Energy Revolutions by David Toke

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Half hour retail pricing cuts my electricity bills by a third! Plus: cheap heat pumps!
In Britain a revolutionary new half-hour retail electricity tariff is leading the charge towards demand side management.
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Nuclear (in)flexibility, nearly 100% electricity from solar PV and offshore wind surge!
I keep hearing claims, most recently from the British Government, about how nuclear power can be used flexibly to help balance fluctuating wind and…
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How the United Nations has under-predicted the rate of global temperature rise
The UN's climate science body has been conservative in its predictions of temperature rises
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So why are UK electricity bills so high?
- it's got nothing to do with the amount of wind and and solar generation
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Two stories: How wind power cuts UK wholesale electricity prices by a quarter and 2) How to cut electricity by curbing 'greedy gas'
The Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU) has calculated that in 2024 UK wholesale electricity prices would have been over 30 per cent higher if…
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Two stories: 1) How SMRs may curb nuclear development and... 2) Why Reform can't cancel UK's renewable energy projects
Two posts in one!
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Global solar PV increase surges by a third in 2025 - and much of this is down to decentralised power
Solar production made a giant surge in the first five months of 2025, up by over a third compared to the same period in 2024.
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Energy Revolutions by David Toke
Energy Revolutions by David Toke
David Toke's Green Energy Blog discusses themes in and around his book 'Energy Revolutions - Profiteering versus Democracy' published by Pluto Press in April 2024
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