Interested in renewable energy and electrification ⚡️ Work in strategy at Octopus Energy ⚡️ Write about energy and technology
London, England
Joined January 2017
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Kit Fitton retweeted
Incredible stat:
A single container ship of solar panels can provide as much electricity as more than 50 large LNG tankers of gas – or 100 large coal ships
There's many more insights in IEA Energy Technology Perspectives 2024 – here's a selection 🧵
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Kit Fitton retweeted
If you import 1 tonne of coal, you can burn it to generate ~2 MWh of electricity.
If you import 1 tonne of solar panels, you can use them to generate ~1,000 MWh of electricity.
Kit Fitton retweeted
An opinion piece in the @Telegraph on Friday by Lord Lilley posed a series of (frankly misleading) 'questions' about clean energy
(Lilley is a former trustee at climate-denial group Global Warming Policy Foundation)
Let's try and answer them for him... 🧵
Kit Fitton retweeted
This is blowing my mind.
WTF
So obvious. How did I not ever think of this?
Batteries will be everywhere.
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Kit Fitton retweeted
They do say you should dress for the job you want, not the job you have 👀 octopus.energy/careers
Kit Fitton retweeted
twitter energy deniers: I'm looking for the best argument that renewable energy is more expensive than fossil fuel energy/raises the cost of energy. I don't want a plot that some dude posted on twitter, I want a link to a PDF of a quantitative analysis.
Kit Fitton retweeted
Golly
In the first three quarters of this year China installed more solar panels than the US has in its entire history
Source: @OxfordEnergy
Kit Fitton retweeted
Stunning!
"Instead of rebuilding or reconductoring two 230-kV lines, PPL spent less than $300,000 installing sensors on the lines..," saving "about $50 million in costs and immediately started saving about $20 million in annual congestion costs."
utilitydive.com/news/transmi…
Kit Fitton retweeted
Govt expected to imminently announce a new and higher price for next years offshore wind auctions after this years failed to attract a single bid. This years was 44 pound mwh- this year expected to be around 70. More than 50% increase.
Kit Fitton retweeted
I'm starting to think about updating my list of energy storage technologies, given I wrote the original thread over a year ago now.
What options do I need to add?
What are the best ways to store energy (or, more specifically, electricity)?
A running thread on electricity storage technologies that could help us get to a 100% renewable grid 🧵
#energytwitter
Kit Fitton retweeted
.@AllisonPearson has shared her thoughts on the #ElectricVehicle transition in today's @Telegraph
Been a while since I've seen an article with quite so many inaccuracies and unevidenced claims
So, here's a not-so-little thread to debunk some of the things that have been said
Kit Fitton retweeted
Agree or disagree with the govt position on net zero, but it is plainly wrong of PM to say that “all modelling suggests we will meet our targets regardless”
The truth is that we are off track to deliver on our targets and do not have the practical plans in place to change this.
Kit Fitton retweeted
Interesting that @Microsoft is looking to small modular reactors (SMRs) to power it's data centres.
theverge.com/2023/9/26/23889…
It feels like there could be a few reasons for taking this approach...
Kit Fitton retweeted
Exclusive: we expose how British Gas advisers make false promises to customers worried about climate change that new boilers will burn hydrogen. opendemocracy.net/en/british…
Kit Fitton retweeted
Octopus Energy has agreed to acquire Shell’s UK household energy supply business
The deal makes Octopus Britain’s second-biggest supplier, with 6.5 million household customers
Kit Fitton retweeted
You’d likely need planning permission to put a heat pump here, but if it’s a massive fossil fuel tank you can fill your boots no questions asked.
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Kit Fitton retweeted
We’ve built a wind turbine to feed @glastonbury, Britain’s most iconic festival.
Our 28m tall pink + purple behemoth, plus new solar and batteries, will help make this year’s Glastonbury the greenest ever, and we’ve got even bigger plans for future Festivals.
Kit Fitton retweeted
This is such great news for customers and for the Bulb (now Octopus!) team. Now to get back to the day job of the energy transition during an energy crisis… (would have thought that would be enough to keep our competitors busy!)
Kit Fitton retweeted
One of my favourite things about the renewables map is simply watching the wind patterns – it's the reason why I added a full-screen mode! 📺
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