Government borrowing costs soar This week has not been a great week for the Government with a raft of pointless arguments about pointless public inquiries and Musk calling people names but much more importantly the Bond market has worked up to the sorry state of the UK economy. Government borrowing costs higher now than at […]
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The Telegraph reports: Net zero policies are sharply driving up energy costs, the Bank of England has admitted, as officials battle to bring living costs back under control. Sarah Breeden, the Bank’s deputy governor, said households and businesses were paying more for energy because of so-called carbon permits, which require power plants to pay for
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How Close Were We To Blackouts Yesterday? We received an Octopus energy alert for a Saving Session lunch time yesterday the 8th Jan. Hey Alastair, The first Saving Session of January is today between 5-6pm! Yesterday was cold with no wind and light snow over the UK. As Paul Homewood on his site summarises a post from Watt
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Tesla Model 3 pricing remain unchanged during December 2024, making 19 months of no increase to UK retail pricing. While the Model Y price increased by £2,000 to £46,990. Model 3 base price remains at £39,990 and Model Y increases to £46,990. Model 3 Performance now available to order from £59,990. This is great value
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Just 17 kWh Produced in December 2024 – Dismal cloud cover December 2024 – What a grey month it was with hardly any sun shine. The Solar Edge system produced just 17.6kWh compared with 18 last year. Another dismal month. The month suffered from days of Dunkelflaute, a German term that roughly translates to a
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UK car manufacturing output fell -15.3% in October, the eighth consecutive month of decline, according to the latest figures published today by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). 77,484 units left factory gates, 14,037 fewer than in the same month last year, with plants continuing their retooling to enable production of the next
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125 kWh Produced in October 2024 with just 21 kWh exported October 2024 – What a grey month with hardly any sun shine. The Solar Edge system produced just 125 kWh compared with 231 during October 2023 or just 54% of last year. Dismal month. The month suffered from days of Dunkelflaute, a German term
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Tesla Model 3 pricing remain unchanged during October 2024, making 18 months of no increase to UK retail pricing. While the Model Y price has increased by £2,,000 to £46,990. Model 3 base price remains at £39,990 and Model Y increases to £46,990. Model 3 Performance now available to order from £59,990. This is great
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Tesla launch new longer range Model 3 Now on sale Tesla offer a model 3 rear wheel drive with the larger battery pack that will get you 436 miles. The cars sits between the base RWD and the AWD long range model and costs £44,990, half way between the two other models. We don’t know
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254 kWh Produced in September 2024 with 71 kWh exported September 2024 – Summer fades quickly and rain becomes all too common during the month. There are many days with little or no sun. The total for the month is far less than expectations but well below September 2023 when we produced over 350 kWh.
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