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Labour will have to streamline the planning laws.

A lot of the stop oil now protestors will then become stop onshore wind farms now, imho.

Ab76's post reminded me of the original MOU with Aleph. For the historians amongst us, this is an extract from the RNS of 30/11/20:

Under the MOU, upon presentation of a suitable approved geothermal programme for a new off-site project before the end of January 2021, which Angus has been developing throughout the present year, as further detailed below, Aleph Energy and Aleph Commodities will together seek to procure, on a best efforts basis, up to a further GBP8 million of committed funding for that programme. Aleph will also assist in funding and developing hydrogen and carbon capture solutions with a view of providing clean energy and local employment opportunities. With H2H Saltend being recently announced, the partners believe Saltfleetby and the surroundings will become a hub for the hydrogen economy in the United Kingdom.

Oh! The post to which I was responding has been deleted.

More family portraits of protestors on the pavement, I expect, but it won't be this week there will be any outcome to the case.

1/ the partners "have jointly decided to temporarily suspend testing operations pending access to larger, more powerful, 7-inch perforating guns, ...*;

2/ the 7 inch perforating guns are likely to cost a certain amount;

1 + 2 = ?

That deafening silence can be broken at any time, it doesn't have to be an RNS at 7am.

News re Pinarova-1;

confirmation that the conditions of the HH-3 farm-out have been met;

news re an eventual farm-out of Loxley (the recovery of the appeal by the Secretary of State dates back to 06/01/22, the CPR to 21/02/23);

further developments in the environmental protestors' cases concerning Loxley and HH.

In July to refine targets.

A reminder from page 7 of the 30/05 presentation:

https://www.albamineralresources.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/20230526-Alba-AGM-FINAL-1.pdf

Were planning to walk the "shale trail" from Horse Hill to Brockham this afternoon.

Rather a muggy day for it.

Note the last paragraph of the Sunday Times business section article.

"UKOG has its sights set on a hydrogen storage project in Dorset that Sanderson believes will reap greater rewards, but that will mean working with 'strategic investors', he said, beyond the retail crowd who have kept faith with UKOG ... 'We're moving away from oil and gas, because it's certainly not the future', Sanderson said".

National bodies intervening in the case

As well as the original parties to the case (Sarah vs Surrey County Council), and the three that attached themselves early on (Horse Hill Developments Ltd and the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on the Council’s side and Friends of the Earth on Sarah’s), three new parties have got permission to formally intervene in the Supreme Court hearing. They are the Office for Environmental Protection, Greenpeace, and West Cumbria Mining Ltd – the firm who want to dig the first deep coal mine in the UK in a generation. The fact that these organisations all want to have their say in a case about a small onshore oil development in Surrey shows the national importance of this case.

https://www.wealdactiongroup.org.uk/horse-hill-appeal/

" ... Finch was allowed to bring her case to the Supreme Court only because one judge out of three at the Court of Appeal agreed that there was merit to the case ...".

"Day of reckoning dawns for the 'Gatwick Gusher' oil well".

"... Sanderson, who admits to being 'bemused' by the case, likens it to a supermarket being responsible for the emissions of a customer who grills its sausages ...".

"Day of reckoning dawns for the 'Gatwick Gusher' oil well".

"... Sanderson, who admits to be 'bemused' by the case, likens it to a supermarket being responsible for the emissions of a customer who grills its sausages ...".

UKOOG spokesman makes the point about the huge ramifications for manufacturing, etc if the court comes down in favour of the environmentalists.

Thank you to palwing32 on the rival site:

https://news.sky.com/story/should-the-uk-drill-for-new-oil-and-gas-during-the-climate-crisis-12903766

The year is 6723, and there are finally enough onshore wind farms in England to support the UK’s 2050 net-zero target.

At least that’s how long it would take at the current pace of construction, according to a report from the Institute for Public Policy Research, a London-based think tank. It’s an extreme example of how planning rules can slow renewable power development to an extent that could make climate targets impossible to reach.

“The current planning system in England is not remotely fit for purpose to build a net-zero world,” said Luke Murphy, IPPR associate director for energy, climate, housing, and infrastructure. “At current build rates, we’re as far from delivering the onshore wind we need for energy security as we are from the start of construction of Stonehenge in 2,500 BC.”

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-06-06/england-on-path-to-take-4-700-years-to-reach-wind-power-target-study-says?re_source=boa_related&sref=Em01M8Hr

The year is 6723, and there are finally enough onshore wind farms in England to support the UK’s 2050 net-zero target.

At least that’s how long it would take at the current pace of construction, according to a report from the Institute for Public Policy Research, a London-based think tank. It’s an extreme example of how planning rules can slow renewable power development to an extent that could make climate targets impossible to reach.

“The current planning system in England is not remotely fit for purpose to build a net-zero world,” said Luke Murphy, IPPR associate director for energy, climate, housing, and infrastructure. “At current build rates, we’re as far from delivering the onshore wind we need for energy security as we are from the start of construction of Stonehenge in 2,500 BC.”

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-06-06/england-on-path-to-take-4-700-years-to-reach-wind-power-target-study-says?re_source=boa_related&sref=Em01M8Hr

If only something similar applied to North Wales!

On extremely hot and dry summer days, water in Berlin’s Spree River gets sucked upstream by an array of pumps to ensure the German capital has enough to drink. Reversing the natural flow is set to become more frequent as the country’s exit from coal means a key source of water is lost.

With Berlin already facing less rainfall due to the climate crisis, the end of lignite mining in nearby regions means groundwater pumped out to extract the fossil fuel will no longer feed the Spree. On top of that, old mines are being flooded to create man-made lakes, further draining resources ...

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-06-17/berlin-risks-water-shortages-in-fallout-from-germany-s-coal-exit?srnd=premium-europe&sref=Em01M8Hr

Is that "dropped" with 2 "p"s or "drooped" with 2 "o"s?

Sorry, end of week, time for a beer!