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Emily Gosden #Bigoil’s take over of offshore wind “It will be Very dirty” and our government will let them do it” Reader David Toke “Why oil companies taking over offshore wind may be very bad news” Just Stop Oil @greenpeaceuk The Green Party Rachel Donald leanahosea 100percentrenewableuk.org/why-oil-compan…

“Nuclear power is hugely expensive and far too slow to come on line. The only thing delivered by EDF so far at Hinkley Point in Somerset is overspend and delay. Electricity was promised by 2017 with a price tag of £22bn but this has mushroomed to 40bn and Hinkley is still

Finally! Nearly a quarter of new UK homes now have heat pumps—big progress since we highlighted the fossil fuel problem with Ben Webster at openDemocracy in 2022. Next step: fully implement the Future Homes Standard and end fossil fuels in new builds.

A different kind of battery is being used to give round-the-clock energy supply from renewables in Finland thenextweb.com/news/worlds-bi…

EDF are unlkely to do much about Sizewell C until Hinkley C is completed and so SZC might not be generating before 2045 open.substack.com/pub/davidtoke/…

1/2 French #nuclear reactors offline through 2022 due to the same corrosion safety faults they are now finding again ... reuters.com/business/energ…

The UK Government has recently pledged £40 billion to support nuclear power and carbon capture and storage. Yet in the world as a whole these technologies hardly feature. New electricity generation is dominated by renewables! Who is out of step? davidtoke.substack.com/p/renewables-p…

I’m nearly at 1000 subscribers on substack. If you think this is a worthhile blog, please share! davidtoke.substack.com BTW all subscribers are invited to a celebration party venue available upon request - I will arrange a online meet-up for people who can’t make it in person!

Electricity demand flexibility can save loads of gas power plant. theade.co.uk/news-and-resou… But can our liberalised market deliver it? See ‘Why the liberalised energy supply market won't offer effective balancing of renewables’ davidtoke.substack.com/p/why-the-libe…

Turning recently closed coalmines into solar energy plants could add almost 300GW of renewable energy by 2030, converting derelict wastelands to productive use. theguardian.com/environment/20…

Spain's renewable energy output was not the cause of the outage. bbc.com/news/articles/…

China’s oil demand is predicted to peak before 2030 because of surge in EV use thetimes.com/business-money… See also ’How Trump is helping China by opposing green energy’ davidtoke.substack.com/p/how-trump-is…

China now sells more EVs than all auto sales in US. American RW cultural wars and climate denialism has taken its toll.

After decades of exploiting consumers, oil companies abandon renewables - Good riddance! davidtoke.substack.com/p/after-decade…

Surge in small scale battery installations alongside solar pv pv-magazine.com/2025/06/18/uk-… See also 'How economists get it wrong about the value of home solar pv and batteries' davidtoke.substack.com/p/how-economis…

After decades of exploiting consumers, oil companies abandon renewables Reader David Toke open.substack.com/pub/davidtoke/…

Labour will win fight over net zero says Miliband theguardian.com/politics/2025/… See also ‘Government will get close to achieving their clean energy target for electricity’ davidtoke.substack.com/p/how-close-wi…

Renewable energy provided 63 per cent of electricity in Germany in 2024 destatis.de/EN/Press/2025/… Renewable energy is bringing prices down in Germany! The same will happen in the UK!: How cheaper batteries and renewables will slash electricity bills davidtoke.substack.com/p/how-cheaper-…

This is a screengrab from Reader David Toke's latest substack piece - this is why a lot of people, including me, are calling for the oil and gas industries to be taxed far more heavily #windfalltax