Electric Grids

There isn’t enough distribution capacity to meet demand. In London, housing developers have been told they face delays of being connected to the grid.  The earliest availability is between 2027 and 2030. This is before all gas central heating is replaced and before...

Gas

The price of gas is blamed on the Russia / Ukraine war. It is however also bolstered by the COP26 commitments. Gas produces ½ of the CO2 that oil does. Industrial nations can therefore partially satisfy their commitments by moving from Coal & Oil to Gas. The UK is...

Energy Hypocrisy

The Bank of England predicts that households are about to experience the biggest cut in disposable income since 1949.  Much of the increase in living costs is attributable to the cost of energy. Gas is at a premium because it produces less CO2 than coal or oil.  One...

National Grid

The National Grid provides a live status (check it out) At 9.35am on 20th December the contribution from wind was………. 3.4%.  The contribution from gas was 58.7%. The spot price for gas has reached USD 300 BOE recently.  At that price there is plenty...

Transition to all electric

From the “UK Energy in Brief” the current UK annual consumption of the main carbon based sources is:- Oil           57.4 million tonnes Gas        37.4 million tonnes of oil equivalent Coal       1.9 million tonnes of oil equivalent Gas primarily supplies domestic...

Future conflict

The changing climate will give rise to population moves on a scale never seen before.  There will be conflict over the best places to shelter from a stormy planet. The higher ground in the UK looks like a Goldilocks environment (not too hot and not too cold) by 2050....