Tom Raftery

🌍🌩️🔥 Encouraging household energy conservation has become a crucial objective for researchers, practitioners, and policymakers. With increasing public concern over greenhouse gas emissions and climate change, consumers are becoming more aware of the importance of sustainable energy practices. However, the challenge lies in motivating people to reduce their energy consumption. Interestingly, studies indicate that household energy consumption is not primarily driven by financial incentives. In fact, offering financial rewards can sometimes be counterproductive. Discover how the concept of 'nudging' can effectively encourage people to reduce their energy consumption and why these nudges need not be financially motivated. ⚡ Read more in our latest blog post and join the conversation on how we can promote sustainable energy practices for a better future! 🌱 #EnergyEfficiency #Sustainability #ClimateChange #Nudging #GreenLiving #SustainablePractices

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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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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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The European Commission's State of the Energy Union 2024 Report has been published and is always an interesting read. Key takeaways include: 📉 Since 1990, GHG emissions have received by 32.55% despite the economy growing 67% ⚡ Significant strides in renewable energy adoption, reaching a 23.0% share in gross final energy consumption 📃 Policy advancements like the Net-Zero Industry Act and Critical Raw Materials Act to boost competitiveness and supply chain resilience. https://lnkd.in/e2GPcKzC

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🔋 How will our homes change by 2030? Electric vehicles, heat pumps, and smart tariffs are going to be part of everyday life. As Lucy Yu from the Centre for Net Zero (Octopus Energy Group) mentioned in the #WattMatters podcast, automation will make energy management much easier—no more fiddling with settings. It will happen in the background. This is great news, but there’s something deeper here. But it’s not just about the tech. It’s about #Trust. This is where we face the biggest challenge. People are feeling the weight of rising energy bills, and they’re starting to question whether this transition is really for them. As Lucy pointed out, many consumers are still manually switching off devices or unplugging appliances to cut energy use. We need more automation, but that’s not enough if people don’t feel that the energy transition benefits them, benefit US. And here’s the real issue: the public’s support is slipping. The energy transition won’t succeed on technology alone—people need to trust it works for them, not just for the grid. If we don’t rebuild that trust, we risk slowing down at a time when we need to pick up speed to meet our climate goals. I've been working on the human side of the energy transition every day for more than a decade. It’s not enough to say the technology is ready. We need people to feel ready too. The good thing is - more and more businesses, NGOs and policymakers are working on it - together. 💡Want to find more? Listen to the excellent podcast on FORESIGHT Climate & Energy, with Kira Taylor, David Weston and Jan Rosenow https://lnkd.in/dyVF4ikw And join me on Wednesday at Enlit Europe, where I’ll be leading a session on how we can regain the public’s trust in the energy transition, with Giorgio Tomassetti, Seda Orhan, Arthur Hinsch, Melissa Gander & Jo Egan. From: 09:45-10:45 Location: Evolve Stage, Summit Area in Hall 6 #EnergyTransition #PublicTrust #ENLIT #ClimateAction

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This is big news... The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM) rejects eight assessment methodologies for #renewableenergy #carboncredit projects over 'additionality'* concerns Carbon credits accounting for almost a third of the entire voluntary carbon market are not eligible to carry new independently-verified labels vouching for their integrity, after a review deemed eight assessment methodologies for renewable energy offset projects were "insufficiently rigorous". The decision announced today means millions of carbon credits approved by the likes of Verra and Gold Standard under existing renewable energy project methodologies will not be able to claim alignment with the @Core Carbon Principles (CCP) benchmark. *"they are insufficiently rigorous in assessing whether the project would have gone ahead without the incentive of carbon credit revenues" #carbonoffsets #ICVCM #VoluntaryCarbonMarket #VCM

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EU has enough room for Renewables to power our required #EnergyTransition without impacting fertile agricultural areas, provided that a much stronger EU interconnected grid is delivered ➡ Planning and acting together in EU is the key to make it possible. #Environment #Progress #Renewables #Networks

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What the hell is a heat pump? This is the question I asked myself nine months ago when I started digging into net zero carbon home improvement. I have not given it much thought since but then this Catalyst podcast came on my radar and it helped dramatically increase my understanding. I now know that basically they are split units - we had them in our house in Hawaii to cool specific areas. We replaced our HVAC units for our Texas home in 2020, so if we switched to heat pumps we would go from two units outside (one per floor) to a unit per room. That is not really an economical solution or something that would make sense for my home. But if you are a homeowner that meets the scenarios below, it might make sense; - Need to add cooling and heating to a building that never had it, - Your home only has heat and you want to add a cooling system #heatpump #carbonremoval #CatalystMedia https://lnkd.in/gaW9QDwQ

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In a slow and steady year for Energy Transition, it's great to see announcements like this! 🌱 DH2 Energy has received the green light from the Aragonese Institute of Environmental Management (INAGA) to build the Hysencia renewable hydrogen plant in Huesca. With an investment of €70-80 million, this project stands out as one of Spain’s most advanced in renewable hydrogen production. Spanning 100 hectares, the plant will feature 35 MW of electrolysis capacity and 49 MWp of solar power. It’s expected to create 35 direct and indirect jobs, marking a significant step forward in Europe’s renewable energy landscape. 🚀💚 #RenewableEnergy #Hydrogen #Sustainability #GreenEnergy

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I regularly get questions about electricity production in belgium and surrounding countries and the associated CO2 emissions.  This is a very interesting website with lots of figures and a nice visual representation of where and how electricity is produced and transported in Europe. https://lnkd.in/ejXTYFZF

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🌍 **Cenergy’s Commitment to a Sustainable Future: Aligning with the Global Renewables Alliance’s #Time4Action** As the Global Renewables Alliance unveils its Action Agenda on #3xRenewables, Cenergy is proud to share our insights on creating a sustainable supply chain for redox flow batteries (RFB). Our focus on enhancing supply chain resilience and sustainability is perfectly aligned with GRA’s call for #Action4SupplyChains. With the urgent need to meet global renewables targets and the looming risk of surpassing the 1.5℃ limit, it's clear that ambition must be matched with action. At Cenergy, we are dedicated to innovating and improving the supply chain for energy storage solutions, ensuring that renewable energy can be efficiently stored and utilized. Join us in this critical mission to mobilize investment, expedite permitting processes, and optimize grid infrastructure. Together, we can accelerate the transition to a sustainable, green future. #RenewableEnergy #Sustainability #ClimateAction #EnergyStorage #Cenergy #GRA #COP28 #3xRenewables #Action4SupplyChains

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The European Union (EU) has set ambitious decarbonization targets—at least a 55 percent reduction in EU greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2030 compared to 1990 levels.1 Achieving these targets can help to deliver greater energy sustainability, security, affordability, and competitiveness as the EU accelerates its energy transition.

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📈 UK has just pledged £22bn to develop carbon capture clusters 📈 It’s great to see strong government support for carbon capture and storage clusters in the UK. This level of investment is crucial to meeting net zero targets and scaling the carbon markets, so that supply can meet the rising demand for carbon credits. The development of CCS clusters is especially exciting— another signal that carbon removal projects will be essential infrastructure for industrial regions in the future. I’m going to be watching closely how the funds are deployed. My hope is they prioritise project developers so they can build the robust foundations these clusters need. #CarbonMarkets #Sustainability #CCS #ClimateAction #NetZero https://lnkd.in/dKSjh67X]

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“Glacial energy futures …?” In Greenlandic history, energy technologies were framed as a liberating vision, offering a new perspective on how large-scale modern technologies could and would represent a pathway to both independence and self-determination. What happened to Greenland’s energy interests between its formal integration into the Danish realm in 1953 and its subsequent attainment of formal Home Rule in 1979? While the idea of harnessing electrical power from Greenland’s coastal waterfalls had existed since the early 1900s, it was only from the 1950s onwards that the potential of large-scale hydropower assumed a political dimension for future independence.  Glaciers of the vast inland icesheet provided an endless potential hydro water supply … Such visions of large-scale hydropower began to circulate among Greenland’s nascent political elite, inspired by the success story of Iceland, another former Danish colony that was now thriving on its abundance of renewable energy. But it was oil that the Danes politically favored.  In fact, like everyone else at the time, fossil fuel development was an energy resource that Greenland had full intentions of developing in the 1970s.  Sadly, it do so unsuccessfully.   Only recently has there been a renewed heightened focus on hydropower.  Today, there is a strong recognition that the potential of hydropower for green energy transition in the Arctic and elsewhere could boost Greenland’s position in relation to its former colonial power, Denmark. Ultimately, it was the considerations of the sources and scale of the necessary investments that deferred the implementation of hydropower until the late 1980s.  However, the groundwork for viewing Greenland’s water resources as a cornerstone for its future independence had now been laid … Janina Priebe at the Arctic Centre at Umeå University, Sweden provides an informative history lesson in Priebe, J. (2024) in Water History, “Glacial energy futures? The history of unbuilt hydropower in Greenland from the 1950s to the 1970s.

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Focus on Metrics: Tools for Catalyzing #Decarbonization & #Resilience in the #Buildings Sector, a #Free @Greenbuild Webinar: June 20, 1pm ET: https://buff.ly/4bZelFW #electrification #energyefficiency #energy #buildingmaterials #architecture #construction #design #engineering

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🌍Crossing the Series B Void in Climate Tech:Insights from the 2024 SOSV Summit🌍 At the 2024 SOSV Climate Tech Summit, Kim Zou, CEO of Sightline Climate, led an eye-opening panel: Crossing the Series B Void. Featuring trailblazing founders—Beth Esponnette (unspun™ ), Anders Forslund (Heart Aerospace), and Max Huisman (Prolific Machines )—this panel tackled one of today’s toughest challenges: Series B funding in climate tech. Here’s what they revealed. 👇 📈 Series B Funding Timelines: The Reality Check • Kim shared a powerful stat: timelines for Series B funding are now a staggering 26 months—a 2.5x increase from last year. 💡 Despite “dry powder” in investor reserves, cautious attitudes make this stage more challenging than ever. 🛠 Lessons from the Founders: Each founder shared their path through Series B, focusing on milestone setting, pivoting, and attracting the right investors: 1. unspun (Beth Esponnette): • Leveraging a 3D weaving machine to make custom-fit apparel with zero waste, unspun built traction through early tech demos. • Key takeaway: By Series B, they needed to show tangible traction ($150M in committed revenue) to attract dedicated climate tech investors. 2. Prolific Machines (Max Huisman): • Initially focused on cultivated meat, they pivoted to biopharma and nutritional proteins to gain market traction. • Strategy: Partnered with industry leaders (e.g., Fonterra) and secured non-dilutive funding like Gates Foundation grants, reducing pressure on equity. 3. Heart Aerospace (Anders Forslund): • Developing the ES-30 hybrid electric aircraft for short-haul flights, Heart Aerospace set clear milestones to keep investors engaged. • Insight: Moving towards project financing over traditional equity to align with the longer cycles of aerospace development. 🌐 The New Climate Tech Funding Landscape • Today’s Series B raises often involve a shift from angel investors to climate tech-focused funds and strategic corporate partners. • Building relationships with strategic investors—who bring both capital and expertise—was a recurring theme. 🔥 Final Thought The journey may be longer in 2024, but adaptability, smart pivots, and focus on milestones can help climate tech founders bridge the Series B gap. Ready to take on the #SeriesB challenge? 👊 <Source: Watch more here https://lnkd.in/eh8RyeVX> #ClimateTech #Investment #Sustainable Sean O'Sullivan HyFlux

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