Tom Raftery

If we are headed for exceeding 1.5 degrees of global warming , with 2.7 degrees the current trend target, and the actions of the COP's not reducing overall emissions , then the importance of the UK's National Adaptation Programme to Climate Change (NAP3) becomes even more important. Yet the review of the current programme by the Climate Change Committee in March this year , said that it a) falls short of what we need b) the current approach is not working c) an urgent review of NAP 3 is needed now Its worth a read .. we do need to prepare ourselves better - and sooner .. https://lnkd.in/eTB9krCE

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You probably didn't notice but October 1st was the launch date of the newest public institution in the UK – the 'National Energy System Operator' (NESO). The NESO replaces National Grid and is mandated with the simple task of ... "delivering electricity decarbonisation and whole energy system planning to deliver Net-Zero." This is a great initiative that has been many years in the making with cross party support. We need whole of system thinking and the NESO will have strategic oversight of both the electricity and gas systems. The first task is to take our electricity grid to net zero by 2030 which NESO say can be achieved. At Elyos Energy we're looking forward to contributing to make this a reality. https://lnkd.in/dRQRpHti

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The role of local authorities in progressing the transition to net zero can't be underplayed. LAs have a convening role, a leadership role, an enabling role, etc. and through these roles they can develop key projects (e.g. Local Area Energy Plans, community energy schemes development), engage with key partners (e.g. for asset based finance schemes for domestic decarbonisation), raise awareness and understanding of citizens and residents in low carbon options (e.g. carbon literacy programmes through to domestic use of heat pumps). Behind this is a core group of LA staff committed to keeping progress happening despite very, very tight budgets and increasingly contested funding. One way of us learning from each LA, we need an agreed and open assessment scheme, and Climate Emergency UK run such a scheme and they are looking for volunteers to deliver the 2025 set. Please take a look. As ever on The Green Edge - https://lnkd.in/d7GEyYpc - will be tracking the role of local authorities when it comes to green skills, jobs, and employment through our weekly posts and podcasts (now listened to in 59 countries), and our monthly round-up of reports (next release due on July 1st). We continue to operate on a fully open access and free subscription basis. We look forward to you using the materials we have created over the last three years. #uk100 #climateemergencyuk #nationalgovernmentassociation #netzero #greeneconomy

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🌍 The Future of Climate Risk Reporting As climate-related reporting regulations ramp up, it's not just crucial but required for organisations to adopt climate-based reporting. This move not only boosts financial transparency but also aligns with global standards and attracts international capital. Good for the environment and good for business! Effective climate risk disclosures ensure climate impacts are central to business decisions and provide accountability for mitigating environmental risks. CSIRO's work in this space highlights how design-led approaches can improve climate risk reporting. Using Generative AI to assess these claims is a fantastic use case, and their pilot project offers innovative ways to enhance report integrity. This isn't just about tech—it's about understanding the complex systems we operate in, from economics and politics to society and nature. Digital Village was fortunate to assist in exploring these relationships through the facilitation of a Warm Data Lab, ensuring these AI systems are designed responsibly with all stakeholders in mind. Thanks for your important work, Justine Lacey, Cara Stitzlein, and the rest of the Responsible Innovation team at CSIRO. And terrific facilitation, Catherine Donnelley and Clare Babbage! https://lnkd.in/gPK6wQdZ #ClimateRisk #Sustainability #Innovation #WarmDataLabs #CSIRO #Transparency #GlobalStandards Thanks to those supporting this work in using technology to enable important change: Derryn Heilbuth, Adam Alexander, Audrey Lobo-Pulo, Nikki Thompson, Beth Dowe, Dan Leverington, Lee Schofield, Mac Bryla, William Glamore, Simon Fielke, Torres Webb, Jessica Stromberg

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"Potential new smart data scheme to drive innovation and support consumers in the energy market" says Michael Shanks, Minister for Energy Another part of the future consumer energy landscape arrives with this new call for evidence relating to a Consumer Smart Energy Open Data model comparable with Open Banking. It is published by Department for Energy Security and Net Zero today at https://lnkd.in/euKMZh7V. Their LinkedIn post here is at https://lnkd.in/evRd7Sv8 This is the next step on from today's DCC 'Other User' service into a wider framework of secure data access between consumers and innovating providers on the basis of consent given consistently. It is an area I worked on extensively at PA Consulting and now as Coylenergy ltd. In my work I engage on the building blocks emerging across data access, consent, sharing, flexibility frameworks and more to consider the new consumer energy technical foundation to combine with technology provider innovation in tariffs, technology and business models. It is interesting this is published today when the Prime Minister launches the AI Opportunities Action Plan at https://lnkd.in/e4vmQ4N8. The shift to combine artificial and human intelligence is underway, as we can see in such as the Grid Foundational AI models described by Smart Energy International at https://lnkd.in/ezrpF328. This now means we need to focus on the delivering benefit balanced in equal part with mitigating new risks of data access, accuracy verification, cyber security and unintended operational outcomes. Also see: Current-news.co.uk - https://lnkd.in/egtrv-GB The Energyst - https://lnkd.in/eJq9uthb BusinessGreen - https://lnkd.in/eSwcxTwa edie - https://lnkd.in/e44uhRPR (both AI and consumer smart data topics) At our winter newsletter my top tip for 2025 was 'Energy sector policy into action' especially in relation to the new market framework that underpins consumer innovation and their contribution to the wider energy system. Read more at https://lnkd.in/epkMEeBz I am speaking about the shift into a 4th wave of our society combining human and artificial intelligence for consumer energy benefit at DDC Discusses on 5th February at the Science Museum. See more at https://lnkd.in/e9KiBpgT and https://lnkd.in/e4mJjtgW. For those in my network seeking to join us there as part of a wide group of technology companies, consumer advocates, advisors and innovators let me know at [email protected]. This is the start of a sector wide focus on this next era of energy benefit. (PS, apologies for the low-resolution image, it is the one DESNZ used at first and is seems LinkedIn does not allow it to be replaced after posting). #smartenergy #consumerenergy #smartmeters #DERS #energyflexibility

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The video from the presentations and panel from the book launch for Eddie O'Connor's and Kevin O'Sullivan's book Supergrid Super Solution is now available and the book is available for pre-order. Amazing panel with an EU energy minister, MEP, leading journalists and industry professionals. Here is the transcript of my closing remarks, which I maintain are choices the EU should make. Video and pre-order options: https://lnkd.in/ghpfBj4h I have a modest proposal — since this is an Irish crowd, I can use that term — for how the EU could save a lot of money to put toward electrical transmission and the energy transformation: stop wasting time on hydrogen for energy. I compare and contrast with China, which has electrified all its transportation extensively with electricity and no hydrogen. They’ve barely implemented hydrogen. They have 600,000 electric buses, about a million electric trucks, and 46,000 kilometers of electrified high-speed rail. There’s no hydrogen to speak of—fewer than 10,000 hydrogen vehicles in the entire country. Stop wasting time and money on it. The EU has already wasted 25 years on that dead end. China also has the most electrified heavy industry in the world, and once again, no hydrogen. BASF just commissioned a plant in Shanghai, one of their big integrated chemical plants. It’s producing a sixth of the emissions because it’s electrified. Those emissions will decrease further as China’s electricity grid decarbonizes. Stop wasting money on the dead end of hydrogen for energy. We need to focus on fixing hydrogen as an industrial feedstock, but Europe is wasting enormous resources on it as an energy solution. The second point is carbon capture and sequestration. Europe is proposing 19,000 kilometers of CO2 pipelines for waste. Instead, electrify and don’t emit—it’s much cheaper. Europe is wasting a lot of time, energy, and proposing to spend an enormous amount of money on two dead ends that won’t move the climate needle. Free up the resources from these areas and allocate them more effectively. #climateaction #winning #solutions

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Link to join the 2nd in our 3 part webinar series below. The series looks at challenges and opportunities as the penetration of variable renewables continues to grow and energy markets facing increasing exposure to weather and climate-related variability. In this part we explore new insights into how price formation may be effected and the potential to better understand related risks and opportunities.

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Grant opportunities: Industrial technologies and manufacturing £50,000 Grant Funding Available for Rapid Demonstrators and £315,000 Grant Funding for Lighthouse Projects from Smart Manufacturing Data Hub (closes 27 May): Rapid Demonstrators aim to support SMEs with sensor installation, data analysis or similar to enable levelling-up the opportunities for SMEs to exceed and expand. Up to £50,000 is available per project. Lighthouse Projects aim to develop already proven digital products and processes into readily accessible solutions which meet the needs of manufacturing SMEs. Grant funding of up to £315,000 per project. Digital Innovation Funding is open to all organisations, including industrial partners across the UK. 🔗 https://buff.ly/3woHfj5 Resource-Efficient or Bio-based Materials and Manufacturing Feasibility Studies 2 (closes 29 May): UK-registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £1 million for innovative feasibility studies in advanced low-carbon manufacturing. Your project must relate to one or both of the following themes: resource-efficient materials and manufacturing sustainable and/or bio-based materials and biomanufacturing. We want to fund a variety of projects across both themes. 🔗 https://buff.ly/43MUlTu UK semiconductor programme: delegation to the Netherlands (open to applications) (closes 13 May): The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) and Innovate UK are inviting ambitious semiconductor organisations to participate in a visit to the Netherlands to help build relationships and identify collaborative research and innovation (R&I) partners. It will also offer exclusive access to cluster destinations, curated networking opportunities with Dutch organisations and policy-makers, presentations from experts and industry leaders, and workshops to help unlock collaborative R&I opportunities. We are particularly interested in applicants from the following focus areas: Photonics Design Heterogeneous integration and advanced packaging. 🔗 https://buff.ly/3UlWEIS Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI) Programme Open to Applications: The ATI works in partnership with the Department for Business & Trade (DBT) and Innovate UK to offer funding streams designed to accelerate innovation in the UK to maintain global competitiveness. All projects submitted must align with the UK aerospace technology strategy, Destination Zero, which identifies the following priority areas: zero-carbon emission aircraft technologies, ultra-efficient aircraft technologies, cross-cutting enablers and non-CO2 technologies. 🔗 https://buff.ly/4dmEO0Z

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The UK plans to triple it’s use of clean energy (solar/batteries, wind, etc) by 2030. How will they get there? The entire plan, published last Friday, is outlined here: https://hubs.ly/Q02_GH370

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Another smart choice by the UK Govt. https://lnkd.in/e2MfQipp The Climate Change Committee in good hands at an important inflection point. And with Chris Stark at Mission Control for net zero energy we will know both where we are and where we are going. I am looking forward to helping extend the UK's role as a trusted partner and using foreign policy as an international delivery arm of the UK's energy transition

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💡Learn more about how grid interconnectivity is making a big difference for renewable energy. 🇩🇰 💚 🇬🇧 the Viking Link of 765km is linking 1.4GW of electricity across the North Sea, at a cost of approx. US$ 2bn. Since the link is connecting Denmark's massive wind capacity and the two major UK and DK grids, the expected mitigation of 600,000 tCO2/yr is worth US$ 30m a year on top of electricity sales (based on current UK-ETS prices). ⚡Being able to tap into electricity supply 765km away allows for increased stability when renewable electricity is lower on one end, or generation output is shifting rapidly. #climatechange #climateaction #climatemitigation #parisagreement #renewableenergy https://lnkd.in/dEWW9sav

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#DemandSideResponse isn’t a case of businesses and facilities shuttering operations at the sudden request of National Grid. Instead, it’s about understanding the controllability of electrical assets and optimising their performance around peaks and troughs in power demand in a way that also helps stabilise the grid. Learn more:

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#DemandSideResponse isn’t a case of businesses and facilities shuttering operations at the sudden request of National Grid. Instead, it’s about understanding the controllability of electrical assets and optimising their performance around peaks and troughs in power demand in a way that also helps stabilise the grid. Learn more:

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This is very helpful not only for those working directly in Circular Economy, but for any other company/manager designing sustainability strategy for years to come. As future industries are unimaginable without change towards circularity. #circularity #futureofindustry #circulareconomy

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Great to catch up with the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) team last week (Cathrine Armour & Barbara Sanderson) at both the 👉 #RBEU 👉 Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) CSO forum. We discussed the various methodologies used in Earth Blox to solve #TNFD Data Deluge. There is no 'lack of data'. The opposite is true. Companies are facing a mountain of data types when it comes to reporting under the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD). With a plethora of datasets available, selecting the right ones for the right use cases can be overwhelming. There are methods which involve using multiple data sources that complement each other, painting a more comprehensive picture of a company's nature-related risks and opportunities. By leveraging various datasets, companies can strengthen their TNFD disclosures in a few ways: 👉 Reduced Bias: Dependence on a single dataset can lead to skewed results. Convergence reduces bias and fosters a more holistic view. 👉 Increased Credibility: Combining data sources strengthens the credibility of your reporting. 👉 Improved Actionability: Different datasets can reveal hidden patterns and insights, leading to more targeted actions. Remember, the TNFD framework is still evolving. A convergence approach allows companies to adapt to future requirements while ensuring robust reporting from the get-go. James d'Ath, Tony Goldner, David Craig, Cassie Anderson #TNFD #NatureFinance #SustainabilityReporting

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