarding a new maverick advisor each week, and using contradictory justifications at every turn, is that even if one particular pivot is in the direction of sanity, chaos is the constant.
The thing about veering wildly between policy positions, favouring and then discarding a new maverick advisor each week, and using contradictory justifications at every turn, is that even if one particular pivot is in the direction of sanity, chaos is the constant.
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Strong message here from Ursula von der Leyen: The EU is prepared to deploy its most powerful trade measures and may impose levies on US digital companies if talks with Trump fail to end his tariff war against Europe. Interview by Roula Khalaf, Henry Foy & Andy Bounds
EU could tax Big Tech if Trump trade talks fail, says von der Leyen
European Commission president tells FT she wants ‘balanced’ deal but could hit US services in retaliation
www.ft.com
April 10, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Strong message here from Ursula von der Leyen: The EU is prepared to deploy its most powerful trade measures and may impose levies on US digital companies if talks with Trump fail to end his tariff war against Europe. Interview by Roula Khalaf, Henry Foy & Andy Bounds