Simon Evans

@DrSimEvans

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  1. Pinned Tweet
    Jan 11

    This interactive map (& animated GIF) is still amazing. Check it out if you haven’t already!

    4:14 AM - 11 Jan 2016 · Details
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  2. 35 minutes ago

    Times: “Tech-tied young left high & dry by power cuts” Confused? Read source instead:

    2:03 AM - 9 May 2016 · Details
  3. 42 minutes ago

    The Times’s on a National Grid smart power scheme that could save us all money

    1:56 AM - 9 May 2016 · Details
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  4. 1 hour ago

    plant closure 'news' not so much of a surprise...

    . My friend informs me that this is in line with the five year plan. India will still add 84 GW coal capacity.
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  6. May 7

    Nice way to visualize trade data

    Mapped: The global coal trade
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  7. May 7

    Another inspired from

    Mapped: The global coal trade
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  8. 24 hours ago

    Indian drought forcing some coal power stations to suspend electricity generation

    2:55 AM - 8 May 2016 · Details
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  9. May 8

    Where does from the world's top ten exporters go?

    2:16 AM - 8 May 2016 · Details
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  10. May 7

    GB electricity: wind 8.5% coal 3.5% nuclear 20.3% gas 39.0% hydro 1.8% import 9.4% solar 8.2% biomass 6.4% storage 2.8% Demand 32GW

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  11. May 6

    There’s still work to do, but fuel cell could be one of the keys to meeting growing energy needs while lowering

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  12. May 6

    I think the word “could” is doing a lot of work in these quotes...

    Reuters: "First fracked gas could hit UK market in 2017 – Cuadrilla” (full production “could start in 2018”)
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  13. May 6

    Intriguing, given Adonis role leading ...

    Expect Andrew Adonis to be offered major role in Team Sadiq.
  15. May 6

    Labour's Sadiq Khan has won the London Mayoralty "without question", says YouGov's Peter Kellner.

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  17. May 6

    Pictures from Tesla's Gigafactory, 14% completed

    7:53 AM - 6 May 2016 · Details
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  18. May 6

    Not sure what this means, but I love that our coal map has reached Mongolia - 1 of 87 countries where it’s been read

    Чааваас манайханы бж бгаа царайг харцгаа.
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  19. May 6

    Interesanta karte par ogļu "ceļiem"

    Have you seen our map of the global trade? Take a look. |
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  21. May 6

    Surely you mean “industry expert Charles Hendry”?

    Tidal lagoon review announced by Govt in Feb to be headed up by former energy minister Charles Hendry.
  22. May 6

    …includes a huge 60Mt of cheap/discounted lignite

    The web of coal exports: surprisingly, in 2014, the biggest exporter to China was Indonesia not Australia.
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  23. May 6

    Have you seen our map of the global trade? Take a look. |

    4:46 AM - 6 May 2016 · Details
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  24. May 6

    Mayoral race latest count:

    4:47 AM - 6 May 2016 · Details
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  25. May 6

    In other words a hedge against risk of further closures causing capacity shortages? (which is rather the point, no?)

    DECC benefit of early CM range between -£2.4bn&£11bn. 2.5GW closure scenario shows £1bn cost of moving to early CM
  26. May 6

    Updated DECC price projections suggest gas-fired electricity £15/MWh cheaper in 2020 & coal £4 than Nov ‘15 outlook.

    DECC has slashed its fossil fuel price projections, again. Now expects 30p gas in 2020 (-42% vs Nov ’15 projection).
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  27. May 6

    Sensible decision. Important to see what genuine demand-side response can deliver

    Govt to exclude generation-based DSR (diesels, CHP) from transitional DSR auction
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  28. May 6

    Note that these dynamics already at play in debate over Levy Control Framework “overspend”:

    Significant implications: Levy Control Framework subsidies will be higher, but energy bills lower (vs prev outlook).
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  29. May 6

    Significant implications: Levy Control Framework subsidies will be higher, but energy bills lower (vs prev outlook).

    DECC has slashed its fossil fuel price projections, again. Now expects 30p gas in 2020 (-42% vs Nov ’15 projection).
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  30. May 6

    In 2013, DECC thought 2020 gas would cost 74p/therm. New update says 30p. For coal, 2013 said $123/t. Now says $53.

    DECC has slashed its fossil fuel price projections, again. Now expects 30p gas in 2020 (-42% vs Nov ’15 projection).
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  31. May 6

    DECC has slashed its fossil fuel price projections, again. Now expects 30p gas in 2020 (-42% vs Nov ’15 projection).

    3:28 AM - 6 May 2016 · Details
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  32. May 6

    I'll be repeating this: assuming Khan won, our GOP presidential nominee wouldn't allow the Mayor of London to enter the U.S.

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  33. May 6

    Govt now talking to Japanese about post-Hinkley nuclear investment. Fukashima-on-Thames? Sounds like another winner.

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  34. May 6

    If you're watching the mayoral live-count, but want the figures rather than those bars, look at the source code...

    2:51 AM - 6 May 2016 · Details
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  35. May 6

    So sad that so much racism obviously sits just beneath the surface of many Little Englanders

    LONDON: Mail readers are responding to Sadiq Khan's likely mayoral victory with a spectacular outburst of racism.
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  36. May 6

    - the results so far put well ahead of

    2:46 AM - 6 May 2016 · Details
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  38. May 6

    Govt to exclude generation-based DSR (diesels, CHP) from transitional DSR auction

    2:32 AM - 6 May 2016 · Details
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  39. May 6

    £200m research ship named RRS Sir David Attenborough – remote underwater support vessel to be named

    , and
    1:25 AM - 6 May 2016 · Details
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  41. May 6

    What is “statistical bullshit”? explains:

    1:42 AM - 6 May 2016 · Details
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  42. May 4

    Don't forget we've archived our on climate & energy subjects |

    9:16 AM - 4 May 2016 · Details
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  43. May 6

    If you're planning to read Lomborg on the “good news” about climate change, I suggest you read this 1st:

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  44. May 6 Thorpe Saint Andrew, England

    IA argues early auction value 4 money if viewed as insurance vs closures that 'might' occur without it (assuming CBR would not expand)

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  45. May 6

    DECC's assumed price for the CM in 2017/18 is £62/kW! How? there should be v.little new build in the T-1 auction...

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  46. May 6

    DECC CM impact assessment counterfactual assumes 2.5GW closures in 2016, which is nonsense honestly, they should compare cost of SBR to CM

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  47. May 6

    Gov't IA says without scheme, wholesale electricity prices would spike (due to shortages). So net cost on bills it reckons only £21.

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  48. May 6

    Good day to bury bad news? Gov't releases impact assessment showing capacity market scheme to avert blackouts could add £38 to energy bills.

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  49. May 6

    DECC publish decision on proposed reforms to Capacity Market, confirms early T-1 auction will go ahead |

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  50. May 6

    Govt confirms plans to bring forward capacity market to 2017-18; publishes impact assessment

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  51. May 5

    …a description that fits several of the politician’s Conservative colleagues!

    "I do not find it possible to take seriously somebody who doesn't believe in climate change" UK conserv pol on Trump
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