{"id":348591,"date":"2024-10-23T16:19:41","date_gmt":"2024-10-23T14:19:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=348591"},"modified":"2024-10-23T16:19:44","modified_gmt":"2024-10-23T14:19:44","slug":"renewable-lobbyist-promoted-renewable-energy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=348591","title":{"rendered":"Renewable Lobbyist Promoted Renewable\u00a0Energy!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"407\" data-attachment-id=\"348598\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=348598\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/0EmmaPinchbeck.webp?fit=2560%2C1440&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1440\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/0EmmaPinchbeck.webp?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/0EmmaPinchbeck.webp?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/0EmmaPinchbeck.webp?resize=1536%2C864&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/0EmmaPinchbeck.webp?resize=2048%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/0EmmaPinchbeck.webp?resize=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/0EmmaPinchbeck.webp?w=1446&amp;ssl=1 1446w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/0EmmaPinchbeck.webp?w=2169&amp;ssl=1 2169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/notalotofpeopleknowthat.wordpress.com\/2024\/10\/22\/renewable-lobbyist-promoted-renewable-energy\/\">NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Paul Homewood<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">h\/t Joe Public<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Emma Pinchbeck is now head of the Climate Change Committee.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Six years ago, when she was Executive Director of Renewable UK, she proclaimed that CfDs would \u201csecure low-cost energy for consumers\u201d:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"339\" data-attachment-id=\"348593\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=348593\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-595.png?fit=1024%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-595.png?fit=723%2C339&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-595.png?resize=723%2C339&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-348593\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-595.png?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-595.png?resize=300%2C141&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-595.png?resize=768%2C360&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>RenewableUK\u2019s Executive Director Emma Pinchbeck has made a case for wind, wave and tidal energy to the UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy\u2019s (BEIS) Select Committee, which is now considering the findings of Professor Dieter Helm\u2019s Cost of Energy Review.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cAn energy system led by renewables is the lowest cost option for the UK. I\u2019d bet my house on renewables. A smart energy system can deliver consumers savings of \u00a38bn a year between now and 2030,\u201d&nbsp;<strong>Pinchbeck<\/strong>&nbsp;told the Committee, further saying that Contract for Difference (CfD) auctions are the best way to secure low-cost energy for consumers, highlighting that cost reductions in offshore wind are \u201cunprecedented in any other sector.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-offshore-energy wp-block-embed-offshore-energy\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"OTSNSTkWmw\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.offshore-energy.biz\/emma-pinchbeck-to-beis-id-bet-my-house-on-renewables\/\">Emma Pinchbeck to BEIS: &#8220;I&#8217;d Bet My House on Renewables&#8221;<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Emma Pinchbeck to BEIS: &#8220;I&#8217;d Bet My House on Renewables&#8221;&#8221; &#8212; Offshore Energy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.offshore-energy.biz\/emma-pinchbeck-to-beis-id-bet-my-house-on-renewables\/embed\/#?secret=V7OcVKTFDS#?secret=OTSNSTkWmw\" data-secret=\"OTSNSTkWmw\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She she testified to the BEIS Select Committee, those same customers have had to pay over \u00a310 billion in subsidies for CfDs:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"430\" data-attachment-id=\"348594\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=348594\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-596.png?fit=929%2C552&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"929,552\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-596.png?resize=300%2C178&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-596.png?resize=768%2C456&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dp.lowcarboncontracts.uk\/dataset\/actual-cfd-generation-and-avoided-ghg-emissions\">https:\/\/dp.lowcarboncontracts.uk\/dataset\/actual-cfd-generation-and-avoided-ghg-emissions<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And the cost this year is forecast to be \u00a32.1 billion:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"231\" data-attachment-id=\"348596\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=348596\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-597.png?fit=1024%2C327&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,327\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-597.png?fit=723%2C231&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-597.png?resize=723%2C231&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-348596\" 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His interviewee was Emma Pinchbeck, the recently appointed Chief Executive of the UK\u2019s Climate Change Committee (CCC).","rel":"","context":"In \"Climate Change Committee (CCC)\"","block_context":{"text":"Climate Change Committee (CCC)","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=climate-change-committee-ccc"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0Emma-Pinchbeck-EP.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0Emma-Pinchbeck-EP.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0Emma-Pinchbeck-EP.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0Emma-Pinchbeck-EP.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/0Emma-Pinchbeck-EP.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":389945,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=389945","url_meta":{"origin":348591,"position":2},"title":"Pinchbeck\u2019s Soviet Solution","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"07\/20\/2025","format":false,"excerpt":"In some ways I pity Alastair Campbell and Rory Stewart, who, on the\u00a0latest edition\u00a0of their\u00a0The Rest is Politics\u00a0podcast, have put themselves through an hour of Net Zero word soup from the new Climate Change Committee CEO Emma Pinchbeck.","rel":"","context":"In \"cheap renewables\"","block_context":{"text":"cheap renewables","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=cheap-renewables"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0Screenshot-2025-07-20-134847.png?fit=1200%2C560&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0Screenshot-2025-07-20-134847.png?fit=1200%2C560&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0Screenshot-2025-07-20-134847.png?fit=1200%2C560&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0Screenshot-2025-07-20-134847.png?fit=1200%2C560&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0Screenshot-2025-07-20-134847.png?fit=1200%2C560&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":204870,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=204870","url_meta":{"origin":348591,"position":3},"title":"BBC &#038; The Green Lobby","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"06\/18\/2022","format":false,"excerpt":"By Paul Homewood h\/t Joe Public One more example of BBC bias: This was the broadcast: https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/m0015lr9 It is hardly surprising that the contributors were firmly anti-fossil fuels: James Murray \u2013 Editor Business Green magazine His job is to promote the green agenda and lobby for the renewable industry. 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From Watts Up With That? h\/t\u00a0Energywise; The UK needs \u201ca power sector two to three times the size of the one today\u2026 \u201d \u2013 but who\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"decarbonisation\"","block_context":{"text":"decarbonisation","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=decarbonisation"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-526.png?fit=1200%2C750&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-526.png?fit=1200%2C750&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-526.png?fit=1200%2C750&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-526.png?fit=1200%2C750&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-526.png?fit=1200%2C750&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":340617,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=340617","url_meta":{"origin":348591,"position":5},"title":"The Bill Gets\u00a0Bigger","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"08\/25\/2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Yesterday came news that the energy price cap was going to rise by a hundred and fifty quid, or ten percent. Several outlets linked this to the earlier decision by teh Chancellor to remove the pensioners\u2019 winter fuel allowance of \u00a3300. 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