Rob Glover
@robboman.bsky.social
Pro clean energy development | Astrophotographer | runner and cyclist | EV evangelist | Instagram: robglover
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Yet another massive UK wind power record confirmed this evening. At 5:30pm on Friday wind met over 47% of the UK's electricity demand. www.businessgreen.com/news/4522947...
'Another record': UK wind power generation hits all-time high
NESO confirms Great Britain generated a new peak of 23,825MW of electricity from its wind farms, providing enough clean power for over 23 million homes
www.businessgreen.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Yet another massive UK wind power record confirmed this evening. At 5:30pm on Friday wind met over 47% of the UK's electricity demand. www.businessgreen.com/news/4522947...
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On the seventh day of Christmas my true love gave to me: seven swans-a-swimming, six geese-a-laying, FIVE GOLD RINGS, four calling birds, three French hens, two turtle doves, and a partridge in a pear tree. The swans aren't a-swimming any more; ate them.
December 7, 2025 at 3:08 PM
On the seventh day of Christmas my true love gave to me: seven swans-a-swimming, six geese-a-laying, FIVE GOLD RINGS, four calling birds, three French hens, two turtle doves, and a partridge in a pear tree. The swans aren't a-swimming any more; ate them.
When will I be home? I don't know.
In the mountains, in the rainy night,
the autumn lake is flooded.
Someday we will be back together again.
We will sit in the candlelight by the west window,
and I will tell you how I remembered you,
tonight on the stormy mountain.
[Li Shang-Yin]
In the mountains, in the rainy night,
the autumn lake is flooded.
Someday we will be back together again.
We will sit in the candlelight by the west window,
and I will tell you how I remembered you,
tonight on the stormy mountain.
[Li Shang-Yin]
Which lines of poetry live rent-free in your head?
December 6, 2025 at 11:26 PM
When will I be home? I don't know.
In the mountains, in the rainy night,
the autumn lake is flooded.
Someday we will be back together again.
We will sit in the candlelight by the west window,
and I will tell you how I remembered you,
tonight on the stormy mountain.
[Li Shang-Yin]
In the mountains, in the rainy night,
the autumn lake is flooded.
Someday we will be back together again.
We will sit in the candlelight by the west window,
and I will tell you how I remembered you,
tonight on the stormy mountain.
[Li Shang-Yin]
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He wasn't actually due to resign until an hour later
December 1, 2025 at 4:44 PM
He wasn't actually due to resign until an hour later
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If only we had some kind of person whose job it was to investigate the news and present a balanced set of challenging facts. We could call them something like “journalists”. The whole craft could be called a cool name like “journalism”.
November 29, 2025 at 10:33 AM
If only we had some kind of person whose job it was to investigate the news and present a balanced set of challenging facts. We could call them something like “journalists”. The whole craft could be called a cool name like “journalism”.
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Utterly surreal that a key part of the pre Budget narrative from the government hasn’t been ‘Russian planes keep buzzing the Essex coast, US support for NATO is looking shaky, and thanks to the Tories our army fits in Old Trafford - that’s why we need to raise taxes’.
November 26, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Utterly surreal that a key part of the pre Budget narrative from the government hasn’t been ‘Russian planes keep buzzing the Essex coast, US support for NATO is looking shaky, and thanks to the Tories our army fits in Old Trafford - that’s why we need to raise taxes’.
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It's January 31st, 2020, and Nathan Gill is celebrating our imminent departure from the EU.... and that terrible idea of a European Army.
Hmm, now I wonder who else would have been delighted about that.
Hmm, now I wonder who else would have been delighted about that.
November 22, 2025 at 1:08 PM
It's January 31st, 2020, and Nathan Gill is celebrating our imminent departure from the EU.... and that terrible idea of a European Army.
Hmm, now I wonder who else would have been delighted about that.
Hmm, now I wonder who else would have been delighted about that.
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Smart Tariffs are a game changer for the financial benefits of heat-pumps, household batteries and battery electric vehicles.
We've cut our household energy, heating and transport costs to 39% of what they were before we fully electrified our house and car.
The primary reason is Smart Tariffs.
We've cut our household energy, heating and transport costs to 39% of what they were before we fully electrified our house and car.
The primary reason is Smart Tariffs.
NEW RESEARCH:
Demand flexibility becomes more and more attractive.
We found a whopping 480 smart tariffs and services across Europe — a 3x increase since our 2021/2022 study.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@jaapburger.eu @regassistproj.bsky.social @ecioxford.bsky.social
Demand flexibility becomes more and more attractive.
We found a whopping 480 smart tariffs and services across Europe — a 3x increase since our 2021/2022 study.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@jaapburger.eu @regassistproj.bsky.social @ecioxford.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Smart Tariffs are a game changer for the financial benefits of heat-pumps, household batteries and battery electric vehicles.
We've cut our household energy, heating and transport costs to 39% of what they were before we fully electrified our house and car.
The primary reason is Smart Tariffs.
We've cut our household energy, heating and transport costs to 39% of what they were before we fully electrified our house and car.
The primary reason is Smart Tariffs.
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In the UK, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's friendship with Epstein has led to total disgrace.
He's been stripped of his titles, reduced to the status of a pariah.
Nobody is defending him.
He's a TOTAL disgrace.
In America, Jeffrey Epstein's close mate, Donald Trump, remains the president.
Insane.
He's been stripped of his titles, reduced to the status of a pariah.
Nobody is defending him.
He's a TOTAL disgrace.
In America, Jeffrey Epstein's close mate, Donald Trump, remains the president.
Insane.
November 13, 2025 at 9:58 PM
In the UK, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's friendship with Epstein has led to total disgrace.
He's been stripped of his titles, reduced to the status of a pariah.
Nobody is defending him.
He's a TOTAL disgrace.
In America, Jeffrey Epstein's close mate, Donald Trump, remains the president.
Insane.
He's been stripped of his titles, reduced to the status of a pariah.
Nobody is defending him.
He's a TOTAL disgrace.
In America, Jeffrey Epstein's close mate, Donald Trump, remains the president.
Insane.
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Over the weekend, one British institution saw off the populist right - the National Trust, whose members once again swatted away the Tufton Street-funded 'Restore Trust' lobbyists
Today, another British institution, the BBC, is in grave danger from Trump, Farage & co
bsky.app/profile/sund...
Today, another British institution, the BBC, is in grave danger from Trump, Farage & co
bsky.app/profile/sund...
National Trust council elections saw a defeat for the Restore Trust campaign.
35k members voted to re-elect a slate of council candidates endorsed by the nominations committee
12k - 13.5k voted for candidates on Restore Trust slate
Non-slate candidated
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...
35k members voted to re-elect a slate of council candidates endorsed by the nominations committee
12k - 13.5k voted for candidates on Restore Trust slate
Non-slate candidated
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...
Voting results from the AGM
Read about the National Trust's 2025 Annual General Meeting and the results from the day.
www.nationaltrust.org.uk
November 10, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Over the weekend, one British institution saw off the populist right - the National Trust, whose members once again swatted away the Tufton Street-funded 'Restore Trust' lobbyists
Today, another British institution, the BBC, is in grave danger from Trump, Farage & co
bsky.app/profile/sund...
Today, another British institution, the BBC, is in grave danger from Trump, Farage & co
bsky.app/profile/sund...
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Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
November 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
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If you're a member of the National Trust remember to vote for council members by midnight tonight.
Use the Quick Vote option.
Entryist pressure group Reform Trust is trying to seize control. Stop them
Voting is quick and easy if your membership card is at hand
secure.cesvotes.com/V3-3-0/nt25/...
Use the Quick Vote option.
Entryist pressure group Reform Trust is trying to seize control. Stop them
Voting is quick and easy if your membership card is at hand
secure.cesvotes.com/V3-3-0/nt25/...
Log In
Welcome to the National Trust 2025 voting website, hosted by independent voting service provider Civica Election Services.
secure.cesvotes.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:19 PM
If you're a member of the National Trust remember to vote for council members by midnight tonight.
Use the Quick Vote option.
Entryist pressure group Reform Trust is trying to seize control. Stop them
Voting is quick and easy if your membership card is at hand
secure.cesvotes.com/V3-3-0/nt25/...
Use the Quick Vote option.
Entryist pressure group Reform Trust is trying to seize control. Stop them
Voting is quick and easy if your membership card is at hand
secure.cesvotes.com/V3-3-0/nt25/...
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"Listen love.." says Nigel Farage to Mishal Husain, someone streets ahead of him intellectually. A little glimpse into the Britain he wants to get back to.
October 19, 2025 at 8:30 AM
"Listen love.." says Nigel Farage to Mishal Husain, someone streets ahead of him intellectually. A little glimpse into the Britain he wants to get back to.
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Nurse:
It’s become a real problem in this area
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Nurse:
We’ve seen the whole community lost to addiction
3
Show a building sign posted:
Westminster ‘X’ Addiction Clinic
With various Westminster people or looking at their phones outside it
Nurse:
Ministers, Spads, Researchers…
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Nurse:
Most mornings we’ll get a call about someone acting strangely
[Nurse on phone taking a call]
Ok - we’ll be right over
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Nurse:
We just have a gentle chat
[Nurses approach a minister –Robert Jenrick? - standing in the Palace of Westminster
Minister:
I understand your concerns…
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Nurse:
Are you OK love?
Minister:
Yes I’m just hearing legitimate concerns from real voters
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Nurse:
That’s a robot, a Nazi and a poorly-disguised Russian
[Show that the people he is talking to are precisely these characters]
Nurse 2:
Give us your phone, love
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Nurse:
At the clinic we put them in a Grass-Touching Pod, with a real voter to talk to
[We see them back at the clinic, holding the minister's head and pushing him into a glass isolation booth with a grass floor. And it is a baffled looking woman, on a chair, ready to talk to him.]
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Minister:
YOU MUST BE WORRIED ABOUT THE COMING CIVIL WAR
[woman looks baffled]
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woman:
I just want a bus service
Minister:
LOOK AT MY FLAG
[produces a St George's flag]
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It's that time of year again! When I go through the National Trust's voting papers and play "spot the Restore Trust Entryists" among the candidates. I like to do it with no cheat sheets. 1/2
October 14, 2025 at 9:13 PM
It's that time of year again! When I go through the National Trust's voting papers and play "spot the Restore Trust Entryists" among the candidates. I like to do it with no cheat sheets. 1/2
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Yes, they're gimmicky, but they do look pretty cool. www.businessgreen.com/news/4520271...
Duracell E-Charge to invest more than £200m in UK EV charging infrastructure
Battery giant selects the UK to debut new EV charging venture, and targets at least 500 charge points this decade
www.businessgreen.com
October 13, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Yes, they're gimmicky, but they do look pretty cool. www.businessgreen.com/news/4520271...
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“The Times today reveals that eight Reform UK councils have indicated that they will raise council tax after struggling to find huge cuts in public spending.”
Imagine Reform running the country.
Imagine Reform running the country.
October 11, 2025 at 12:00 PM
“The Times today reveals that eight Reform UK councils have indicated that they will raise council tax after struggling to find huge cuts in public spending.”
Imagine Reform running the country.
Imagine Reform running the country.
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Had a blast speaking at Everything Electric on the future of resilient grids hosted by the excellent @bobbyllew.bsky.social
Key topics:
🔋 how quickly the battery fleet has grown (now 6.5GW/10GWh) to dominate short term flexibility, for example, in frequency response markets and at lower cost.
Key topics:
🔋 how quickly the battery fleet has grown (now 6.5GW/10GWh) to dominate short term flexibility, for example, in frequency response markets and at lower cost.
October 11, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Had a blast speaking at Everything Electric on the future of resilient grids hosted by the excellent @bobbyllew.bsky.social
Key topics:
🔋 how quickly the battery fleet has grown (now 6.5GW/10GWh) to dominate short term flexibility, for example, in frequency response markets and at lower cost.
Key topics:
🔋 how quickly the battery fleet has grown (now 6.5GW/10GWh) to dominate short term flexibility, for example, in frequency response markets and at lower cost.
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Ah, NESO Winter Outlook day. That wonderful time when even though the *actual report* states barely anything of concern, grifters get to invent totally made up scenarios that imagine all ICs are unavailable at once because a lack of wind turns off French nuclear....or something.
October 9, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Ah, NESO Winter Outlook day. That wonderful time when even though the *actual report* states barely anything of concern, grifters get to invent totally made up scenarios that imagine all ICs are unavailable at once because a lack of wind turns off French nuclear....or something.
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Will I be the first to suggest the carbon offsets worked exactly as planned: they delayed real action for another 25 years
Carbon offsets fail to cut global heating due to ‘intractable’ systemic problems, study says
Carbon offsets fail to cut global heating due to ‘intractable’ systemic problems, study says
Analysis of 25 years of evidence shows most schemes are poor quality and fail to lower emissions
The failure of carbon offsets to cut planet-heating pollution is “not due to a few bad apples”, a review paper has found, but down to deep-seated systemic problems that incremental change will not solve.
Research over two decades has found “intractable” problems that have made carbon credits in most big programmes poor quality, according to the study. While the industry and diplomats have made efforts to improve the system, it found much-awaited rules agreed at a UN climate summit last year “did not substantially address the quality problem”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 6, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Will I be the first to suggest the carbon offsets worked exactly as planned: they delayed real action for another 25 years
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You don’t actually have to both sides this. The Jewish community in the UK is not the Israeli government. You can just condemn the murder of two British Jews killed in their place of worship and you don’t have to say a single other thing.
October 2, 2025 at 11:36 AM
You don’t actually have to both sides this. The Jewish community in the UK is not the Israeli government. You can just condemn the murder of two British Jews killed in their place of worship and you don’t have to say a single other thing.
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On the same day the Conservatives blame net zero and renewables for high energy costs, a detailed new study explains how Spain's net zero and renewables have given it some of the lowest power prices in Europe. www.businessgreen.com/news-analysi...
What can the UK learn from Spain breaking of the 'ruinous link' between gas and power prices?
Wind and solar growth has reduced the influence of expensive gas and coal on Spain’s electricity prices by 75 per cent since 2019, new analysis finds
www.businessgreen.com
October 2, 2025 at 10:19 AM
On the same day the Conservatives blame net zero and renewables for high energy costs, a detailed new study explains how Spain's net zero and renewables have given it some of the lowest power prices in Europe. www.businessgreen.com/news-analysi...
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British politicians are already pandering almost exclusively to utterly credulous Facebook Uncles - the demographic that is about to be up to its eyeballs in 100% fake ragebait produced by incels.
Open AI is proud to announce that it has finally brought into being the foreboding information environment that will doom us all, from Carl Sagan's classic work - The Deamon Haunted World 🤗🤗🤗
OpenAI employees are very excited about how well their new AI tool can create fake videos of people doing crimes and have definitely thought through all the implications of this
October 2, 2025 at 10:26 AM
British politicians are already pandering almost exclusively to utterly credulous Facebook Uncles - the demographic that is about to be up to its eyeballs in 100% fake ragebait produced by incels.
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The worst thing about the Tory pledge to repeal the Climate Change Act is not the decision itself, bad as that is, but the rationale given for it and the total lack of an alternative plan. It’s proof of the complete intellectual collapse of a once great Party.
www.businessgreen.com/news/4519805...
www.businessgreen.com/news/4519805...
'A reckless decision': Conservatives pledge to repeal Climate Change Act
Kemi Badenoch accused of a "desperate attempt to sound like Donald Trump on climate change", as business and green groups slam "a new low point" for the Tories
www.businessgreen.com
October 2, 2025 at 7:15 AM
The worst thing about the Tory pledge to repeal the Climate Change Act is not the decision itself, bad as that is, but the rationale given for it and the total lack of an alternative plan. It’s proof of the complete intellectual collapse of a once great Party.
www.businessgreen.com/news/4519805...
www.businessgreen.com/news/4519805...
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Dan Hodges is bang on the money again
October 1, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Dan Hodges is bang on the money again