British electricity mix at 5am on 16th Apr 2023 🔥Gas 41.7% Biomass 10.0% Coal 0.0% 🍃Wind 18.5% Solar 0.0% Hydro 0.8% ⚛️Nuclear 22.2% ➡️Imports 5.8% Other 1.0% 🪫Storage 0.0% 🔌Generation 21GW Carbon intensity 238 gCO2e/kWh vs 50-100 gCO2e/kWh target by 2030

Great news - Seagrass meadows are a fantastic carbon sink, 1 hectare of seagrass is the equivalent of 10+ hectares of dry land forest.

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On Monday #wind produced 32.7% of GB electricity, more than gas 31.6%, nuclear 13.6%, imports 12.3%, biomass 4.5%, solar 4.1%, hydro 1.1%, coal 0.0%, coal 0.0% *excl. non-renewable distributed generation

Current policies make it likely that #globalwarming will exceed 1.5°C during the 21st century & make it harder to limit warming below 2°C. “This Synthesis Report underscores the urgency of taking more ambitious action.” – Hoesung Lee, #IPCC Chair 👉 bit.ly/SRYRpt23

New records confirmed at both ends of the UK renewables market with rooftop solar and offshore wind farms both hitting fresh highs. businessgreen.com/news/4112974/r…

Energy consumption drops: UK goes from high voltage to low voltage According to a government report, electricity consumption in the UK fell by 4.1% during the three months to February 2023. ^HD energylivenews.com/2023/04/28/ene…

Over last 4 weeks, Britain🇬🇧 imported 12% of it's electricity. The breakdown of imports was: 🇫🇷 France: 36% 🇮🇪 Ireland: 3% 🇳🇱 Netherlands: 19% 🇧🇪 Belgium: 13% 🇳🇴 Norway: 29%

We have had the benefit of the relative cooling effect of La Nina since 2020, which is about to change .....

There are two types of people, those that are worried by this and those that should be worried about this. CarbonMark.uk

BBC News - Global warming set to break key 1.5C limit for first time bbc.co.uk/news/science-e…

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Report suggests that Fossil Firms should pay reparations for carbon emissions. theguardian.com/environment/20…

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Great article showing how everyone can do their part.

Great explanation thread from @enappsys

Want to see how decarbonised electricity might work? I simulate my future grid in real time at mygridgb.co.uk/2030grid. It would have reduced carbon by 83% over the last 4 weeks. The work is detailed in my book, Decarbonising Electricity: Made Simple

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Good to see that over 20 European countries have low carbon electricity for a cleaner future. 🌎💚

⚡🚗 A new trial, via #PowerResponsive, will see Domestic Electric Vehicle charging help the ESO to balance the energy system for the first time. Read more about this exciting initiative, which will help to enable the full-time availability of electric vehicles in the