What caught our eye - three key stories
Green H2-to-fert plant; Home electrification is complex; Green electricity sold direct to consumer?
Can renewable electricity now be sold direct to the consumer (in Korea)?
Most households and small businesses have to buy their electricity from a retailer (often known as a distributor), who gets it via the grid. There are some good reasons for this. In most countries, companies that distribute electricity are regulated (for safety reasons), and buying electricity via retailers means consumers
Home energy electrification - more complicated than you think.
We tend to think about home electrification as one of the easiest transitions. Good alternatives already exist. We 'just' need people to switch to electricity for home heating/cooling and cooking. Then we factor in home EV charging, and job done. But, the reality is a lot more
Kenya farm hosts first on-site green hydrogen-to-fertiliser plant.
US-based Talus Renewables, a manufacturer of modular green ammonia systems is starting up a plant in Naivasha, Kenya that will enable local production of both low-cost and carbon-free fertilisers. Talus will supply Kenya Nut Co with fertilisers under a 15-year take-off agreement with the plant expected to produce one tonne
Diversity target setting: solution or distraction?
Understanding the most effective way to embed a DEI culture within a firm can enhance performance. However, is narrow target setting, particularly centred on diversity, a help or hindrance?
What caught our eye - three key stories
Coffee - the gap between cost and farmer income; CBAM - help or harm?; Environmental litigation funding
Sunday Brunch: ad singula or 'can I cut airline emissions by getting more people to fly?'
Individual carbon footprint calculations are useful in decision-making but a big picture view is also needed
20's plenty?
The introduction of a 20 mph speed limit in built-up areas in Wales has not been without controversy. So emotive was the move that a no confidence vote in the minister who led the introduction of it, Deputy Climate Change Minister Lee Waters, was brought although was easily defeated. The
Building regs backlash in Germany
German Housing Minister Klara Geywitz, Finance Minister Christian Lindner and a number of other senior cabinet members of the German coalition have expressed their concern about potential revisions to the EU Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD), which would include mandatory renovations for buildings with the worst energy performance. The
What caught our eye - three key stories
Transition will be harder & easier than we think; sub-optimal optimisation; new way to protect crops?
When optimisation can be sub-optimal
"It's a system optimized to work fantastically, when everything's working fantastically." Coco Krumme, "Optimal Illusions: The false promise of optimization" Technology consultant Dr Jeffrey Funk highlighted a really interesting book by the applied mathematician Coco Krumme. An argument that Dr Funk often
Sunday Brunch: stop right now, thank you very much
Transitions are tough but barriers can be overcome if we take the right sequence of steps.