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Doug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · 1d

In the first half of 2025, renewables became the biggest source of global electricity for the first time, as wind & solar growth exceeded global demand growth

Shocking that it's China & India leading - EU & USA have fossil power growing

ember-energy.org/latest-insig...

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WillP @wiilp.bsky.social · Aug 14

Cottam coal power station demolished today (the cooling towers).

Will be replaced by a solar farm, using the same grid connection.

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Dominic McCann @zapaman.bsky.social · 1d

Oh and 3) our 19yo lad being away at Uni or on holiday etc meaning DHW is generally 1/2 while he's away.

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Dominic McCann @zapaman.bsky.social · 1d

Visible change caused by 1) sunny (spring-summer)period where our DHW has a lot of PV divert into HW storage 2) minor change to HP control strategy with HomeAssistant now taking control of DHW priority, this from July on.

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Dominic McCann @zapaman.bsky.social · 21d

Heat pump monitoring for last 12months via OpenEnergyMon. These 2 visualizations show the hot water and space heating uses as separate charts.

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Dominic McCann @zapaman.bsky.social · 3d

We used 262.7kWh of grid⚡ in Sep-2025 with
105kWh for EV
187kWh general household activity
86.4kWh for ASHP
Delivering 347kWh heat & DHW
our PV generated 240kWh, with 221kWh self consump & ~18kWh export
Total cost of elec: £45.72 inc VAT and standing charge (but excluding FiT payments for our PV).

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Dominic McCann @zapaman.bsky.social · 3d

We used 262.7kWh of grid⚡ in Sep-2025 with
105kWh for EV
187kWh general household activity
86.4kWh for ASHP
Delivering 347kWh heat & DHW
our PV generated 240kWh, with 221kWh self consump & ~18kWh export
Total cost of elec: £45.72 inc VAT and standing charge (but excluding FiT payments for our PV).

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Dominic McCann @zapaman.bsky.social · 21d

Heat pump monitoring for last 12months via OpenEnergyMon. These 2 visualizations show the hot water and space heating uses as separate charts.

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Dominic McCann @zapaman.bsky.social · 23d

Thanks for the recommendation.

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𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇 @taras-grescoe.com · 24d

High-speed rail is coming to #Canada!

This week, federal government fast-tracked the Alto project.

Will link #Quebec City- #Montreal - #Ottawa - #Toronto , a corridor with half Canada's population.

Projected to carry 30 million passengers a year—twice US Northeast Corridor—on 300 km/h trains.

🚄🧵

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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 24d

He headlined a $500 dollar a head fundraiser for Trump…

I doubt, in those circumstances, he funded the trip (air fares/ hotels etc) himself

He‘s acting like a foreign agent isn’t he?

If he loves Trump’s America so much, why doesn’t he go & lives there? …the Brexiter’s line to Pro Eu people.

Gary Gilligan #FBPE #KTTO @garygilligan.bsky.social · 24d

www.thetimes.com/article/aad7...

Nigel Farage failed to register US trip for Trump fundraiser

The Reform leader could face a standards investigation after an appearance at a Republican dinner in Florida where hospitality packages cost up to $25,000

www.thetimes.com

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Dominic McCann @zapaman.bsky.social · 25d

You're really going for it!!

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Dominic McCann @zapaman.bsky.social · 26d

81-year-old British citizen returns home after Home Office leaves her stranded
www.channel4.com/news/81-year...

81-year-old British citizen returns home after Home Office leaves her stranded

Hannah Dankwa went on a 16 day holiday to Ghana in April but wasn’t allowed to board the plane home. It was claimed there was an ‘irregularity’ with her date of birth.

www.channel4.com

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Tomas McGuinness @tomasmcguinness.bsky.social · Sep 6

Imagine a grid able to understand actual demand for a day based on heatpumps telling it what they need and cars telling it what they need. It could balance load by staggering car chargers and staggering hot water loads.

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Dominic McCann @zapaman.bsky.social · Sep 6

Very nice

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Dominic McCann @zapaman.bsky.social · Sep 2

We used 153.4kWh of grid⚡ in Aug-2025 with
59kWh for EV
190kWh general household activity
18.5kWh for ASHP
Delivering 31.2kWh heat / DHW
our PV generated 316kWh, with 241kWh self consump & ~74kWh export
Total cost of elec: £30.66 inc VAT and standing charge (but excluding FiT payments for our PV).

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Dominic McCann @zapaman.bsky.social · Sep 4

Here is some info I was able to find for Köln. I haven't visited Köln in recent years but it seemed to me that the city has had a gradual improvement approach to cycling provision in a region that is otherwise fairly car dependent. www.eco-counter.com/blog/cologne...

Cologne Achieves Historic Bicycle Win

Cologne counted more bicycles than cars for the first time in 2025—a milestone for their mobility mission. Permanent counting stations showed the figures!

www.eco-counter.com

Dominic McCann @zapaman.bsky.social · Sep 4

How would Köln and Berlin compare in this regard?

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Wesley Morgan @wesleymorgan.bsky.social · Sep 1

As the IDF begins its second full invasion of Gaza City, remember how much of the city's outer regions have already been razed (bulldozers/demo charges) in the meantime. If you look at Gaza City, Jabaliya, Beit Hanoun, and Beit Lahiya as one 25-sq-mile metroplex, about half (black) is already gone.

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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · Sep 3

BREAKING: MSPs have voted for the Scottish Government to 'immediately' impose boycotts and sanctions on Israel

It comes after First Minister John Swinney outlined other actions that the SNP administration would take

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Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · Sep 2

For the first time in 40 Years, Panama's deep and cold ocean waters fail to emerge phys.org/news/2025-09...

For the first time in 40 Years, Panama's deep and cold ocean waters fail to emerge

The natural phenomenon of upwelling, which occurs annually in the Gulf of Panama, failed for the first time on record in 2025. A study led by scientists from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institut...

phys.org

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Dominic McCann @zapaman.bsky.social · Sep 3

Very grim

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John Hanger @jrfhanger.bsky.social · Sep 3

The world's biggest heavy truck market is electrifying!

China's sales of electric trucks skyrocket to 22% from 8.6% in H1 2025, compared to H1 2024.

LNG truck sales fall.

Electrifying everything will not be easy, but electrifying road transport will be. #energysky
thedriven.io/2025/08/05/s...

Sales of battery electric heavy trucks surge in China to nearly one quarter of market

Sales of battery electric heavy-duty vehicles have surged in China in the first half of 2025, accounting for 22 pct of all heavy-duty vehicle sales, up from only 8.6 per cent a year earlier.

thedriven.io

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Dominic McCann @zapaman.bsky.social · Sep 3

Don't you just love a Pacer! Minty and chewy!
Oh and the trains were fun too (if less fragrant)

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Monster C. Camacho 🧌💀🎃👻 @mc2x.bsky.social · Feb 8

This profile has been scrubbed from the site. Rose Ferreira grew up without reliable electricity, immigrated to NY, then survived homelessness and cancer on her way to NASA. She was so moved by images from the Webb telescope she wept. This is what’s at stake

web.archive.org/web/20231206...

NASA Intern Found Hope in the Moon - NASA

Lee esta historia en español aquí

web.archive.org

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