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The Missing Chart from the UK Energy Debate
My attempt to split out the gas and carbon costs from 2012-2025 for a UK combined cycle gas turbine. Now that coal has left the UK grid, carbon taxes on…
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UK Combined Cycle Gas Power Stations: Other Costs
My attempt to analyse the non-gas and non-carbon costs for UK combined cycle gas turbines
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UK Combined Cycle Gas Power Stations: Variable Costs
Understanding Gas and Carbon Costs
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UK Gas Power Stations: Capital Costs
An investigation into the capital costs of UK gas power stations, covering both combined cycle and open cycle technologies
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Breezy Assumptions from the Seventh Carbon Budget?
On the 26th of February 2025, the Climate Change Committee published its Seventh Carbon Budget. I'm concerned that some of the assumptions with respect…
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Gas Power Plants - an Introduction
Gas was the second largest source of UK electricity generation in 2024, providing 26.3% of our electricity. Having analysed offshore wind power in some…
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Removing the Ampersand in Oil & Gas
An essay on pragmatism in the UK North Sea
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