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Cleaning Up Podcast @cleaninguppod.bsky.social · 12h

The £60 billion plan! @mliebreich.bsky.social welcomes John Pettigrew, outgoing National Grid CEO this week. Join them as they discuss how National Grid will be rewiring Britain to meet the demands of the UK's Clean Power 30 plan. Out now 🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7Lg...

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Cleaning Up Podcast @cleaninguppod.bsky.social · 21h

Here Comes The Great Grid Upgrade! John Pettigrew, CEO of National Grid, joins @mliebreich.bsky.social on Cleaning Up! New to substack, reflections on this week's episode. Subscribe for more on Cleaning Up.

Substack🔗 cleaninguppod.substack.com
New episode🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7Lg...

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Michael Liebreich @mliebreich.bsky.social · 20h

This week on @cleaninguppod.bsky.social I sat down with John Pettigrew, outgoing CEO of National Grid. He joined 35 years ago and was CEO for 10, ending his era by kicking off UK's £60 billion Great Grid Upgrade. A deep conversation with a titan of the power sector. www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7Lg...

The £60 Billion Plan To Rewire Britain | Ep227: John Pettigrew

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Michael Liebreich @mliebreich.bsky.social · 1d

"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it is because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea." But you should watch more YouTube... :-)
youtu.be/Nr3mIj5ZSfI?...

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Michael Liebreich @mliebreich.bsky.social · 1d

Is Cantona the guy with the YouTube channel?

A composite image of Eric Cantona and Michael Liebreich.

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Michael Liebreich @mliebreich.bsky.social · 1d

Holger, can I lend you an envelope? On the back of it you could do the calculations required to show how much it would cost. You would never post the same thing again, I promise!

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Michael Liebreich @mliebreich.bsky.social · 1d

There are cheaper ways of making clean nitrogen fertilisers, including cheaper ways of making clean hydrogen that do not include using green electricity that could have a 2-9x heater impact on emissions reduction if used directly.

Michael Liebreich @mliebreich.bsky.social · 1d

It's already here, it just hasn't sunk yet.
youtu.be/ZOes1qUckxU?...

DRIFT Energy demonstration at SailGP

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Cleaning Up Podcast @cleaninguppod.bsky.social · 1d

'We are rewiring Britain, it's a once in a generation moment' Join outgoing National Grid CEO, John Pettigrew and @mliebreich.bsky.social as they explore the UK's £60million plan to deliver clean power and reflect upon John's 35 years with the company. Out now 🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7Lg...

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Michael Liebreich @mliebreich.bsky.social · 1d

Today's #HydrogenSoufflé is brought to you from the future. Yes, this project is so dumb I can break news of its failure even before it's happened. Innovate UK and Swansea are supporting a project to use floating offshore wind to make green hydrogen. Taxpayers, rise up!
nation.cymru/news/plans-p...

Plans progress for floating hydrogen facility off Welsh coast

Plans for a pioneering project to produce green hydrogen in the Celtic Sea have advanced. The Milford Haven: Hydrogen Kingdom (MH:HK) initiative will use a combination of offshore wind power and elect...

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Michael Liebreich @mliebreich.bsky.social · 2d

The hare needs to own its failure - it can't keep blaming others.

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Michael Liebreich @mliebreich.bsky.social · 2d

Transition-like-a-hare (global net zero by 2050) failed. Transition-like-a-tortoise rolls on, under the vapour trails of polarized rhetoric. #PragmaticClimateReset

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Renewables overtake coal as world's biggest source of electricity

Developing countries lead the historic clean energy charge but the US and EU rely more on fossil fuels than before, a think tank study shows.

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Michael Liebreich @mliebreich.bsky.social · 2d

What is the advantage of hydrogen internal combustion over a fuel cell in a bus?

Lower up-front cost
No PGMs

But:
Same expensive fuel
Same expensive tanks
Same expensive fuel infrastructure
Same limited range
Similar maintenance cost

And:
Lower km per kg
More NOx

Is it a gamechanger?
No.

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Liebreich Associates Ltd. @liebreichassoc.bsky.social · 3d

Energy2025 Virtual Conference! @mliebreich.bsky.social will be taking part in a virtual panel discussion tomorrow, October 7th, 10.30AM UK, themed 'Has the hydrogen bubble really burst?'. Register now to join 🔗 live.letsgetdigital.com/4610-energy2...

ENERGY2025

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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 3d

Ukraine has built a network of secret battery parks to shield its power system from Russian strikes, the WSJ reports. Six U.S.-made energy storage sites with a total capacity of 200 MW have been installed in Kyiv and Dnipropetrovsk regions, enough to power about 600,000 homes for two hours.

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Michael Liebreich @mliebreich.bsky.social · 3d

Well, has it? Or is it more of a #HydrogenSoufflé?

Liebreich Associates Ltd. @liebreichassoc.bsky.social · 3d

Energy2025 Virtual Conference! @mliebreich.bsky.social will be taking part in a virtual panel discussion tomorrow, October 7th, 10.30AM UK, themed 'Has the hydrogen bubble really burst?'. Register now to join 🔗 live.letsgetdigital.com/4610-energy2...

ENERGY2025

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Michael Liebreich @mliebreich.bsky.social · 3d

Definitely a distinct chance. But it's hard to know what happens along the way - how will people react if they see half the world power ahead into the future and their own country stuck in the past. Is it Cuba, driving crappy ICE cars forever, or is there a Japan/Admiral Perry or Sputnik moment?

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Michael Liebreich @mliebreich.bsky.social · 4d

Not really. At best the RoW would simply leave the US and other petro-states) behind.

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Michael Liebreich @mliebreich.bsky.social · 4d

The problem with electrolysers is not their efficiency or reliability. It is their power requirement and the fact that you need to build a chemicals plant around them. For blue, turquoise hydrogen, the energy required is much less and the process will be colocated with chemicals plants.

Michael Liebreich @mliebreich.bsky.social · 4d

I don't do Xitter any more. I'll leave you to point out that I took think CP30 is the wrong goal, but only because I know that we can go much faster at a lower cost - and that I'm a strong supporter of the Climate Change Act.

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Michael Liebreich @mliebreich.bsky.social · 4d

Bingo.

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Michael Liebreich @mliebreich.bsky.social · 5d

Keep believing the myth of vast cash subsidies for fossil fuels, even though they are funding governments around the world. Goodbye.

Michael Liebreich @mliebreich.bsky.social · 5d

It's the *clean* hydrogen ladder, not the *green* hydrogen ladder. Green hydrogen proved much more expensive than we all thought, and there's no pathway to making it competitive in the next decade. And every kWh you use making it could have had 2-9x the impact if used directly.

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Michael Liebreich @mliebreich.bsky.social · 5d

This week on @cleaninguppod.bsky.social it was #India's (long overdue) turn in the spotlight! Arunabha Ghosh, founder CEO of the Council on Energy, Environment & Water, Special Envoy for COP30, talked to Bryony about the country's 2 transitions: electrification & renewables. youtu.be/qMrn-JewoCo?...

What India Gets Right About The Energy Transition | Ep226: Dr Arunabha Ghosh

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Michael Liebreich @mliebreich.bsky.social · 5d

Blue or turquoise hydrogen. Or direct electrical nitrogen fixing via electro chemical processes, plasma etc. Or do nitrogen fertiliser without ammonia, eg cCM [note: I'm an angel investor]. Or direct biological methods like Pivot Bio. But also, stop over-applying, runoff, etc. Well, you did ask :-)

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