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Boris Johnson has been accused of sparking a diplomatic rift with Joe Biden after an extraordinary “fuck the Americans!” outburst in the Commons.
He made the remark after being urged to support moves by Rishi Sunak and the EU to solve Brexit problems over the Northern Ireland Protocol – which are supported by the US President.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/boris-biden-brexit-eu-deal-row-b2289792.html
#News #EuropeanNews #Europe #EU #EuropeanUnion #UK #UnitedKingdom #Brexit #Tories #US #UnitedStates #JoeBiden
RT @Flood_List
#Zambia – “Catastrophic Situation” After #Floods Hit Southern and Central Provinces
https://floodlist.com/africa/zambia-floods-southern-central-province-january-2026 via @Flood_List
Clean energy companies in #Malawi, #Zambia, or #Zimbabwe, interested in grant financing for innovative energy solutions are encouraged to join information sessions.
Lusaka: https://eepafrica.org/information-zambia-2023/
Lilongwe: https://eepafrica.org/information-malawi-2023/
Harare: https://eepafrica.org/information-zimbabwe-2023/
#RenewableEnergy #SDG7 #EnergyAccess #Financing #EEP_Africa
Unfortunately #EEP_Africa financing is limited to €1 million and there remains a 'valley of death' for companies to progress to MDB financing which typically starts at €50million, or commercial banks.
The blended finance #FinlandIFCclimateFund attempts to de-risk smaller RE projects in developing countries with a first-loss share of a few million.
https://um.fi/finland-ifc-blended-finance-for-climate-program
A few projects already completed, like #Kael & #Kahone utility scale solar plants in #Senegal https://pressroom.ifc.org/all/pages/PressDetail.aspx?ID=16849
Great @TransitionShow episode 189 on Financing Energy Transition in emerging markets, role of #RooftopSolar for Commercial&Industrial customers
#DistributedGeneration Projects are very profitable, payback in 2-5 years. But recent years saw very little progress in developing countries despite years of Multilateral Development Bank support. Financing is channeled through local banks, unprepared for DG as asset class and #DueDiligence causes delays and bureaucracy.
https://xenetwork.org/ets/episodes/episode-189-financing-the-transition/
Can we coordinate replacing fossil-fueled assets with clean, zero-carbon assets so that both systems remain functional and affordable during the transition?Why is it so much more expensive to finance clean energy projects than fossil fuel projects in emerging economies? And what can be done about it?
The Ohio-based utility #FirstEnergy agrees to pay another $3.9 million for failing to provide lobbying/accounting information to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission FERC. In 2021 the company agreed to pay $240 million fine for #bribery to secure $1bn bailout to #nuclear plants.
https://www.utilitydive.com/news/firstenergy-FERC-fine-HB-6-bribery-scandal/639490/
https://www.utilitydive.com/news/firstenergy-agrees-to-pay-230m-fine-for-bribing-ohio-officials-to-bail-out/603836/
The utility company didn’t tell the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission about $81 million it gave to Ohio officials to pass a bill that offered $1 billion to nuclear plants it owned, according to the agency.
#SmartMeters can help in identifying high consuming appliances in households. Hourly data can reveal, if power is drawn constantly or perhaps only in the evenings, faulty thermostats or incorrectly set timers.
If a smart meter is not installed, this Emporia set with 8-16 clamp-on current sensors is useful as it also shows which fuse serves suspicious load profiles, and in real-time.
Costs about 150$ but can easily pay for itself if unnecessary loads can eliminated.
#EnergyEfficiency
Henri Horn
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