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New Holland T7.270 Methane Power tractor now available to order | New Holland ROI

Baldwinbiogas @baldwinbiogas.bsky.social · 11d

New Holland expands alternative fuel line-up with more powerful bio-CNG flagship tractor

It’s a great time to work in Biomethane!

#greengasday

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At Agritechnica 2025, New Holland unveils the evolution of its T7 tractor range and reinforces its leadership in alternative fuels with an expanded sustainable product portfolio.

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Baldwinbiogas @baldwinbiogas.bsky.social · 19d

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Biogenic CO2 from biomethane | John Baldwin

This is very good and important Its a stroke of good fortune for the biomethane industry that many European countries are developing sites to store CO2 as we are in UK with HyNet and Net Zero Teessid...

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Baldwinbiogas @baldwinbiogas.bsky.social · 19d

#greengasday | John Baldwin

I’m visiting the UK’s newest bio-CNG for HGV station today CNG Fuels Drones were invented to show these stations The saving in GHG by using Bio-CNG from waste is around 90%. That’s now, this year...

Baldwinbiogas @baldwinbiogas.bsky.social · 25d

Great article and spot on

“The UK doesn’t develop oil and gas to lower prices at home, as it plays in a global market. It produces domestic hydrocarbons to earn tax revenues – vital at a time of exceedingly high national debt – to create jobs, and to improve the balance of payments”

A capacity market is essentially insurance for the power system. Consumers pay generators (or flexible resources) to stand ready, even if their electricity isn’t always used. “Like any insurance… | J...

Baldwinbiogas @baldwinbiogas.bsky.social · 28d

“Like any insurance, you hate paying for it. Until the day you really need it”

By 2035 when the load factor is <3% all the molecules can be Biomethane and the insurance policy can support the removal of dinosaur era CO2 at the Biomethane production plant

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A capacity market is essentially insurance for the power system. Consumers pay generators (or flexible resources) to stand ready, even if their electricity isn’t always used. “Like any insurance, you...

The west is buried under red tape | John Baldwin

Baldwinbiogas @baldwinbiogas.bsky.social · Sep 14

I would allow anaerobic digestion plants which capture the CO2 from the biogas upgrading plant (and send the C home after 50 years or so in the air) to be permitted development

They should not need planning consent

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I would allow anaerobic digestion plants which capture the CO2 from the biogas upgrading plant (and send the C home after 50 years or so in the air) to be permitted development They should not need ...

Baldwinbiogas @baldwinbiogas.bsky.social · Sep 13

From 5 years ago

“How about exempting new industrial heat pumps and electrolysis plants from the environmental charges in electricity bills? Without this we are stuck”

It was obvious then and is obvious now

Baldwinbiogas @baldwinbiogas.bsky.social · Feb 3

Ofgem 9 point plan for decarbonisation

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/feb/03/ofgem-sets-out-nine-point-plan-to-prioritise-climate-crisis

“Work with government and industry to decarbonise heating”

How about exempting new industrial heat pumps and electrolysis plants...

Straw combustion compared to digestion | John Baldwin

Baldwinbiogas @baldwinbiogas.bsky.social · Sep 10

Burning straw versus anaerobic digestion battle

Its not even close

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Further to my posts last week about the pitfalls of using AI instead of basic common sense whilst pointing out burning straw is a very bad idea, attached is a summary comparison of burning straw to ra...

UK EV Grants Now Factor in Battery Carbon – Time to Do the Same for Gas The UK’s new Electric Car Grant is a big step forward. For the first time, subsidies are linked not just to zero tailpipe… | Jo...

Baldwinbiogas @baldwinbiogas.bsky.social · Sep 5

The UK has shown with EVs that it can lead. Time to apply the same thinking to gas. Local gas is best

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UK EV Grants Now Factor in Battery Carbon – Time to Do the Same for Gas The UK’s new Electric Car Grant is a big step forward. For the first time, subsidies are linked not just to zero tailpipe emiss...

The price of energy and the system costs of renewables - Dieter Helm | John Baldwin

Baldwinbiogas @baldwinbiogas.bsky.social · Sep 4

I think having @NESO pay for the capacity and free issue the gas is an easier model post 2030 when load factor is low

They also need to change the capacity market to fund <3% load factor gas engine plants and send the CCGTs to the scrapyard

No need to nationalise which seems like a distraction

Baldwinbiogas @baldwinbiogas.bsky.social · Aug 26

Inevitable that something like this will be done to prevent the electricity car crash

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good read: https://lnkd.in/eb-YDak5 I think below is both manifestly obvious and inevitable because its a car crash otherwise that we can all see coming as gas prices likely to fall in the future du...

How to explain that Bio-CNG is a great way to replace the GHG emissions from diesel? | John Baldwin

Baldwinbiogas @baldwinbiogas.bsky.social · Aug 19

How to explain that Bio-CNG is a great way to replace the GHG emissions from diesel?

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How to explain that Bio-CNG is a great way to replace the GHG emissions from diesel? Here goes, a thought experiment: 🔹 Imagine it’s the year 1600, before coal, oil or natural gas were discovered. I...

Hard to believe but growing houses in Kent is even more profitable than growing apples, pears and cherries. | John Baldwin

Baldwinbiogas @baldwinbiogas.bsky.social · Aug 14

Having air conditioning is up there with storing photos on your phone as equivalent to setting fire to the Amazon rainforest

Michael McLean @mclean.bsky.social · Aug 14

It’s a problem that far right parties are the pro-air conditioner parties in Europe

Baldwinbiogas @baldwinbiogas.bsky.social · Aug 8

Blow to January Test Matches at Canterbury

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Hard to believe but growing houses in Kent is even more profitable than growing apples, pears and cherries. But how to persuade the planners? Simple - go 100% on site solar in a major breakthrough ...

Baldwinbiogas @baldwinbiogas.bsky.social · Aug 8

Chat GPT days

“Solar power (with battery storage) is the only confirmed method for on-site electricity generation at Otterpool Park. There are no documented contingency plans for alternative generation such as wind, biogas, waste-to-energy, or other renewables”

Must be a very sunny part of Kent!

Baldwinbiogas @baldwinbiogas.bsky.social · Aug 2

Funny!

Baldwinbiogas @baldwinbiogas.bsky.social · Aug 1

Funny!

Baldwinbiogas @baldwinbiogas.bsky.social · Aug 1

European Union has bought it all!

Baldwinbiogas @baldwinbiogas.bsky.social · Aug 1

This looks ok from our gas data centre friend

Natural Gas - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)

Baldwinbiogas @baldwinbiogas.bsky.social · Aug 1

Demand is growing significantly, big new demands for LNG and data centres

Detailed data is here

www.eia.gov/naturalgas/

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Baldwinbiogas @baldwinbiogas.bsky.social · Aug 1

2% is a huge number, 0.2% should be fine. I recall a detailed Equinor report on their CH4 husbandry and it’s basically good engineering practice (you can’t have leaks of gas out of high pressure pipelines!!)

Baldwinbiogas @baldwinbiogas.bsky.social · Jul 31

This is new info - to sell LNG into EU needs to be <0.2% leakage which will be met by US LNG

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Arvind Ravikumar @arvindpawan1.bsky.social · Jul 31

You've heard of #methane super-emitters at oil and gas facilities.

But have you heard of super-emitting LNG supply chains?

Our latest work uses satellite data on 12 LNG exporting countries to assess their GHG intensity.

Paper: chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...