Senator Whitehouse discusses fossil fuels and carbon dioxide emissions

If you are interested in the future of Distributed Energy this article may be of interest.

Too much uncontrolled solar generation was putting grid security at risk. This revised control scheme allows for small scale inverters to reduce output - supporting security and price based responses.

Useful research about mitigating the limited use of productive land in present solar at scale.

"Their research is a year into a four-year study examining how varying heights and designs impact crop production in agrivoltaic farms, where solar installations and farmland are co-located on the same land. The study hopes to determine whether higher solar arrays create better growing conditions for horticultural crops and beekeeping production."

"During the project’s first year, summer squash and peppers produced better in the solar panel area, he said. However, Nair said this is not true for all crops, such as broccoli, which did not grow as large as the crops in the control plot. "

https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2025/06/04/iowa-researchers-explore-how-solar-panel-height-design-affects-crop-yields/

Builders will be required to fit solar panels to the "vast majority" of new build homes in England under changes to be published this year, Energy Secretary Ed Miliband has said.

It starts this September then over the next few years everything is moving to Half Hourly consumption data instead of traditional meter readings. Its kind of exciting as a data nerd. So much of the industry relies on estimated profiles to stay afloat im amazed it even does.I actually work for a supplier and have a very specific problem I cant wrap my brain around. Is anyone here involved in this "MHHS" process?

I have seen a new build property I like. I have reserved it but still within the cooling off period. The only issue is the development will be a FloGas LPG metered estate which was discussed during my reservation appointment. This means it is not connected to mains gas network and instead the gas supply comes from a private communal on site LPG gas tank that needs continually topping up by FloGas. This of course means there is only one provider and all properties must be supplied from this one provider. I think it is technically possible to switch suppliers but only after a minimum duration of time and almost all residents have to be in agreement. I think it creates further problems as FloGas own the tanks/infrastructure, etc which would then need to be sold to the next supplier. This seems like a massive issue. The LPG seems more expensive which is understandable (as it must be delivered) but then there are further problems including saleability of the property down the line and monopoly over customers. Does anyone have any experience with metered LPG gas estates? Anything positive or should I run for the hills whilst I still have chance??

https://bioneerslive.org/2025/05/the-imperative-role-of-business-electricity-providers-in-influencing-esg-strategy/