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@bernard.mcc

Solar power and other renewables - on board for the energy transition. Physics. Discovered some comets once.

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@bernard.mcc Jul 31, 2018, 8:15 PM UTC

Driving on Sunshine

So I was reading this pieceposted today on the SolarCoin slack by Nick Gogerty... in particular this bit: “With 1 m² of photovoltaics, it’s possible to drive 1,000 km per year with an electric car.”…

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@bernard.mcc May 10, 2018, 4:27 PM UTC

7-Day Wayback Music Challenge: Day 2

Warning: may contain swearing, my precious... A snotty, cocky 13 year old walks into Mere Green Records and Tapes. Me (thinking: they'll never have this in stock): 'Hey mister, have you got "Too Drun…

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@bernard.mcc May 9, 2018, 9:29 PM UTC

7-Day Wayback Music Challenge: Day 1

Ooh, this looks like fun - thanks to @scalextrix for the nomination... I think... Wow, just seven songs from my youth, I will have to make these count! First up, it just has to be the anthem of my ea…

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@bernard.mcc Jan 31, 2018, 1:51 PM UTC

Nice here...

Thanks for the heads-up Will :)Nice work from Caroline Lucas re. Fracking:https://twitter.com/CarolineLucas/status/956527761157492738

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@bernard.mcc Jan 29, 2018, 10:13 PM UTC

MERCH!

A couple of weeks ago in the comments section one of Will Cottrrell's marvellous posts, @willcottrell, @gregan and @lpninja and myself were riffing on how to get businesses and organisations to accep…

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@bernard.mcc Jan 28, 2018, 11:57 PM UTC

The Volta Factor

For a short while now I have been posting about The Solarity - the point at which the utility auction bid price in $/MWh by a Solar PV operator is matched by the price of SolarCoin when also priced i…

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@bernard.mcc Jan 26, 2018, 1:08 PM UTC

Introducing The Solarity Tracker

I've been messing around with Google Charts and javascript to try put the concept of approaching The Solarity in some kind of visual form. (For anyone unfamiliar with the term, The Solarity is what h…

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@bernard.mcc Jan 15, 2018, 11:28 AM UTC

Something Strange Happened on the Way to The Solarity

"... er.. copy that Houston... that’s… er… is this thing working...? ... say again Houston… do you copy? Over..." The players: EcoEnergy - a small, independent renewable energy provider operating in…

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@bernard.mcc Jan 9, 2018, 8:22 PM UTC

The Solarity

The Solarity: a made-up word for the point at which the price of 1 SolarCoin (SLR) equals the bid price for 1MWh of solar PV generation. (Thank you to James Pryor on the SolarCoin Slack for helping c…

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