Wow that proposed Eastern Green Link 6 is quite the bootstrap! Somehow I hadn't heard about it until today, it's hard to find specifics on it.
Robin Hawkes
@robhawkes.bsky.social
🐙 DataViz at @octopus.energy ⚡️ Obsessed with maps and energy ✨ Creator of ViziCities 👨💻 Previously Wood Mackenzie & devrel at Mozilla
Experimenting with a satellite imagery version… Not sure how I feel about it yet but I can see a few cases where it'd be handy.
Robin Hawkes@robhawkes.bsky.social · 2d agoBritain's electricity network* *mostly… This is an experiment I'm working on to visualise energy data using Blender and Geometry Nodes
Totally normal things to be doing to keep your reliable baseload power… reliable 💥
NEW: Big new feature from me about offshore wind farms as anchors for wildlife! For example: seals swimming *into* turbine towers to, apparently, hunt fish - and scour protection at the base of turbines used by sea creatures as a dwelling place. atmos.earth/science-and-...
The Sea Life Making a Home in Offshore Wind Farms | Atmos
Offshore wind farms can pose risks to birds and marine life. But their foundations also serve as artificial reefs, offering essential habit.
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Britain's electricity network* *mostly… This is an experiment I'm working on to visualise energy data using Blender and Geometry Nodes
This year has been a good one for reading so far… Some decent momentum too, well ahead of where I was this time last year.
Blackout warnings in Hungary, triggered by an outage on a gas plant and the shutdown of a nuclear plant due to low water levels. Damn that intermittent power…
Turns out other types of power generation also don't enjoy extreme weather events…
It's a good job the intermittent price of gas doesn't directly impact electricity prices…
The 151-page Whitelee re-powering "scoping report" has been released as promised www.energyconsents.scot/ApplicationD...
Robin Hawkes@robhawkes.bsky.social · 2w agoTwice the output for nearly half the number of wind turbines… This is exactly why re-powering is such an important tool for levelling-up the renewable assets we already have. I'm very curious to dig into the plans once they are published later in the week. www.scottishpower.com/w/plans-to-r...
Twice the output for nearly half the number of wind turbines… This is exactly why re-powering is such an important tool for levelling-up the renewable assets we already have. I'm very curious to dig into the plans once they are published later in the week. www.scottishpower.com/w/plans-to-r...
If you're interested in how the grid is run then I recommended looking through the weekly @neso-energy.bsky.social Operational Transparency Forum. It's super nerdy but a great way to understand what's happening week-on-week, a little on the why, and also a chance to have some questions answered.
Operational Transparency Forum | National Energy System Operator
Join our weekly forum to find out more about ENCC actions.
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It's astounding to see the same people who complain about high electricity bills now complaining about a policy that will reduce electricity bills. Is it the solution in isolation? Of course not. Does it take us a small distance in the right direction? Yes.
If the only way you can get people to listen is shouting in all caps then perhaps it's not as strong an argument as you think
"Ditch Net Zero"? Only 9 months ago you claimed Octopus were the ones being anti-Net Zero. What happened Dale?
Dale Vince@dalevince.com · 4w agoNet zero has become a crusade and all notions of value for money and business like decisions have gone out the window. Reform are making much of this. That’s why I say ditch net zero, break up DESNZ and re purpose £50 Billion into issues which affect people right here right now.
What feature is missing from my live energy map? If you could snap your fingers and add a new feature to my energy map, what would it be? It doesn't need to be map-related either, I'm warming to the idea of a general "come here to see the state of the GB electricity system past and present."
Robin Hawkes@robhawkes.bsky.social · 6mo agoIt's here! All power assets are now live on my GB Renewables Map ⚡ That's right, it's not just wind farms any more. Now you can see live and historic data for gas power plants, nuclear, grid batteries, biomass, pumped hydro and even a bit of solar.
What feature is missing from my live energy map? If you could snap your fingers and add a new feature to my energy map, what would it be? It doesn't need to be map-related either, I'm warming to the idea of a general "come here to see the state of the GB electricity system past and present."
Robin Hawkes@robhawkes.bsky.social · 6mo agoIt's here! All power assets are now live on my GB Renewables Map ⚡ That's right, it's not just wind farms any more. Now you can see live and historic data for gas power plants, nuclear, grid batteries, biomass, pumped hydro and even a bit of solar.
Watching back @neso-energy.bsky.social's discussion of managing the electricity network last week and I am unimpressed. Everything was "green" right up until it wasn't, necessitating emergency actions to reduce exports to the Netherlands and to import more from France on Tuesday evening. 1/
Obvious perhaps but also kinda fascinating how the breaks in a football match can have a massive impact on instantaneous demand www.neso.energy/news/neso-re...
It's still not too late to make suggestions for this
Robin Hawkes@robhawkes.bsky.social · last mo.I'm working on some (free and public) content on how to tell stories using data. But I need your help… It'll be a round-up of the lessons I've learnt over the years teasing stories out of complex datasets, and how to tell those stories in simple ways that anyone can easily understand.
I also recently write a post on the Octopus blog that lifts the curtain on the type of projects the team works on and how we deliver them. If you're someone who loves to learn and thrives when challenged then this is the perfect role for you. octopus.energy/blog/making-...
A tech project to silence heat pump haters? I love this shit
How do you silence heat pump haters? With hard data. See how the Octopus Energy team built a live, real-time heat pump dashboard in under two weeks
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I'm hiring 👀🐙⚡ This is a rare opportunity to join the Data Visualisation team at Octopus Energy, the largest (and most exciting) energy supplier in Britain. jobs.lever.co/octoenergy/b...
I'm hiring 👀🐙⚡ This is a rare opportunity to join the Data Visualisation team at Octopus Energy, the largest (and most exciting) energy supplier in Britain. jobs.lever.co/octoenergy/b...
AI slop has finally made it's way to energy… To be fair we reached that point a while ago but wow has it got bad lately. A particular favourite has to be this bizarrely-proportioned map of Britain that claims to show the TNUoS demand zones that "exactly align with the country's 14 DNO regions"
