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Hinkley Point C might be delayed again.
Why? Because Natural England say the £700 million spent on fish protection at Britain's next nuclear power station is not enough.
We can't go on like this.
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Is building on unused council land a good policy idea? Yes of course.
Is it the solution to the housing crisis?
Of course it isn't.
read my latest post in which I attempt to make some maps and do some rough maths.
In his conference speech, Burnham proposed building more council homes on unused council land.
Councils own lots of land, but how much of it is suitable for building?
@FionualaMc investigates how much of it could be built on in Manchester.
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In his conference speech, Burnham proposed building more council homes on unused council land.
Councils own lots of land, but how much of it is suitable for building?
@FionualaMc investigates how much of it could be built on in Manchester.
samdumitriu.com/p/how-much-u…
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The logic for restricting domestic gas production never made sense.
Here’s 12 quick thoughts on why opening Jackdaw to drilling is the right call.
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Finally. We’re once again staring down the barrel of a brutal winter and we need an all of the above strategy - use all our North Sea gas, accelerate nuclear via Fingleton reforms, cheaper renewables (through private contracts not public subsidies) with zonal pricing to cut costs
UK government gives go-ahead for gas production from Jackdaw field in North Sea bbc.in/4yzB0mv
The choice is not between gas and no gas, but between gas produced in British waters and gas shipped in from abroad at higher cost, with higher emissions.
While we should use what we have, the north sea is a declining basin, and we need to transition to homegrown clean power. Britain’s always-on electricity should come from new clean nuclear energy, both gigawatt-scale reactors and small modular reactors that can be sited in far more places than their bigger cousins.
Right now Britain is the most expensive place in the world to build new nuclear. Ministers should urgently implement the Fingleton Review in full in order to drive costs down.
Energy Secretary @Miatsf has agreed that the regulator can grant consent for gas to be produced at the licensed Jackdaw field.
Gas from Jackdaw is expected to start reaching British homes and businesses as early as the end of this month.
ALT Jackdaw gas field gets green light to begin production
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That was then, it could be again
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70 years ago this month, Britain opened the world's first full-scale nuclear power plant, Calder Hall.
By 1966 we were generating more electricity from nuclear than the rest of the world combined.
But in 2026, we haven't completed a new station for 31 years.
70 years ago this month, Britain opened the world's first full-scale nuclear power plant, Calder Hall.
By 1966 we were generating more electricity from nuclear than the rest of the world combined.
But in 2026, we haven't completed a new station for 31 years.
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How building data centres could cut Britain's sky-high electricity bills by billions:
- Failing electricity use has made electricity more expensive as a fixed costs of supplying power (grid, policy, balancing, etc.) are concentrated on a small share of demand.
- New demand from data centres helps dilute those fixed costs. This could save £2bn a year (£69 per year) if the Government's compute target is hit.
- Data centres are extremely profitable, even at high power prices. They care about speed, but the grid queue can create decade-long delays. Letting companies pay to jump the queue could raise billions.
- Britain could replicate the success of spectrum auctions and sell-off faster grid connections. Accelerating 3GW by 3 years is potentially worth £12bn to data centre builders!
- In the US, tech companies are making large investments in new generation (SMRs, gas, renewables) as states adopt 'bring your own power' policies. Doing the same here could accelerate clean power buildout and fund necessary gas plant renewals.
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Will Britain see new nuclear power stations across the country?
We should look to places like Dungeness in Kent for the answer.
If the Government's plans don't pave the way for new stations on existing sites like this one, they can't be taken seriously.
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Whether Dungeness is viable for a new nuclear site is a test case for whether the Government is serious about a "golden age of new nuclear"
Will Britain see new nuclear power stations across the country?
We should look to places like Dungeness in Kent for the answer.
If the Government's plans don't pave the way for new stations on existing sites like this one, they can't be taken seriously.
Add your name to the campaign for a new nuclear power station at Dungeness here:
britainremade.co.uk/dungenes…
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TLDR: one of the most influential papers driving panic about data centre water usage had its maths wrong by a factor of 100, and repeatedly cited figures from an article literally called 'Overestimating AI's Water Footprint'.
NEW: How the push to ban data centre construction in Britain is based on sloppy research.
One paper widely cited in the media and by the Green Party contains multiple howlers:
- It claims that a single data centre will be responsible for 8% of the East of England's water shortfall. This is wrong by a factor of almost 100.
- It suggests data centres are to blame for England's predicted 5bn litre daily water shortfall. Yet under the most water-hungry assumptions, new data centres would account for less than 3% of it. Under more realistic assumptions, it's just 0.5%.
- It compares global AI water withdrawals with British household water consumption. But these are completely different things. Most withdrawn water is returned to its source. The comparison exaggerates AI's water footprint by around ten times.
- It repeatedly uses worst-case estimates of data centre water consumption, ignoring that many data centres use little or no water for cooling. One of its sources is literally titled Overestimating AI's water footprint.
The real cause of Britain's water shortages isn't data centres. It's our failure to build reservoirs.
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TLDR: one of the most influential papers driving panic about data centre water usage had its maths wrong by a factor of 100, and repeatedly cited figures from an article literally called 'Overestimating AI's Water Footprint'.
NEW: How the push to ban data centre construction in Britain is based on sloppy research.
One paper widely cited in the media and by the Green Party contains multiple howlers:
- It claims that a single data centre will be responsible for 8% of the East of England's water shortfall. This is wrong by a factor of almost 100.
- It suggests data centres are to blame for England's predicted 5bn litre daily water shortfall. Yet under the most water-hungry assumptions, new data centres would account for less than 3% of it. Under more realistic assumptions, it's just 0.5%.
- It compares global AI water withdrawals with British household water consumption. But these are completely different things. Most withdrawn water is returned to its source. The comparison exaggerates AI's water footprint by around ten times.
- It repeatedly uses worst-case estimates of data centre water consumption, ignoring that many data centres use little or no water for cooling. One of its sources is literally titled Overestimating AI's water footprint.
The real cause of Britain's water shortages isn't data centres. It's our failure to build reservoirs.
samdumitriu.com/p/will-data-…
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10 months on from highlighting the ridiculous situation with window replacement in higher risk buildings (over 8 storeys) where building safety regulation has basically outlawed window replacement except at uneconomically high regulatory cost we still don't have a solution. @BritainRemade (1/n) xitter.cf/BritainRemade/status/1…
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NEW: How the push to ban data centre construction in Britain is based on sloppy research.
One paper widely cited in the media and by the Green Party contains multiple howlers:
- It claims that a single data centre will be responsible for 8% of the East of England's water shortfall. This is wrong by a factor of almost 100.
- It suggests data centres are to blame for England's predicted 5bn litre daily water shortfall. Yet under the most water-hungry assumptions, new data centres would account for less than 3% of it. Under more realistic assumptions, it's just 0.5%.
- It compares global AI water withdrawals with British household water consumption. But these are completely different things. Most withdrawn water is returned to its source. The comparison exaggerates AI's water footprint by around ten times.
- It repeatedly uses worst-case estimates of data centre water consumption, ignoring that many data centres use little or no water for cooling. One of its sources is literally titled Overestimating AI's water footprint.
The real cause of Britain's water shortages isn't data centres. It's our failure to build reservoirs.
samdumitriu.com/p/will-data-…