Eigen Values

This is a short video to accompany the main article (link below) that dispels the myth that renewables are cheap. We have a long way to go if even consumer champion Martin Lewis blames high electricity bills on gas, when the full cost of renewables is much higher than gas-fired electricity. We need to stop this industrial-scale gaslighting of the public. Thank you for watching and listening. Pleas...

Last month I gave a talk to Sacred Cows. This is the video of the event and the main argument is summarised below. Climate Change Exaggerated Although people like Antonio Guterres have made the foolish claim we have entered the era of global boiling, we have to acknowledge that the world has warmed a bit since pre-industrial times. The alarmist response to this is Net Zero which is an example of a...

Welcome to Episode 16 of the Eigen Values podcast. This time we look the alleged rapid deployment of renewables and find that lapsed planning permissions and terminated CfDs mean that renewables are anything but quick to deploy. This is an audio version of the article that first appeared on Substack on this link: https://davidturver.substack.com/p/where-are-the-quick-renewables Thank you for liste...

Welcome to Episode 15 of the Eigen Values podcast. This time we look at a recent report about Net Zero from the Centre for Policy Studies and call for think tanks to start thinking again. This is an audio version of the article that first appeared on Substack on this link: https://davidturver.substack.com/p/time-for-think-tanks-to-think-again Thank you for listening. Please like, share and subscri...

Welcome to Episode 14 of the Eigen Values podcast. This time we look at the Climate Change Committee’s latest demands for cuts to emissions, set them in a global context and look at their economic viability. This is an audio version of the article that first appeared on Substack on this link: https://davidturver.substack.com/p/ccc-demands-uneconomic-deep-cuts-to-emissions Thank you for listening....

Welcome to Episode 13 of the Eigen Values podcast. This time we bust the myth of fossil fuel subsidies by comparing the alleged subsidies with fossil fuel taxes. This is an audio version of the article that first appeared on Substack on this link: https://davidturver.substack.com/p/busting-the-fossil-fuel-subsidy-myth Thank you for listening. Please like, share and subscribe to receive more conten...

Welcome to Episode 12 of the Eigen Values podcast. This time we look at what the projects announced at the recent international investment summit might mean for energy bills. This is an audio version of the article that first appeared on Substack on this link: https://davidturver.substack.com/p/investment-summit-to-increase-energy-bills Thank you for listening. Please like, share and subscribe to...

Welcome to Episode 11 of the Eigen Values podcast. This time we look at how Artificial Intelligence is going to destroy the Net Zero electricity demand forecasts. This is an audio version of the article that first appeared on Substack on this link: https://davidturver.substack.com/p/ai-will-destroy-net-zero-electricity-demand-forecasts Thank you for listening. Please like, share and subscribe to r...

Welcome to Episode 10 of the Eigen Values podcast. This time we look at how UK energy prices compare to our international competitors. This is an audio version of the article that first appeared on Substack on this link: https://davidturver.substack.com/p/uk-electricity-prices-highest-in-world Thank you for listening. Please like, share and subscribe to receive more content. Get full access to Eig...

Welcome to Episode 9 of the Eigen Values podcast. This time we look at rising subsidies for renewables through the Contract for Difference Scheme. August 2024 saw the third highest subsidies on record and the most ever for the month of August. This is an audio version of the article that first appeared on Substack on this link: https://davidturver.substack.com/p/record-august-cfd-subsidies Thank y...

Welcome to Episode 6 of the Eigen Values podcast. This time we cover the National Grid ESO’s response to the Government’s request for assistance to work out how to deliver a net zero grid by 2030. This is an audio version of the article that first appeared on Substack on this link: https://davidturver.substack.com/p/fintan-slyly-moves-the-goalposts Thank you for listening. Please like, share and s...

Welcome to Episode 7 of the Eigen Values podcast. This time we cover the contradictions in Labour’s top two missions for Government. Mission number 1 is to deliver economic growth and Mission number 2 is to deliver a net zero grid by 2030. This episode will show that these two missions are mutually exclusive. This is an audio version of the article that first appeared on Substack on this link: htt...

Welcome to Episode 6 of the Eigen Values podcast. This time we take look at apparent contracts for cronies awarded to Hornsea Project Three under the Permitted Reduction Scheme that was part of Allocation Round 6, or AR6, auction of renewable capacity. This is an audio version of the article that first appeared on Substack on this link: https://davidturver.substack.com/p/ar6-contracts-for-cronies...

Welcome to Episode 5 of the Eigen Values podcast. This time we take look at what the results of the recent AR6 auction of renewables capacity will mean for consumers as well as the impact on the Government’s and Ed Miliband’s policy of doubling offshore wind, tripling solar and quadrupling offshore wind by 2030. This is an audio version of the article that first appeared on Substack on this link:...

Welcome to Episode 4 of the Eigen Values podcast. This week we take a look at the yawning gap between Government projections of the costs of renewables and the prices they are awarding in the allocation round auctions. This yawning gap resembles the jaws of a crocodile that will surely crush their net zero ambitions. This is an audio version of the article that first appeared on Substack on this l...

Welcome to Episode 3 of the Eigen Values podcast. This week we take a look at new work from the Breakthrough Institute on the material intensity of different electricity generation technologies. This is an audio-visual version of the article that first appeared on Substack on this link: https://davidturver.substack.com/p/material-intensity-electricity-generation . Thank you for listening. Please l...

Introduction A number of industry players, for instance NG ESO , are calling for more widespread use of Time Of Use Tariffs (TOUTs) to optimise electricity demand on the grid. In many markets, price signals make markets overall more efficient. However, there is a real risk that in the UK energy markets, TOUTS will be used to clobber consumers with higher prices. How do TOUTs Work in Other Markets?...

The first attempt at creating a podcast is my recent article on the contradictions in the recent Climate Change Committee progress report to Parliament. This is an audio version of the article that first appeared here: https://davidturver.substack.com/p/climate-change-committee-contradictions Get full access to Eigen Values at davidturver.substack.com/subscribe