Will Tope

SpaDeX is awesome. India's space progress is a signpost for how much change we are about to see. SpaDeX following Chandrayaan-4 w/ autonomous docking @ 0.22mph = ISRO manned mission soon I expect. 🚀 🛰️

This is really interesting. Pairs well with cost reduction curve solar has achieved. Expect infrastructure will pose biggest threat to that trajectory.

Not a problem just a striking contrast versus the typical renewable adoption we have seen in post-gas transition nations.

The opportunity is better grid infrastructure and storage.

Per IEA India will add electricity demand equal to total UK system in next 3 years. 50% will come from renewables. The other 50% will come from coal. Yes coal!

This dichotomy is brutal. 🔌💡

Coal: 1,000g CO2/kWh (IEA)
Gas: 500g CO2/kWh (IEA)
Bio (transatlantic): 300g CO2/kWh (E4Tech)
☀️ Solar: 50g CO2/kWh (IEA)
Bio boasts, but shipping eats up savings. Let's choose wisely!
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LiNa's first industrial pilot is online. Great to see our sodium battery energy storage cycling on the Indian grid - paving the way for economic load shifting and reduced coal usage. 🔌💡

Congratulations to ISRO for the successful launch of XPoSat on PSLV-C58, marking a milestone as India's first X-Ray Polarimeter Satellite launch - it will study the alignment of X-ray light waves from celestial sources.

Black hole/ neutron star insights inbound. 🛰️

Reflecting on my COP28: Endless queue of energy storage companies want to invest billions in gigawatt-scale beyond-lithium storage in West. If one fails, another steps up.

Meanwhile in Global South, absence of affordable practical solutions means that as the sun sets, coal and oil reign supreme.🔌💡

In a surprising turn of events, India returned the Chandrayaan-3 propulsion module to Earth orbit. The module had been in lunar orbit since August, but ISRO unexpectedly decided to bring it back to test technologies for a future lunar sample return mission. 🛰️

www.isro.gov.in/Ch3_Propulsi...

Busy 2 days at COP28 representing UK cleantech. Clear that the technologies we need tomorrow are already being developed, but we need better ways to bridge the gap between innovation and deployment.

Tired of chasing shiny new things.

Let's focus on making existing cleantech work!

Must-read for cleantech execs: "Climate Capitalism" is a practical roadmap to scaling and commercializing cleantech solutions, backed by real-world case studies.

‘It’s like buying an iPhone and not having a cable’: UK’s bid for net zero in the balance du... As well as more clean energy, Britain (and the world) needs miles of extra cable to carry it. But a global shortage of components and skills means efforts to meet climate targets will go down to the w...

The UK's grid overhaul faces a NIMBY roadblock.

Renewable generation surges but infrastructure lags. Visual impact, property value fears, and policy gaps pose challenges. Balancing grid upgrades with community buy-in more cimplex than we thought? 🔌💡

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Subtlety lies in the emissions accounting: AUS's on track to beat its 'emission budget' despite not fully meeting the 43% reduction target. But shift from 40% to 42% reduction projection in good signal to improving climate response though. Targets are crucial. Journey to them is equally telling.

Nature-based solutions to the climate and biodiversity emergencies will be key to a successful COP28... COP28 arrives in Dubai on the back of what is expected to be the hottest year in history. We take a look at what to expect...

CO2 emissions are just one (very important) piece of the climate puzzle. Excited to see diehards and innovators looking beyond emissions at COP28, exploring biodiversity credits as a powerful tool for climate action.
www.discoverwildlife.com/news/what-to...

Flashback to the 1980s: The ZEBRA sodium battery cell. This often overlooked gem laid the groundwork for LiNa's cutting-edge technology. Leveraging proven, yet forgotten innovations can fast-track tech development. A nod to the past, powering our future. 🔌💡

The Oil and Gas Industry in Energy Transitions – Analysis - IEA The Oil and Gas Industry in Energy Transitions - Analysis and key findings. A report by the International Energy Agency.

2030: A pivotal year per IEA - oil demand can peak. Having been both sides (oil & gas now clean tech) I see a clear chance for the industry to scale innovative solutions. Need to think beyond lab... time for collaboration and investment to deploy great solutions. COP28.
www.iea.org/reports/the-...

Me and my crew launching our own living room space program with the help of Starship. 👨‍🚀🧑‍🚀🧑‍🚀🐶🚀

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And they called it 'FatBoi 1'... 2.5 kWh module of LiNa sodium batteries ready for install. Go deeptech!

Cells, cells, cells. Module build day at the LiNa Engineering Dept. 🧂🔋

Thanks for sharing. Very easy to convince yourself to take on 'time-debt' i.e. sacrificing how I want to spend my time today, in pursuit of a better balance tomorrow.

World Energy Transitions Outlook 2023: 1.5°C Pathway This first volume of the 2023 Outlook provides an overview of progress by tracking implementation and gaps across all energy sectors, and identifies priority areas and actions based on available techn...

Repairing our path to actually achieve 1.5°C has to be a focus of COP28. Latest IRENA report paints a sobering assessment of our current trajectory. www.irena.org/Publications...

Couldn't agree more. Strong believer that climate-tech targeting developing markets will see huge impact figures. Skip the gas transition and coal-gas carbon arbitrage is huge.

Yes! Using CSP as heat makes sense (similar to keeping thermal storage as heat). Projects falls apart when converting heat to electricity as existing heat engines are limited to adiabatic processes - large, expensive, and inefficient, rendering them impractical for most power grids and generators.🔌💡

Deep-tech is a cosmic game of Whac-A-Mole — we constantly hammer away at the unknown, and it's only when you step back that you realize you've actually built a constellation. Team LiNa assembling our first product-scale Sodium BESS for install in Dec. 🔌💡

I will be there - as you say - looking forward to meaningful conversations.

Cooling the planet with Coal!? 🔥🔥🔥 We Need to Count the Carbon Cost of Propping Up the Stat... Sweating through my third shirt of the day in India last month, I saw first-hand how the limitations of lithium-ion storage are scuppering efforts to transition to clean energy alternatives. Part of t...

India's energy challenges reveal major CO2e mitigation opportunities. Proactive focus on emerging markets can reshape our future. Excited to talk more at COP28. www.linkedin.com/pulse/coolin...

'India, I reached my destination and you too!' Great to watch Chandrayaan-3 make soft-landing live from Mumbai Airport. Yay for progress! 🛰️

India's Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft undergoes another maneuver, comes even closer to Moon's surface. The spacecraft is now in a near-circular orbit of 150 km x 177 km, and is expected to make a soft landing on the south polar region of the Moon on Aug. 23. 🛰️

India's Chandrayaan-3 mission successfully entered lunar orbit on Aug 2, 2023. The spacecraft is now on its way to the south pole of the Moon, where it will attempt to land on Sep 7. Chandrayaan-3 is the third lunar mission by India, and its goal is to study the Moon's surface and its environment. 🛰️

Thankfully Voyager 2 is programmed to reset its orientation multiple times each year to keep its antenna pointing at Earth. The next reset is due on 15 October.