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- Fri Feb 14, 2025 1:10 pm
- Forum: Media and Culture
- Topic: Brake pad dust more toxic than exhaust emissions
- Replies: 5
- Views: 139
Re: Brake pad dust more toxic than exhaust emissions
I wonder if the author is of the anti-EV brigade given this statement "Dr James Parkin, from the University of Southampton and lead author of the study published in the journal Particle and Fibre Toxicology, said: “People generally associate pollution from cars as being from exhaust pipes and t...
- Fri Feb 14, 2025 1:07 pm
- Forum: Media and Culture
- Topic: Eastern Green Link 1 construction begins
- Replies: 0
- Views: 18
Eastern Green Link 1 construction begins
Hope they've got a few more diggers than that to use!
https://www.nationalgrid.com/media-cent ... perhighway
https://www.nationalgrid.com/media-cent ... perhighway
- Fri Feb 14, 2025 10:06 am
- Forum: Hydro Power
- Topic: Japanese tidal
- Replies: 0
- Views: 55
Japanese tidal
1.1MW tidal turbine installed in the seas off Japan.
Proteus is a British company which also runs the 6MW MeyGen tidal scheme in Scotland.
https://renews.biz/98770/proteus-instal ... -in-japan/
Proteus is a British company which also runs the 6MW MeyGen tidal scheme in Scotland.
https://renews.biz/98770/proteus-instal ... -in-japan/
- Thu Feb 13, 2025 9:03 pm
- Forum: Transport
- Topic: BEVs to now pay road tax, and it's back-datable
- Replies: 25
- Views: 6255
Re: BEVs to now pay road tax, and it's back-datable
This new set of VED tariffs was announced and brought into effect by the previous Government.
It’s a dog’s arse of a scheme but ultimately EVs should pay some form of “road tax” given they use the infrastructure
It’s a dog’s arse of a scheme but ultimately EVs should pay some form of “road tax” given they use the infrastructure
- Thu Feb 13, 2025 2:36 pm
- Forum: Gardening and Sustainability
- Topic: Fully electric farm
- Replies: 0
- Views: 365
Fully electric farm
In New Zealand!
- Thu Feb 13, 2025 12:23 pm
- Forum: Media and Culture
- Topic: HVDC Interconnectors
- Replies: 295
- Views: 126594
Re: HVDC Interconnectors
Well well well, it seems the Iceland-UK HVDC Interconnector might be back on the agenda. After zero updates since 2019, it looks like "Atlantic Superconnection Energy" has raised £30million in order to get the project planning along to the "Financial Investment Decision" (FID) st...
- Wed Feb 12, 2025 9:14 am
- Forum: Media and Culture
- Topic: UK used electric vehicle sales hit record last year as prices fell
- Replies: 2
- Views: 431
Re: UK used electric vehicle sales hit record last year as prices fell
link not working?
- Tue Feb 11, 2025 11:25 am
- Forum: Media and Culture
- Topic: BP abandons renewable investments
- Replies: 3
- Views: 481
- Mon Feb 10, 2025 2:49 pm
- Forum: Media and Culture
- Topic: Baltics unplug from Russia
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1940
Re: Baltics unplug from Russia
Just read this about the grid stability "𝐈𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐬𝐲𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 We have just witnessed one of the biggest events in European grid history: Today, 08/02/2025, at 07:09 (UTC), the Baltic synchronous area was detached from the BRELL synchronous area. From tomorrow, 09/02/2025,...
- Mon Feb 10, 2025 2:43 pm
- Forum: Transport
- Topic: Rivian Van now available beyond Amazon
- Replies: 0
- Views: 449
Rivian Van now available beyond Amazon
Rivian now selling its electric delivery vehicle to any business that wants an EV Van.
https://electrek.co/2025/02/10/rivian-w ... -at-79900/
https://electrek.co/2025/02/10/rivian-w ... -at-79900/