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recent bookmarks from andrewduckerRecord wind and solar saved UK from gas imports worth £1bn in March 20262026-04-08T08:23:47+00:00
https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-record-wind-and-solar-saved-uk-from-gas-imports-worth-1bn-in-march-2026/
andrewduckeruk renewables GoodNews solarpower windpower electricityhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:d7ec283903f3/Renewables were 86% of 2025's newly installed generating capacity2026-04-02T20:23:06+00:00
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/04/globally-86-percent-of-the-new-generating-capacity-was-renewable-in-2025/
andrewduckerelectricity renewables GoodNewshttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:53cb386714ee/Final analysis of 2025 Iberian blackout: Policies left Spain at risk2026-03-25T14:52:56+00:00
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/03/final-analysis-of-2025-iberian-blackout-policies-left-spain-at-risk/
andrewduckerregulation electricity spainhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:8450ffe6742f/Earth's heat to produce electricity for homes in UK clean energy first2026-02-27T20:50:19+00:00
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cewzg77k721o
andrewduckerheat electricity UKhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:9ef3a228f3ac/Contract secured for one of world's largest offshore wind farms Berwick Bank (off the coast of Scotland)2026-01-14T10:07:55+00:00
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0lx4xrjz8go
andrewduckerscotland electricity windpowerhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:54199824ed8f/Drones that ‘perch’ like birds to recharge on power lines.2026-01-10T22:45:40+00:00
https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/voltair
andrewduckerdrone electricity cableshttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:f0abac207ad9/A train-sized tunnel is now carrying electricity under South London2025-12-20T23:01:50+00:00
https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/a-train-sized-tunnel-is-now-carrying-electricity-under-south-london-86221/
andrewduckerelectricity infrastructure tunnels London UKhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:b26e830c5964/Pumped Hydro Energy Storage Is Having a Renaissance2025-12-18T11:37:34+00:00
https://www.wired.com/story/pumped-hydro-energy-storage-is-having-a-renaissance/
andrewduckerhydroelectric electricity storagehttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:cb63391bcb9f/UK energy costs likely to halve by 2050, says system operator2025-12-17T23:05:13+00:00
https://www.ft.com/content/25ad418f-6961-417b-825e-2071c1e693f2
andrewduckerUK renewables electricity thefuturehttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:fd569df815e7/Analysis finds “anytime electricity” from solar available as battery costs plummet2025-12-13T19:52:22+00:00
https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2025/12/12/analysis-finds-anytime-electricity-from-solar-available-as-battery-costs-plummet/
andrewduckerelectricity solarpower batterieshttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:344769fea60b/250MWh 'Sand Battery' to start construction in Finland, for both heating and ancillary services2025-11-28T10:48:16+00:00
https://www.energy-storage.news/250mwh-sand-battery-to-start-construction-in-finland-for-both-heating-and-ancillary-services/
andrewduckersand electricity heat batterieshttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:1c857db66268/Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity2025-11-06T20:22:58+00:00
https://electrek.co/2025/11/04/australia-has-so-much-solar-that-its-offering-everyone-free-electricity-3h-day/
andrewduckeraustralia electricity solarpower economicshttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:b6987d1ab66a/Battery storage in California has grown more than 3,000% since 2020, entirely getting rid of blackouts2025-10-25T20:40:34+00:00
https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2025-10-17/california-made-it-through-another-summer-without-a-flex-alert
andrewduckerelectricity batteries infrastructure USAhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:1397f9c47b15/So far, in 2025, Britain has wasted more than £1Billion switching off wind turbines and paying gas plants to switch on.2025-10-15T10:54:15+00:00
https://wastedwind.energy/2025-10-15
andrewduckerwaste electricity uk OhForFucksSakehttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:9586ef7f3836/California stops using coal2025-10-13T18:22:43+00:00
https://www.latimes.com/california/newsletter/2025-10-08/essential-california-california-dumps-coal-power
andrewduckercoal california electricity usa GoodNews environmenthttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:f42a094d08cc/The work to move the UK's electricity from where it's generated to where it's needed won't be finished until 2030.2025-10-07T12:23:55+00:00
https://ukerc.ac.uk/news/transmission-network-unavailability-the-quiet-driving-force-behind-rising-curtailment-costs-in-great-britain/
andrewduckerelectricity infrastructure uk thefuture planninghttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:e6a08de4e8be/Global solar power grows 31% as coal use drops2025-10-07T06:28:32+00:00
https://apnews.com/article/climate-renewable-wind-solar-coal-electricity-demand-abf7b587b038bf7580de1baee6576bbc
andrewduckerrenewables coal electricity GoodNewshttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:3f279af5a3ae/Do not charge your phone in the bath.2025-10-01T11:07:33+00:00
https://www.rte.ie/news/2025/1001/1536213-inquest-anne-marie-ogorman/
andrewduckerphones electricity baths waterhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:e5fe5d76235c/Europe’s EV sales surge 26% in 2025 while Tesla faces 34% decline2025-09-24T08:51:11+00:00
https://www.notebookcheck.net/Europe-s-EV-sales-surge-26-in-2025-while-Tesla-faces-decline.1121077.0.html
andrewduckereurope Tesla electricity carshttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:6bda889eb713/Renewables do unambiguously reduce wholesale power prices2025-09-18T09:12:28+00:00
https://www.carboncommentary.com/blog/2025/8/18/renewables-do-unambiguously-reduce-wholesale-power-prices
andrewduckerrenewables electricity economicshttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:fe5e4cf36c4d/Rebutting 33 False Claims About Solar, Wind, and Electric Vehicles2025-09-15T09:26:43+00:00
https://scholarship.law.columbia.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1218&context=sabin_climate_change
andrewduckerelectricity myths solarpower windpower cars transport environmenthttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:1fa5eed034f3/Grid-scale Batteries in Scotland Stabilize Power2025-08-05T10:45:28+00:00
https://spectrum.ieee.org/grid-scale-battery-scotland
andrewduckerScotland batteries electricityhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:44d6948c53fd/Electricity from large solar arrays with batteries now cheaper than from fossil plants in Germany2025-07-08T09:04:25+00:00
https://www.cleanenergywire.org/news/large-solar-arrays-batteries-now-cheaper-conventional-generation-germany-report
andrewduckerelectricity solarpower batteries germany GoodNewshttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:3610ff647044/How much energy does AI use?2025-05-27T09:04:41+00:00
https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/20/1116327/ai-energy-usage-climate-footprint-big-tech/
andrewduckerai electricityhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:997b28e9c00b/How would zonal energy pricing work? (And why it would lower *everyone'ss* prices)2025-05-01T19:59:49+00:00
https://octopus.energy/blog/how-would-a-zonal-pricing-system-actually-work/
andrewduckerelectricity uk economicshttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:5e7d407fb7e1/"Induced Atmospheric Vibration" may have caused the outages across Spain and Portugal. But what is it?2025-04-29T13:45:24+00:00
https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/848666/what-is-induced-atmospheric-vibration
andrewduckerelectricityhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:571a933a1553/Burying cables costs 10x-20x more than pylons2025-04-29T13:38:37+00:00
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0qny5133jqo
andrewduckerelectricity infrastructurehttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:5425616fe9fc/Spain, Portugal and parts of France hit by massive power outage2025-04-28T11:29:29+00:00
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/04/28/spain-portugal-and-parts-of-france-hit-by-massive-power-outage
andrewduckerspain france electricityhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:cec57046ade1/But good sir, what is electricity?2025-04-19T07:54:42+00:00
https://lcamtuf.substack.com/p/but-good-sir-what-is-electricity
andrewduckerelectricityhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:e18be4b2d984/The Solid-State Shift: Reinventing the Transformer for Modern Grids2025-04-12T19:37:30+00:00
https://www.powermag.com/the-solid-state-shift-reinventing-the-transformer-for-modern-grids/
andrewduckerelectricity infrastructure Technologyhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:b6243d8cb840/North of Scotland electricity network to have £450m upgrade2025-04-07T13:57:16+00:00
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1me5mj12vdo
andrewduckerelectricity scotlandhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:37ea392dcba5/Tesla deliveries down 43% in Europe while EVs are up 31%2025-03-25T14:37:54+00:00
https://electrek.co/2025/03/25/tesla-tsla-deliveries-down-43-in-europe-while-evs-are-up-28/
andrewduckerTesla electricity cars business europehttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:2ab5226721c4/Battery storage is dramatically reshaping the California grid, and finally moving it away from gas2025-03-20T21:29:49+00:00
https://reneweconomy.com.au/battery-storage-is-dramatically-reshaping-the-california-grid-and-finally-moving-it-away-from-gas/
andrewduckerbatteries electricity GoodNews Californiahttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:3191e56fd879/Can we power the world with only clean energy?2025-03-16T21:53:54+00:00
https://youtube.com/watch?v=6c94vRmbM6Y
andrewduckerelectricity renewables thefuture videohttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:21a5b1320b7a/Major electricity cable work in Edinburgh's Grange 2025-262025-03-16T16:52:02+00:00
https://grangeassociation.org/forums/topic/major-electricity-cable-works-in-the-grange-2025-26/#:~:text=Planned%20work,at%20Mayfield%20Road
andrewduckerelectricity infrastructure Edinburghhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:b7d9148d842f/How locational, or "zonal" pricing could give Scotland the cheapest power in Europe ... and give everyone else in GB cheaper power too.2025-03-13T08:46:13+00:00
https://octopus.energy/blog/locational-zonal-pricing-explained/
andrewduckerelectricity economics UKhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:a052562732c6/Despite everything, US EV sales are up 28% this year (as are EU sales. UK up 40%)2025-03-12T08:58:51+00:00
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2025/03/despite-everything-us-ev-sales-are-up-28-this-year/
andrewduckerelectricity cars GoodNewshttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:23c1f22a703b/How the U.K. Broke Its Own Economy2025-03-04T14:34:03+00:00
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/03/uk-needs-abundance/681877/
andrewduckeruk economics housing electricityhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:c7f755a41f37/More Solar and Battery Storage Were Added to Texas’ Grid Than Any Other Power Source Last Year2025-02-15T21:10:11+00:00
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/10022025/solar-battery-storage-texas-grid/
andrewduckersolarpower batteries Texas GoodNews electricityhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:2e899510c2e2/Baltic states unplug from Russia and join EU power grid2025-02-09T21:25:59+00:00
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crlkwyljl8lo
andrewduckerelectricity Russia Europehttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:33ea76aead80/To make electricity cheaper and greener, connect the world’s grids2025-01-25T21:21:00+00:00
https://www.economist.com/leaders/2025/01/23/to-make-electricity-cheaper-and-greener-connect-the-worlds-grids
andrewduckerelectricityhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:2763570d303f/High gas and electricity prices likely to be the new normal2024-11-18T16:54:23+00:00
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly2xdyexkdo
andrewduckergas electricity economicshttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:6b7efaacf8e0/Shell Is Closing 1,000 Gas Stations To Focus On EV Charging2024-11-18T16:00:03+00:00
https://insideevs.com/news/713296/shell-closes-1000-gas-stations-to-focus-on-ev-charging/
andrewduckeroil electricity cars viaDanielDWilliamhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:25eeb74c258d/Six inane arguments about Electric Vehicles and how to handle them at the dinner table2024-11-15T14:22:28+00:00
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/11/heres-how-to-survive-your-relatives-ignorant-anti-ev-rant-this-thanksgiving/
andrewduckerelectricity cars transport mythshttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:2104ed765c74/New Electricity links between GB and island of Ireland approved2024-11-12T14:37:30+00:00
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp35x043p3xo
andrewduckerelectricity uk ireland infrastructurehttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:007562d790dd/UK's Green energy plan needs 600 miles of power lines2024-11-05T11:29:20+00:00
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c207113jz73o
andrewduckeruk electricity infrastructurehttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:bf0eb5365d13/The move to USB C for charging is a done deal. I'm not sure what the UK has to "consider" about it.2024-10-15T12:18:52+00:00
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2lj58jql8o
andrewduckerUK usb Europe electricityhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:cbe73fa1b833/Washing machines and the debate over degrowth2024-10-01T09:00:44+00:00
https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/374286/degrowth-economic-growth-washing-machines-electricity-global-poverty
andrewduckerwashing automation poverty electricity womenhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:8bb6cd82b7b9/How much energy does desalinisation use? Is it “absurdly cheap”?2024-09-23T21:25:50+00:00
https://www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/how-much-energy-does-desalinisation
andrewduckerwater electricity desalinationhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:c8befb165438/Oracle will use three small nuclear reactors to power new 1-gigawatt AI data center2024-09-16T08:23:11+00:00
https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/oracle-will-use-three-small-nuclear-reactors-to-power-new-1-gigawatt-ai-data-center
andrewduckerai electricity nuclearpower oraclehttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:5f0c975f6e77/First of Edinburgh's fully electric double deck buses hit the road2024-09-07T13:10:14+00:00
https://www.lothianbuses.com/news/2024/09/first-of-lothians-fully-electric-double-deck-buses-hit-the-road/
andrewduckerelectricity Edinburgh buses transporthttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:f9460fa68442/The UK's last coal power station is closing at the end of this month2024-09-04T11:25:10+00:00
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c886qd2g80xo
andrewduckercoal power electricity uk GoodNews environmenthttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:49ec3166add6/Electrical 'superhighway' between Scotland and England approved2024-08-13T08:01:22+00:00
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clynlkjp5m1o
andrewduckerScotland electricity UK Englandhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:043701c57e89/Wind and solar overtake EU fossil fuels in the first half of 20242024-08-07T07:07:11+00:00
https://ember-climate.org/insights/research/eu-wind-and-solar-overtake-fossil-fuels/
andrewduckerrenewables solarpower windpower electricity Europe coal gas hydroelectrichttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:339b9ccae7e5/Butterflies accumulate enough static electricity to attract pollen2024-08-03T12:00:35+00:00
https://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2024/july/butterflies-static-electricity.html
andrewduckerelectricity butterflieshttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:cb8cedd6e196/Dark oxygen made by deep sea 'batteries'2024-07-22T17:58:56+00:00
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c728ven2v9eo
andrewduckerocean oxygen electricityhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:a8b5206d0d92/One Year Since Germany’s Nuclear Exit: Renewable Capacity Expands, Electricity from Fossil Fuels Significantly Reduced2024-06-26T14:43:57+00:00
https://www.ise.fraunhofer.de/en/press-media/press-releases/2024/status-quo-one-year-since-germanys-nuclear-exit-renewable-capacity-expands-electricity-from-fossil-fuels-significantly-reduced.html
andrewduckernuclearpower germany electricity renewableshttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:b3bfc09e7372/Why zonal electricity pricing is needed to power the energy transition2024-06-24T09:33:24+00:00
https://octopus.energy/blog/zonal_pricing_needed_for_net-zero_power_system/
andrewduckeruk economics electricity renewableshttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:3e326b16dd7e/New pylons to be installed across the UK in National Grid's £30bn green upgrade2024-05-23T13:22:36+00:00
https://inews.co.uk/news/business/national-grid-green-upgrade-new-pylons-uk-3070669
andrewduckeruk electricity infrastructurehttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:8642cc394d1c/Elon Musk drove 60% of Democrats away from Tesla2024-04-20T13:29:22+00:00
https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/elon-musk-turned-democrats-off-tesla-when-he-needed-them-most-176023af
andrewduckerElonMusk cars politics Tesla electricityhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:fd1d5bd36f6a/Yes, heat pumps slash emissions even if powered by a dirty grid2024-03-17T20:23:59+00:00
https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/heat-pumps/yes-heat-pumps-slash-emissions-even-if-powered-by-a-dirty-grid
andrewduckerUSA heating electricity globalwarming co2https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:4396af5f46b7/European electricity generation produced 20% less CO2 than last year2024-02-13T11:56:04+00:00
https://ember-climate.org/insights/research/european-electricity-review-2024/
andrewduckerelectricity co2 globalwarming europe GoodNews viaDanielDWilliamhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:b65990a127e5/28-ton, 1.2-megawatt tidal kite is now exporting power to the grid2024-02-12T09:45:43+00:00
https://newatlas.com/energy/minesto-tidal-kite/
andrewduckerelectricity moon ocean tideshttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:3d94aebff0fd/Battery storage 30% cheaper than new gas peaker plants, Australian study finds2024-02-11T08:57:51+00:00
https://www.energy-storage.news/battery-storage-30-cheaper-than-new-gas-peaker-plants-australian-study-finds/
andrewduckerbatteries electricity GoodNews viaDanielDWilliamhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:0843057c081b/UK pylons minister reshuffled after … campaigning against local pylons2024-02-07T11:04:23+00:00
https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-minister-andrew-bowie-reshuffle-campaign-pylons/
andrewduckeruk electricity infrastructurehttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:9598c86e8f16/The US grid battery fleet is about to double. Again.2024-01-15T12:00:21+00:00
https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/energy-storage/chart-the-us-grid-battery-fleet-is-about-to-double-again
andrewduckerbatteries electricity USA GoodNewshttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:75879cd70270/27% Of New Cars In France Now Plugin Electric Cars!2023-11-29T21:34:12+00:00
https://cleantechnica.com/2023/11/29/27-of-new-cars-in-france-now-plugin-electric-cars/
andrewduckerelectricity cars Francehttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:a4165165cfcd/Giant batteries drain economics of gas power plants2023-11-21T15:59:42+00:00
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/giant-batteries-drain-economics-gas-power-plants-2023-11-21/
andrewduckergas batteries electricity economics businesshttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:bfd54c7812d9/Hw locational pricing could save businesses (and everyone) on electricity bills2023-10-31T14:23:55+00:00
https://octopus.energy/blog/unleashing-britains-competitiveness-with-locational-pricing/
andrewduckerelectricity location uk economicshttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:85b64a687679/0-100Kph in 1 second looks...exciting!2023-10-27T14:10:37+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQIu5tZ0vbQ
andrewduckerelectricity cars acceleration video impressivehttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:e26d99c0061b/