Christopher Brown
@snecklifter.bsky.social
Dogs. Renewables. EVs. Pancakes. IT. Music. Bees. Beer. DIY. Sheffield.
Currently running the hot water cycle on my heat pump to cool the street down a bit. That's my pleasure.
June 30, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Currently running the hot water cycle on my heat pump to cool the street down a bit. That's my pleasure.
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The car’s out of the bag 🤯 Live at the #EnergyTechSummit, @gjuk.bsky.social launches Britain’s first EV vehicle-to-grid bundle with BYD.
Power Pack Bundle gives a car lease, two-way charger, and a smart tariff for £299/m with 100% FREE smart charging - saving £1,000/yr on fuel vs petrol.
Power Pack Bundle gives a car lease, two-way charger, and a smart tariff for £299/m with 100% FREE smart charging - saving £1,000/yr on fuel vs petrol.
June 23, 2025 at 12:50 PM
The car’s out of the bag 🤯 Live at the #EnergyTechSummit, @gjuk.bsky.social launches Britain’s first EV vehicle-to-grid bundle with BYD.
Power Pack Bundle gives a car lease, two-way charger, and a smart tariff for £299/m with 100% FREE smart charging - saving £1,000/yr on fuel vs petrol.
Power Pack Bundle gives a car lease, two-way charger, and a smart tariff for £299/m with 100% FREE smart charging - saving £1,000/yr on fuel vs petrol.
Stafford station, 6am. There isn't a lot that drags me out of bed this early but the @octopus.energy Tech Summit is one of those things.
June 23, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Stafford station, 6am. There isn't a lot that drags me out of bed this early but the @octopus.energy Tech Summit is one of those things.
@octopus.energy @gjuk.bsky.social - I won two tickets for the Tech Summit but only bought one at checkout, too late to add a plus one?
June 16, 2025 at 9:23 AM
@octopus.energy @gjuk.bsky.social - I won two tickets for the Tech Summit but only bought one at checkout, too late to add a plus one?
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Octoplus customers: win 2 tix to the Energy Tech Summit! Apply by 23:59 9/6: octo.ps/ets-2025
Join huge speakers (NEW: Stephen Fry, Sarah Beeny, Hannah Fry), plus innovators, policymakers, and most importantly, you, our amazing customers. The people the green energy transition is actually for.
Join huge speakers (NEW: Stephen Fry, Sarah Beeny, Hannah Fry), plus innovators, policymakers, and most importantly, you, our amazing customers. The people the green energy transition is actually for.
June 7, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Octoplus customers: win 2 tix to the Energy Tech Summit! Apply by 23:59 9/6: octo.ps/ets-2025
Join huge speakers (NEW: Stephen Fry, Sarah Beeny, Hannah Fry), plus innovators, policymakers, and most importantly, you, our amazing customers. The people the green energy transition is actually for.
Join huge speakers (NEW: Stephen Fry, Sarah Beeny, Hannah Fry), plus innovators, policymakers, and most importantly, you, our amazing customers. The people the green energy transition is actually for.
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If anything, too lenient.
April 5, 2025 at 6:29 PM
If anything, too lenient.
Awesome news from Finland!
April 1, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Awesome news from Finland!
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THE FASTEST GROWING HEAT PUMP MARKET IN THE WORLD:
The UK heat pump market grew by 63% in 2024.
As far as I know it is currently the fastest growing heat pump market in the world.
The UK heat pump market grew by 63% in 2024.
As far as I know it is currently the fastest growing heat pump market in the world.
March 4, 2025 at 10:11 AM
THE FASTEST GROWING HEAT PUMP MARKET IN THE WORLD:
The UK heat pump market grew by 63% in 2024.
As far as I know it is currently the fastest growing heat pump market in the world.
The UK heat pump market grew by 63% in 2024.
As far as I know it is currently the fastest growing heat pump market in the world.
Great idea. Installers definitely need to be prepared to run the tech at home if they are to honestly advocate for it when they install it.
Some hot off the press content to share this morning...
It's an initial report on Start at Home, our trial scheme to give heating engineers who've just completed heat pump training a free heat pump to install in their own home.
www.nesta.org.uk/report/start...
It's an initial report on Start at Home, our trial scheme to give heating engineers who've just completed heat pump training a free heat pump to install in their own home.
www.nesta.org.uk/report/start...
Start at home for newly trained heat pump installers
Helping heating professionals bridge the gap from heat pump training to real-world installation by starting in their own homes
www.nesta.org.uk
March 6, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Great idea. Installers definitely need to be prepared to run the tech at home if they are to honestly advocate for it when they install it.
Hello @sainsburys.bsky.social - your computer is broken, should be 87p/100g
February 5, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Hello @sainsburys.bsky.social - your computer is broken, should be 87p/100g
Brilliant lesson from history. We need to be sceptical but keeping an open mind is critical too.
When horses were replaced by cars there was a lot of resistance & scaremongering by the incumbent horse industry. Here's an old anti car advert by a horse carriage company.
History now repeats itself with countless scare stories about renewables, heat pumps & electric vehicles.
History now repeats itself with countless scare stories about renewables, heat pumps & electric vehicles.
January 31, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Brilliant lesson from history. We need to be sceptical but keeping an open mind is critical too.
Hello @gridserve.bsky.social - can you hurry up and join @octopus.energy Electroverse please
January 31, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Hello @gridserve.bsky.social - can you hurry up and join @octopus.energy Electroverse please
Really important to avoid an expensive stranded asset. Setting dates for when the gas is switched off for areas seems sensible and ensuring this is well communicated and people get the support needed to get off gas.
What do we do with the gas grid when gas demand declines?
I partnered with @richardlowes.bsky.social @regassistproj.bsky.social & @ckemfert.bsky.social @diw.de to explore this question.
We propose 5 steps for dealing with this challenge.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
I partnered with @richardlowes.bsky.social @regassistproj.bsky.social & @ckemfert.bsky.social @diw.de to explore this question.
We propose 5 steps for dealing with this challenge.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
January 23, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Really important to avoid an expensive stranded asset. Setting dates for when the gas is switched off for areas seems sensible and ensuring this is well communicated and people get the support needed to get off gas.
@nestauk.bsky.social I get reminders on visitaheatpump about folks that I have got in touch with and already arranged a visit. Would be good to add an option saying this has been done on the portal.
January 14, 2025 at 8:56 AM
@nestauk.bsky.social I get reminders on visitaheatpump about folks that I have got in touch with and already arranged a visit. Would be good to add an option saying this has been done on the portal.
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Signal boost 🔊 2.5% of UK homes’ meters will stop working this year.
Radio Teleswitch Meters are an old energy smart meter from the 80s. The signal they use is being switched off & we need to replace them. If you’re impacted, we’ve emailed you to arrange.
Our CEO @gjuk.bsky.social explains:
Radio Teleswitch Meters are an old energy smart meter from the 80s. The signal they use is being switched off & we need to replace them. If you’re impacted, we’ve emailed you to arrange.
Our CEO @gjuk.bsky.social explains:
January 13, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Signal boost 🔊 2.5% of UK homes’ meters will stop working this year.
Radio Teleswitch Meters are an old energy smart meter from the 80s. The signal they use is being switched off & we need to replace them. If you’re impacted, we’ve emailed you to arrange.
Our CEO @gjuk.bsky.social explains:
Radio Teleswitch Meters are an old energy smart meter from the 80s. The signal they use is being switched off & we need to replace them. If you’re impacted, we’ve emailed you to arrange.
Our CEO @gjuk.bsky.social explains:
One hour call. Expensive start to the day. shoulditbeameeting.com
January 10, 2025 at 9:49 AM
One hour call. Expensive start to the day. shoulditbeameeting.com
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Well, this is quite the turaround
Having spent much of 2024 complaining that the ZEV mandate was too hard, @Stellantis has announced that is has successfully met its EV sales targets
Joins the likes of BMW, Mercedes and Hyundai in proving it can be done
www.media.stellantis.com/uk-en/corpor...
Having spent much of 2024 complaining that the ZEV mandate was too hard, @Stellantis has announced that is has successfully met its EV sales targets
Joins the likes of BMW, Mercedes and Hyundai in proving it can be done
www.media.stellantis.com/uk-en/corpor...
Stellantis complies with the ZEV mandate for cars and vans
Stellantis is one of the few OEMs in the UK to comply – through sales – with the ZEV mandate for both cars and vans in 2024
Stellantis sold over 39,000 electric cars in 2024 – up 59% on 2023
Stellan...
www.media.stellantis.com
January 9, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Well, this is quite the turaround
Having spent much of 2024 complaining that the ZEV mandate was too hard, @Stellantis has announced that is has successfully met its EV sales targets
Joins the likes of BMW, Mercedes and Hyundai in proving it can be done
www.media.stellantis.com/uk-en/corpor...
Having spent much of 2024 complaining that the ZEV mandate was too hard, @Stellantis has announced that is has successfully met its EV sales targets
Joins the likes of BMW, Mercedes and Hyundai in proving it can be done
www.media.stellantis.com/uk-en/corpor...
Wow. Putting solar panels on massive buildings can generate lots of electricity. Did this need a study?
New calculations show huge potential for generation from solar car park canopies. www.businessgreen.com/news/4393388...
Car park solar panels could generate 1.3GW of 'untapped' green electricity
Solar panels mounted above over half a million suitable car parking spaces could generate enough electricity to power 350,000 homes, study claims
www.businessgreen.com
January 9, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Wow. Putting solar panels on massive buildings can generate lots of electricity. Did this need a study?
BuT tHe GrId CaNt CoPe...
January 9, 2025 at 10:59 AM
BuT tHe GrId CaNt CoPe...
EVs cannot come soon enough. Walking the kids to school today the stink of diesel engines working hard to warm up was pretty awful. Extra points as usual to the parents idling them outside the school gates.
January 9, 2025 at 10:23 AM
EVs cannot come soon enough. Walking the kids to school today the stink of diesel engines working hard to warm up was pretty awful. Extra points as usual to the parents idling them outside the school gates.
Once EVs and standing charge is removed, mine will be very close to zero this year.
Homes with smart tech like heat pumps and solar panels are already saving thousands on their bills.
Expect to hear many more stories about Zero Bills homes in the coming years…
Expect to hear many more stories about Zero Bills homes in the coming years…
January 8, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Once EVs and standing charge is removed, mine will be very close to zero this year.
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I can't wait for the Panorama episode on motor vehicles.
January 6, 2025 at 10:16 AM
I can't wait for the Panorama episode on motor vehicles.
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Portugal – which closed its last coal-fired power station in 2021, three years ahead of Britain – generated over 70% of electricity from renewables in 2024. No nuclear either!
Au Portugal en 2024, les renouvelables ont couvert ...71,4% des besoins électriques.
(61,5% en 2023)
Hydro : 28,4% (23,2% en 2023)
Éolien : 27,6% (25,5%)
Solaire : 9,5% (7,1%)
Biomasse : 6,0% (5,8%)
La production renouvelable a atteint 36,6 TWh : +17,7% /2023 année déjà record.
(61,5% en 2023)
Hydro : 28,4% (23,2% en 2023)
Éolien : 27,6% (25,5%)
Solaire : 9,5% (7,1%)
Biomasse : 6,0% (5,8%)
La production renouvelable a atteint 36,6 TWh : +17,7% /2023 année déjà record.
January 4, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Portugal – which closed its last coal-fired power station in 2021, three years ahead of Britain – generated over 70% of electricity from renewables in 2024. No nuclear either!
Been pleasantly surprised with the amount of interest in my heat pump install from @nestauk.bsky.social www.visitaheatpump.com - 2 viewings already and one more booked in.
January 3, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Been pleasantly surprised with the amount of interest in my heat pump install from @nestauk.bsky.social www.visitaheatpump.com - 2 viewings already and one more booked in.
Is someone chopping onions?
December 29, 2024 at 10:43 PM
Is someone chopping onions?