Simon Evans
Deputy Editor + Policy Ed covering climate, energy. Son of migrants/grandson of refugees. PGP: [email protected]
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Leittechnologie Elektromobilität: Warum wir uns entscheiden müssen
Linkedin.com 4h 1 tweets
„Technologieoffen“ – das war immer das Credo der deutschen Autoindustrie. Benziner und Diesel, CNG und Hybride, E-Autos, Brennstoffzelle und synthetische Kraftstoffe: Im Prinzip hat jeder alles gemacht, meist parallel.
Data analytics reveals EV and PV use is higher than expected | New Power
Newpower.info 6h 1 tweets
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Financial Times 30h 4 tweets
Analysis of UK’s 2025 ban on gas and oil heating systems highlights the need for additional policy intervention
Cambridge Econometrics 21h 1 tweets
The ban on fossil-fuel based heating systems in new homes, announced by UK Chancellor Philip Hammond last week, is a positive step towards decarbonising the UK’s households.  Our analysis suggests it could lead to annual carbon emissions savings of...
Wind generated more than one-third of electricity over the past week - more than any other source - RenewableUK
Renewableuk.com 4d 2 tweets
RenewableUK is the UK's leading not for profit renewable energy trade association
Global, Regional, and National Fossil-Fuel CO2 Emissions
Cdiac.ess-dive.lbl.gov 23h 1 tweets
Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center
Simon Evans Read the summary attached (or at the link below) if you're interested in how there can be CO2 estimates from 1850 (they actually go even further back, to 1750, for some countries). It's based on historical records of the trade in fossil fuels. 23h
Fossil-Fuel CO2 Emissions
Cdiac.ess-dive.lbl.gov 23h 1 tweets
Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center
Simon Evans Credit for data goes to CDIAC (through 2014) and the Global Carbon Project (through 2017). CDIAC: GCP: 23h
Global Carbon Budget 2018 | Carbon Portal
Icos-cp.eu 23h 1 tweets
Simon Evans Credit for data goes to CDIAC (through 2014) and the Global Carbon Project (through 2017). CDIAC: GCP: 23h
Bar chart race — the most populous cities in the world
Observablehq.com 4d 5 tweets
An Observable notebook by johnburnmurdoch.
Simon Evans Huge thanks to for making his "bar chart race" code easy to use & publicly available: Here's my "fork": I'm sure John / others could suggest lots of improvements eg to avoid the many decimal places on 1st frame… 23h
Bar Chart Race – the countries with the largest CO2 emissions in the world
Observablehq.com 23h 1 tweets
An Observable notebook by drsimevans.
Simon Evans Huge thanks to for making his "bar chart race" code easy to use & publicly available: Here's my "fork": I'm sure John / others could suggest lots of improvements eg to avoid the many decimal places on 1st frame… 23h
Merkel Forms ‘Climate Cabinet’ as Carbon Pollution Fines Loom
Bloomberg.com 28h 1 tweets
Chancellor Angela Merkel has assembled top aides to form a “Climate Cabinet” in an 11th-hour move to improve Germany’s climate protection record and avert heavy fines for pollution infringements.
Petition: Revoke Article 50 and remain in the EU.
Petitions - UK Government and Parliament 28d 641 tweets
The government repeatedly claims exiting the EU is 'the will of the people'. We need to put a stop to this claim by proving the strength of public support now, for remaining in the EU. A People's Vote may not happen - so vote now.
Eskom running viability exercise on Medupi, Kusile as SA faces more power cuts
Miningmx 49h 1 tweets
ROLLING blackouts are to become a permanent feature of South Africa’s business landscape for up to two weeks as the country’s power utility, Eskom, attempts to figure out why it has lost up to 4,000MW in generation. Pravin Gordhan, public...
Greenhouse gas reporting: conversion factors 2018
GOV.UK 235d 2 tweets
These emission conversion factors can be used to report on 2018 greenhouse gas emissions by UK based organisations of all sizes, and for international organisations reporting on UK operations.
Simon Evans CO2 per tonne of coking coal from this govt dataset: Coal CO2 in 2018 from our February estimate, based on govt energy data: 47h
Senior Associate, UK Programme job with European Climate Foundation
Guardian Jobs 4d 1 tweets
The post holder will play a key role in providing strategic advice, dealing with grant management, and monitoring.
'Our darkest of days' - PM Ardern voices New Zealand's grief
U.K. 3d 1 tweets
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Tuesday praised the bravery of mosq...
EU leaders need to give new impetus to climate ambition talks | E3G
E3G | Third Generation Environmentalism 3d 1 tweets
European leaders will discuss climate change during the European Council of 21st-22nd March 2019. Heads of state or government will debate the transition to a...
China state investment giant drops coal
Australian Financial Review 3d 4 tweets
China's big state-owned coal investors are weaning themselves off the once profitable commodity to focus on now-emissions alternatives.
Simon Evans Big coal news out of China AFR: "China state investment giant drops coal" (caveat: "some analysts noted the investments had merely been shifted to another state-run vehicles and China was not about to abolish funding for new coal projects") 3d
SSE to close one of its four units at Fiddler's Ferry
Sse.com 3d 1 tweets
Simon Evans BREAKING: More UK coal capacity to close, after SSE says one of four units at 2GW Fiddler's Ferry will shut immediately. It only had grid contracts for 3 units in any case. HT 3d
Beneficial Electrification of Space Heating
RAP - Regulatory Assistance Project 3d 1 tweets
RAP examines the options for electrification of space heating, applies our beneficial electrification conditions to space heating, and offers strategies for achieving the benefits.