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Jessica Mills Davies
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London Correspondent (for the Energy Transition) at DC Thomson's Energy Voice. (Opinions: all mine.) https://muckrack.com/jessica-mills-davies
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Jessica Mills Davies @byjessicadavies.bsky.social · Feb 28
I will die on this hill...

Rosalind Franklin was the first to theorise the physical structure of DNA and Watson and Crick did some fancy interpretation of base pairing.
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Frank Amari @frankamari.bsky.social · Feb 28
#OnThisDay 1953, Francis Crick and James Watson discover the chemical structure of the DNA molecule (double-helix polymer) using X-ray diffraction studies developed by Rosalind Franklin and Maurice Wilkins.
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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 5h
#Sellafield, UK Committee of Public Accounts.
Estimated cost decommissioning #nuclear site £136 billion, increase of 18.8% since 2019.
GDF nuclear waste disposal project rated red by NISTA, “successful delivery of the project appears to be unachievable.”
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First Annual Report of the Chair of the Committee of Public Accounts
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Energy Voice @energyvoice.com · 23h
‘The economics has changed’ – Miliband defends sprint to clean power #energysky
‘The economics has changed’ – Miliband defends sprint to clean power
Approximately 400,000 additional jobs are expected to be created under the clean power plan.
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Energy Voice @energyvoice.com · 1d
Shadow energy secretary Coutinho vows to undo energy policy #energysky
Shadow energy secretary Coutinho vows to undo energy policy
She promised to get rid of legacy Renewables Obligation Certificates, among other pledges.
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Jessica Mills Davies @byjessicadavies.bsky.social · 3d
Shout out to everyone who took part in #RunBournemouth at the weekend. What an incredible atmosphere by the coast yesterday. I'm astonished to have completed the Bournemouth Half Marathon (21.09km), to raise money for Macmillan, in 2:17. #halfmarathon #RunBournemouth #MacmillanCancerSupport
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Energy Voice @energyvoice.com · 3d
Exclusive: Stark says CfD changes could ‘help’ prevent losses like Hornsea 4 #energysky
Exclusive: Stark says CfD changes could ‘help’ prevent losses like Hornsea 4
The boss of Labour's Mission Control taskforce, designed to implement the path to net zero, says recent changes to national renewables auctions could 'help' prevent losing big projects.
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Energy Voice @energyvoice.com · 3d
National Gas injects first hydrogen into the grid #energysky
National Gas injects first hydrogen into the grid
The gas operator and energy supplier Centrica have injected hydrogen gas blended at 2% into the grid for the first time.
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Energy Voice @energyvoice.com · 8d
Half of Reform UK voters back renewables, poll shows #energysky
Half of Reform UK voters back renewables, poll shows
A YouGov poll shows 53% of the party’s voters would seek to profit from renewable energy investments in their pensions.
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Energy Voice @energyvoice.com · 9d
Clean energy a £4.5bn port ‘revolution’ in Wales, says cabinet secretary #energysky
Clean energy a £4.5bn port ‘revolution’ in Wales, says cabinet secretary
Welsh freeports could unlock billions and catalyse 20 GW of offshore wind in Welsh waters by 2045.
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Energy Voice @energyvoice.com · 10d
UK industry minister Chris McDonald stands by clean energy ‘growth’ #energysky
UK industry minister Chris McDonald stands by clean energy ‘growth’
New industry minister Chris McDonald defends clean energy as the 'economic opportunity’ of the century.
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Energy Voice @energyvoice.com · 22d
North Sea not ‘suffering’ from windfall tax, Lib Dems claim #energysky
North Sea not ‘suffering’ from windfall tax, Lib Dems claim
Lib Dem energy and net zero spokesperson Pippa Heylings said the party would retain the energy profits levy (EPL) if they win power and will add a new tax on banks.
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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 25d
EVs are currently replacing 1.3 million barrels of oil per day and set to replace 5 million
barrels of oil per day by 2030.
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Energy Voice @energyvoice.com · 27d
Nuclear to cost Scots as bills exceed estimates #energysky
Nuclear to cost Scots as bills exceed estimates
SNP argues that Scots foot the bill for Labour’s energy ambitions, as Sizewell C costs balloon.
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Energy Voice @energyvoice.com · 28d
Big tech’s AI revolution in energy #energysky
Big tech’s AI revolution in energy
US tech giants such as Microsoft and Google are ploughing billions into UK infrastructure to support power-hungry artificial intelligence.
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Energy Voice @energyvoice.com · 28d
US giant Amentum hired to dispose of UK nuclear waste #energysky
US giant Amentum hired to dispose of UK nuclear waste
How nuclear waste is handled will be of increasing importance as the UK embarks on a “golden age of nuclear”.
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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 29d
75% of UK govt. climate/energy funding goes to #nuclear
What a waste.
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Energy Voice @energyvoice.com · Sep 11
Scottish minister urges Westminster not to ban hydrogen boilers #energysky
Scottish minister urges Westminster not to ban hydrogen boilers
Scotland's energy secretary Gillian Martin said hydrogen for heating must be "demonstrated" at a UK first trial in Fife before boilers are ruled out.
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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · Sep 4
Government ‘replanning’ £53.3bn #nuclear waste project after UK Treasury says "Successful delivery of the project unachievable. Major issues with project definition, schedule, budget, which are not manageable or resolvable"
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Government ‘replanning’ £53.3bn geological disposal facility project | New Civil Engineer
A GDF represents a monumental undertaking, consisting of an engineered vault placed between 200m and 1km underground, covering an area of approximately
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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · Sep 4
Cut petrol cars in cities.
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Air pollution can drive devastating forms of dementia, research suggests
Airborne particles cause toxic clumps of proteins in brain that are hallmarks of Lewy body dementia, study indicates
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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · Aug 24
Oil and gas kill.
'The health burden and racial-ethnic disparities of air pollution from the major oil and gas lifecycle stages in the United States' | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The health burden and racial-ethnic disparities of air pollution from the major oil and gas lifecycle stages in the United States
Largest total population health burden is from O&G end-use, but greatest relative disparities are linked to downstream activities.
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Jessica Mills Davies @byjessicadavies.bsky.social · Aug 26
Desalination is usually used for removing salt from drinking water in emerging markets. If a turbine is positioned cleverly it could capture the kinetic water flow. But given power is only a byproduct, I wonder if it can be used at scale to power more than a few hundred homes.
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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · Aug 20
We are now at the initial stages of a system failure. If we keep at it for much longer, we might see what actual failure really means.
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‘A climate of unparalleled malevolence’: are we on our way to the sixth major mass extinction?
The long read: Churning quantities of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere at the rate we are going could lead the planet to another Great Dying
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Energy Voice @energyvoice.com · Aug 20
Arbonics eyes ‘inflection point’ in forestry carbon credits as it enters UK market #energysky
Arbonics eyes ‘inflection point’ in forestry carbon credits as it enters UK market
The voluntary carbon market is expected to “change significantly” due to incoming legislation across Europe.
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Energy Voice @energyvoice.com · Aug 13
Exclusive: Judge delays court decision on fate of 31 North Sea oil and gas licences #energysky
Exclusive: Judge delays court decision on fate of 31 North Sea oil and gas licences
A High Court judge has postponed ruling on a case brought by environmental campaign group Oceana against oil and gas drilling licences in the North Sea.
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Jessica Mills Davies @byjessicadavies.bsky.social · Aug 6
My two-year-old son to a picture of Rachel Paris on my Instagram feed: 'Is that mummy?'

'No darling.'

'Is that your friend?'

I love him. ♥️
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Jessica Mills Davies @byjessicadavies.bsky.social · Aug 6
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