Britain's renewable energy surge will hit the buffers as funding dries up, writes David Toke - while cuts to the energy department's budget will wipe out its ability to guide the UK's low carbon energy transition.
… Treasury to axe UK renewables, low carbon transition David Toke … The Ecologist | 6th July 2015 News UK Energy Renewables Finance Politics haslingfield-solar-cut.jpg Britain's renewable energy surge will hit the buffers as …
We need millions of new climate jobs every year if we have any hope of cutting the emissions necessary to avert breakdown.
… we need to replace all fossil fuel use with renewable energy. We need to cut emissions of … we need to replace all fossil fuel use with renewable energy. Technology To cut those … electricity. Instead, cover the world with renewable energy. Most of that will be wind …
The Texas blackouts are the latest deadly consequence of climate breakdown. And a Green New Deal and climate jobs are the solution.
… failure of the grid on the Green New Deal and renewable energy. That’s silly. There is no … difficulties in integrating 100 percent renewable energy into the grid, and how it can … I also show why that will be impossible if renewable energy and electricity supply are …
EDF etc have been offered terms for constructing Hinkley C which are way superior to the terms being currently offered to renewable energy ...
… 2013 Comment Hinkley Nuclear Energy Power Renewables Subsidy windpower.jpg Why must renewable energy get second rate treatment … to the terms being currently offered to renewable energy ... EDF etc have been offered …
The EPR nuclear reactor is a busted flush. The two examples under construction in France and Finland are way over time, and budget. If the UK goes ahead with an EPR at Hinkley Point in Somerset, writes David Toke, the taxpayer will pay a huge price ...
… Toke | 4th March 2014 Comment Nuclear Power Renewables Politics UK … access much lower interest charges - unlike renewable energy of course which does not get … of Hinkley C is "cheaper than other forms of renewable energy" . This assertion flies in …
Cynical western media are pouring cold water on reports of China's declining carbon emissions, writes David Toke. The trouble is, the cross-sectoral statistics that demonstrate the reductions are actually rather convincing. Maybe journalists should be asking different questions - like just how well is the US performing?
… Toke | 17th May 2015 Comment USA China Energy Renewables Coal Climate Change … A clue: now 30% of China's electricity is renewable Now 'sluggish' is definitely a … Chinese have actually been adopting a lot of renewable energy sources - up from 10% of …
So-called 'smart meters' are being rolled out across the UK, writes David Toke, but they don't support the dynamic pricing that's essential to expand renewable energy and decarbonise our electricity. It's time for green NGOs to get campaigning - and not leave vital decisions to a hostile government, a failing regulator and industry insiders.
… David Toke | 22nd March 2017 Comment Energy Renewables Economics Fossil Fuels Corporations … dynamic pricing that's essential to expand renewable energy and decarbonise our … - rather than decentralised, variable renewable energy sources. The committees that …
Bill Gates has made billions and understands capitalist markets - from the perspective of an investor. To confront climate breakdown we need to see things as human beings.
… example, rare earth metals are used in many renewable technologies, and they are expensive … grid that runs mostly, or almost entirely, on renewable energy. This is because the supply … majority of climate jobs would be in building renewable energy and in transport. In return, …
EDF's 'final investment decision' on the Hinkley C nuclear power station next week will be pure theatre, writes David Toke. The truth is that no concrete is to be poured until 2019 at the earliest. Meanwhile post-Brexit UK is running out of money to pay for it, and EDF is under investigation by the Financial Markets Authority for concealing information on Hinkley from investors.
EDF to postpone Hinkley C start until 2019 or beyond David Toke | 22nd July 2016 News Nuclear Energy Corporations Finance UK France hpc-ai-big-cut.jpg EDF's 'final investment decision' on the Hinkley …
We need global solidarity to deliver climate jobs.
… of Europe, North America and East Asia. Renewable If that sounds unlikely to you, it … deliver economic prosperity entirely based on renewable energy. Vulnerable We need to cover …
And the day after the Glasgow COP. What do we do then?
… all the way. To do that we have build enough renewables to provide energy for all … in the climate movement about why a fully renewable world cannot work. I touch on other …
The world leaders meeting at COP26 will fail not because of personal failings but because of the capitalist system that they need to confront.
… say that Shell of BP could just move into renewable energy. Indeed, both those companies … On one level, we need new steel plants using renewable electricity. That means a steel …
The protests by public health workers for PPE hold portents for how we globally respond to the threat of climate breakdown.
… green new deals, and climate jobs, building renewable energy, renewable transport, sustainable buildings, … green new deals, and climate jobs, building renewable energy, renewable transport, …
The Taliban is taking the threat of climate breakdown seriously as 40 million Afghans face a future of drought and starvation.
… irrigation, agriculture, water conservation, renewable energy, forestry and much more. … to stop fossil fuels and cover the world with renewables. Memories I am 75 years old, and …
With the world's leading nuclear corporations facing bankruptcy due to ever escalating costs, 'unconstructable' reactor designs and financing risks, there's an easy way to finance the UK's new nuclear power stations, writes David Toke: pin the cost onto taxpayers. As for schools, hospitals, pensions, housing, social care and other public services, who needs 'em?
… strangling the growth of the UK's renewable energy industries, aiming particular … the Government. That is always the case with renewable energy projects. They find their own …
Toshiba, the 60% owner of NuGen, has announced it will build 3 AP1000 reactors at Moorside, England - much faster and cheaper than Hinkley C. But the whole proposition, writes David Toke, is seriously implausible.
… doubt they will, like Hinkley C - but unlike renewable energy schemes - be offered a very …
A million and half people face forced deportation from Pakistan, and many more face drought and climate chaos in Afghanistan.
Afghanistan, Pakistan and climate breakdown Nancy Lindisfarne Jonathan Neale | 6th December 2023 | Comment Afghanistan Economics Editor’s Picks Afghanistan A million and half people face forced …