So refreshing when the interviewer lets the expert speak / flush out the issue/points etc. So well done Imogen for letting the subject do the talking, I learnt a lot. 😊
It is interesting to compare the two interviewing styles on this channel. Robert has "I am a idiot please explain this complicated thing like I am 5" and Imogene has "I am geniuingly interested in every detail of this whole thing but also slightly skeptical"
They are both effective, but sometimes (in fact several times) Robert just goes on a rant for several minutes. I think Imogene gets more meaningful content. But I enjoy them both.
Narvuntien & Jorge yes, good observation. Robert is known, historically speaking, for being a bit of a comedian. And a very popular one, of course. This means he might feel at liberty to have the odd rant, and people will indulge him. He doesn't necessarily expect people to take him too seriously, so that's his approach. I think of him as a bit of an evangelist, and like most evangelists, his approach is ... varied. Imogen, by contrast, trained as an engineer, and has worked professionally in automotive engineering. So her approach, which comes with an engineers mindset, will be quite different. An approach I can relate to, having studied engineering myself. But, I love them both, they are both great in their own way. I shall never forget Robert's massive contribution to TV comedy as the nations, and my, favourite 'Dwarfer'. "Wind Farm Manager" ... 😂😭 that's hilarious ... but thinking about it ...
If corruption in business, politics and bureaucracy could be greatly reduced then everything - absolutely everything - would make progress ! Period. Renewable energy is many steps in the right direction. However, in the US, which squanders its opportunities as a sport, needs to overcome the stupidity virus and earnestly adopt large scale renewable projects if we expect to have a decent Future. I'll give you three guesses what their course of action will be ...
For those uncomfortable with the connection between "crown" , "tax". Just remember if it didn't belong to the monarchy, Thatcher and her ilk would have sold it all to the bidder who donated most to the party and the proceeds would have gone straight to the Cayman islands. Be grateful that the "owner" has some sort of connection with the UK and possibly may like it's people to prosper.
That was hands down the most informative and exciting video of all the ones I've seen EES put out. Gus Jaspert needs more exposure in the media. What a refreshing change to listen to someone in such complete control of mind bogglingly complex and competing demands. We now need another episode to look at Carbon Capture. I'm really concerned that the UK Govt. is about to waste £22B of the money it just raised to fill a black hole in the economy.
@@klaxoncow Maybe Imogen was being polite. She's knows carbon capture is a boongoggle being touted by the fossil fuel industry as a way to justify continued burning of fossil fuels.
You shouldn't make such assumptions. Even things that turn out to be bad ideas still need to be given the opportunity to be tested so that any questions around them can be answered on a fully informed basis. Personally, I think CCS is a totally daft concept, and the way to make that the mainstream thought is to give it a try and see it fail, whilst making sure that our primary investments go into what we know works. Same goes for hydrogen. We know that the numbers will never stack up on a grand scale, so we know that it is not THE solution, but what we don't fully know yet is whether it could be A solution for something else - creating "green" fertiliser for instance.
@@jsanders100 Probably not, but it appears we do have the £22bn of tax payers money to 'invest' in Merseyside and Teesside to attract £8bn of private investment and provide BP and Shell with tax rebates on their oil and gas tax bill of up to 108% for the next 25 years - sounds like a bargain!
With dozens of different bodies involved in large scale projects, no wonder it takes so much longer and costs so much more in the UK to bring large scale projects to completion.
Glad of the clarification on allocation rounds vs. leasing rounds. 24:16 Also good to see the misunderstanding kept in the video. Very human. Shows that you really do know your stuff the rest of the time! 😊
What a great episode -- quite a change from the dumbed-down Battery Electric Train. It was glorious to just try and keep up, which Imogen did with style. Well done! There's abundant reason to feel optimistic about the future of clean renewable energy -- "feel good watts" -- in the UK.
A very good talk. I learned a lot. This should be on main channel TV. Most people don't know what great projects that will produce jobs, power and exports.
Great interview and listening to Gus made me feel a lot more positive about the prospects for the UK Energy Transition and the role of floating wind farms in the Celtic Sea in that future.
I think Gus Jaspert did a good job explaining. But people in a position like his should take even more distance while explaining things. At the base of things energy = energy. We all know Saudi Arabia got rich because of oil. Since oil is energy and we transition to other forms of energy, the UK can become wealthy as well by becoming energy independent. The US went from a great energy dependency towards independency, only they chose the wrong way - by fracking. And Canada chose the oil sands. We - the UK and Europe - can do it the right way. The result, in the form of wealth, is the same, but we will have cleaner rivers, cities and lungs.
This is a fascinating interview. Getting the approvals, permits and regulations set up and cleared in advance is brilliant. I understand it has been a roadblock for many projects in other countries. Companies need certainty at the beginning, firstly to commit their own resources, then to secure finance. Given the huge influx of workers to fairly remote, isolated parts of the UK I believe that alongside the wind farms, ports, there should be high quality housing available to rent at cost long term, and later some serviced sites for self build, again with restrictions on letting, owner occupancy only. Housing is a basic need and should be available at cost. Currently people are paying 50% or more of their net income towards housing, either mortgages or rent. For decades we have been pouring money into housing and enriched landowners, landbankers, developers, financiers, mortgage lenders, landlords. A co-ordinated plan to acquire agricultural land at agricultural rates, build spacious decent family homes, would be a huge contribution to those communities, workers and set an example of what is needed throughout the country. Above water land values, good value and minimal debt is vital.
Great conversation and yes, get Kevin McCloud and team to develop Grand Energy Build! I am sure if we think a big more about it, we can come up with more formats, like "The Big Refurbish" where particularly factory buildings and large properties are decarbonised and revitalised...
A very informative and interesting interview. The management of our offshore areas seems to be in capable hands especially in respect of all the different use cases.
I'm confused. I thought the crown estate didn't pay tax which annoys me. But he's saying all profit goes back to the treasury as in pays 100% voluntary tax? Maybe there'll be more information before the end.
Hmm, Crown estates to 12 mile limit. However some windfarms extend quite a bit past that and float ( whilst tethered ) above the continental shelf. As you say perhaps more info later. Probably best to watch entire episode first ?
Its not tax, its a lease of land managed by the estate on behalf of the public.... so the profits of the leases are returned to the rightful owners; the public.
It's the other way round. The Government runs the Crown Estate either for their own use or for generating income. They then pay "tax" to the Royal Family.
That's probably because loony fringe people would love you to believe that the deal made with George III because Blackadder kept stealing his socks and he ran out of money, is somehow ruinous for us, whereas in actual fact the country has profited and our head of state is basically free. Unlike the vast amounts spent to elect presidents. They want you to think they Crown Estate doesn't pay tax, and that that's the King's money because the land is held in his name because then they can claim he's the bad guy and that their wealth is as a result of us all paying tax to fund them which is laughably untrue. People who don't know how it works or how the House of Lords works talk about reforming it all as if the system works in a completely different way to the way it works. Just like they wanted you to gullibly believe that we'd get back £350m/week for the NHS or that even if we did get back the money, it would go to the NHS and like Trump convinced his dumb fellow countrymen that tariffs do an entirely different thing than they actually do.
Speaking of offshore wind, I saw an article on Bloomberg today saying The UK is paying £1 billion to turn off wind farms because the electricity grid can't cope. This completely wasted energy can be used instantly, at source, with minimal infrastruture, mining Bitcoin, without any distribution losses, without having to ramp down turbines or dumping any energy. You use ALL of it - there is no trough. No need for utility scale batteries, which would be a challenge out at sea. They can still of course still be situated onshore. As soon as onshore demand returns, the miners turn off. This is already being done abroad, allowing the wind farm companies to invest in even more wind capacity (the exact opposite situation). Not mining Bitcoin in this situation is a complete waste of energy. Really surprised the UK isn't (officially) doing this.. Yet.
To expand on this, I'll paste one of Daniel's X posts today here. He's talking about some peer reviewed data that was released today. Key findings 1. On a 50MW solarfarm 🤔8.1yrs to ROI without Bitcoin mining 👍3.7yrs to ROI with Bitcoin mining 2. ♻️Using Bitcoin mining reduces CO2 emissions by 50,000 tonnes/year 3. PoS based blockchains can not offer these features The research built on the earlier work of Lal et at (Cornell) which showed that Bitcoin mining makes renewable operations more profitable, which supports climate action and the renewable transition because these profits were reinvested into building more renewable capacity.
Info from Daniel today.. On a 50MW solar farm 8.1yrs to ROI without mining 3.7yrs to ROI with mining Using mining reduces CO2 emissions by 50,000 tonnes/year Mining makes renewable operations more profitable, which supports climate action and the renewable transition because these profits were reinvested into building more renewable capacity.
I would have liked to hear something about tidal power. The demonstration unit up in Scotland sounds very interesting. The Atlantic Ocean continually drains into the North Sea and back. The potential there to work alongside wind is huge
No need to go to the inhospitable North Sea, the Severn Estuary has the world’s second highest tidal range and is much easier to access and is closer to existing national grid infrastructure.
As I understand it the energy which is extracted from the 17 tidal systems around the world is less than 1/3 of one gas powered power station. So although it seems good the numbers do not say so. I have been a supporter of a Severn system all my life but I was wrong.
@@nigelkingify most of these sites are test facilities so it’s not an appropriate comparison, if a much greater amount of money had been spent on research and larger scale units it could easily provide a lot more power. Tidal energy is far more reliable and frequent than wind has the capability to produce it for more of every day than either wind or solar.
Excellent interview and I liked the holistic approach they are taking. Energy yes but also bio diversity, jobs and the supply chain. Disappointing to see in the comments so many rants about personal hobby horses. We need to solve these problems and this made me feel slightly more optimistic that we actually achieve something here.
I suspect that the current capability of powering 11m out of 25m homes was a slight distortion of the truth because it only applies to full wind which happens for a small percentage of the time. I did not hear any clarification of this point.
A very interesting presentatioin. I wonder about that 1 gigawatt of generation= 1 million homes figure. Is that fully powered or just the existing consumption. Sorted of hinted at in the future growth bit. Yes, I know that air source (or ground source) heat pumps are part of that transition. I'd like to see the workings behind the headline figures. HGus also rather skipped over (didn't mention at all, I think) the issue of energy storage. We will need to transition away from all of those underground (e.g. at petrol stations, high pressure gas storage) and over ground (e.g. liquid natural gas storage) stores of hydrocarbons which will require physical space, facilities and planning surely that should be part of a holistic model - after all he talked about carbon capture (storage) and the seabed.
Great interview, however listening to all the acronyms involved, its no wonder any plan takes so long to deliver. Surely we need a clearer road to delivery.
I think that you are overly sensitive about a certain two words. (Carbon Capture) Edible seaweed releases carbon into the atmosphere faster than it catches it, just by being eaten. Sea grass doesn't releases carbon into the atmosphere faster than it catches it, making it a carbon capture net positive.
Also the number of birds killed is excessive. I have not seen the recommended change to avoiding birds which is to paint one of the three blades a dark colour being adopted by any of these turbine arrays.
What this chap didn’t mention is that the monarch gets a good chunk of the crown estate profits, also no mention of what happens when the wind doesn’t blow which can be for a week or more, there needs to be a huge amount of back up for that. Also any money that the wind turbine companies pay in lease for the sea bed gets charged to the electricity customer so it’s effectively a tax on people.
the dutchy of lancaster is there for the monarch not the people. If it isn't some sort of corporate monster layer like the US, its the billionaire bros of which the monarchy is definitely in that camp. However its the least of two evils. The land is the dutchies and and at least there is a chance if the monarch wishes it the funds can go back to the government at some point. we hope
wow an independant company holds land for the uk people... This is explained in the book "The great red dragon", or "London money power" published in 1883, and available as an audio book on odysee Flood channel. :) just amazing how things spin, especially facts.
Decommissioned coal plants are already being used as renewable sites in the UK, the Ferrybridge site in Yorkshire and the Fiddler's Ferry site in Chesire sites are becoming large (150MW) grid battery stores (constructions already completed on both) seeking to resuse the existing power grid connections. The same is planned of the Ratcliffe-on-Soar site that was the last UK coal plant operating, which closed back in September, together with a large solar farm on the site. Similar is happening around the world as well, in Australia, Germany and the US for example coal plants are being converted to BESS.
Finally the big problem with the largest wind mills is reliability. It has been said the average lifespan is 5 years because the main bearing and gearbox fails and it is very difficult to repair. Finally the energy cost to make these things is only paid back in 4 years of use. That gives a net positive of 1 year. Hmmmm
@@timmurphy5541 the repeated investments could be because of a non flat playing field. The unreliability of these huge machines is documented in the company accounts, which have been researched by the university of Edinburgh. Can’t remember the researcher’s name.
"such senior people can not answer questions in such a lengthy way." (Let that hang there for a moment.) Frustrating you say? How so Michael? What is the source of your frustration? Do you not think that maybe your attention span might actually be the problem here by any chance? Should you not be over on TikTok or somewhere? Or is it that you just get off on mindless criticism of others to alleviate your own inadequacies? If we can help you with your frustrations you only have to ask. I should however point out that tackling complicated topics may take a little effort on your part. Do reach out.
@ I like baked beans but I suspect you are a supermarket in house variety, which I don’t like, I prefer the real thing. Always a mistake to get into discussions on social media but I never learn. Maybe I should just fuck off, or is that what I meant to say 🤔
@@MichaelPrice-qt2gw "Always a mistake to get into discussions on social media" Where's the discussion? You've opined that the video you are commenting on is suffering from a lack of something. What? Brevity? Concise snappy one liner explanations suitable for vacuous brain dead idiots? Maybe you should think before commenting. Is that such a novel idea to you?
@@MichaelPrice-qt2gw "I like baked beans but I suspect you are a supermarket in house variety, which I don’t like, I prefer the real thing" If only you could actually focus on the salient topic at hand rather than resorting to silly immature distractions you might not come across as such a completely vacuous non entity.
When I watch your podcasts, I always try to leave a comment. I know it helps your RUclips. I’m gonna ask a favor next week to promote a Tesla event in Tennessee USA we’re here to promote a Greener world more importantly a better world for our children. I do have a daughter Anastasia.😊
🎉why re we just looking at the private sector for development? Why can't the UK government invest directly? Also why are there so many different bodies involved? Just make it simple!
First, well done for getting this interview on the channel. I found it really illuminating. I’m going to set aside the contentious issue of the Crown Estate and the role of Monarchy, at least it sounds like the change in government has coincided with a drive to overcome some of the huge amounts of friction in the delivery pipeline. I’m not optimistic about the timeframes and power growth figures being quoted, but I hope I’m wrong.
There's nothing contentious about the Crown Estate or the Sovereign Grant. The only people who contend it are the ones who don't understand how it works, just like the House of Lords. It's basically like having a free head of state whose ancestors got into debt and handed over massive assets which we've always profited from since in return for a very small amount of overall cash. A head of state who is not only better at ribbon cutting and troop morale, but who isn't expected to make political comments and can be diplomatic to any horrific person we put them with without the prime minister having to do that. People think the house of lords are cackling villains who can stop Parliament doing anything. They can merely temporarily put the brakes on the Commons wildest fantasies of fascism and communism and general insanity, but the Commons can still do whatever they want, it's just that they have to push harder to do crazy things - which is a good - it's our checks and balances. But if you want to kick the baby eating bishops out of the House of Lords because they're the exact opposite of elder statesmen and women, or citizens who've merited an award on any level, or just a roll of the dice, and in fact, actively evil monsters, I'm with you there.
This isn't true.... The Crown Estate (Scotland) owns most of the sites of interest. It is totally separate to the Crown Estate in England Wales. It is responsible to the Scottish government in Edinburgh.
@@emergingloki England have stolen our oil, and are now stealing our energy. Great British energy is run by a cross dresser based in Manchester. As a matter of law the seabed round Scotland is the property of Crown Estate (Scotland)
@@emergingloki This is not a tantrum. I own 2 farms in Scotland and a UK wide construction company. I have met Maier and he is not just homosexual - he dresses as a woman. The total area covered by Scotland's sea bed ownership is 20% greater than Englands - just check.
First Maier. Your point is? Secondly raw area Vs viable sites are very different. You would have thought the owner of such businesses would know that. England stole our oil, and now they are stealing our energy! Did you dummy make it out of the pram?
All sounds great but as we have the highest cost of energy in the world I don't understand how this is going to help us short term. Nobody will invest in Britain until all these solutions come online and by then it will be too late. We are going to lose more employment opportunities then gain. We need a more pragmatic approach.
We have the highest cost of electricity because we have shut down our coal power stations and failed to replace our old nuclear power stations sufficiently. We have put our money on renewables, so to speak, and especially wind, but it’s going to take time. Meanwhile we now get too much power from gas - the most expensive source of power - and that determines the clearing price. As gas is replaced by cheap wind and solar etc. the price will come down. I reckon to eventually about 12p ( in current terms). See UK NET ZERO ACTION Episode 5.
So terrible, We've got lots of ladeda ideas, so just keep quiet, and despite "carbon capture" having practically zero success track record we're still gonna give it a go in order to be able to say "we're doing things"
Scotlands going to need a lot more energy as the labour gov plan to dump the new LAbour voters up there and Wales as they arrive each day! That’s their design!
Your shows have had several highly qualified people describing the con job which is CCS. Indeed, your own presenters have vented voluably on the subject. Yet this guy goes unchallenged. Sorry, not an interview but an infomercial.
No; they're simply discussing the layers of bureaucracy and how this affects the plans to build what they're building. Imogen is staying on subject and this is neither the place nor time to argue.
I really enjoy your speakers approach to mother nature. That’s the clan Buchanan model oh by the way, even though I live in Ohio USA, I listen to the castle a lot of Scotland for my music.😊 the Highlander
I don’t know if it’s a good thing or a bad thing but your guest speaker didn’t mention Scotland where my grandfather was born. That’s why they call me the Highlander.😮
Management of the Crown Estate Scotland is devolved to the Scottish Government. See Scottish Crown Estate Act 2019... This will make life easier for us when we regain our independence as the Republic of Scotland! Saor Alba gu bràth, mar bu chòir🥃🦄🦌
The Crown Estate holds assets on behalf of the nation? Really? I smell so much BS that I think I may have stumbled upon a party political broadcast on behalf of Thames Water.
Thats just what i thought too, Charlie Von Windsor is a total hypocrite from owning Grouse moors that release tons of CO2 due too burning bog land to flying everywhere instead of using public transport , It's incredible how one man needs a plane made for over 200 people fly's around the world telling people to cut down on CO2 but makes more than any other person .
Yes, that's literally what it's for. Do you think federal land in the US is not owned by the federal government and doesn't have a body that manages it and decides which bits can be rented out and how that will be done? This is how every country and landowner does it. Some land is privately held by some citizens. Some land is owned by various government bodies such as parish councils and district councils, some is managed by the Highways Agency and so on... this is completely normal.
@@jonevansauthor You certainly have an interesting take on the conquest of land in 1066 and the maintenance of ownership since then. You keep being you my friend.
My last comment was based on the fact that even though I was born in Detroit, Michigan, I was one of the leaders back in the day of the pro two Scottish independence movement I’m less active, but we still have our pro one movement Highlander now I’m more focused on children’s charities😊
Please find a way to send me this windmill game so I can send it to my niece she’s 14 and 6 foot two and still growing and she is wicked smart. She’ll love that game plus I’d like to check it out and see what I can do I am a former nuclear mariner
Billionaires living the fullest freedom of life flying around the world holidaying every day, whilst their workers are imprisoned with 38 - 50 hrs a week, 9 to 5 work
Are you in the UK? peak energy bills were 2 years ago. Check the cap prices , my Nov bill was less than last Nov which was lower than the previous Nov.
Win energy, and especially off-shore, is incredibly damaging to the environment. Bath in the places where the windmills are placed, but also to the environment surrounding the factories that manufacturers the blades. It's also incredibly disturbing for the marine life, who will have to live in an environment of constantly flashing light and low frequency noices at all times of the day. There's a reason why humans don't want to live near windfarms, but there's zero respect given to our aquatic friends. Why do you think Sweden has just been visited by it's first ever dolphin? Because we are destroying their environment and their internal navigation systems.
Very interesting. Could you let me have full details of the damage to marine life, and a measure of the low frequency noise. Is the damage worse than the damage caused by shipping, obviously that creates no only low frequency marine vibrations which definitely damage marine life. (By the way where did the dolphins go, and why, and why did they come back?). I believed that using sails rather than propellors would reduce that damage. Would it be better to drain, for example the Dogger bank, and use the wind turbines on land. I understand Denmark is building two artificial islands, will these damage marine life in the same way? They are also damaging the environment more than most countries because they manufacture the equipment on a large scale. By the way I used to live in between two large wind generators on land and there was no measurable low frequency noise here at least between 10 and 1000 Hz with wind speeds above 4 kph, as I have the measuring equipment., but I have heard that this noise exists and I have been able to measure it next to traditional windmills for example. Do you have an alternative way of supplying energy which overcomes all these criticisms? Thanks
@oldestnic Compared to seafaring transportation, that are passing through an area emitting temporary sounds and pressure waves, windfarms will give present a constant source of disturbances. Even if the frequencies change depending on the weather, there will never ever be quiet.
@oldestnic The windfarms att Dogger Bank is currently not under development, since the Swedish government pulled back it's funding for the transmission lines going to Sweden and the state owned Vattenfall energy company then said it will not continue to build that wind farm since it will not be profitable without government grants and subsidies.
@@oldestnic There's three good ways to generate energy, that has been used for decades and even centuries. Hydropower is one such source, even if it is incredibly carbon dioxide heavy at the time of construction, since a well built dam can stand for over a hundred years the total amount of CO2 will be very low. Nuclear power is another, and given recent developments in the industries technology, it's not even to be considered even remotely dangerous if you use alternative cooling methods and maybe even molten cores. There's a company here in Sweden called Blykalla that you could have a look at for example. Then we have solar power, which is by far the safest way to generate energy, and given the right amount of energy storage, anso can become a pretty reliable source of energy.
So refreshing when the interviewer lets the expert speak / flush out the issue/points etc. So well done Imogen for letting the subject do the talking, I learnt a lot. 😊
So good to listen to 2 intelligent and knowledgeable people discussing a critical change issue! Thank you!
It is interesting to compare the two interviewing styles on this channel. Robert has "I am a idiot please explain this complicated thing like I am 5" and Imogene has "I am geniuingly interested in every detail of this whole thing but also slightly skeptical"
They are both effective, but sometimes (in fact several times) Robert just goes on a rant for several minutes. I think Imogene gets more meaningful content. But I enjoy them both.
Narvuntien & Jorge yes, good observation. Robert is known, historically speaking, for being a bit of a comedian. And a very popular one, of course. This means he might feel at liberty to have the odd rant, and people will indulge him. He doesn't necessarily expect people to take him too seriously, so that's his approach. I think of him as a bit of an evangelist, and like most evangelists, his approach is ... varied.
Imogen, by contrast, trained as an engineer, and has worked professionally in automotive engineering. So her approach, which comes with an engineers mindset, will be quite different. An approach I can relate to, having studied engineering myself.
But, I love them both, they are both great in their own way. I shall never forget Robert's massive contribution to TV comedy as the nations, and my, favourite 'Dwarfer'.
"Wind Farm Manager" ... 😂😭 that's hilarious ... but thinking about it ...
If corruption in business, politics and bureaucracy could be greatly reduced then everything - absolutely everything - would make progress ! Period. Renewable energy is many steps in the right direction. However, in the US, which squanders its opportunities as a sport, needs to overcome the stupidity virus and earnestly adopt large scale renewable projects if we expect to have a decent Future. I'll give you three guesses what their course of action will be ...
For those uncomfortable with the connection between "crown" , "tax". Just remember if it didn't belong to the monarchy, Thatcher and her ilk would have sold it all to the bidder who donated most to the party and the proceeds would have gone straight to the Cayman islands.
Be grateful that the "owner" has some sort of connection with the UK and possibly may like it's people to prosper.
That was hands down the most informative and exciting video of all the ones I've seen EES put out. Gus Jaspert needs more exposure in the media. What a refreshing change to listen to someone in such complete control of mind bogglingly complex and competing demands. We now need another episode to look at Carbon Capture. I'm really concerned that the UK Govt. is about to waste £22B of the money it just raised to fill a black hole in the economy.
Another great interview Imogen - really good preparation and excellent listening skills. Very encouraging to hear about some joined up thinking.
Whenever I hear someone say "Carbon Capture," I just assume the rest of the words out of their mouth will be BS.
Yes, Imogen missed the opportunity there to point and laugh in his face.
"Yeah, right. Pull the other one, mate."
@@klaxoncow
Maybe Imogen was being polite. She's knows carbon capture is a boongoggle being touted by the fossil fuel industry as a way to justify continued burning of fossil fuels.
You shouldn't make such assumptions. Even things that turn out to be bad ideas still need to be given the opportunity to be tested so that any questions around them can be answered on a fully informed basis.
Personally, I think CCS is a totally daft concept, and the way to make that the mainstream thought is to give it a try and see it fail, whilst making sure that our primary investments go into what we know works.
Same goes for hydrogen. We know that the numbers will never stack up on a grand scale, so we know that it is not THE solution, but what we don't fully know yet is whether it could be A solution for something else - creating "green" fertiliser for instance.
@@michaelwinkley2302yes, but do we have the time for that?
@@jsanders100 Probably not, but it appears we do have the £22bn of tax payers money to 'invest' in Merseyside and Teesside to attract £8bn of private investment and provide BP and Shell with tax rebates on their oil and gas tax bill of up to 108% for the next 25 years - sounds like a bargain!
With dozens of different bodies involved in large scale projects, no wonder it takes so much longer and costs so much more in the UK to bring large scale projects to completion.
One of your best interviews, Imogen. Absolutely fascinating!🇨🇦
Glad of the clarification on allocation rounds vs. leasing rounds. 24:16
Also good to see the misunderstanding kept in the video. Very human. Shows that you really do know your stuff the rest of the time! 😊
What a great episode -- quite a change from the dumbed-down Battery Electric Train. It was glorious to just try and keep up, which Imogen did with style. Well done! There's abundant reason to feel optimistic about the future of clean renewable energy -- "feel good watts" -- in the UK.
Wind-turbines are far more interesting than kicking a leather bladder around a playground.
Its complicated, but glad to hear that you are still looking to triple renewables by 2030! Congrats on no more coal 👏. See you all again at Sydney EE🎉
A very good talk. I learned a lot. This should be on main channel TV. Most people don't know what great projects that will produce jobs, power and exports.
Great interview and listening to Gus made me feel a lot more positive about the prospects for the UK Energy Transition and the role of floating wind farms in the Celtic Sea in that future.
A positive outcome for the UK's energy transition.
I think Gus Jaspert did a good job explaining. But people in a position like his should take even more distance while explaining things. At the base of things energy = energy. We all know Saudi Arabia got rich because of oil. Since oil is energy and we transition to other forms of energy, the UK can become wealthy as well by becoming energy independent. The US went from a great energy dependency towards independency, only they chose the wrong way - by fracking. And Canada chose the oil sands. We - the UK and Europe - can do it the right way. The result, in the form of wealth, is the same, but we will have cleaner rivers, cities and lungs.
This is a fascinating interview. Getting the approvals, permits and regulations set up and cleared in advance is brilliant. I understand it has been a roadblock for many projects in other countries. Companies need certainty at the beginning, firstly to commit their own resources, then to secure finance. Given the huge influx of workers to fairly remote, isolated parts of the UK I believe that alongside the wind farms, ports, there should be high quality housing available to rent at cost long term, and later some serviced sites for self build, again with restrictions on letting, owner occupancy only. Housing is a basic need and should be available at cost. Currently people are paying 50% or more of their net income towards housing, either mortgages or rent. For decades we have been pouring money into housing and enriched landowners, landbankers, developers, financiers, mortgage lenders, landlords. A co-ordinated plan to acquire agricultural land at agricultural rates, build spacious decent family homes, would be a huge contribution to those communities, workers and set an example of what is needed throughout the country. Above water land values, good value and minimal debt is vital.
Fantastic interview - such an interesting topic. Great interview by Gus, so knowledgeable, and as always, exemplary prep and delivery by Imogen 👏
Great conversation and yes, get Kevin McCloud and team to develop Grand Energy Build! I am sure if we think a big more about it, we can come up with more formats, like "The Big Refurbish" where particularly factory buildings and large properties are decarbonised and revitalised...
A very informative and interesting interview. The management of our offshore areas seems to be in capable hands especially in respect of all the different use cases.
I'm confused. I thought the crown estate didn't pay tax which annoys me. But he's saying all profit goes back to the treasury as in pays 100% voluntary tax? Maybe there'll be more information before the end.
Hmm, Crown estates to 12 mile limit.
However some windfarms extend quite a bit past that and float ( whilst tethered ) above the continental shelf.
As you say perhaps more info later.
Probably best to watch entire episode first ?
Its not tax, its a lease of land managed by the estate on behalf of the public.... so the profits of the leases are returned to the rightful owners; the public.
@@t1n4444 No matter how far out the platforms are, they have to have distribution lines running back to shore.
It's the other way round. The Government runs the Crown Estate either for their own use or for generating income. They then pay "tax" to the Royal Family.
That's probably because loony fringe people would love you to believe that the deal made with George III because Blackadder kept stealing his socks and he ran out of money, is somehow ruinous for us, whereas in actual fact the country has profited and our head of state is basically free. Unlike the vast amounts spent to elect presidents. They want you to think they Crown Estate doesn't pay tax, and that that's the King's money because the land is held in his name because then they can claim he's the bad guy and that their wealth is as a result of us all paying tax to fund them which is laughably untrue. People who don't know how it works or how the House of Lords works talk about reforming it all as if the system works in a completely different way to the way it works. Just like they wanted you to gullibly believe that we'd get back £350m/week for the NHS or that even if we did get back the money, it would go to the NHS and like Trump convinced his dumb fellow countrymen that tariffs do an entirely different thing than they actually do.
Speaking of offshore wind, I saw an article on Bloomberg today saying The UK is paying £1 billion to turn off wind farms because the electricity grid can't cope. This completely wasted energy can be used instantly, at source, with minimal infrastruture, mining Bitcoin, without any distribution losses, without having to ramp down turbines or dumping any energy. You use ALL of it - there is no trough. No need for utility scale batteries, which would be a challenge out at sea. They can still of course still be situated onshore. As soon as onshore demand returns, the miners turn off. This is already being done abroad, allowing the wind farm companies to invest in even more wind capacity (the exact opposite situation). Not mining Bitcoin in this situation is a complete waste of energy. Really surprised the UK isn't (officially) doing this.. Yet.
Speak to Alex Gladstein or Daniel Batten for a complete deep dive on this with all the numbers
To expand on this, I'll paste one of Daniel's X posts today here. He's talking about some peer reviewed data that was released today. Key findings
1. On a 50MW solarfarm
🤔8.1yrs to ROI without Bitcoin mining
👍3.7yrs to ROI with Bitcoin mining
2. ♻️Using Bitcoin mining reduces CO2 emissions by 50,000 tonnes/year
3. PoS based blockchains can not offer these features
The research built on the earlier work of Lal et at (Cornell) which showed that Bitcoin mining makes renewable operations more profitable, which supports climate action and the renewable transition because these profits were reinvested into building more renewable capacity.
Info from Daniel today..
On a 50MW solar farm
8.1yrs to ROI without mining
3.7yrs to ROI with mining
Using mining reduces CO2 emissions by 50,000 tonnes/year
Mining makes renewable operations more profitable, which supports climate action and the renewable transition because these profits were reinvested into building more renewable capacity.
I would have liked to hear something about tidal power. The demonstration unit up in Scotland sounds very interesting. The Atlantic Ocean continually drains into the North Sea and back. The potential there to work alongside wind is huge
No need to go to the inhospitable North Sea, the Severn Estuary has the world’s second highest tidal range and is much easier to access and is closer to existing national grid infrastructure.
As I understand it the energy which is extracted from the 17 tidal systems around the world is less than 1/3 of one gas powered power station. So although it seems good the numbers do not say so. I have been a supporter of a Severn system all my life but I was wrong.
@nigelkingify there is also a big spring/neap cycle, so although it's predictable, it would be week of plenty, week of famine
@@nigelkingify most of these sites are test facilities so it’s not an appropriate comparison, if a much greater amount of money had been spent on research and larger scale units it could easily provide a lot more power. Tidal energy is far more reliable and frequent than wind has the capability to produce it for more of every day than either wind or solar.
@ famine is a massive exaggeration
Love the idea of a 'Wind turbine manager' game! Let's make it happen 🙂
Excellent interview and I liked the holistic approach they are taking. Energy yes but also bio diversity, jobs and the supply chain.
Disappointing to see in the comments so many rants about personal hobby horses. We need to solve these problems and this made me feel slightly more optimistic that we actually achieve something here.
Thanks Imogen that was very enlightening.
I have been enjoyed, so thank you for sharing.
Very informative
truly fascinating
Shared...the info needs to be out there. Hope you do regular follow-ups.
I suspect that the current capability of powering 11m out of 25m homes was a slight distortion of the truth because it only applies to full wind which happens for a small percentage of the time. I did not hear any clarification of this point.
A very interesting presentatioin. I wonder about that 1 gigawatt of generation= 1 million homes figure. Is that fully powered or just the existing consumption. Sorted of hinted at in the future growth bit. Yes, I know that air source (or ground source) heat pumps are part of that transition. I'd like to see the workings behind the headline figures.
HGus also rather skipped over (didn't mention at all, I think) the issue of energy storage. We will need to transition away from all of those underground (e.g. at petrol stations, high pressure gas storage) and over ground (e.g. liquid natural gas storage) stores of hydrocarbons which will require physical space, facilities and planning surely that should be part of a holistic model - after all he talked about carbon capture (storage) and the seabed.
Great interview, however listening to all the acronyms involved, its no wonder any plan takes so long to deliver. Surely we need a clearer road to delivery.
I think that you are overly sensitive about a certain two words. (Carbon Capture)
Edible seaweed releases carbon into the atmosphere faster than it catches it, just by being eaten. Sea grass doesn't releases carbon into the atmosphere faster than it catches it, making it a carbon capture net positive.
Also the number of birds killed is excessive. I have not seen the recommended change to avoiding birds which is to paint one of the three blades a dark colour being adopted by any of these turbine arrays.
Wind Turbine Manager... Wasn't that an expansion for Cities: Skylines? 43:43
He seems very knowledgeable and engaged in doing the right things. But I’d like to hear what Monbiot would say about it, particularly carbon capture.
Estates worth £15 billion. Paying in just £300 million to UK gov coffers. Can we have a vote on what happens to it?
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What this chap didn’t mention is that the monarch gets a good chunk of the crown estate profits, also no mention of what happens when the wind doesn’t blow which can be for a week or more, there needs to be a huge amount of back up for that.
Also any money that the wind turbine companies pay in lease for the sea bed gets charged to the electricity customer so it’s effectively a tax on people.
the dutchy of lancaster is there for the monarch not the people. If it isn't some sort of corporate monster layer like the US, its the billionaire bros of which the monarchy is definitely in that camp. However its the least of two evils. The land is the dutchies and and at least there is a chance if the monarch wishes it the funds can go back to the government at some point. we hope
@ the Dutchy of Lancaster isn’t part of the crown estate all profits from this go directly to the monarch.
Paying your electric bill is now a "tax"?
I always enjoy you guys podcast. If so informative I need a better spellcheck.😅 the Highlander
Germany invested in wind. Watchers should look carefully as to how well that has worked out.
I will buy "Wind Turbine Manager" 👍
Would be good to see more North America progress.
wow an independant company holds land for the uk people... This is explained in the book "The great red dragon", or "London money power" published in 1883, and available as an audio book on odysee Flood channel. :) just amazing how things spin, especially facts.
Using the grid connections of the decommissioned coal power plants could be reused for green power connections
That sounds good in theory, but if you Google the location of the last coal power station, you will realise that you would need very long cables.
Decommissioned coal plants are already being used as renewable sites in the UK, the Ferrybridge site in Yorkshire and the Fiddler's Ferry site in Chesire sites are becoming large (150MW) grid battery stores (constructions already completed on both) seeking to resuse the existing power grid connections. The same is planned of the Ratcliffe-on-Soar site that was the last UK coal plant operating, which closed back in September, together with a large solar farm on the site.
Similar is happening around the world as well, in Australia, Germany and the US for example coal plants are being converted to BESS.
Finally the big problem with the largest wind mills is reliability. It has been said the average lifespan is 5 years because the main bearing and gearbox fails and it is very difficult to repair. Finally the energy cost to make these things is only paid back in 4 years of use. That gives a net positive of 1 year. Hmmmm
That's clearly false given the repeated investments.
@ the repeated investments could be because of the bias due to the various subsidies. There is no obvious flat playing field.
@nigelkingify you mean a total failure is made up for by subsidies. I think you should present data to justify such claims.
@@timmurphy5541 the repeated investments could be because of a non flat playing field. The unreliability of these huge machines is documented in the company accounts, which have been researched by the university of Edinburgh. Can’t remember the researcher’s name.
Curtailment… £11 Billion …. Customer pays it all with higher bills? Answers on a post card please?
Frustrating that such senior people can not answer questions in such a lengthy way.
"such senior people can not answer questions in such a lengthy way."
(Let that hang there for a moment.)
Frustrating you say?
How so Michael?
What is the source of your frustration?
Do you not think that maybe your attention span might actually be the problem here by any chance?
Should you not be over on TikTok or somewhere?
Or is it that you just get off on mindless criticism of others to alleviate your own inadequacies?
If we can help you with your frustrations you only have to ask.
I should however point out that tackling complicated topics may take a little effort on your part.
Do reach out.
@ I like baked beans but I suspect you are a supermarket in house variety, which I don’t like, I prefer the real thing. Always a mistake to get into discussions on social media but I never learn. Maybe I should just fuck off, or is that what I meant to say 🤔
@@MichaelPrice-qt2gw "Always a mistake to get into discussions on social media"
Where's the discussion?
You've opined that the video you are commenting on is suffering from a lack of something.
What?
Brevity?
Concise snappy one liner explanations suitable for vacuous brain dead idiots?
Maybe you should think before commenting. Is that such a novel idea to you?
@@MichaelPrice-qt2gw "I like baked beans but I suspect you are a supermarket in house variety, which I don’t like, I prefer the real thing"
If only you could actually focus on the salient topic at hand rather than resorting to silly immature distractions you might not come across as such a completely vacuous non entity.
@@bakedbean37that’s rich coming from a pulse without a pulse
When I watch your podcasts, I always try to leave a comment. I know it helps your RUclips. I’m gonna ask a favor next week to promote a Tesla event in Tennessee USA we’re here to promote a Greener world more importantly a better world for our children. I do have a daughter Anastasia.😊
If you’re counting on floating wind, you’re going to fail, it’s too expensive.
No wonder so little gets done in this country.
🎉why re we just looking at the private sector for development? Why can't the UK government invest directly? Also why are there so many different bodies involved? Just make it simple!
First, well done for getting this interview on the channel. I found it really illuminating. I’m going to set aside the contentious issue of the Crown Estate and the role of Monarchy, at least it sounds like the change in government has coincided with a drive to overcome some of the huge amounts of friction in the delivery pipeline. I’m not optimistic about the timeframes and power growth figures being quoted, but I hope I’m wrong.
There's nothing contentious about the Crown Estate or the Sovereign Grant. The only people who contend it are the ones who don't understand how it works, just like the House of Lords. It's basically like having a free head of state whose ancestors got into debt and handed over massive assets which we've always profited from since in return for a very small amount of overall cash. A head of state who is not only better at ribbon cutting and troop morale, but who isn't expected to make political comments and can be diplomatic to any horrific person we put them with without the prime minister having to do that. People think the house of lords are cackling villains who can stop Parliament doing anything. They can merely temporarily put the brakes on the Commons wildest fantasies of fascism and communism and general insanity, but the Commons can still do whatever they want, it's just that they have to push harder to do crazy things - which is a good - it's our checks and balances.
But if you want to kick the baby eating bishops out of the House of Lords because they're the exact opposite of elder statesmen and women, or citizens who've merited an award on any level, or just a roll of the dice, and in fact, actively evil monsters, I'm with you there.
@@jonevansauthorThank you for demonstrating my point on its contentiousness.
I think Doctor Who keeps going in and out of his TARDIS through the Scalene Triangle Window
This isn't true.... The Crown Estate (Scotland) owns most of the sites of interest. It is totally separate to the Crown Estate in England Wales. It is responsible to the Scottish government in Edinburgh.
Most of? Dream on jock.
@@emergingloki England have stolen our oil, and are now stealing our energy. Great British energy is run by a cross dresser based in Manchester. As a matter of law the seabed round Scotland is the property of Crown Estate (Scotland)
Ah. The standard tantrum, plus gender based slurs. Still no justification to your claim of most sites.
@@emergingloki This is not a tantrum. I own 2 farms in Scotland and a UK wide construction company. I have met Maier and he is not just homosexual - he dresses as a woman. The total area covered by Scotland's sea bed ownership is 20% greater than Englands - just check.
First Maier. Your point is?
Secondly raw area Vs viable sites are very different. You would have thought the owner of such businesses would know that.
England stole our oil, and now they are stealing our energy! Did you dummy make it out of the pram?
All sounds great but as we have the highest cost of energy in the world I don't understand how this is going to help us short term. Nobody will invest in Britain until all these solutions come online and by then it will be too late. We are going to lose more employment opportunities then gain. We need a more pragmatic approach.
They will invest in the actual wind farm projects themselves.
We have the highest cost of electricity because we have shut down our coal power stations and failed to replace our old nuclear power stations sufficiently. We have put our money on renewables, so to speak, and especially wind, but it’s going to take time. Meanwhile we now get too much power from gas - the most expensive source of power - and that determines the clearing price. As gas is replaced by cheap wind and solar etc. the price will come down. I reckon to eventually about 12p ( in current terms). See UK NET ZERO ACTION Episode 5.
Give the money to the king.
Like the rest of us, he's struggling.
Carbon Capture is the biggest Lie i'v heard in my life time and so many back pockets to fill before anything does'nt get done..
So terrible,
We've got lots of ladeda ideas, so just keep quiet, and despite "carbon capture" having practically zero success track record we're still gonna give it a go in order to be able to say "we're doing things"
Haven't heard a mention of Scotland. Hmmm......
There is a Crown Estate Scotland so probably a separate outfit
Management of the Crown Estate Scotland is devolved to the Scottish Government. See Scottish Crown Estate Act 2019
Scotlands going to need a lot more energy as the labour gov plan to dump the new LAbour voters up there and Wales as they arrive each day! That’s their design!
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Your shows have had several highly qualified people describing the con job which is CCS. Indeed, your own presenters have vented voluably on the subject. Yet this guy goes unchallenged. Sorry, not an interview but an infomercial.
No; they're simply discussing the layers of bureaucracy and how this affects the plans to build what they're building. Imogen is staying on subject and this is neither the place nor time to argue.
This bloke on the show next then? ruclips.net/video/M3afnfNQTu0/видео.html
First congratulations for your country shutting down coal electricity generation.
Joy to watch. Yeah all very new stuff, to me anyway.
Utter BS pal. 'Crown estates' are for the benefit of one extremely wealthy inbred Family. It throws peanuts to us Commoners.
The Crown Estates manage government land. The private holdings of the royal family are not involved in this, they have their own separate management.
I fair reporter would have asked him about the sovereign grant, charging wind energy providers to fund the Royal Family
The interviewer asked questions relevant to the Every Thing Electric programme.
Your guest almost sounds like he’s from New South Wales Australia😊 the Highlander
He's a Londoner and ex-Uk diplomat
I really enjoy your speakers approach to mother nature. That’s the clan Buchanan model oh by the way, even though I live in Ohio USA, I listen to the castle a lot of Scotland for my music.😊 the Highlander
I don’t know if it’s a good thing or a bad thing but your guest speaker didn’t mention Scotland where my grandfather was born. That’s why they call me the Highlander.😮
Management of the Crown Estate Scotland is devolved to the Scottish Government. See Scottish Crown Estate Act 2019... This will make life easier for us when we regain our independence as the Republic of Scotland! Saor Alba gu bràth, mar bu chòir🥃🦄🦌
The Crown Estate holds assets on behalf of the nation? Really? I smell so much BS that I think I may have stumbled upon a party political broadcast on behalf of Thames Water.
Thats just what i thought too, Charlie Von Windsor is a total hypocrite from owning Grouse moors that release tons of CO2 due too burning bog land to flying everywhere instead of using public transport , It's incredible how one man needs a plane made for over 200 people fly's around the world telling people to cut down on CO2 but makes more than any other person .
Yes, that's literally what it's for. Do you think federal land in the US is not owned by the federal government and doesn't have a body that manages it and decides which bits can be rented out and how that will be done? This is how every country and landowner does it. Some land is privately held by some citizens. Some land is owned by various government bodies such as parish councils and district councils, some is managed by the Highways Agency and so on... this is completely normal.
@@jonevansauthor You certainly have an interesting take on the conquest of land in 1066 and the maintenance of ownership since then. You keep being you my friend.
My last comment was based on the fact that even though I was born in Detroit, Michigan, I was one of the leaders back in the day of the pro two Scottish independence movement I’m less active, but we still have our pro one movement Highlander now I’m more focused on children’s charities😊
Please find a way to send me this windmill game so I can send it to my niece she’s 14 and 6 foot two and still growing and she is wicked smart. She’ll love that game plus I’d like to check it out and see what I can do I am a former nuclear mariner
Just by listening to the tone of the conversation, I think they realize Scotland is leaving England
As it should.
@@jusidit Saor Alba gu bràth, mar bu chòir!!
That's just what we need, more carbon capture bs.
Billionaires living the fullest freedom of life flying around the world holidaying every day, whilst their workers are imprisoned with 38 - 50 hrs a week, 9 to 5 work
Totally irrelevant to this video
but our energy bills are Not coming down, its all a gimmick, still profiteering
Are you in the UK? peak energy bills were 2 years ago. Check the cap prices , my Nov bill was less than last Nov which was lower than the previous Nov.
Win energy, and especially off-shore, is incredibly damaging to the environment. Bath in the places where the windmills are placed, but also to the environment surrounding the factories that manufacturers the blades.
It's also incredibly disturbing for the marine life, who will have to live in an environment of constantly flashing light and low frequency noices at all times of the day. There's a reason why humans don't want to live near windfarms, but there's zero respect given to our aquatic friends.
Why do you think Sweden has just been visited by it's first ever dolphin? Because we are destroying their environment and their internal navigation systems.
Very interesting. Could you let me have full details of the damage to marine life, and a measure of the low frequency noise.
Is the damage worse than the damage caused by shipping, obviously that creates no only low frequency marine vibrations which definitely damage marine life. (By the way where did the dolphins go, and why, and why did they come back?).
I believed that using sails rather than propellors would reduce that damage.
Would it be better to drain, for example the Dogger bank, and use the wind turbines on land. I understand Denmark is building two artificial islands, will these damage marine life in the same way? They are also damaging the environment more than most countries because they manufacture the equipment on a large scale.
By the way I used to live in between two large wind generators on land and there was no measurable low frequency noise here at least between 10 and 1000 Hz with wind speeds above 4 kph, as I have the measuring equipment., but I have heard that this noise exists and I have been able to measure it next to traditional windmills for example.
Do you have an alternative way of supplying energy which overcomes all these criticisms?
Thanks
@oldestnic Compared to seafaring transportation, that are passing through an area emitting temporary sounds and pressure waves, windfarms will give present a constant source of disturbances. Even if the frequencies change depending on the weather, there will never ever be quiet.
@oldestnic The windfarms att Dogger Bank is currently not under development, since the Swedish government pulled back it's funding for the transmission lines going to Sweden and the state owned Vattenfall energy company then said it will not continue to build that wind farm since it will not be profitable without government grants and subsidies.
Even if the trace amounts of BPA is to be considered safe, or in some studies barely measure able, the amount of micro plastic is not.
@@oldestnic There's three good ways to generate energy, that has been used for decades and even centuries.
Hydropower is one such source, even if it is incredibly carbon dioxide heavy at the time of construction, since a well built dam can stand for over a hundred years the total amount of CO2 will be very low.
Nuclear power is another, and given recent developments in the industries technology, it's not even to be considered even remotely dangerous if you use alternative cooling methods and maybe even molten cores. There's a company here in Sweden called Blykalla that you could have a look at for example.
Then we have solar power, which is by far the safest way to generate energy, and given the right amount of energy storage, anso can become a pretty reliable source of energy.