@jwheare

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@irccloud.com founder. Software design, JavaScript, Erlang. Fife coast and dog content. Bad at Mastodon. http://jwheare.com
jwheareFeb 5
Robin Hawkes ⚡️Feb 5

It's here! All power assets are now live on my GB Renewables Map ⚡

That's right, it's not just wind farms any more. Now you can see live and historic data for gas power plants, nuclear, grid batteries, biomass, pumped hydro and even a bit of solar.

Wind farms are still the default for now, though you can enable as many or as few of the other fuel types and your selection will be remembered when you come back to the website.

It's already live so go play for yourself:
https://renewables-map.robinhawkes.com/

Show threadjwheareFeb 5
@robhawkes I worked out what normalise means, scratch that :)
Show threadjwheareFeb 5
@robhawkes great work, well done for shipping! A question about grid boundaries. Do the percentages indicate generation over demand, or something else? Also, what does normalise do?
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@robhawkes all the best testing happens in production. Put it live :)
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@robhawkes next door Neart na Gaoithe completed last year so might be a better candidate for a visualisation like yours.

Related, I’ve been tracking vessels in the Forth for a few years and published a year in review last year (for 2024). https://vessels.marinesightings.com/review/2024

Haven’t gotten round to it this year as I’m working on other things but I hope to revisit.

AIS year in review 2024

Stats and interesting ships I saw come sailing in

Show threadjwheareFeb 3

@robhawkes very nice. I’ve been keeping an eye on the progress on Inch Cape as the cable corridor and route to the marshalling yards go past my window.

They’re just starting to install the monopiles now but I think the strong winds have ironically stalled progress. https://www.inchcapewind.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Inch-Cape-Notice-to-Mariners-03-2026.pdf

Show threadjwheareJan 28

@robhawkes nice work!

Not sure if deliberate, but touches on topical local objections to big grid infrastructure projects (eg Eastern Green Links). Perception of power export to better supported cities over the border at expense of disruption to rural communities in Scotland, with no accompanying improvement to the local infrastructure.

It’s definitely not that simple (and nimby adjacent) but I can imagine this sort of visualisation being politicised.

Show threadjwheareJan 25
@harry_wood does Image Capture still exist? Have had luck with it in the past.
jwheareJan 6
Cees BassaJan 6
Since posting this 2025 year-long keogram, there have been quite a few questions asking how it was created and what is visible. In this thread I'll try to explain how it all works.
Show threadjwheareJan 5

@coldclimate @cgbassa very cool, I saw yours too. I like your DST shift. I had my script compensate for it, but I'm still in two minds about that.

I also briefly toyed with making a "true" keogram (i.e. only taking a thin band from the middle of each frame) but I like being able to see the sunrise.

The camera/config/view variations are really interesting to compare, and it's nice to see everyone has their own blackout spots :)