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Mike Thompson @mikethommo.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Excited for the @biee.org Policy Conference today. Always a great day of Energy Strategy and Policy discussions and a chance to catch up with lots of clever and generous folk 🗨💬🗯💭

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Climate Change Committee @thecccuk.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

The Committee warmly welcome Parliament’s decision to pass the Seventh Carbon Budget into law this evening. This sets a legally binding target of around 87% emissions reduction for 2038–42, in line with our advice. Response from our Chair ⬇️ www.theccc.org.uk/2026/06/24/r...

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Climate Change Committee @thecccuk.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

The Committee recommends government focus on: 🪭 Better cooling. 🌊 Stronger flood protection. 💧 A more secure water supply. These are the most critical priorities to address the three biggest climate risks: heat, flooding and drought. www.theccc.org.uk/publication/...

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A Well-Adapted UK - Climate Change Committee

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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 07/05/2026

ANALYSIS: Wind and solar have saved UK from gas imports worth £1.7bn since Iran war began 😎 Record-high wind+solar output 🔥 Record-low gas generation ❄️ First ever winter with wind+solar out-performing fossil fuels 🏆 Wind+solar beating gas for 15 straight months 1/5

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Matt Magill @themattmagill.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

So close to GB running zero carbon yesterday. Well done to everyone in the GB energy space - 🏆 Record-breaking day for Great Britain's electricity system! ⚡ On 22 April, we achieved a new zero-carbon record, with zero-carbon sources providing 98.8% of our electricity between 3:30 – 4pm.

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Dan Grey @dangrey.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

It appears Great Britain set a remarkable new record for clean power this afternoon: between 3pm and 3.30pm, just 420 MW of 33,640 MW electricity generation was coming from fossil fuels (all gas) Gas was just 1.2% of all generation. The rest was wind, sun, nuclear, biomass (5.5%) and imports (6.9%)

NESO dashboard reports fossil low of 420 MW and 1.2%

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Tom Haddon @tomh-analyst.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

It begins. The wave of AR3/AR4 mega projects at bargain basement prices (e.g. Sofia is ~£55/MWh in 2026 money) is starting to wake up. Dogger Bank A and B emerging, too. Hornsea 3 just around the corner. All of which will be highly competitive with prevailing wholesale prices.

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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 02/04/2026

NEW ANALYSIS: Record wind and solar generation saved UK from gas imports worth £1bn in March 2026 📈Wind+solar were up 22% year-on-year in March to a record high for the month ⛴️This avoided the need for gas imports worth £1bn at current high prices www.carbonbrief.org/...

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Mike Thompson @mikethommo.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

More top work from @thecccuk.bsky.social 👏 💪 The benefits of climate action far outweigh the costs 🔥 Those costs, over the 25-year transition to Net Zero, are comparable to the cost of a single fossil fuel crisis! 👍 Robust over many sensitivities and in line with recent @neso-energy.bsky.social work

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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 10/02/2026

BREAKING: UK govt auction secures 4.9GW new solar at £65/MWh and 1.3GW new onshore wind at £72/MWh, 13% and 21% below the price cap respectively. All due online by 2029.

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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 15/01/2026

Here's how Aurora Energy Research sees the UK offshore wind auction (AR7) cutting bills for consumers "£1bn by 2035" * CfD payments go up * Other costs go up (balancing, capacity mkt) * Wholesale prices go down * Overall costs go down www.linkedin.com/posts/ivan-b...

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James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Here's the other side of the story you won't read in today's headlines about the cost of meeting net zero targets. The reality is the IEA report is deeply flawed and based on some pretty blatant cherry-picking of clean tech costs. www.businessgreen.com/news/4524063...

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'Cherry picking data': Government and analysts hit back at latest Tufton Street attacks on net zero

Right wing think tank accuses Climate Change Committee of overly optimistic clean tech cost estimates, but supporters of climate action counter that latest criticisms fail to recognise risks associate...

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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 13/01/2026

Truly wild that the Sun, Daily Mail, Daily Express & Daily Telegraph all covered false claims that net-zero will "cost" £7.6bn – or even £9tn – which assumes we could have free gas, free petrol, free petrol cars & free gas power plants if we scrapped net-zero More here: bsky.app/profile/drsi...

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Mike Thompson @mikethommo.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

1/ Some wild numbers have been used in the media this week for “the cost of net zero”. Reports have said that net zero will “cost” £4.5 trillion, £7.6 trillion – the list goes on. None of these are the cost of net zero – a quick explainer 🧵 on why

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Mike Thompson @mikethommo.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Hello #EnergySky, nice to be here. If you'd like to hear about NESO's Clean Power 2030 advice, check out this convo I had with Rob. Covers challenges, definition, scenarios, costs and cutting the link with gas prices. Enjoy!

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