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Energy UK @energy-uk.org.uk · 02/06/2026
Energy UK has reacted to the Government's announcement on the seventh Carbon Budget. 🔍 Read the full response 👉https://buff.ly/TDMXfxM
Energy UK. "The certainty and direction provided by the Climate Change Act and carbon budgets have given investors, developers and businesses the confidence to put billions of pounds into long-term projects in this country." – Dhara Vyas, CEO
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Ember @ember-energy.org · 02/06/2026
MILESTONE | Monthly solar generation in Britain hit a NEW RECORD in May 2026, beating the previous all-time high set in May 2025 💨⚡ Solar output reached 2.8 TWh last month, following record solar installations in 2025 and high solar irradiance. 🔍 ember-energy.org/dat...
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Steve Fawkes @drstevefawkes.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
I did a podcast with Hypercube on energy efficiency, electrification and the next stage of the transition wearehypercube.com/energy-effic...
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Hypercube Energy Podcast - Hypercube | AI for Energy
The Hypercube Energy Podcast sits down with leaders in the energy, trading and utilities to explore how data & AI can help the energy sector.
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Adrian Hiel @adrianhiel.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
That was a fun morrning. Stay tuned for a @cleaninguppod.bsky.social on the Electrification Staircase in the next few weeks!
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Younity @younityuk.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
🌱 Community energy groups...this one’s for you! Wandsworth’s Climate Action Microgrants have already helped 60 community groups, schools & charities bring local green projects to life over the past year. You can now apply for up to £500 to turn it into reality. 💡✨
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Climate action microgrants making a difference to local communities - Wandsworth Borough Council
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Younity @younityuk.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Thinking of starting a community energy group, but not sure where to begin? 🤔 Our Community Energy Roadmap is here to guide you every step of the way...from first ideas to running your own renewable project. And the best part? It’s FREE! 🙌
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Mike Barker - MicroGrids Matter ? @microgridmike.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Also, 𝗦𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆 - 𝗘𝗩𝘀 - 𝗨𝗞 Please consider joining this fledgling Group:- www.linkedin.com/groups/12713... - a carefully curated spam-free resource Thanks, Mike
𝗦𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆 - 𝗘𝗩𝘀 - 𝗨𝗞
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Josef Davies-Coates @josef.is · 11/03/2026
Hi @isoutar.bsky.social two more for your #CommunityEnergy Starter Pack go.bsky.app/LpqEmbM : 1. @briznrgcoop.bsky.social 2. @aldouse.bsky.social (Aldous: you should give yourself a description 😉 )
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Brighton & Hove Energy Service Co-op @bhesco.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
The latest BHESCo newsletter is here. Could be the most uplifting 2 minutes of your day… us6.campaign-archive.com?u=2e4bb1d92c... #CommunityEnergy #Renewables #NetZero #ClimateAction
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Repowering London @repoweringlondon.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Thank you to Community Energy England and all of the partners and signatories backing this campaign Together we can #uptheenergy!
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Thrive Renewables @thriverenewables.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
It’s time to #UpTheEnergy on community power 📣 Proud to sponsor @commenergyengland.bsky.social's campaign aiming to accelerate the rollout of community energy projects that put people at the heart of the energy transition 👇 @uptheenergyuk.bsky.social @briznrgcoop.bsky.social
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uptheenergyuk.bsky.social @uptheenergyuk.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Last week, we delivered our open letter at Westminster. Community energy is one of the fairest ways to deliver the clean energy transition. We welcome the ambition. Now Government must follow through on their plans and #UpTheEnergy! @commenergyengland.bsky.social @thriverenewables.bsky.social
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Mike Barker - MicroGrids Matter ? @microgridmike.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
... andjust incase they want to farm under cover ! 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 ( 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗘𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗔𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 ) Please consider joining this LinkedIN Group :-  >1800 members www.linkedin.com/groups/12090... A professional international effort - a common forum for Farmers & Agi-business
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Energy Systems Catapult @energysyscat.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Flexibility could cut UK power system costs by up to £125bn by 2050. ⚡️ New modelling from the Energy Systems Nexus shows that when high levels of flexibility are achieved, changing how and when electricity is used can dramatically lower costs, accelerate electrification, and stabilise the grid.
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Mike Barker - MicroGrids Matter ? @microgridmike.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Yes, the ~480 000 Engineers from the IEEE org and these guys too. evclinic.eu
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BOOK REPAIR SERVICE - ZAGREB (Headquarters)(electronic R&D, repair and franchising) BOOK REPAIR SERVICE - ZAGREB (Franchise) BOOK REPAIR SERVICE - BERLIN (Franchise) https://youtu.be/8q...
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Mike Barker - MicroGrids Matter ? @microgridmike.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Chris, a warm welcome to sunny Southern Africa 🙂
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Jaap Burger @jaapburger.eu · 12/08/2025
A comparison of 🇳🇴 Norway and 🇿🇦 South Africa when it comes to electric vehicle taxation: “There, cars drive on the left side of the road, the sun is in the north at midday and the cars that pollute the least, namely electric cars, have the highest taxes.”
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Those Who Do Not Pollute Pay Extra
In Norway, the cars that pollute the most pay the highest taxes. In South Africa, the cars that pollute the least have the highest taxes.
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CleanTechnica @cleantechnica.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Zeekr 7X Awarded 5-Star Euro NCAP Rating cleantechnica.com/2025/08/05/z...
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Zeekr 7X Awarded 5-Star Euro NCAP Rating - CleanTechnica
Zeekr 7X has been awarded the maximum 5-star Euro NCAP safety rating The all-electric midsize SUV scored 91% for Adult Occupant Protection and 90% for Child Occupant Protection, demonstrating Zeekr’s ...
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CleanTechnica @cleantechnica.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Europe-Wide EV Survey Finds Growing Interest in E-mobility & Acceptance of Chinese Brands cleantechnica.com/2025/08/05/e...
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Europe-Wide EV Survey Finds Growing Interest in E-mobility & Acceptance of Chinese Brands - CleanTechnica
A survey of more than 8,000 people across Europe shows that interest in EVs is steadily increasing, with almost three in every five respondents saying they are likely to own one by 2030: up from just ...
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Mike Barker - MicroGrids Matter ? @microgridmike.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Please consider joining a new LinkedIN Group for Horticulturalists, Agronomists, Engineers, Building Scientists or Building Physicists, and Agriculturalists. - Greenhouse Design ( Controlled Environment Agriculture ) www.linkedin.com/groups/12090... >1800 members
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Energy Systems Catapult @energysyscat.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
She highlights key actions needed: 👉 Reform EPCs and MEES with clearer, outcome-based metrics 👉 Support landlords with one-stop retrofit shops 👉 Tailor financial tools to landlords’ unique challenges 👉 Use better data for compliance and enforcement Read more: es.catapult.org.uk/insight/putt....
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Putting renters at the heart of the Warm Homes Plan
Everyone understands the importance of a warm, healthy home that is affordable to heat - but how we get there is a source of heated debate.
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Renewables Grid Initiative @renewablesgrid.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
How can we embed real stakeholder engagement in Europe’s energy future? Find out at "Power of Participation" with RGI, @ec.europa.eu, & @eu-acer.bsky.social Expect expert panels, interactive sessions & a Best Practice Fair on community engagement in grid planning. Sign up: bit.ly/PowerOfParti...
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InsideEVs @insideevs.com · 13/07/2025
Ferrari's got some work to do if it wants to keep up with (checks notes) a family SUV from Kia. insideevs.com/news/765535/...
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Electric Cars Are So Fast That A Ferrari Can't Catch A Kia Now
The Kia EV6 GT is slightly heavier and less powerful than the Ferrari Purosangue, but it's the quicker-accelerating car of the two.
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TerraWatts2010 @terrawatts2010.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
With the third-generation Leaf, Nissan is ushering in a new era of electric mobility. More range, more efficiency, more space – and for the first time, vehicle-to-grid functionality. 🔌💡 www.electrive.com/2025/07/13/e...
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“Electrical efficiency is the main factor” – Shunsuke Shigemoto on the new Nissan Leaf - electrive.com
With the third-generation Leaf, Nissan is ushering in a new era of electric mobility. More range, more efficiency, more space – and for the first time,
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Mike Barker - MicroGrids Matter ? @microgridmike.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
Brett, please keep us updated on any reductions in PNNLs Building Science efforts. 𝗜𝗕𝗣𝗦𝗔 - 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗦𝗶𝗺𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 www.linkedin.com/groups/75552 >11,040 members - carefully curated spam-free resource
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Peter Miller @petereastern.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
I’ve just got approval for a 14.4kW system on my Suffolk house, consisting of 28 off 515W panels and 2 off 6 kW inverters. Hardware cost at trade of the above is just £2,500. Add labour and overheads to that (the house is fully scaffolded atm anyway for exterior decoration). Unbelievable.
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Brighton & Hove Energy Service Co-op @bhesco.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
BHESCo have developed more than sixty #CommunityEnergy projects in and around #Sussex. Have a browse through our case studies and get inspired to make the leap to renewables. bhesco.co.uk/commercial/c...
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Paul Boldrin @paulboldrin.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
Let people get it done themselves! Councils don't like paying for things like this, they do however like fining people, and British people love reporting their neighbours to the council. People will install the most perfect gullies for fear of the wrath of Brenda at number 27 getting a £500 fine.
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Mike Barker - MicroGrids Matter ? @microgridmike.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
How did you get your sleep back?
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Mike Barker - MicroGrids Matter ? @microgridmike.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
In South Africa they steal the entire mini-sub with a crane truck. Else they know enough to steal just the neutral cable.
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ClimateHope @climatehope.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Agrivoltaics - the future of farming. www.pv-magazine.com/2025/07/11/a...
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A closer look at vertical agrivoltaics
<b>pv magazine</b> visited a 1.9 MW agrivoltaic plant in Austria where pumpkins and soy are cultivated beneath vertically mounted PV structures supplied by Next2Sun.
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Mike Barker - MicroGrids Matter ? @microgridmike.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Is this the 5 minute argument?
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Mike Barker - MicroGrids Matter ? @microgridmike.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
No it's not - youtu.be/ohDB5gbtaEQ?...
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Argument - Monty Python
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Mike Barker - MicroGrids Matter ? @microgridmike.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
#LocalInertia is a thing 🙂
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Mike Barker - MicroGrids Matter ? @microgridmike.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
"Inertia location and slow network modes determine disturbance propagation in large-scale power grids" journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
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Inertia location and slow network modes determine disturbance propagation in large-scale power grids
Conventional generators in power grids are steadily substituted with new renewable sources of electric power. The latter are connected to the grid via inverters and as such have little, if any rotatio...
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Mike Barker - MicroGrids Matter ? @microgridmike.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
And the best metric is hourly matching - ie. 24/7 Carbon-free Energy
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Mike Barker - MicroGrids Matter ? @microgridmike.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
" There was a time A storm that blew so pure " ( This is NOT America )
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Chris Meder @evcurvefuturist.com · 02/07/2025
Totally agree—we should aim for 50, but the early re-panelling risk is real. Some of the C&I installs in the 2022–2024 gold rush were rushed, under-specced, or poorly mounted. But the upside? Next-gen panels are dirt cheap, smarter, and tougher. Swaps will be upgrades, not setbacks.
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Chris Meder @evcurvefuturist.com · 02/07/2025
Absolutely. PV won’t just sit on buildings—it will be the building. BIPV is the future: roofs, façades, windows, walls. And let’s not forget the great untapped solar goldmine—carport rooftops. Wasted space just begging to power the grid.
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Mike Barker - MicroGrids Matter ? @microgridmike.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
𝗦𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆 - 𝗘𝗩𝘀 - 𝗨𝗞 Please consider joining this fledgling LinkedIN Group for Professionals :- www.linkedin.com/groups/12713... - a carefully curated spam-free resource Thanks, Mike
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Mike Barker - MicroGrids Matter ? @microgridmike.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
𝗚𝗿𝗶𝗱-𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 - 𝗘𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆 𝗙𝗹𝗲𝘅𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 - 24/7 Carbon-free Energy Please consider joining:- www.linkedin.com/groups/13513... > 2000 members - a carefully curated spam-free resource Thanks, Mike
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Mike Barker - MicroGrids Matter ? @microgridmike.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Yep, agree. Future C&I modules will need to become a quality building material. #BIPV PV will be the roof, and in higher latitudes the wall, the fenestration, and even the fence🙂
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Mike Barker - MicroGrids Matter ? @microgridmike.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Agree. We should shoot for 50, but I fear low cost of more efficient modules combined with early failures will see re-pannelling of key sites. Mad rush to carpet every C&I roof has meant low quality installations
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Mike Barker - MicroGrids Matter ? @microgridmike.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
50 years ? Perhaps less 🤫
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Mike Barker - MicroGrids Matter ? @microgridmike.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
www.esig.energy/grid-forming...
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Grid-Forming Technology in Energy Systems Integration - ESIG
Quicklinks: Brief: A Unique Window of Opportunity: Capturing the Reliability Benefits of Grid-Forming Batteries (March 2023) Report: Grid-Forming Technology in Energy Systems Integration (March 2022) ...
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Mike Barker - MicroGrids Matter ? @microgridmike.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
EMerge Alliance www.emergealliance.org currentos.org Current/OS odca.zvei.org Open DC Alliance (ODCA)
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EMerge Alliance – Hybrid AC/DC & DC Microgrid Standards & Information
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Mike Barker - MicroGrids Matter ? @microgridmike.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
And since almost all inverters are Chinese-made, international standards like IEEE 1547 become all that more important cc @volts.wtf
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Electrek @electrek.co · 21/06/2025
Canadian study finds that 33% of commercial trucks are ready to electrify – today
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Canadian study finds that 33% of commercial trucks are ready to electrify – today
A new study by the Pembina Institute shows that a third of the commercial trucks and vans on Toronto’s roads are ready to electrify today – while nearly half could be electrified by 2030. more…
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Agroecology Map @agroecologymap.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
💡Discover a global network of agroecology projects and groups on Agroecology Map! 🌱 Connect, learn, and grow with initiatives promoting sustainable farming and food systems worldwide. 🌍✨ #Agroecology #SustainableFarming #FoodJustice 🔗 Find out more agroecologymap.org/projects_and...
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