Wind-loving Walthamstow mum. Feminist. Founder of @RippleEnergy. About to make clean energy ownership affordable + accessible to everyone, every where. 💚
May 11, 2023 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
Since sharing details of where the wind turbine components for Kirk Hill wind farm are coming from we’ve had lots of Qs about why we’re not using turbines made in the UK.
Basically - there are no factories making major onshore wind components in the UK.
20 years ago there were a few, making blades and towers. But lack of government commitment to onshore wind + other reasons have meant over the years they’ve all gone.
Oct 15, 2022 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
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.
People own wind farms so they can have their own source of low cost, stable priced green power.
They can only own what they need to meet their electricity needs.
It’s not an investment vehicle but a way to act on climate and stabilise their energy bills.
Dec 3, 2019 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
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.
Just seen on @Channel4News
Dec 28, 2018 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
Some stats from 2018: 1. 17% UK electricity from wind turbines in 2018 2. 10% drop in CO2 per unit of electricity since 2016 3. £8k health cost of a London car 4. 1h of a wood burning stove = air pollution from 18h diesel car journey
Progress but still a LOT to do...
1. From the brilliant @Draxnews electric insights website (figure for 12 months to 28 December 2018)
