guynewey
@guynewey.bsky.social
CEO at Energy Systems Catapult. Helping clean tech innovators thrive in the future energy system. Ex-SPAD/PAD/wonk/hack. Uncertain about much....
It was inevitable, wasn't it🙄 Of course the Telegraph would run with something like this👇 So let's remove some of the rose-tinted spectacles and also look at some of that data comparing 1976 with modern heat waves Because the 1976 nostalgia porn is wearing a bit thin at this stage 🧵1/23
Why do our second-tier cities underperform? Why do we have fewer trams in the UK? I try my best to give an answer to these two interconnected questions. chriscurtismk.substack.com/p/to-grow-th...
To grow the economy we need more trams, and fewer kebabs
Britain’s second-tier cities are being held back by a simple problem, too many people still cannot get across them quickly enough to reach the jobs, customers and opportunities that drive growth.
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Energy bills are about to spike. How do we rapidly get help to those who need it most? open.substack.com/pub/guynewey...
Energy bills are about to spike. How do we rapidly get help to those who need it most?
(I wrote this article Rose Chard, my colleague at Energy Systems Catapult, who has pioneered this work over the past five years).
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We must stop all subsidy in the energy sector. We must have more gas storage. Yawn.
I get the #BlueMonday thing, but the feeling when your bins are collected and you have cleared the post-Christmas rubbish backlog gives me a perhaps disproportionate shot of endorphins….
An excellent response from @tomforth.co.uk to the TBI proposal for new R&D institutions outside universities. I agree that it would be better if the UK had more diversity in R&D institutions; Tom brilliantly identifies some blind-spots in the TBI analysis. To pick out a few key points...
Tom Forth@tomforth.co.uk · 8mo agoI went to a dinner with the AI Minister and I read a paper on Lovelace Institue --- a proposal from Tony Blair's Institute on how we could fund breakthrough science better. And I wrote that all up into one incoherent mess for you to enjoy. tomforth.co.uk/nationalpurp...
🚨Just released🚨 'Tipping the balance: Cheaper electricity is needed to drive clean heating' Our brand new globally focussed paper looks at the role of energy pricing in delivering clean heat uptake and provides examples of what has been done to reduce electricity prices.
A bit of self-indulgence on a chilly Tuesday. Some reflections 10 years on from Amber Rudd's 'Reset' energy speech. What worked out as we hoped? What did not? Coal, offshore wind, system operator reform, half-hourly settlement. All the exciting stuff...
If you are in energy, you literally have nothing better to do right now than read this by @knowledgeproblem.bsky.social .... What the Economics Nobel teaches us about energy and innovation.... substack.com/home/post/p-...
An Innovation Nobel in Economics
Innovation-Driven Economic Growth, With Implications for Electricity
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1. To opinions! Solar is the cheapest source of bulk electricity in many countries, and the quickest to deploy, and now you couldn't stop it being built if you wanted to. The limits to PV build in most places are grid access, permitting, and sometimes installation labour.
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Rental properties are often left behind when it comes to heating systems. This is because most landlords encounter: → High upfront costs for cleaner technologies → Different/unfamiliar maintenance r...
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These flags at the Last Night of the Proms are out of control…..
Interesting big study looking at the geography of public R&D funding in 200 regions across 22 European countries. It supports the @tomforth.co.uk @richardaljones.bsky.social argument that R&D policy can often act as a form of anti-regional policy www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Does public R&D funding reinforce regional disparities? Exploring the changing geography of public and business R&D expenditure in Europe
The concentration of R&D investments in regions with strong local capabilities helps these regions pull further ahead in the innovation economy, drivi…
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This ONS article is helpful for thinking about the magnitudes of energy crisis vs. Brexit. (NB France, Italy and Germany also had an energy crisis, of course.) www.ons.gov.uk/economy/econ...
The impact of higher energy costs on UK businesses - Office for National Statistics
Impact of the increase in electricity and gas prices between 2021 and 2024 on energy-intensive industries in the UK.
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Invention vs. Innovation The need for market signals in power What is needed to deliver clean power plans and reduce costs to consumers? Today’s Transmission guest is @guynewey.bsky.social - check it out on the usual channels
As someone who has dislocated both shoulders many, many times, I can tell you that trying to run fast three days after doing it is not advisable…
Excellent thread. What a missed opportunity…..
Stephen Jarvis@stephenjarvis.bsky.social · last yr.After a lengthy review the UK government recently decided not to pursue locational pricing reforms to the electricity wholesale markets. I figured I’d offer a retelling of this saga and a few thoughts of my own. Energy nerds were out in force for this debate too so other takes are welcome. (1/n)
I hope Lucy Bronze, as she walked up to take her penalty, looked up at the ‘Abba > Beatles’ sign in the crowd and thought: ‘I’m not having that…’
I tell you naught for your comfort, Yea, naught for your desire, Save that the sky grows darker yet And the sea rises higher. Pretty much sums it up….
Catch our CEO, @guynewey.bsky.social, on 13 June at @uk100.org’s 5 and 25 Local Climate Conference in Birmingham. Join Guy at 2PM for the “How a Local Area Energy Plan Can Unlock Growth” session. Secure your space: www.uk100.org/events/uk100...
Sooo... the government has removed the 1m planning rule in England, and the BBC have opened the comments section on their article...😱😳 Because I clearly hate myself, let's do a quick fact check on some of the most popular comments... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Planning change makes heat pump installations easier for homes
The rule requiring planning permission if a heat pump is within 1m of a neighbours property has been removed.
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Hot fuss: A fast-to-install, flat-against-the-wall, heat pump and hot water tank in one... As part of my new Substack, I am going to profile some of the most exciting up-and-coming UK clean tech companies. First up, Bristol-based heat pump innovator Nusku.