The bleak prognosis from COP30 indicates a need to pick winners and build momentum.
Would you consider a bonus edition in the New Year with your ‘6 of the Best’ or ‘Top 10’ as a shortlist from your coverage in 2025 based on a combination of key attributes such as: impact + lead-time + practicality?
It could include the latest progress and next milestones.
Thanks Chris, your newsletter continues to be brilliant! I wonder if you could perhaps in a future edition tackle what for me is a conundrum - the true cost of wind & solar renewables. My impression is that the cost usually quoted (in various sources) is a marginal cost which excludes the extensive new infrastructure (networks/grids, battery storage etc) which is necessary for the renewable supply to work in practice, and that its seemingly favourable cost vs other energy sources (oil, gas, nuclear) which Miliband always claims is probably significantly misstated/overstated. Are you perhaps able to comment on this? Thanks!
I agree very much with the conclusion that innovation is indeed driven by powerful economic forces. I try to cover news stories that haven't been widely commented on in the English-speaking media but which have potential global relevance. This can be science, or policy changes or public attitudes, as well as technical innovation. And, as you say, it's vital to remember that the transition is proving to be costly, and sometimes it is the least well-off who seem to be paying, Chris
Chris, thanks for a particularly well-targeted and informative edition!
Thank you Nick.
Hi Chris,
The bleak prognosis from COP30 indicates a need to pick winners and build momentum.
Would you consider a bonus edition in the New Year with your ‘6 of the Best’ or ‘Top 10’ as a shortlist from your coverage in 2025 based on a combination of key attributes such as: impact + lead-time + practicality?
It could include the latest progress and next milestones.
Thanks. Nick
Thanks Chris, your newsletter continues to be brilliant! I wonder if you could perhaps in a future edition tackle what for me is a conundrum - the true cost of wind & solar renewables. My impression is that the cost usually quoted (in various sources) is a marginal cost which excludes the extensive new infrastructure (networks/grids, battery storage etc) which is necessary for the renewable supply to work in practice, and that its seemingly favourable cost vs other energy sources (oil, gas, nuclear) which Miliband always claims is probably significantly misstated/overstated. Are you perhaps able to comment on this? Thanks!
Hello,
I agree very much with the conclusion that innovation is indeed driven by powerful economic forces. I try to cover news stories that haven't been widely commented on in the English-speaking media but which have potential global relevance. This can be science, or policy changes or public attitudes, as well as technical innovation. And, as you say, it's vital to remember that the transition is proving to be costly, and sometimes it is the least well-off who seem to be paying, Chris