Just came to Bluesky to say the same thing. Best news for ages. Hope Laura can do a bit more solar digging and we can get uk on course to actually do something about human rights abuses I. The solar supply chain

The glamour is intense

Elec price went up to over £1.50/kWh today (20 times normal) on the back of low wind + cold weather. In the future these will be the only times we'll need to crank up the old gas-powered generators. For now we can get a lot better at turning things off if they're not needed at that precise moment.

Health, comfort and also carbon Mike - domestic heating is about 15% of UK carbon emissions according to National Audit office www.nao.org.uk/wp-content/u...

I made the point that a lot of people feel left out of the net zero agenda; solar is one of the main gateways to normalise clean tech (EVs are another, it's a pity they are all so damn expensive!). Connecting people to real progress on carbon is why we set up @bigsolarcoop.bsky.social