@DrIAGWilson

Lecturer, Energy Data Analytics Group at the University of Birmingham with interests in whole systems analysis, energy flexibility and decarbonisation of heat

 Birmingham, England
Joined July 2014
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Finally,😀 a release of nearly 11 years worth of half-hourly electrical generation data for Great Britain. Cleaned (and raw) timelocked to UTC and local time doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.38848… Thanks to @ELEXONUK @ng_eso Hope it saves people time @BEIS_stats @bhamenergy
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Britain generated more electricity from wind, solar and hydro than fossil fuels for the first year ever in 2023 by nearly 5 TWh using publicly available data. At this level, likely that official data will confirm this later in the year theconversation.com/britain-… via @ConversationUK
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Charts that show system average gas price, opening daily values for gas in storage, and total daily gas demand in comparison to electrical demand and liquid fuels.
System Average Natural Gas price daily level

ALT System Average Natural Gas price daily level

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thanks Gavin - hope you're keeping well. Have you been back on campus yet? I haven't - but perhaps in the next week or two
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Grant Wilson retweeted
Jim Watson@watsonjim23 Jul 2020
We're launching a new @UCL_ISR seminar series on the future of fossil fuel industries. First up, @IEA Director Fatih Birol on Accelerating clean energy transitions through post-COVID recovery, with responses by @Glada_Lahn & @MulugettaYacob on 15th July ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/sustainab…
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Britain's transport fuel data for the month of April out this morning from @BEIS_stats. A staggering 75% drop from 2019, @theCCCuk @UKERC @CommonsBEIS @appgENERGY
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Grant Wilson retweeted
YL Ding@YLDing231 May 2020
Great news - the largest and fastest ever expansion of funding for basic research and innovation: direct support for R&D at 0.8% of GDP, placing the UK among the top quarter of OECD nations – ahead of the USA, Japan, France and China. gov.uk/government/publicatio…

BEIS research and development budget allocations 2020 to 2021

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First 5 months of 2020 #wind and #solar combined (34%) have generated slightly more than #gas and #coal combined (32%) for GB electricity. the rest being #nuclear, imports, #biomass and hydro. @RenewableUK @theCCCuk @BEIS_stats @ng_eso @ScotRenew @UKERCHQ
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Our member Portugal🇵🇹 set a new #coal-free record yesterday: 52 days without coal power👏 Another remarkable milestone in the decline of coal power in Europe, after the UK hit a coal-free record and Austria & Sweden closed their last coal power plants. beyond-coal.eu/2020/05/06/po…
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As the clock ticks down to #Britain being #coalfree for a month (on the 10th of May), I wondered about the long list of organisations and people that underpin, lobbied for and progressed this transition, unfortunately not all of them still here to see it happen. please add to:
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@beisgovuk @theCCCuk @EPSRC @ng_eso @RenewableUK @UKERCHQ @TyndallCentre @bryworthington @EmberClimate @CarbonBrief 👏👏
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Actions towards net-zero emissions & to limit the damages from climate change will help rebuild the UK with a stronger economy & increased resilience as we emerge from the #COVID19 crisis – our letters to the PM & First Ministers: bit.ly/2SIqRTr - Here's a #thread (1/10)
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England and Wales electrical demand for April is the lowest in at least over 50 years (data starts at 1971). The electrical demand takes Britain back to levels not seen since the 1960s. @CREDS_UK @CESIenergy @BEIS_stats @UKERCHQ @theCCCuk
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Grant Wilson retweeted
Ember@ember_energy29 Apr 2020
JUST OUT: Deep-dive by @CoalFreeDave in @CarbonBrief of last 30 days in EU+UK: 🟢Electricity demand falls 14% 🟢Coal takes brunt w/ 42% fall 🟢CO2 from elec falls 39% 🟢Record negative prices shows inflexibilities 🟢Lessons to move to a fossil-free grid carbonbrief.org/analysis-cor…

Analysis: Coronavirus has cut CO2 from Europe's electricity system by 39%

The coronavirus pandemic has seen entire countries locked down, with businesses, industry and travel all curtailed in an effort to limit the spread of Covid-19.

carbonbrief.org
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Interesting link from @FMcanulla from @eonenergyuk detailing the drop in electrical use in different sectors
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Daily 2020 vs 2019 GB electrical demand, an obvious drop after social distancing announced. @ng_eso @PastCoal @CREDS_UK @ftenergy @energynetworks @theCCCuk . Interesting to observe how this reverses when restrictions are eased.
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April 2020 GB electrical demand is on track to be around or even lower than the estimated amount for 1971, a 17% drop on last year @ng_eso @PastCoal @CREDS_UK @ftenergy @energynetworks A phenomenal drop in one year and wondering how long all electrical suppliers can survive this!
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GB generation has been coal free since the 10th of April, and during the morning of the 28th, will break the 18.25 day record set last year. @EmberClimate @AlokSharma_RDG @PastCoal
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Interesting similar analysis by @GraemeHawker and Prof Keith Bell from @UKERCHQ. Great stuff.
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