Will Cottrell
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fracking
8y
Thousands of wells required in Sussex for fracking plan
Thousands of wells required in Sussex for fracking plan
Weald oil production could generate £52bn over 40 years – but thousands of wells needed... from drillordrop.com Oil production in the Weald in southern England could generate around £52 billion over 40
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solar
8y
Brighton Energy Coop Nets Hat-Trick of Community-Funded Solar Rooftops
Brighton Energy Coop Nets Hat-Trick of Community-Funded Solar Rooftops
So last month we raised £220,000 from our local community and installed 220 kWp of new solar PV  on 3 buildings.  Here's Solar Power Portal with more... Community energy organisation Brighton
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fracking
8y
Fracking lorry protest ends after 24 hours
Fracking lorry protest ends after 24 hours
from drillordrop.com - A woman who spent 24 hours on a lorry delivering equipment to  Cuadrilla’s shale gas site near Blackpool came down at about 10pm last  night. The protest began on
willcottrell
fracking
8y
UKOG suspends Broadford Bridge and announces two new Weald drill sites
UKOG suspends Broadford Bridge and announces two new Weald drill sites
From drillordrop.com -  The exploration company. UKOG, announced  this morning it had suspended its well at Broadford Bridge in West  Sussex, after describing observed oil flows as likely
willcottrell
fracking
8y
Oil production resumes at Lidsey and Brockham, says Angus Energy
Oil production resumes at Lidsey and Brockham, says Angus Energy
From drillordrop.com - Angus Energy announced this morning it was producing more than 200  barrels of oil a day, mainly from its site at Lidsey in West Sussex. In a statement to  investors, the
willcottrell
solarcoin
9y
How to trade electricity using SolarCoin - yeah, really!
How to trade electricity using SolarCoin - yeah, really!
As an established digital currency the key question for SolarCoin has now become: what's it going to be used for?  It's my belief that SolarCoin could be used to trade energy on both the wholesale
willcottrell
solarcoin
9y
Solar Generators Receive $1.8 million of SolarCoin so far in 2018
Solar Generators Receive $1.8 million of SolarCoin so far in 2018
Solar Generators have received a total of $1.8 million of the SolarCoin digital currency so far this year, figures show.  The SolarCoin Foundation, whose purpose is to reward solar generators based
willcottrell
solarcoin
9y
A Vision for SolarCoin
A Vision for SolarCoin
A wild 6 months, eh? With the price of SolarCoin now at roughly one sixth of its all-time high, we're back where we were half a year ago. Now that the dust has settled it's clear that - like many crytos
willcottrell
fracking
9y
UK Govt in New Fracking Conflict of Interest Case
UK Govt in New Fracking Conflict of Interest Case
Yorkshire Fracker Third Energy has a new director who works indirectly for the Treasury, in a story that's being picked up in China (see pic or the original story in the Guardian here). Since the Treasury
willcottrell
solarcoin
9y
At What Price would SolarCoin Support Domestic Solar?
At What Price would SolarCoin Support Domestic Solar?
A well thought-out piece on what price SolarCoin needs to be at to replace ROCs and FITs (Spoiler alert - for solar farms SLR would need to be around £36 and £71, for domestic systems just over double
willcottrell
energy
9y
Community Energy in action - Refine Metals saves 37,992kg of CO2 in 2017
Community Energy in action - Refine Metals saves 37,992kg of CO2 in 2017
A few years back Brighton Energy Coop installed a pretty big system on the roof of Refine Metals, a catalytic converter recycler in the south of England. See a full peformance report for this system here.
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energy
9y
Grid Geekery - Check out this Dashboard of Energy Prodcution on the UK Grid
Grid Geekery - Check out this Dashboard of Energy Prodcution on the UK Grid
How much #solar is on the #grid at any one time? How much #windpower? What about gas, or nuclear? Check out this dashboard here - one for the grid geeks!
willcottrell
communityenergy
9y
Cool New Visualisation of the #CommunityEnergy #solar system at #Maidstone FC
Cool New Visualisation of the #CommunityEnergy #solar system at #Maidstone FC
Installed in 2015, Brighton Energy Coop's solar panels supply Maidstone FC with 000s of kWh of clean electriciy each year More graphics and visualisations of our Maidstone system here.
willcottrell
fracking
9y
Anti-frackers win victory in #Yorkshire - video
Anti-frackers win victory in #Yorkshire - video
Amazing shot towards the end of this - a completely bare #fracking pad, the frackers #thirdenergy retreating with tail between legs. Victory!
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fracking
9y
ThirdEnergy Pulls #Fracking Equipment from #Yorkshire Frack Site as Financial Problems Mount
ThirdEnergy Pulls #Fracking Equipment from #Yorkshire Frack Site as Financial Problems Mount
Yorkshire fracker Third Energy is in all sorts of trouble after Minister Greg Clark paused their fracking license over concerns about the company's financial stability. Subsequently the company pulled
willcottrell
busy
9y
Spend day researching #IOTA #crypto before a meetup tonight. Some interesting use cases: Tapei is looking at basing its citizen ID card on IOTA https://coinjournal.net/city-taipei-use-iotas-blockless-tangle-smart-city-goals/
Spend day researching #IOTA #crypto before a meetup tonight. Some interesting use cases: Tapei is looking at basing its citizen ID card on IOTA https://coinjournal.net/city-taipei-use-iotas-blockless-tangle-smart-city-goals/
Spend day researching #IOTA #crypto before a meetup tonight. Some interesting use cases: Tapei is looking at basing its citizen ID card on IOTA https://coinjournal.net/city-taipei-use-iotas-blockless-tangle-smart-city-goals/
willcottrell
crypto
9y
Some excellent #crypto #technical analysis #satire to soothe the February blues... by @jefpatat
Some excellent #crypto #technical analysis #satire to soothe the February blues... by @jefpatat
Hilarious :
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technology
9y
3d Interactive model of our PV system at PACA
3d Interactive model of our PV system at PACA
Cool interactive 3D model of our #communityenergy #solar system at #portslade academy. Installed 2016, it has generated more than 150,000 kwh to date.
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brighton
9y
A light in mid winter...
A light in mid winter...
A light in mid winter...
willcottrell
brighton
9y
#brighton genius
#brighton genius
#brighton genius