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Dan Grey

@dangrey.bsky.social

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Energy and transitioning from fossil fuels. Complex issues I try to shine a light on. Ex-UKAEA and Met Office. Occasionally politics Exeter, UK

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Dan Grey @dangrey.bsky.social · May 9

So Ørsted has canned the Hornsea 4 wind farm project – what does that mean for the pipeline of offshore wind farms between now and 2030?

Not all that much...

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Dan Grey @dangrey.bsky.social · May 7

Orsted, majority-owned by the Danish government, has decided to cancel the 2.4 GW Hornsea 4 offshore wind farm. The final investment decision had been expected later this year – they've taken it early, and it's a negative.

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Ørsted discontinues Hornsea 4 offshore wind project

Ørsted has announced it will discontinue construction on its Hornsea 4 offshore wind project in the UK, despite recently securing a Contract for

www.energyvoice.com

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Dan Grey @dangrey.bsky.social · 15h

Unfair headline. The error was HMRC's, not ONS's, and that should be made clear

Dan Grey @dangrey.bsky.social · 15h

– 5-6 Mt of virgin steel is made in the UK a year
–2-3 Mt is exported (80% to EU)
– 6-7 Mt is imported
– 8-9 Mt of scrap is exported

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Dan Grey @dangrey.bsky.social · 15h

As steel is in the #r4today news again this is your regular reminder that the UK exports much more scrap steel for recycling abroad than it produces virgin steel domestically.

More than anything else, we need new electric arc furnaces in the UK so scrap steel van can be recycled here

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Dan Grey @dangrey.bsky.social · 1d

Tbh I don't think he made much of a go of it/had a chance to, wasn't he shuffled out pretty quickly? Plus Labour doesn't need to worry what southern Tory/LD MPs think

Dan Grey @dangrey.bsky.social · 1d

"not raising [a tax]" is not an achievement. In our current situation, it's an abdication of leadership.

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Dan Grey @dangrey.bsky.social · 2d

I'm really really sorry to hear that 😞.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 2d

Dear Gods of all that is stupid...

IT'S REAL.

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Dan Grey @dangrey.bsky.social · 2d

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Dan Grey @dangrey.bsky.social · 2d

So this is because the pub is a "non-designated local heritage asset", a classification available to LPAs through annex 2 of the NPPF. Due to case law they're afforded a very high level of protection despite being invariably very ordinary buildings.

This classification should be scrapped, end of!

Dan Grey @dangrey.bsky.social · 2d

There are another three(!) advice notes and guidance documents to 'help" LPAs draw up local lists of such assets 🤦

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Dan Grey @dangrey.bsky.social · 2d

Quite a lot of case law set by judges too – who invariably take a very conservative point of view

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Dan Grey @dangrey.bsky.social · 2d

It's usually professionals following ridiculous rules set by politicians. Every special interest group has had its say and the result is an NPPF and myriad local plans and sub docs giving everything to everybody... Which obviously and evidently doesn't work

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Dan Grey @dangrey.bsky.social · 2d

Although clearly farcical, these columns would be more interesting if you took the time to find out *why* these planning cases are taking so long. What policies, what regulations are being argued over?

Until we know what's wrong we can't fix it.

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Dan Grey @dangrey.bsky.social · 2d

How do you isolate a gas main?

Pinch it! 😬

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Dan Grey @dangrey.bsky.social · 3d

Burn Ouch GIF

ALT: Burn Ouch GIF

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Alan Beattie @alanbeattie.bsky.social · 3d

The book cites a source called "loveMONEY" claiming bananas are cheaper in the UK than the EU and implying this reflects lower tariffs. I confess I had not heard of loveMONEY; I initially confused it with Lovehoney, the online lingerie and sex toys emporium, but apparently it's different. 8/n

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Dan Grey @dangrey.bsky.social · 3d

Of course this equally applies to Labour!

Dan Grey @dangrey.bsky.social · 3d

As others have said, there's no additional cost to preparing and submitting a P&L report if you're using any modern accounting software

Dan Grey @dangrey.bsky.social · 3d

Pretty trivial with modern accounting software

Dan Grey @dangrey.bsky.social · 3d

I'm not sure one conference speech means anything has changed; we will see

Dan Grey @dangrey.bsky.social · 3d

On the other hand if Reform and the Tories went into the next general election trying to out-bid each other on being b@stard scum, it would handily split the racist vote

Gabriel Milland @gabrielmilland.bsky.social · 4d

Batshit.

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Dan Grey @dangrey.bsky.social · 3d

I'm not sure how "banning" something that's already banned works.

I also remember that first they came for...

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Dan Grey @dangrey.bsky.social · 4d

Waymo now operates across entire city areas, for example San Francisco

Dan Grey @dangrey.bsky.social · 4d

An excellent piece of concise, fact-based writing!

Dan Grey @dangrey.bsky.social · 4d

Must admit, it looked like the aliens had arrived 😂👽🛸