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Thanks for the feedback. You raise three important points that I'll address in turn: 1. Biomass: We report renewables as defined by Ofgem (the UK energy regula
by bensg 11mo ago
Thanks for the feedback. You raise three important points that I'll address in turn:
1. Biomass: We report renewables as defined by Ofgem (the UK energy regulator), which for better or worse includes biomass. However, we recognise this is contentious. To address this, we show the breakdown of generating technologies for each supplier so users can see the composition. But regardless, your point is valid and has been raised several times this week, so we have a PR open to add a filter that lets viewers exclude biomass if they disagree with the UK's legal definition.
2. Nuclear: Our initial focus was on renewable power (where intermittency is highest), but we'll be adding nuclear to the index in the next few weeks. This will increase the scores for EDF, Octopus Energy, and British Gas in particular, who purchase the majority of nuclear power. We've called this out in various places on the index (e.g., on the EDF page: https://matched.energy/clean-power-index/edf-energy https://matched.energy/clean-power-index/edf-energy).
3. Load shifting: Because we measure generation and demand at a half-hourly level, we do account for load shifting that suppliers like Octopus incentivise through agile tariffs. This is actually one of the key advantages of our approach over historic annual accounting; the half hourly temporal granularity means we reward load shifting behaviour.
- hedora 11mo agoInstead of using obviously corrupt measures of sustainability (that have been intentionally broken and game-able for decades) why not calculate net CO2e? (Or, better, add a toggle to the UI. That will highlight how broken carbon markets and regulatory classifications are.)
- bensg 11mo agoWe're already exploring calculating supplier-level carbon intensities (CO2e), for which hourly matching is a necessary precursor. A toggle between matching score and CO2e rankings isn't a bad idea. Should have some updates in the coming weeks.
- hammock 11mo agoIs CO2e all that matters now for power to be “clean” or sustainable? Seems like that would leave out quite a bit of environmental impact, habitats destruction, air and water pollution, etc