Great detail, thank you.
Sounds tragically similar to Northvolt etc, where a lack of focus from the top doomed the project irrespective of whether it ever could have been viable.
And so, also doomed any opportunity for the rest of the world to learn from where/how viability fell short.
Background on today's news that the average price of EVs advertised on Autotrader is less than petrol cars. (Prices do not reflect the volumes of cars sold at each price point. Since more cheap cars are sold than expensive versions, the underlying mean price of EVs and petrol will be different).
Unsurprisingly, Sebastian Müller's offers to the UK government to provide assistance on the development of plug-in solar here have been ignored.
Extremely useful video (in English) from the head of the German plug-in solar institute. The UK can learn an enormous amount from the lessons learnt there with its 4 million or so installations.
PS Don't tell anybody but my plug in solar is currently delivering a useful 360 watts into our house, covering all baseload needs
Miliband says the UK will allow plug in solar, aka 'balcony solar', putting the UK in line with all EU countries bar Sweden and Hungary.
Reasons why plug in solar is safe:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Na4L...
and why in certain circumstances it might not be:
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
www.carboncommentary.com/blog/2025/12.... Why have UK electricity bills risen? What about the next 5 years? I use data from electricitybills.uk to show that 1/3 of the rise from 2019 is due to higher wholesale costs and 1/3 due to net zero moves. To 2030/31, the rise is 100% from net zero. Painful.