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Sarah Merrick

@SpeakSarahSpeak

3 months

The Chancellor, Rachel Reeves has just overturned the 10 year ban on onshore wind in England. The government will also consult on bringing onshore wind into the nationally significant infrastructure projects regime. Very, very good news indeed.

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@SpeakSarahSpeak

6 months

So these farmers will end up in court for disruptive protests, right? Or is that just for climate protesters?

FarmingUK

@FarmingUK

6 months

Farmers and their tractors have started to arrive outside the Houses of Parliament 🚜 🪧

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Sarah Merrick

@SpeakSarahSpeak

1 year

France’s ban on domestic flights for trips that can be done in less than 2.5h by train is a VERY good thing. The UK (and everyone else) should do the same.

France bans short-haul flights to cut carbon emissions

All domestic air routes are stopped where the same journey could be made by train in under 2.5 hours.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Sarah Merrick

@SpeakSarahSpeak

1 year

A day after the hottest day on earth ever was the day that saw the most flights happen ever. This is madness.

Flightradar24

@flightradar24

1 year

Yesterday was the busiest day for commercial aviation that we’ve ever tracked. We tracked 134,386 commercial flights on 6 July and today is shaping up to be another busy day. More than 20,000 flights are in the air right now.

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Sarah Merrick

@SpeakSarahSpeak

5 years

Want a jaw dropping statistic? MORE THAN 5% OF THE WORLD��S GDP IS SPENT ON FOSSIL FUEL SUBSIDIES ‘With this money we could solve the whole problem (climate change)’ says the World Meteorological Society.

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@SpeakSarahSpeak

5 years

OMG David Attenborough just told the country my wind statistic on #ClimateChangeTheFacts A single revolution of an offshore wind turbine can power a home for a day!!! 💚💚💚

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Sarah Merrick

@SpeakSarahSpeak

1 year

Nothing to see here, just wind and solar generating 65% of the UK’s electricity right now.

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Sarah Merrick

@SpeakSarahSpeak

5 months

Turns out it's cheaper to pay the guy who's just nicked your daughter's phone the £100 he's demanding to give it back, than it is to pay the £150 excess on an insurance claim to get a (2nd hand) replacement. Freakonomics.

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Sarah Merrick

@SpeakSarahSpeak

1 year

What kind of electricity do you want in future? Gas powered for £160 Or wind powered for £40?

Simon Evans

@DrSimEvans

1 year

NEW The UK government has just quietly published estimates showing wind and solar will be several times cheaper than gas, for the foreseeable future A few senior cabinet members (& a large section of the media) might like to take a look? THREAD with charts + caveats

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Sarah Merrick

@SpeakSarahSpeak

2 years

Wind turbines just got even more sustainable. Wind turbine blades can now be recycled - including old blades currently sitting in landfills! Brilliant work from @vestas and its commitment to genuine circularity.

Vestas unveils circularity solution to end landfill for turbine blades

www.vestas.com

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@SpeakSarahSpeak

1 year

This is incredible. Zero carbon steel for wind turbine towers and blades made from recycled old blades. New offshore wind farms from @Vestas and @Orsted will lead the way for a circular, low carbon supply chain. Hats off to them. 💚

Ørsted and Vestas in industry-first pioneering partnership towards net-zero wind farms

www.vestas.com

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Sarah Merrick

@SpeakSarahSpeak

5 years

The UK has just broken its record for the longest period without any coal fired electricity on the grid 💚🏆💚 80 hours and counting.... ⏱ Check out @UK_Coal for updates.

Coal - GB Grid

@UK_Coal

5 years

UK National Grid: #Coal is currently generating 0.00GW (0.00%) out of a total of 21.85GW Continuous hours without coal: 80

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Sarah Merrick

@SpeakSarahSpeak

1 year

Reading this on the bus on the way to gym. Having ditched our car in January. The ULEZ works. Really glad it will be extended to the whole of Greater London.

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Sarah Merrick

@SpeakSarahSpeak

1 year

Strongly disagree. Remote working means companies can hire people right across the country. We certainly are. This creates job opportunities everywhere. Economic activity + well paid jobs no longer need to be concentrated in London and the south east. That's a good thing.

Bloomberg UK

@BloombergUK

1 year

"I think the default will be: you work in the office, unless there’s a good reason not to" UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt tells business leaders where he thinks the debate on remote working is heading

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Sarah Merrick

@SpeakSarahSpeak

2 years

Made a family decision to NOT get an EV and instead go car-less when our current car dies. Why? - Public transport in London is great - There are car clubs if we need a car - Fewer cars in total is better - There are way better things to spend money on

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@SpeakSarahSpeak

1 year

Translated: Despite increasing amounts of rain, people just keep driving, in the end they are washed away. Works in the same way as we are tackling the climate crisis: keep going until nothing works.

Peter Jelinek

@Peter_Jelinek

1 year

Trotz steigender Regenmassen fahren die Leute einfach weiter, am Ende werden sie fortgespült. Wirkt in etwa so, wie wir die Klimakrise angehen: Weiter so bis gar nichts mehr geht.

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Sarah Merrick

@SpeakSarahSpeak

2 years

The wonderful people @wfcouncil have installed a bike hangar outside my house. So pleased, been on the waiting list for years. No more hauling the bike through the house. Not having a car just got even easier!

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Sarah Merrick

@SpeakSarahSpeak

2 years

HUGE NEWS! Really pleased the government is changing its mind on onshore wind. It’s cheap, clean and home grown which is exactly what the UK needs.

Onshore wind rules to be relaxed after Tory revolt

The government says it will rewrite a planning rule restricting new turbines in England.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Sarah Merrick

@SpeakSarahSpeak

3 months

Labour’s huge majority creates a clear mandate to deliver its green energy ambitions. - 2x onshore wind - 3x solar - 4x offshore wind + Biggest expansion of cooperative energy UK’s ever seen. You ready? We are.

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Sarah Merrick

@SpeakSarahSpeak

2 months

This is appalling. Regardless of whether you agree with them, their cause, or their tactics, peaceful protestors should not be jailed for 4 + 5 years. They acted for zero personal gain and harmed no one. Is peaceful protest allowed in the UK or not?

Just Stop Oil

@JustStop_Oil

2 months

🚨 BREAKING: THE WHOLE TRUTH FIVE IMPRISONED FOR 4-5 YEARS ⛓️ Lucia, Cressie, Louise and Daniel have received 4 year prison sentences today, whilst Roger has received 5 years. ➡️ Stop jailing those telling the truth. Sign the petition —

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Sarah Merrick

@SpeakSarahSpeak

2 years

Please don’t make it more difficult to build solar parks on farms. The UK needs loads more low cost green power ASAP - that’s exactly what solar delivers. And with ⁦ @RippleEnergy ⁩ hundreds of thousands of consumers can own it + benefit direct.

Ministers hope to ban solar projects from most English farms

Exclusive: Environment minister seeks to expand definition of prime farmland in drive for productivity

www.theguardian.com

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Sarah Merrick

@SpeakSarahSpeak

7 years

During the worst weather the UK’s seen in years it’s the nation’s wind turbines keeping the lights on.

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Sarah Merrick

@SpeakSarahSpeak

8 months

@katie_fenn @horton_official The fact the new, smaller, departure boards are now split by train company rather than destination is really annoying too.

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Sarah Merrick

@SpeakSarahSpeak

3 months

Monday: Overturn the onshore wind ban Tuesday: Appoint Chris Stark as Mission Control for Clean Power 2030 Can’t wait to see what the new Government has in store for tomorrow. It’s like the world’s best advent calendar.

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Sarah Merrick

@SpeakSarahSpeak

5 years

Is coronavirus going to show the business world you don’t actually need to travel to that v important meeting, a video call is just as good, plus you don’t waste 2 days travelling? And that working from home works fine? Could have a profound impact on travel emissions if so.

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Sarah Merrick

@SpeakSarahSpeak

2 years

The idea that you need piles of cash from oil and gas to invest in renewables is ridiculous. There are loads of companies, pension funds and utilities all clambering to invest in renewables. Without cash from oil and gas production.

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@SpeakSarahSpeak

3 years

This week my sister was given a Nissan Leaf when her ICE car was being mended. She'd kind of dismissed them before but having driven one for a day she now LOVES them and is planning to switch to one ASAP. Happy days

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@SpeakSarahSpeak

4 years

More than 50% of the UK's electricity is coming from its fabulous fleet of wind turbines right now. Good night.

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Sarah Merrick

@SpeakSarahSpeak

9 months

Right, I’m calling it. The UK’s electricity mix in 2023 was: Gas: 31.5% Wind: 29% Nuclear: 14% Imports: 12% Biomass: 6% Solar: 4.5% Hydro + pumped storage: 2% Coal: 1% Could wind become the UK’s biggest source of power in 2024?

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Sarah Merrick

@SpeakSarahSpeak

5 years

This got me thinking back 10 years to all the people who said onshore wind would never be cheaper than gas/coal/nuclear. And back 5 years to people who said floating offshore wind would never work. Where would we be if the wind sector had listened, then packed up and gone home?

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Sarah Merrick

@SpeakSarahSpeak

1 year

Really struggling to comprehend news that both Conservatives and Labour are considering watering down commitments to net zero. We need to push forward with net zero policies. And that means really bloody good comms on why it’s needed and why it’ll better than the status quo.

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Sarah Merrick

@SpeakSarahSpeak

4 years

A fantastic achievement the UK should be immensely proud of. Fossil fuelled electricity has gradually fallen over the last 10 years + renewables has increased. Renewable energy now provides more power than fossil fuels. Big change is possible. Data from

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Sarah Merrick

@SpeakSarahSpeak

2 years

Asked how people can help tackle climate change Rishi Sunak points to recycling. Recycling does not tackle climate change. It’s an environmental issue but not (directly) a climate one.

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Sarah Merrick

@SpeakSarahSpeak

6 months

Even more wind power today! Nearly 75% of the UK’s power coming from wind and solar might seem incredible today, but in 10 years it’ll be the norm. 💚

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Sarah Merrick

@SpeakSarahSpeak

5 years

Sweden shows just how quickly a change in consumer attitudes can have an impact. In one year: - 9% drop in domestic flights - 4% drop in international flights This is incredible.

Sweden sees rare fall in air passengers, as flight-shaming takes off

Passengers flying via Swedish airports fell 4% in 2019, airport operators Swedavia say.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Sarah Merrick

@SpeakSarahSpeak

2 years

Looks like the UK’s wind record has been broken again today. 21.43GW, nothing else even close to double digits.

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Sarah Merrick

@SpeakSarahSpeak

1 year

Ukraine built 114MW of onshore wind over the last 12 months. England built 1MW.

Damian Carrington

@dpcarrington

1 year

Ukraine built more onshore wind turbines in past year than England - Revelation about war-torn country is ‘terrible indictment’ of UK government, says @Ed_Miliband

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Sarah Merrick

@SpeakSarahSpeak

6 years

The Netherlands has set out how it plans to decarbonise heating, eventually turning off the gas district by district. It’s hugely impressive in its ambition, completeness and consensual approach. It’s sadly almost impossible to imagine such a plan being pursued in the UK.

Kees van der Leun 

@Sustainable2050

6 years

Reading the draft NL Climate Agreement: Lots of good content! Will share some observations with you here. On page 28 now ;)

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Sarah Merrick

@SpeakSarahSpeak

2 years

ONE offshore wind turbine ONE day = electricity for 1.8 MILLION KM in an electric car

Siemens Gamesa

@SiemensGamesa

2 years

A record has been set by our SG 14-222 DD offshore prototype! 💪 The turbine has produced 359 megawatt-hours within a 24-hour time period - the most power one turbine has ever produced over this duration and enough energy to drive 1.8 million km in a mid-sized electric car!

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Sarah Merrick

@SpeakSarahSpeak

3 months

Would you rather… A) Live down a 100m hole on the moon Or B) Live on a planet with oxygen, forests, oceans and mountains. We’ve got the most incredible planet *literally* under our feet. If we protect it we won’t need to live down some crappy hole.

Moon cave discovered that could one day house humans

It is the first cave to be discovered on the Moon and could protect astronauts from radiation.

www.bbc.com

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Sarah Merrick

@SpeakSarahSpeak

1 year

This is absurd. At the @rippleenergy Derril Water solar park 96% of the land can still be used for grazing. Just sheep instead of cattle. And don’t even get me started on golf courses….

Helena Horton

@horton_official

1 year

New story from me: ‘Detached from reality’: anger as Rishi Sunak plans to restrict solar panels

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Sarah Merrick

@SpeakSarahSpeak

2 months

When the far right decided to turn up in Walthamstow in 2011 we showed their division and hatred was not welcome. The feeling is just as strong today.

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Sarah Merrick

@SpeakSarahSpeak

3 years

This is what 15 year olds are being taught today in GCSE physics. General view of kids after the lesson 'guess renewables are a bit shit then...' 😬

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Sarah Merrick

@SpeakSarahSpeak

2 years

BREAK IT DOWN: Here’s where Britain’s electricity came from in 2022: Gas: 38% Wind: 27% Nuclear: 16% Biomass: 6% Imports: 6% Solar: 4% Coal: 1% Hydro: 1% Pumped storage: 1%

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Sarah Merrick

@SpeakSarahSpeak

3 years

Here's the @wfcouncil Victorian eco-home retrofit. A normal 1900's home with an A energy efficiency rating. It's got: Solar panels Batteries Heat pump External wall insulation on the back Internal wall insulation on the front Smart air brick Under floor board insulation

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Sarah Merrick

@SpeakSarahSpeak

2 years

The Electricity Prices Bill is being rushed through Parliament on Monday. Consumer + cooperative owned wind farms must be exempted from the Bill’s revenue cap. They are fundamentally different to wind farms owned by big utilities or huge infrastructure funds.

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Sarah Merrick

@SpeakSarahSpeak

5 months

Sadiq Khan’s win shows people want clean air, safe roads and an open, livable city. Run by a rational, serious person. Who knew.

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Sarah Merrick

@SpeakSarahSpeak

2 years

Wind turbines can be erected in a matter of days, but can take 10 years to consent. It's high time the brakes on onshore wind were lifted so we can get on with building more low cost, stable priced green power for the UK.

Boris Johnson horrified at onshore wind farm delays, sources say

Boris Johnson wants onshore wind to be part of UK's energy mix despite opposition, the BBC is told.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Sarah Merrick

@SpeakSarahSpeak

4 years

I get lockdown but I get up again Gotta love Banksy 💚

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Sarah Merrick

@SpeakSarahSpeak

4 years

Renewables generating more than fossil fuels has really struck a chord with me. All those patronising naysayers who belittled renewables (and everyone working in the sector) back in the early days have been proved wrong. On cost, on grid impacts and on the technology.

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Sarah Merrick

@SpeakSarahSpeak

16 days

Very, very good news. The new coal mine planned in Cumbria won't now go ahead.

Cumbria coal mine plan thrown out by High Court judge

Climate campaigners have hailed a "huge victory" for the environment after a judge blocked the UK's first new coal mine in 30 years. The ruling suggests all UK fossil fuel extraction projects can be...

news.sky.com

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Sarah Merrick

@SpeakSarahSpeak

1 year

The bit of a wind turbine’s foundation you can usually see is only a teeny bit of it. Here’s one of the Kirk Hill wind turbine foundations with me (quite a big person) for scale. They’re massive.

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Sarah Merrick

@SpeakSarahSpeak

3 years

Amazing artwork 'For what it's worth' illustrating the copper extracted from what was South Africa's biggest copper mine.

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Sarah Merrick

@SpeakSarahSpeak

4 years

Cycled from Abergavenny to Hay-on-Wye today. Over the Brecon Beacons (🏅). London drivers can learn A LOT about how to treat cyclists from Welsh drivers. Courteous. No aggression. Hold back patiently. Quite a contrast. 🚴‍♀️🚵‍♀️

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Sarah Merrick

@SpeakSarahSpeak

2 years

It cost a typical UK household £1880 to buy a bit of a wind farm that would generate as much electricity as they use each year, for 25 years. They’ll save £800 off their electricity bill next year. On top of £275 this year. Gotta love @RippleEnergy 💚

Graig Fatha Year 2 Pricing Update

Watch Sarah, founder and CEO of Ripple, outline the incredible Year 2 savings Graig Fatha members will be getting. Top line: - Saving rate of 27p/KWh. Over 3...

www.youtube.com

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Sarah Merrick

@SpeakSarahSpeak

2 years

Really pleased the electricity windfall tax will only apply to companies generating more than 100GWh per year. This means the thousands of owners of Graig Fatha and Kirk Hill will not be impacted. Glad the concerns of co-op members and smaller scale projects were listened to.

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Sarah Merrick

@SpeakSarahSpeak

1 year

We get lots of Qs about solar parks being built on farmland. Our Derril Water site will be built on low quality agricultural land (grades 3+4). A whopping 96% will still be able to be used for sheep grazing. I'm yet to see a co-located golf course and solar park tho.

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Sarah Merrick

@SpeakSarahSpeak

3 years

WOO HOO!!! I just won the Business Green Leaders Award Entrepreneur of the Year Award! Absolutely over the moon! 💚 #BGLAwards

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Sarah Merrick

@SpeakSarahSpeak

5 years

Happy Boxing Day - the UK’s wind turbines are powering 40% of the lights on your Christmas tree today. 🎄💚🎄 Wind is generating almost twice as much as any other source.

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Sarah Merrick

@SpeakSarahSpeak

2 years

The government has just APPROVED the new coal mine in Cumbria. There goes the UK’s reputation for climate leadership. Up in a puff of filthy, polluting, climate wrecking smoke

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Sarah Merrick

@SpeakSarahSpeak

3 years

Who’s with me feeling this today? #ProudWindFarmOwner

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Sarah Merrick

@SpeakSarahSpeak

2 years

Nearly 2/3rds of the UK's electricity is coming from renewables right now. That's my kind of energy mix 💚

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Sarah Merrick

@SpeakSarahSpeak

2 years

This brilliant graph from @CarbonBrief shows just how much the cost of renewable energy has fallen in recent years.

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Sarah Merrick

@SpeakSarahSpeak

3 months

We’ve lost a decade of action on climate change. - Onshore wind - Home insulation - Heat pumps + so much more. But with Labour’s clear vision for green growth + all the economic and industrial benefits they know it can unleash, there’s an industry ready to make it happen.

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Sarah Merrick

@SpeakSarahSpeak

2 years

So after 10 weeks without a car the verdict - it’s fine. I get the bus, tube and cycle. We get supermarket deliveries. Simple. Yes, I live in London and we have fantastic public transport + cycle infrastructure. People living in London shouldn’t fear ditching the car

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Sarah Merrick

@SpeakSarahSpeak

6 months

Today, most of your electricity is gonna come from wind. Enjoy 💚

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Sarah Merrick

@SpeakSarahSpeak

9 years

#YouAintNoMuslimBruv + Met Police arresting terrorist with tasers = London Pride

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Sarah Merrick

@SpeakSarahSpeak

7 months

Just spoke to some Year 4 pupils about wind turbines. Biggest WHOAs: - Blade tips go 320km/h, faster than a train - One swoosh can power a home for 2 days - When they leave secondary school most of the UK's electricity they use will come from wind - Boats have stilts - this pic👇

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Sarah Merrick

@SpeakSarahSpeak

8 years

Want to know how the hell we got to a second Scottish independence referendum? This from @IanDunt sums it up pretty well.

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Sarah Merrick

@SpeakSarahSpeak

1 year

It's been known for decades that major grid upgrades would be needed to connect more decentralised renewable energy generation. It's absolutely ridiculous that the UK is in this position today.

‘Lack of vision’: UK green energy projects in limbo as grid struggles to keep pace

Clean electricity plans stuck for years because of ‘negligence’ by governments over modernising network, say renewable energy developers

www.theguardian.com

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Sarah Merrick

@SpeakSarahSpeak

1 year

This isn’t something to be proud of. Or shout about.

Rt Hon Grant Shapps

@grantshapps

1 year

Today we are saying no to @JustStop_Oil and their political wing the Labour Party We will power ahead with new oil and gas because it’s in the best interests of the British people, of our economy and of our national security

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Sarah Merrick

@SpeakSarahSpeak

9 months

You might be winding down for Christmas, but the UK's fleet of wind turbines certainly aren't. New record of 21.8GW of output set this morning.

Wind turbines generate more than half of UK’s electricity due to Storm Pia

Clean energy record set after windfarms generate 21.8GW in half an hour on Thursday morning

www.theguardian.com

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Sarah Merrick

@SpeakSarahSpeak

2 years

What’s the climate solution you’re most excited about? Mine is lab grown meat. - Avoids growing food to feed animals (better for rainforest + rewinding) - cruelty free - genuine substitute - not too long before it’s same price as animal meat

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Sarah Merrick

@SpeakSarahSpeak

1 year

Here are the blades and towers for the @RippleEnergy Kirk Hill wind farm arriving into the Port of Ayr last night. They will soon be part of the UK’s biggest shared wind farm, owned by 5600 people and 19 businesses who will all get the green, low cost power it generates. 💚

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Sarah Merrick

@SpeakSarahSpeak

7 years

Britain’s wind turbines have just cranked it up a notch and increased output by 2%. 14.2GW is another wind record!

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Sarah Merrick

@SpeakSarahSpeak

2 years

Very pleased the Government has confirmed it plans to set out exemptions to the revenue caps in the Energy Prices Bill. Co-op and consumer owned wind farms, regardless of their size, are different to utility/fund owned ones and applying a revenue cap would be inappropriate.

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Sarah Merrick

@SpeakSarahSpeak

2 years

This is very welcome indeed. The UK desperately needs cheap, green, home grown power. Onshore wind delivers it in spades. The ban on new onshore wind farms in England needs to be overturned as a matter of urgency.

Tory rebels seek to reverse onshore windfarms ban in England

Prominent backbencher piles more pressure on Sunak as he looks to amend levelling up bill

www.ft.com

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Sarah Merrick

@SpeakSarahSpeak

4 years

20 years ago BP was worth 100x Vestas. Now it's worth just 2.5x. This is an incredible switch in relative strength.

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Sarah Merrick

@SpeakSarahSpeak

3 months

UK Supreme Court says CO2 of the oil produced by oil wells should be considered in their planning decisions. Decisions for wind farms + solar consider the zero CO2 power that will be produced. It’s right the reverse happens for oil wells.

Key oil project must count full climate impact - court

Supreme Court has ruled Surrey Council should have considered the climate change impacts of new oil wells.

www.bbc.com

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Sarah Merrick

@SpeakSarahSpeak

4 years

UK set to ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars in 2030. 10 years is plenty of time for car manufacturers to get ready. They're not reinventing the wheel, just the engine.

Would UK be ready for a new petrol car ban in 2030?

The BBC understands the government is set to announce it will bring 2040's ban forward by a decade.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Sarah Merrick

@SpeakSarahSpeak

3 years

Over the last 24 hours 50% of the UK's electricity has come from wind. It's a blowy day. 💚

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Sarah Merrick

@SpeakSarahSpeak

1 year

Sorry to break it to you ⁦ @metpoliceuk ⁩ but ⁦ @GretaThunberg ⁩ isn’t the one you should be arresting…

Greta Thunberg detained at Fossil Free London protest

The Swedish climate campaigner was with other activists at a protest outside a central London hotel.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Sarah Merrick

@SpeakSarahSpeak

5 years

@BarryJWoods Umm... it’s a day’s supply of electricity from a single rotation, which takes a few seconds. A single offshore wind turbine can supply around 10,000 homes. So around 2,700 turbines needed to meet the electricity needs of every household in the UK. 🤦‍♀️ Think about that...

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Sarah Merrick

@SpeakSarahSpeak

1 year

Clear and unequivocal message from @theCCCuk to government: 1. Make net zero a real priority 2. Stop new oil, gas + coal 3. Sort out heavy Ind decarb 4. Sort out planning sys 5. Plant trees + restore peat lands 6. Heat pumps 7. No net airport growth 8. Deploy existing tech

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Sarah Merrick

@SpeakSarahSpeak

9 months

GMB union asks what its members could possibly do as an alternative to a career installing hydrogen (!) or gas boilers, whilst slagging off heat pumps. Dunno. Maybe learn how to install heat pumps instead?

Gary Smith

@GMBGarySmith

10 months

I'm in Redcar, where last week the government abandoned trials of hydrogen for home heating. Scrapping these trials puts the future of the gas industry and tens of thousands of jobs at risk. Politicians must be honest about the realities, and the exorbitant cost, of heat pumps.

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Sarah Merrick

@SpeakSarahSpeak

2 years

Very positive noises from @GrantShapps on radio today. New wind farms where there's local support + benefit? How about giving the local community first opportunity to actually own them and get the cheap electricity they generate? Via @RippleEnergy 💚

No 10 set to allow new onshore wind projects in England in U-turn

Grant Shapps says there will be more onshore wind projects ‘where communities are in favour of it’

www.theguardian.com

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Sarah Merrick

@SpeakSarahSpeak

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My shiny new wind farm just started generating. What's going on in your world?

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@RippleEnergy

5 months

We're celebrating a huge moment today. Kirk Hill Wind Farm has officially generated power for the first time ⚡️As the UK's largest people-owned wind farm in operation, 5,600 owners made this happen. With each member owning an average of a credit card sized slice of this

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Sarah Merrick

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3 years

@RebeccaCNReid @ReadingTallMe Left my daughter in charge of making mince pies last year.

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Sarah Merrick

@SpeakSarahSpeak

1 year

Some really good news. So many people thought this could never happen, but it has. And it will become the norm in future.

Wind is main source of UK electricity for first time

Wind power overtakes gas for the first time in the UK during first three months of year.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Sarah Merrick

@SpeakSarahSpeak

1 year

What do we want? CHEAP, GREEN, HOME GROWN POWER What can deliver it? ONSHORE WIND Extremely worrying rumours that the ban on onshore wind in England will remain. Culture wars have no place in energy policy.

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Sarah Merrick

@SpeakSarahSpeak

2 years

The various bits of Kirk Hill Wind Farm ( @RippleEnergy ’s second wind farm) are starting to come together. Here are the @ENERCON_UK blades, already manufactured. Can’t explain how exciting it is to see!

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Sarah Merrick

@SpeakSarahSpeak

5 years

More from the IMF report: If there had been efficient (non-subsidised) fossil fuel prices in 2015 the world would have had: - 28% lower global carbon emissions - 46% fewer air pollution deaths - 3.6% higher government revenues (as % of GDP)

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Sarah Merrick

@SpeakSarahSpeak

3 years

Another four coal station cooling towers bite the dust. Today at Rugeley. Not many left to go now....

Cooling towers disappear from skyline

More than 2,300 homes will be built on site of former Rugeley Power Station

www.bbc.co.uk

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Sarah Merrick

@SpeakSarahSpeak

2 years

This isn't a dystopian sci-fi film. It's real life coal mining in Luetzerath, Germany, today. (And please let me know who took the pic so they can get much well deserved credit)

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Sarah Merrick

@SpeakSarahSpeak

4 years

This is BIG news. Denmark to phase out oil and gas production. It's the first country to tackle the issue head on. Oil + gas provide a big boost to government coffers. It's hard to turn that down but good on Denmark for doing so.

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Sarah Merrick

@SpeakSarahSpeak

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Be still my beating heart 💚 It's early days, but a @Vestas wind turbine blade factory in Scotland could be on the cards. Super exciting news.

Plans for Scotland's first wind turbine factory at Leith docks

Vestas is seeking planning permission for the site in what could be a breakthrough for jobs in renewables.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Sarah Merrick

@SpeakSarahSpeak

3 years

@amolrajan @BBCr4today During your 8.15ish interview my partner said out of nowhere 'I really like this guy, he's great'. You're such a refreshing addition to the team, hadn't realised it was your first day. Well done, you did a great job.

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Sarah Merrick

@SpeakSarahSpeak

3 months

Just when you think Glastonbury can’t possibly get any better, @octopusenergy go and pop up a (temporary) wind turbine! 💚

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Sarah Merrick

@SpeakSarahSpeak

5 years

Just over 4 years from planning approval to first generation. Not bad for the world’s biggest offshore wind farm! Given that we need large scale climate change solutions like yesterday, wind energy’s deliverability is really, really important! 💚💚💚

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@SpeakSarahSpeak

5 years

A quick bit of googling finds it’s actually more like 6.5% according to this @IMFNews paper:

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