Senior Comms Adviser @solarenergyuk.bsky.social Trustee @chemtrust.bsky.social Project Manager @croydoncommenergy.bsky.social Co-founder, Campaign for Safe Furniture. Ex- @endsreport.com. Cargobiker. Happiest geek you ever met. Own views.https://bsky.app/profile/garethsimkins.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/garethsimkins.bsky.social/post/3miyoieft722r@andrewhunterm.bsky.social Hi Andrew. I think you sent me a DM but I can’t read it as I haven’t set up my ID. Please email me at gsimkins@solarenergyuk.org. I will try and email you directly in a moment.08 Apr 2026 16:08 +0000at://did:plc:wtolpdoif7eej5dqvkccql3d/app.bsky.feed.post/3miyoieft722rhttps://bsky.app/profile/garethsimkins.bsky.social/post/3lumwm5ddqs2uI did that.⤵️ The Telegraph’s figures for how many #solar #solarsky panels needed by 2035 were an order of magnitude out, due to some frankly silly maths that assumed solar farms are a flat sea of glass. Breaking news: they aren’t. [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Jul 2025 11:38 +0000at://did:plc:wtolpdoif7eej5dqvkccql3d/app.bsky.feed.post/3lumwm5ddqs2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/garethsimkins.bsky.social/post/3lst3obgeic2sDelighted to say that the UK's government-industry Solar Roadmap was published this morning, describing dozens of practical measures to boost the supply of cheaper, greener power, deliver new industries and create skilled jobs. #solarsky #solarenergy https://solarenergyuk.org/news/roadmap-seizes-once-in-a-generation-opportunity-of-the-solar-revolution/#solarsky #solarenergy30 Jun 2025 11:34 +0000at://did:plc:wtolpdoif7eej5dqvkccql3d/app.bsky.feed.post/3lst3obgeic2shttps://bsky.app/profile/garethsimkins.bsky.social/post/3lrswyyqmwk25Now this is what I like to see. Ed Miliband said: “We’re going to win this fight... The forces that oppose #netzero will have to reckon not just with the government. They will have to reckon with all these companies that are creating jobs.” 💪☀️🔋⚡ https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/jun/17/ed-miliband-says-labour-will-win-fight-against-uk-net-zero-critics17 Jun 2025 16:45 +0000at://did:plc:wtolpdoif7eej5dqvkccql3d/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrswyyqmwk25https://bsky.app/profile/garethsimkins.bsky.social/post/3ljznamgizs2nSome very good news for a change: the % of new English homes fitted with solar panels has leapt up hugely, rising from 13% in the last three months of 2023 to 42% in Q4 last year. Likely over half the market now. Story made the Times on Saturday. #solar #solarsky https://solarenergyuk.org/news/more-than-four-in-ten-new-homes-in-england-built-with-solar-power/10 Mar 2025 13:18 +0000at://did:plc:wtolpdoif7eej5dqvkccql3d/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljznamgizs2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/garethsimkins.bsky.social/post/3ljb62ccfq22dMy general sense that humanity is, to a reasonable approximation, progressing has really taken a knock of late. https://media.tenor.com/-eS3Zx1eTWsAAAAC/good-omens-david-tennant.gif?hh=280&ww=49828 Feb 2025 19:42 +0000at://did:plc:wtolpdoif7eej5dqvkccql3d/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljb62ccfq22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/garethsimkins.bsky.social/post/3liai6ft3ek22Why does the phrase “sic semper tyrannis” come to mind? [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Feb 2025 19:45 +0000at://did:plc:wtolpdoif7eej5dqvkccql3d/app.bsky.feed.post/3liai6ft3ek22https://bsky.app/profile/garethsimkins.bsky.social/post/3lhljrj7jrk2aI'm really proud to have put this release together. There is a lot of military history in my family - two army captains, one of which knew the survivors of Rorke's Drift, Army Air Corps, Royal Marines, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, etc. #solarsky https://solarenergyuk.org/news/from-sergeant-major-to-solar-operative-solar-sector-backs-veterans/07 Feb 2025 11:48 +0000at://did:plc:wtolpdoif7eej5dqvkccql3d/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhljrj7jrk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/garethsimkins.bsky.social/post/3lh2kwmi3qk2hThere's some funny business going on outside my house - a fox screaming and a tawny owl hooting back. Never heard that before.31 Jan 2025 17:53 +0000at://did:plc:wtolpdoif7eej5dqvkccql3d/app.bsky.feed.post/3lh2kwmi3qk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/garethsimkins.bsky.social/post/3lgxfv23jgc2v👀A 1.4GW/3.1GWh battery energy storage system - bigger capacity than anything in the UK and one of the largest in Europe - is going to be built in Doncaster. #energysky https://www.solarpowerportal.co.uk/doncaster-council-approves-fidra-energys-1-4gw-thorpe-marsh-bess/30 Jan 2025 11:45 +0000at://did:plc:wtolpdoif7eej5dqvkccql3d/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgxfv23jgc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/garethsimkins.bsky.social/post/3lgpjv7eyvs2fEd Miliband has approved all of six nationally-significant scale #solarfarms thus far and imagine the counterfactual: refusing a project that would help fulfil manifesto commitments just because of the donation. This is desperate stuff from the Conservatives.27 Jan 2025 08:35 +0000at://did:plc:wtolpdoif7eej5dqvkccql3d/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgpjv7eyvs2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/garethsimkins.bsky.social/post/3lgnqmszruc2l1984 vibes [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Jan 2025 15:30 +0000at://did:plc:wtolpdoif7eej5dqvkccql3d/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgnqmszruc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/garethsimkins.bsky.social/post/3lgnmefkzgs2lWell, that was two soggy magpies and a damp wood pigeon. Oh well. #biggardenbirdwatch [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Jan 2025 14:14 +0000at://did:plc:wtolpdoif7eej5dqvkccql3d/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgnmefkzgs2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/garethsimkins.bsky.social/post/3lgnkbuaaz22lI’m doing the #biggardenbirdwatch and for the first time I am odds-on to see nothing at all ☹️ as the weather is so foul.26 Jan 2025 13:37 +0000at://did:plc:wtolpdoif7eej5dqvkccql3d/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgnkbuaaz22l