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More than two dozen MPs from across the Commons are lobbying the Government for tighter checks and balances on the placement of the power stores â which serve as a backstop for Britainâs renewable energy supply â as the number of sites operating in the UK is expected to balloon in the coming months.
The group, led by Tory MP Dame Maria Miller, has laid an amendment to the Energy Bill, due to return to the House this week, which would force planners to consult fire authorities on any new industrial-scale developments.
She said it seemed âobviousâ to her, given the associated risks, that âproximity to certain thingsâ should be taken into account before planning consent is granted.
âWe found out that 37 battery sites are already operational â 10 megawatts or more â and on last reckoning, more than 400 sites are at some stage of planning consent or under construction.
âSo there is a massive increase in the number of sites that are going to be operational, from a handful to more than 400 in a matter of the next few months.âhttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2023/09/02/battery-storage-plants-net-zero-britain-fire-risk/
Sales are down in many companies and sectors, not just Harvest Minerals, if HM break even or make a small loss I think they will be doing well. the problem with HM is that there aren't many shares here so it is very easy for a small group of people to manipulate the sp especially when volumes are low, very lucrative business for some
Blueprints for the worldâs largest battery on the site of an old coal-fired power station in Manchester, storing enough energy for 36,000 homes for a week, have won approval from planning officials.
Carlton Power, an independent energy company, will need to raise ÂŁ750m for the plant and is âadvanced talksâ to raise the funds, it said. It will then need to pick a supplier.
Battery plants are seen as a way to smooth out power demand as more electricity comes from intermittent sources like wind and solar.
Batteries can charge on windy or sunny days cheaply, or even for free, and then deploy that power when needed. The plant is expected to offer the equivalent of 2,080 megawatts â a decent sized power station â for an hour.
Planning permission was granted by Trafford Council. Carlton has also won approval for a green hydrogen project in the area.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2023/07/24/manchester-plans-worlds-largest-battery-wind-energy/
I think that the main focus of attention will be fitting out the research and development centre and installation of the demo DMG, then hopefully that will result in some orders. It would be helpful if we could receive, updates, pictures, videos and tech details
Where is our RNS?
https://www.globalhydrogenreview.com/hydrogen/30032023/national-h2-secures-technology-agreement-with-powerhouse-energy-group/
Lithium batteries should be banned before someone is killed,
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/moment-lithium-battery-erupts-into-ball-of-fire-at-west-yorkshire-home/ar-AA18m8at?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=ebd6db910a9a4ecbc8cb4e46d6fabfdb&ei=27
Enough wind power to supply 1.2m homes a day was wasted over winter because there is no capacity to store extra energy generated on gusty days, according to new research.
National Gridâs electricity system operator asked wind turbines which were expected to generate about 1.35 terawatt-hours of electricity between October and January to switch off instead because they were not needed to meet demand at the time, according to the consultancy Stonehaven.
Meanwhile, gas-fired power turbines burned an estimated 65 terawatt-hours of gas over the period when wind speeds were lower â costing an estimated ÂŁ60bn.
It came as National Grid asked two British coal-fired power plants to warm up in case they were needed for back-up electricity on Tuesday during a predicted cold snap. It stood them down by late Monday afternoon.
Rupert Pearce, chief executive of electricity storage business Highview Power, which commissioned the Stonehaven analysis, said more storage capacity was needed to prevent wind power being wasted.
He said: âRenewable energy storage is essential to powering a cleaner, cheaper, always-on Britain.
âBy capturing and storing excess renewable energy, which is now the UKâs cheapest, most secure and most abundant form of energy, we can power Britainâs homes and businesses with renewable green energy, taking millions of tonnes of carbon out of the atmosphere and ending a culture of reliance on expensive foreign imports.â
Electricity supply and demand have to be constantly matched, meaning wind turbines can be paid to switch off if it is too windy, or if there is not enough capacity on cables to move the electricity to where it is needed.
Efforts are underway to develop more storage capacity so that electricity from windy periods can be stored and saved for when it can be used, instead of switching turbines off.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2023/02/06/coal-power-station-put-standby-low-winds-forecast/
So Samsung bought the non core patents and I suppose, the associated global, perpetual, fully paid up licence agreement.
Chris Richards says, "Even more importantly, it validates Nanoco's core IP, which we will continue to defend vigorously."
Doesn't seem to indicate Samsung have the rights to our core IP, or have I read this wrong ?
So the RNS on monday is basically confirming, an answer to a question on 21 July 21 so this was always going to be the likely outcome which has be a big positive 56m in
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKWOkO7hfKM
https://webcasting.brrmedia.co.uk/broadcast/615b17cf4e29f55a94190200/63c01cd084373b25495fe4d9
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By Tsvetana Paraskova - Nov 21, 2022, 9:00 AM CST
Russian diesel loadings bound for the Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp hub jumped by 126% to 215,000 between Nov.1 and Nov.11.
Russia is still the biggest supplier of diesel to Europe.
Europe needs to replace some 500,000 bpd of diesel supplies.
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Europe has hiked its diesel imports from Russia this month as the EU embargo on imports of Russian oil products starting on February 5 draws closer, oil flow analytics show. Less than three months before the embargo kicks in, Russia is still the biggest supplier of diesel to Europe, which will have to replace more than 500,000 barrels per day (bpd) of diesel supply after February, the International Energy Agency (IEA) says.
Russian diesel loadings bound for the Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp (ARA) hub jumped by 126% to 215,000 bpd between November 1 and November 12, Pamela Munger, senior market analyst at energy analytics firm Vortexa, told Reuters.
âWhile a flood of East of Suez diesel imports has improved Europeâs positioning for the upcoming winter, Russia-Europe flows are rising again ahead of the 5 Feb EU import ban,â David Wech, Chief Economist at Vortexa, wrote in an article last week.
EU and UK imports of diesel from non-Europe/non-Russian sources surpassed a massive 1 million bpd through October, driven by high supply from the Middle East and Asia, Wech said.
It is even more challenging to make calls about what will happen with Russian diesel after the EU embargo than with what would happen with Russian crude oil, the ban on which begins on December 5, according to Vortexa.
Related: A Quarter Of All Americans Could Face Energy Emergencies This Winter
Per the IEA estimates in its Oil Market Report for November, EU countries had reduced Russian diesel imports by 50,000 bpd to 560,000 bpd by October.
âWhen the crude and product embargoes come into full force in December and February, respectively, an additional 1.1 mb/d of crude and 1 mb/d of diesel, naphtha and fuel oil will have to be replaced,â the IEA said in the report last week.
As the EU embargo on imports of Russian diesel enters into force, âThe competition for non-Russian diesel barrels will be fierce, with EU countries having to bid cargoes from the US, Middle East and India away from their traditional buyers,â the agency said.
âIncreased refinery capacity will eventually help ease diesel tensions. However, until then, if prices go too high, further demand destruction may be inevitable for the market imbalances to clear,â the IEA noted.
Courtesy from spights
Diesel prices are under more pressure than petrol partly due to strong demand for diesel for back-up power generators amid concerns about shortages of natural gas this winter.
How long will it take before PHE is taken out once the DMG tech is proven?
https://ir.archaeaenergy.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/35/archaea-energy-to-be-acquired-by-bp-for-approximately-4-1?_gl=1*nu2oa4*_ga*MzIxNDMxODE0LjE2NjYwMzQ1NjE.*_ga_SS48JX0Y3W*MTY2NjAzNDU2MC4xLjEuMTY2NjAzNTY5OC4wLjAuMA..*_ga_S7WSCKBE27*MTY2NjAzNDU2MC4xLjEuMTY2NjAzNTY5OC4wLjAuMA..
Mjallen, if you listen to Sunday Roast Keith makes it very clear that he expects construction to commence next year 31mins in
https://www.thesundayroast.net/podcast/episode/5143c1f8/s4-ep83-the-sunday-roast-featuring-aleksandra-binkowsk
Dr.Anomaly what are you talking about 2025 before we'll see reall progress, are you trying to play the sp? so what is reall progress for you, for me reall progress will be work on site 2023, or do you expect this to happen in 2025? Can you be more specific in your comments?
If Peel buy PHE shares in March for ÂŁ00.0275 then buying share at this price is a no brainer, question is how low can the sp go. Peel need PHE to succeed, as long as we don't get nuked before then we'll do well.
Just incase anyone has missed this
https://traffordcity.co.uk/business/news/therme-starts