Postdoctoral researcher on societal transitions and renewable energy for international development @imperialcollege
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Hamish retweeted
Incredible stat:
A single container ship of solar panels can provide as much electricity as more than 50 large LNG tankers of gas – or 100 large coal ships
There's many more insights in IEA Energy Technology Perspectives 2024 – here's a selection 🧵
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Hamish retweeted
This is a must-read challenge to the "batteries consume sooo many minerals". Will they? Will they really? Or will chemistry, energy density and recycling mean this concern is rather overblown?
OUT TODAY from @RockyMtnInst
rmi.org/insight/the-battery-…
Hamish retweeted
A remarkable transition: Kenya is Africa's leading country when it comes to renewables.
In 2000 fossil fuels contributed 60% to electricity generation. Today it is 6%.
In 2023 electricity was from almost 50% geothermal, 20% wind+solar and 22% hydro.
@EmberClimate
Hamish retweeted
Well will you look at that
Actual boss of actual farmers' union says solar farms not a threat to food security (which should have been obvious to anyone who understands that 0.1% of the UK is a small amount)
National Farmers Union boss Tom Bradshaw backs UK solar farms, and warns MPs against making "sensationalist" claims about food security.
"It’s a small amount of land which is being taken out of production," he told @POLITICOEurope
pro.politico.eu/news/183361
Hamish retweeted
Read @hamishbeath's comments for @guardian about the approval of three giant solar farms and new rules on solar panels by the UK goverment ☀️🔋
ow.ly/urRc50SBhUL
Hamish retweeted
NEW RESEARCH: What do we do with the gas grid when gas demand drops?
A new regulatory approach is urgently needed to ensure costs for gas grid do not spiral out of control.
@RegAssistProj @heatpolicyrich @CKemfert
Free copy here 👇
authors.elsevier.com/a/1jJcf…
Key findings in 🧵.
Hamish retweeted
NEW: More than 400 climate researchers have written to UK political leaders calling for stronger climate action
Letter, organised by @emilyshuckburgh @ret_ward, says failure to do so "will place the prosperity and well-being of the British people at severe risk"
Key asks:
Hamish retweeted
Very eye-opening to see who's leading the way on clean energy investment – and who's leading on fossil fuels
China: Clean energy investment 3.7x fossil fuels
Europe: 5.5x more in clean energy
N America: Biggest investor in fossil fuels
Middle East: 5.4x more on fossil fuels
Hamish retweeted
📈Global warming is advancing at a quarter of a degree per decade - the highest rate since records began - finds a new report co-authored by @RobinLamboll & @JoeriRogelj 🧵
📰ow.ly/hVB250S9peo
#WorldEnvironmentDay
Hamish retweeted
Global warming close to 1.5°C begs the question what will happen to the #ParisAgreement 1.5°C goal.
Some have declared it deader than a doornail.
I suggest a contrasting view: 1.5°C will never die
My opinion @ProSyn
Your reflections are very welcome
project-syndicate.org/commen…
Hamish retweeted
Here's a little bit of good news in case you needed it...
Britain now gets more power from wind farms than any other source, knocking gas off #1.
And yes, that's averaged over the past year, so it's factoring in all those times the wind doesn't blow 🌬️
thetimes.co.uk/article/wind-…
Hamish retweeted
A new paper by @hamishbeath & @AjayGambhir11 explores the untapped potential of off-grid PV ☀️ as a low-cost 'leapfrog' option to provide energy access to 100s of millions of people across Africa 🌍 by considering carbon pricing & reliability policies.
ow.ly/qbKN50RPj9A
Hamish retweeted
Great to see this piece led by @hamishbeath published in @NatureComms. I particularly like this figure mapping most cost-effective electricity technologies across levels of energy access (L to R), and how this changes with reliability incentives (middle), and carbon tax (bottom).
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Hamish retweeted
Cutting costs & expanding access: how solar powered mini-grids could improve infrastructure in refugee camps
@SSCP_DTP's @hamishbeath blogs on recent research
👉ow.ly/V1kV50NcUxm
@MeshPower @AjayGambhir11
#energyaccess #minigrids #solar #refugeecamps
ALT Men in high viz installing solar panels on a building behind a wire fence
Hamish retweeted
People need to stop confusing the UK having higher taxes with it being a high-tax country – they’re not the same.
Hamish retweeted
Thinking about how the UK's new Prime Minister helped engineer the 2008 financial crisis and got rich doing it.
