David .G. Stewart

If you want to find out more facts about the future of batteries, green hydrogen, and other flexible technologies from industry experts, join us at our Future Energy Systems conference in Liverpool in September 📅

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#mythbusting #batterystorage #energystorage

Lithium-ion batteries have fallen in price in real terms by 80% since 2010, the UK now has many times the current battery storage capacity in the pipeline and growing rapidly, explained by EnergyPulse Data Analyst Daniel Sutherland 📈

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Like electric cars, there has been hysterical coverage in some aspects of the media covering BESS regarding fires and toxic leaks, often with no context. The blog explains the extensive regulatory framework and industry initiatives to mitigate this 🤥

Our latest RenewableUK myth busting blog "𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐊’𝐬 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞" by Sam Sheppard, covers the essential role that Battery Energy Storage Systems BESS, will play delivering reliable clean power from wind & solar farms regardless of the weather.

Never been so excited to swear on LinkedIn and say Mother F@ckng wind farms, if you think I've milked this enough, wait 2 weeks and see what I'm about to drop 🎤 😉

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#WindFarming #WindFarmedSeaweedSnacks #fossilfreedom

Over the moon to check the post today and get my special delivery of Vattenfall Wind Farmed Seaweed Snacks, endorsed by Samuel L. Jackson, big thanks to Daisy Lewtas from all the @renewableuk.bsky.social team!

Huge thanks to Vattenfall for the special delivery of Wind Farmed Seaweed Snacks, as endorsed by Samuel L. Jackson! 😎

As Scotland braces for #StormFloris, with unseasonably high 90mph gusts expected in August, we will likely be generating vast amounts of wind power 💪

New podcast: Is the UK wind industry ready for the next renewables auction? Read New podcast: Is the UK wind industry ready for the next renewables auction? and other wind energy news & analysis on Windpower Monthly

Last month at RenewableUK's Global Offshore Wind conference in London, following the announcement of £1 billion in offshore wind supply chain funding by the Energy Secretary Ed Miliband, Robyn White of Windpower Monthly interviewed our Deputy CEO Jane Cooper. 🎤

For the full context and facts of how wind turbines operate in high winds, read my myth-busting @renewableuk.bsky.social blog from Storm Ewoyn in January "𝐀 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬" 👇

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Extreme weather has never caused wind turbines in the UK to be powered down for days at a time, and typically only does so for a matter of minutes, or for a handful of hours in the most challenging circumstances ⚡

It’s important to remember that no form of energy generates at full capacity, at all times. In fact, gas and nuclear power stations that are damaged or curtailed by extreme weather can often be shut down for days, or even weeks.

Unlike other forms of energy infrastructure such as pylons, which cut off when damaged or in danger, and remain down until manually repaired or reset, wind turbines are able to power down pre-emptively before bringing themselves back online once it is safe to do so ⌚

Modern wind turbines are designed to automatically power down for short periods, often merely minutes at a time, when gusts of extremely high wind cause them to exceed safe limits and risk being damaged 🛠️

As #stormfloris rages through Scotland with unseasonably high 90 mph gusts in August, we will likely be generating vast amounts of wind power, however we will no doubt see the usual anti wind power suspects scream about turbines being temporarily shut down and curtailed without proper context 👀

BBC weather maps, please stop making Orkney and Shetland look like a penis, it too funny #stormfloris

I can't wait until I get to middle aged white women level of gardening skills 🏡

Murray has a new foxy friend in momma's sexy new garden 🦊

Samuel L Jackson hasn't made me this excited since I was 10 years old and he pulled out a purple light saber 🥹

I got to say motherfucking windfarms on LinkedIn, birthday t-shirt sorted 😎

Three in one week, its just so much winning! 🎉

'A huge milestone for Britain': Renewables provided half of the UK's electricity in 2024 Collective power output from Britain’s wind, solar, hydro and biomass plants reached a new record high last year, as fossil fuels plummeted to record lows

'A huge milestone for Britain': Renewables provided half of the UK's electricity in 2024 www.businessgreen.com/news/4517134...

Baby got Berwick Bank, the birds will only be ok if we tackle climate change BUILD BABY BUILD 🏗️🦅⚡️

𝐄𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐛𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐟 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐊’𝐬 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

The Digest of UK Energy Statistics, published today by DESNZ confirms that renewable energy accounted for over 50% of the UK’s total electricity for the first time last year, and outstripping fossil fuels 📈

Motherfucking wind farms…

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#mythbusting #tourism #greentourism #onshorewind #scotland

📈 Over 1 million visitors since 2009
👩‍🎓 Over 62,000 students & apprentices from all over the world attending educational workshops
🥇 4 x winner of Green Flag Award & Gold Green Business Tourism Award
💷 £17.5 million community benefit funds
🌍 Hosting the COP26 Conference Green Zone to world leaders

The 215 turbine, 539 MW super project was the first wind farm, eco tourist site in the world and turned the unknown blanket blogs of Eaglesham Moor into the most visited wind farm anywhere in the world 🌍

Nowhere demonstrates this better than my former life and jewel in the crown of onshore wind, ScottishPower Renewables Whitelee Wind Farm Visitors Centre managed by Glasgow Science Centre 👑

The TLDR . . . NO, quite the opposite in fact, all across the UK areas with wind farms have seen enormous infrastructure investment through community benefits and additional visitors, eco tourism 📈

In RenewableUK's latest myth-busting blog by Sam Sheppard, we explore 𝐃𝐨 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐬 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐦?

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