After years and years of media reports that coal is having a comeback in the UK the last coal plant will go offline in just 2 weeks.
Coal in the UK is no more.
Credit for graph to @ketan
After years and years of media reports that coal is having a comeback in the UK the last coal plant will go offline in just 2 weeks.
Coal in the UK is no more.
Credit for graph to @ketan
THIS IS A HUGE ACHIEVEMENT:
The EU now generates more electricity from wind and solar than from fossil fuels.
Graph from Nat Bullard and data from Ember.
Range anxiety is frequently cited as one of the biggest turnoffs of electric vehicles.
Even as recent as 2021, the average range of an EV was just 217 miles (349 km), falling significantly short from the average gas car’s range of 413 miles (665 km).
Thankfully, as this infographic shows, EVs with over 300 miles of range are becoming more common.
Below are the top 10 EVs for 2023, ranked by their EPA combined driving range.
Sweden is a global heat pump leader.
How have they managed to phase out fossil heating oil and deploy millions of heat pumps over a period of 20 years despite having one of the coldest climates in Europe?
I will speak about this when I open this Nesta event in London in two weeks: https://www.nesta.org.uk/event/what-can-we-learn-from-swedens-rollout-of-heat-pumps/
Sweden has led the world on heat pumps. A remarkable transition away from heating oil to ambient heat.
In two weeks I will open the Nesta event "What can we learn from Sweden’s rollout of heat pumps?" and summarise how they did it.
https://www.nesta.org.uk/event/what-can-we-learn-from-swedens-rollout-of-heat-pumps/
NEW RECORD: In July this year Germany broke a new record:
27% of all electricity generation was from solar, more than ever before in a month.
Source: Agora Energiewende