France’s electricity consumption set to rise sharply by 2030 https://www.euractiv.com/section/electricity/news/frances-electricity-consumption-set-to-rise-sharply-by-2030/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #acceleratingrenewables #Electricity #electricitycrisis #energymix

And also today published is a report by a group of interdisciplinary scientists who are advising about the Dutch #energymix in 2050, and their take is (also) that a net zero energy system in 2050 is possible if “everyone can participate and when justice is at the basis of the #energytransition” 5/6
https://etes2050.nl/actueel/2448230.aspx

#EnergyMix: "No New Jobs Came from Alberta’s $4B ‘Job Creation’ Tax Cut for #BigOil

'Canada’s biggest #OilSands companies have benefitted to the tune of $4.3 billion since #Alberta handed large corporations a ‘job creation’ tax cut three years ago, but those jobs never materialized, a new study has found.

Meanwhile, those same companies added millions of dollars to the compensation of their CEOs and rewarded their shareholders with generous dividends."'

#abpoli #ableg

https://www.theenergymix.com/2022/10/06/no-new-jobs-came-from-albertas-4b-job-creation-tax-cut-for-big-oil/

This just sounds like madness to me, if this story is true. Consumers were being paid to cut back on their #energy use on Tuesday, at the same time #windfarms were being paid to cut back production. Our #nationalgrid and #energymix seems to need some serious changes to make it work properly.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/01/25/wind-farms-paid-switch-households-cut-back-energy-use/

wind and sun tax consultation

With the predicted decline in tax income from oil, gas and road fuels a UK government working party has been established to propose mechanisms to tax wind and solar energy sources. Church of England objects to wind turbines on church spires.
#politicsUK #SolarPV #windturbines #WindUp #environment #EnergyMix #nationalgrid #satire

https://dudley-tribune.x10.mx/wind-and-sun-tax-consultation/