Last week, Ed Miliband approved three large solar farm projects, which has been met by concerns about food security and a war on the countryside. Should we restrict what farmers can do with their land and what are the impacts of solar on food security? 🧵

How the Conservative Party responds to Labour's planning reforms will determine whether it is ready to win again in 2029 - me in ConservativeHome conservativehome.com/2024/07/17/sam…

My latest: On "Green" politicians opposing green infrastructure and why removing planning barriers is often the green option. samdumitriu.com/p/net-zero-vs-…

New: Angela Rayner and Steve Reed have written to environmental NGOs criticising the “lose-lose” status quo of lengthy environmental assessments and slow case-by-case negotiations. They want a simpler and faster system that delivers more money for nature recovery.

If London matched Austin, Auckland, or Tokyo's home building rates, we could build 100k+ homes a year. Labour are right to focus on building more homes to spark economic growth, but we should be bold in our ambitions rather than cutting London's target. capx.co/a-lower-target…

From ending the illogical ban on onshore wind to making it easier to build data centres, Labour's new National Planning Policy Framework is a quietly powerful pro-growth document. My latest on 8 key pro-growth changes to the planning system. samdumitriu.com/p/getting-brit…

Why can Dijon, France plan, approve, and build a 12 mile tramway in 4 years, while it takes 13 years to build a 1 mile tram extension in Birmingham? Our new report, written with createstreets, explores how Britain can make building new tramways cheaper and faster. 🧵

Why do we fall? So we can learn to pick ourselves up. Batman Begin

this really how Georgia pulled up to the DNC roll call

Congratulations to Mike Cannon-Brookes 👨🏼‍💻🧢🇦🇺, who just received government approval to build the world's largest renewable and storage project. Sun Cable is a preposterously large (24GW+) solar and wind farm plus an improbably long electricity cord. reneweconomy.com.au/sun-cable-plib…

Some really interesting work here on public attitudes to tariffs on cheap Chinese EVs, carbon border taxes, and more

Lots of clean energy procured at low prices - but we could be getting even more. 18 solar projects coming in at 49.90MW or 49.99MW (the threshold for a Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project is 50MW) does not speak to confidence the DCO process will get your project built!

NEW: My case against a single national wholesale price for electricity. Here's why Britain should be more like Texas and move to a system of local energy pricing. samdumitriu.com/p/where-the-wi…