Renewable Review | 08/11

SPOTLIGHT?

‘A rebuke to those who said clean power by 2030 was unachievable’ Ed Miliband | The Guardian

NESO report says clean grid achievable by 2030 | The Engineer

POLICY?

Can the renewables boom withstand Trump | The Financial Times (￡)

A Zealot’s delusion can’t prevent blackouts - The Neso report is not a vindication of Mr Miliband’s approach but a warning of how dangerous it has become | The Daily Telegraph (￡)

Trump return likely to slow, not stop, US clean-energy boom | Reuters

PLANNING?

Plans for university solar farm granted approval | BBC

Britain’s green energy pledge ‘credible’ if planning fixed, says system operator | The Guardian

National Grid may speed up two cable projects to meet clean energy goal by 2030 | The Guardian

WIND??

Plans for biggest onshore windfarm in England to be submitted this week | The Guardian

Hackney wind turbine erected in just two days | Business Green (￡)

‘Dunkelflaute’ sends wind power generation plummeting in UK and Germany | The Daily Telegraph (￡)?

BATTERY

Why these behemoth renewable energy batteries in Scotland are just next in eyesore power infrastructure | The Scotsman

‘We can go further than five years’: CATL on Tener BESS and its ‘zero-degradation’ | Energy Storage News (￡)

Data analytics ‘predict anomalies weeks before they escalate into safety or downtime issues’ at BESS sites | Energy Storage News (￡)

SOLAR?

Why Nimbys are wrong about solar farms | i news

Gridlock: Why it can take 11 years to connect solar farms to the UK network | The Guardian

Solar Farm near Bronze Age burial mound refused by Planning Inspector | West Bridgford Wire

NUCLEAR?

Hinkley Point and Sizewell nuclear plant engineers go on strike | The Times (￡)

Nuclear industry supporting 3,500 jobs in Bristol, EDF says | Business Live

UK budget outlines nuclear power plans | Nuclear Engineering International

FOSSIL FUELS? ?

Oil bosses have big hopes for the AI boom | The Economist?

Britain will need gas plants as ‘back-up’ for wind in 2030, says grid operator | The Financial Times

Oil prices rise after Opec delays plans to increase output | The Times (￡)

HYDROGEN??

Europe to hold €1.2bn hydrogen auction in December | Gas World

Why hydrogen’s role in the Net Zero puzzle depends on trust | Hydrogen Central

Hydrogen facility will definitely open in Bradford | BBC

AGRICULTURE??

Climate crisis leaves European farmers vulnerable to far right, say campaigners | The Guardian

‘Government delays are making green farming tough’ | BBC

Climate-Smart Agriculture needs a better yardstick | BCG Global