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Government to go "further and faster" in becoming energy secure

The Energy Secretary outlines measures to protect consumers and make Britain energy secure.

They are speaking of panels in the 800W range which you can just buy , mount in front of your balcony or on top of your carport, and plug into a wall socket.

These things are wildly popular in Germany. The do not generate a lot of power, but armotize in about three years and save real money. (Depending on how old the metering technology is, they can also make the power meter spin backwards, which I think is only fair considering how much households pay for kWh, compared to energy-hungry companies, which get most of the the massive cost savings from renewables but don't pay for the necessary upgrade of the grid).

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My dad hoarded dozens of wood pallets in the garage. I wanted to get rid of them, so for months I put classifieds "free wood pallets, come and get them" but I only got messages from assholes that wanted that I delivered them for free on the other part of the city. Finally I got a message from someone that seemed to be interested. I gave my phone number, he called me immediately "I'm coming right now, where is your location". I said that right now I can't, but the wood is in [city], what about tomorrow? He agrees, he says call me tomorrow and tell me the address and I come immediately

The day after, I call and nobody answers. Meanwhile I am at the garage so I waste one hour taking out all the pallets in the garden. I have to go, so I tell my dad to call the number to tell the address.

The day after I am back and I see a mess in the garden. Many pallets were taken but some of them were left, not in a neat stack, but all threw away.

I am calling the number of the pallets guy to get pissed at the mess (and of course he's still not answering my call), when my dad sees me from the window and comes to tell me: the guy never answered the phone (so he never got the address) but during the night someone trespassed and stole the free stuff!

I’m baffled that the secret to easily getting rid of stuff is making people think that they’re committing a crime.

Elemental: Reforged is a turn-based strategy game where players create their own heroes, their civilizations, and explore a procedurally generated fantasy map. The team from Elemental: Reforged reached out to me for an interview, and given the fact that I have been doing fewer of those recently, and you guys seem to love them, I was like, “Sure, why not? Let’s talk about Elemental: Reforged, and see what makes this turn-based strategy RPG so special”. Below, the team at Stardock discusses what it took to reforge this new title, which comes out of Early Access today!

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cross-posted from: https://piefed.zip/c/europe/p/1251668/bloomberg-renewables-are-also-protecting-europe-from-iran-crisis-related-price-shocks

Summary: Bloomberg: Renewables are also protecting Europe from Iran-crisis-related price shocks

Europe's electricity market is weathering the current Middle East crisis far better than it did the 2022 Russian gas shock, and the reason is the same as in Pakistan: rapid renewable deployment is decoupling power prices from fossil fuel volatility.

While gas prices have surged in response to Hormuz disruptions, German and French electricity contract prices actually fell last week. Rabobank estimates that without renewables and the seasonal demand drop, European power prices would already be around a third higher than they currently are. Electricity contracts remain a fraction of the extreme levels seen after the Nord Stream explosions in 2022, giving policymakers crucial breathing room on inflation — though the EU has warned overall inflation could still exceed 3% if the conflict drags on.

Several factors are converging favourably. Solar output is entering its seasonal ramp-up, with Germany's April solar generation forecast to rise 25% year-on-year and wind projected up 70%. France's nuclear fleet, which was severely underperforming during the last crisis, is now back to full strength. The combination has pushed prices negative during German daytime solar hours since mid-February — something not normally seen until April.

The structural shift is also reshaping market dynamics. As in Pakistan's case, domestically generated renewables are proving immune to the geopolitical disruptions affecting imported fuels — as RWE's CEO put it, "renewables are not affected." Solar is increasingly setting daytime prices, with gas plants pushed to evening peak hours only.

The resilience is not total, however. Evening prices, when solar fades and demand remains elevated, have spiked sharply — reaching above €400/MWh in the Netherlands — exposing the continuing vulnerability where fossil fuel dependency has not yet been displaced.

The crisis is nonetheless reinforcing the investment case for electrification across Europe, mirroring the dynamic seen in Pakistan where consumer-led solar adoption has quietly delivered the energy security that years of state policy could not.

Experts say that claims UK data remains under government ownership miss the point that the company has the capability to build its own detailed picture of the British population, and even infer state secrets. Report by Charlie Young and Carole Cadwalladr

BRUSSELS, March 17 (Reuters) - European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas called on the United States and Israel ​on Tuesday to end their war with Iran and said the EU was consulting with governments in the Middle East about how ‌to bring the conflict to a conclusion(...)

"We have been consulting with regional countries like ‌the Gulf ⁠countries, Jordan, Egypt, (about) whether we could also bring forward proposals for Iran, Israel and the U.S. to get out of this situation so that everybody saves face."

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Big Tech donates $12.5 million to get things rolling Half a dozen Big Tech players have together delivered $12.5 million in grants towards a project that aims to help maintainers of open source projects to cope with AI slop bug reports.…

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