Carolina Karlström

UK Power Networks £1m boost powers up community energy groups. UKPN has pledged £1 million to support community energy groups in scaling up their net zero initiatives. #netzero #sustainability #climatechange #climatecrisis #climateaction #climatesolutions #energycrisis

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🌟 𝗚𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗥𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘄𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗘𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆 🥊 As Flotation Energy prepare for round two of local consultations in Braunton for their White Cross cable connection project, it's clear that the path to sustainable infrastructure development, like a good boxing match, requires strategy, resilience and most importantly community support. ⚡ Flotation Energy, is stepping back into the ring for another attempt to mitigate concerns which will impact Braunton’s unique biodiversity and local tourism economy as a consequence of their proposed 100 MW floating wind farm project, located 52 km off the North Devon coast. Their plan currently involves laying a cable across Saunton Sands beach break, right in the heart North Devon World Surfing Reserve, which has sparked strong objections among the local community. 🌊 Their last engagement meeting in the Parish Hall felt more like a showdown, with passionate feedback from locals who care deeply about their coastline, countryside and community. It’s a reminder that each step in this project crucially needs to address place-sensitive and fair development such as promoted by the ACCESS Advancing Capacity for Climate Environment Social Science network to lay the groundwork for clean energy that the company say will power the equivalent of 135,000 homes. 💡 As a Director of 361 Energy CIC, I believe firmly in a just transition to net zero, where projects are not only about generating large scale clean power but are also about ensuring local communities benefit through community ownership and by tackling issues of inefficient homes and fuel poverty. 🌍 As they gear up for this next consultation phase, let’s hope the gloves are on to work together to ensure the project delivers clean, efficient, and community-focused energy solutions. Here's to hoping Flotation Energy come out fighting, ready to address environmental concerns, champion local voices, and help usher in a future where renewable energy and community go hand in hand. #RenewableEnergy #CommunityEngagement #FloatingOffshoreWindEnergy  #NorthDevon #EnergyTransition Yvette Curtis Adam Hall Scott Burrows Dr Paul Rogers MEI Patrick Devine-Wright Steve Baker Martin Slocombe North Devon UNESCO Biosphere Andrew Bell MSc Devon Climate Emergency

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It was great to work with some impressive minds, not least Ruth Wilkinson and Ed Leighton, on the Purpose in Practice Community (PIPC) workstream on strategy and purpose. In my view you simply can't have strategy and purpose working separately. So if you want get a download on all the key insights then take a listen to the podcast. But if you want a more in depth read then have a look at the toolkit we co-co-created and while you are there take a look at the other free resources created by the other workstreams too. https://lnkd.in/eqxBDtcP A Blueprint for Better Business Anglian Water Services

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‼️‼️Please take some time to engage with the consultation - guidance for the industry NEEDS input from the industry to ensure that there is consensus and consistency on climate resilience in the built environment - link below! ‼️‼️

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Honoured to sponsor and speak at an insightful panel event in Parliament on greening the UK gas grid through biomethane. With Rachael Burford from the Evening Standard leading the discussion, we explored practical approaches to decarbonising gas usage and reducing harmful methane emissions. Future Biogas' Carbon Harvest project demonstrated how unsubsidised biomethane is already supporting industries in reaching Net Zero while providing a practical alternative to fossil fuels. It's clear that demand for gas will persist beyond 2050, as renewable electricity alone can't meet the needs of all industrial practices. We heard how AstraZeneca has reduced its gas usage, introducing biomethane to fulfil essential requirements for sterilisation and steam in the pharmaceutical sector. With methane having 80 times the warming impact of CO2, using biomethane derived from agricultural and food waste not only harnesses a valuable energy source but also helps reduce the climate impact of waste. Biomethane can play a key role in our clean energy transition, particularly in sectors where electrification isn’t feasible, like brick and glass manufacturing, in heating historic buildings such as Parliament and in hospitals requiring energy intensive processes for sterilisation. A smart, flexible, low carbon energy mix will need green gases like biomethane, hydrogen, and synthetic gases—not fossil fuels. This was a fascinating discussion about a technology and industry already making a positive impact on our economy and climate. Huge thanks to Philipp Lukas of Future Biogas, Howard Forster of Cadent Gas Limited , and Lord Rupert Redesdale for their insights into the role of biomethane on our journey to net zero. Let’s keep advancing green gas initiatives! #biomethane #cleanenergy #netzero

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Commercial solar panels can significantly reduce your electricity bills and carbon footprint. 🌞 🌱 Find out why solar energy is transforming UK businesses and how you can join the revolution: https://lnkd.in/dYBBHS_F #SolarPower #SustainableBusiness #EnergySavings

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Scotland’s Climate Week 23 - 29 September 2024 Yesterday Energy and Water............today waste and travel. In NHS Lanarkshire we are trying to put the spotlight on some of our key workstreams throughout Climate Week. Environmental sustainability is part of every decision you make. Think twice about what you throw away. Can it be reused? or used for a different purpose? If you can and are able, think about using active travel to get to work, or to go to the shops. Try public transport, or car sharing? There are many different options to reduce your carbon footprint. Do your bit. #ScotClimateWeek #NHSLanarkshire #Sustainability #NHSsustainability

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Are you a woman leading a growth business, looking to secure investment to scale up? Scottish Enterprise's Pathways To Scale programme (PTS) is officially open for applications. The Pathways to Scale Programme offers strategic advice, peer support and networking to help you prepare for investment. Learn more about the programme and apply now. Applications close Sunday 21 July. https://lnkd.in/ekrtFRdA #entrepreneurship #womeninbusiness #scale #pathwaysreport

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Last year National Grid set near-term climate targets to align with a 1.5 degree pathway in our refreshed Responsible Business Charter. I am now delighted to share our second Climate Transition Plan (CTP) which explains how we plan to achieve these near-term targets and get to net zero by 2050. It also details the actions we’re taking to meet our targets and where we need support from others. We have tried to align this plan as closely as possible to the recently published Transition Plan Taskforce (TPT) guidance and are pleased to be an early adopter. A huge thanks to everyone who has helped pull this together but especially Steven Thompson, Liam Goucher and Suliman Ahmed #ResponsibleBusiness #climatetransition #cleanenergy #Sustainability

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Is delivering the energy transition the hottest topic in utilities right now?🔥 Ben Wilson, Chief Strategy & External Affairs Officer, National Grid is live on Green Stage giving his keynote 'Delivering the energy transition: a view from National Grid’. Join him now to discover what the road to Net Zero holds. #FoUSummit24 #energy #utilites #NetZero #energytransition  

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🌍𝐑𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 '𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐭' 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐧𝐞𝐭 𝐳𝐞𝐫𝐨 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞, 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐆𝐁 𝐄𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐛𝐨𝐬𝐬🏡 Speaking at the 𝐂𝐁𝐈 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, Jurgen Maier, Chair of 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐄𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲, emphasised the importance of ensuring that the transition to clean energy delivers benefits to local communities. 🏗️🌱 “Policymakers must take communities with us as we decarbonise the UK’s power grid,” he said. “Investing in 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐬 and 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 will help ensure that the benefits of renewable energy reach consumers directly—something we haven’t done enough of yet.” 🔋🤝 Labour’s ambitious plan to decarbonise Britain’s power grid by 2030 is driving significant investment in wind turbines, solar farms, and infrastructure across the country, particularly in rural areas. With £8.3 billion of public funding earmarked for green energy projects over the next five years, 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐄𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 will play a key role in catalysing private sector investment while fostering partnerships with the public sector and local communities. 🌬️☀️ Mr Maier also called for an 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐥 to accelerate the deployment of green energy while engaging with communities to ensure projects gain public support. 📜✍️ “This is a three-party partnership—the 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫, the 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫, and 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 working together,” he said. “By doing this, we can create a cleaner, greener, and fairer energy future for the UK.” 🌟 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞:

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If The Labour Party wants to transform British energy, they need to focus on the grid, not generation. Here's my take, published in the Financial Times today. £200 billion of projects are waiting in the grid connection queue, which is 5 years delayed on average according to Ofgem and Department for Energy Security and Net Zero. Generation also only represents ~30-35% of electricity bills - costs from transmission and distribution are likely to increase, given significant upgrade requirements to accommodate renewables and electrification of transport and heat. Focusing on supporting nascent technologies, planning reforms and the grid could help far more than funding projects that private investors are already waiting to build. Subscribe for more updates from me on energy and ESG at https://lnkd.in/expN3mWH #GreatBritishEnergy https://lnkd.in/e74u7gqK

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🇬🇧 ⚡️ State-Owned, Future-Focused: Introducing GB Energy 🇬🇧 ⚡️ Last month we shared some thoughts around Labour’s Green Prosperity Plan and its vision of “making Britain a clean energy superpower”. In this week’s post, we’ll focus on a core part of that vision: GB Energy. 🚀 The new, state-owned energy company is a key element of Labour's vision of Britain as a clean technology leader and innovator, and the push towards the ultimate goal of Net Zero by 2050. ❓However, even before its official launch, there are some warning signs, suggesting disparities between vision and reality. Both Rachel Reeves’ commitment of only £125m across 2025/2026, despite the headline figure of £8.3bn over five years, and Jürgen Maier’s claim of 1,000 new jobs scaling down to a more realistic 300, are symptomatic of ‘overpromising and under-delivering’, potentially worrying signs of things to come. ❌ 🤔 Despite this, it’s important to view these early challenges within the broader context of GB Energy’s long-term objectives. Establishing a state-owned energy company is a complex endeavour, and initial missteps or scaled-back ambitions don’t necessarily define the entire project’s trajectory. GB Energy holds significant potential to reshape the UK’s energy landscape, and if it achieves outcomes comparable to state-owned pioneers like Statkraft in Norway or Vattenfall in Sweden, it could become a transformative force in the pursuit of “making Britain a clean energy superpower.” 📈 #NetZero #Renewables #CleanTechnology #EnergyTransition #GBEnergy

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Asking whether your ESG/responsible/ethical/ sustainable whatever you call it fund invests in Drax is a clear way to establish if the manager really understands what the clean, green, economically fair and sensible energy system we need looks like. Or if they know what that looks like but opts for a quick, taxpayer subsidised buck anyway. Unclean, unfair energy that we will pay for three times - in subsidies, in energy bills and in economic damage and its impact on our finances. Another kind of triple lock.

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One of the GB Energy’s three initial priorities is: Scale up municipal and community energy: GB Energy will partner with energy companies, local authorities and cooperatives to develop 8GWs small-scale and medium-scale community energy projects. Profits will flow directly back into local communities to cut bills, not to the shareholders of foreign companies. This will help to create a more decentralised energy system, with more local generation and ownership, and will help to create a more resilient energy system. With a pledge to ensure GBE supports places across the country, Coast to Capital LegaC Services stand ready to support local authorities understand their energy landscape and identify how new projects or investment could deliver results. Our team can conduct research on greenhouse gas emissions, by sector, so places can understand which segments of their local economies are emitting the most, as well as their per capita emissions when compared to other areas. We can also provide research on fuel and energy consumption – showing where a reliance on fossil fuels persists and where new renewable capacity may support a reduction.  

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There is no such thing as a green energy tariff. Do you know where your energy is actually coming from? Today’s green tariffs simply buy pieces of paper to say they are green. Whether you are a household or a business, it’s the same. But there is a better way. At Utilita Energy we’ve built a tool that matches your consumption to the sources of energy in your area. We can show you exactly where your energy is coming from, every half hour, every day. Does your business want to understand the real impact of your energy use and what your net zero programmes are really achieving? Reach out and let’s talk about how we can help! Shout out to Andrew Witham, Ella Jones, Dimitris Stefanoglou and Chris O'Donnell for making this happen. #netzero #carbonreporting #climatecrisis #energy #transparency

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Great article in the Financial Times on heat pumps, and retrofitting "If the UK is to meet its climate targets, one in 10 homes will need to phase out their gas boiler by 2030. But only 250,000 have transitioned so far. It’s an admittedly complex journey, but worth it." #retrofitting #retrofit #London #heatpumps #housing https://lnkd.in/enm3j2gC

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I’ve worked in energy for nearly 30 years (I know!) and it’s always changing! Zero carbon is the future and this report shows how close it is to becoming a reality.

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