Abigail Dombey

@abigaildombey

Energy & Sustainability Engineer. Working in decarbonisation & sustainable infrastructure. Climate, energy, net zero. She / her.

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Abigail Dombey@abigaildombey· 4d

This is the one I bought.

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Abigail Dombey@abigaildombey· 7d

Hey UK #energy people - an organisation I’m working with has been quoted £12k to have the gas supply removed and capped after they switched to heat pumps. Any suggestions for how they might avoid these charges? @richardlowes.bsky.social

The situation is that our school is seeking to permanently disconnect gas due to the site now being fully electrified (post our decarbonisation works).
The gas supplier has quoted £12K (£9,412.63 (excluding VAT)) for removal of the meter and disconnection at the mains connection in the pavement outside the school. Capping off the piping at each end included. It does not include removal of the pipework in the ground.
We have queried the high cost as we understand the meter removal and capping off connection in the plant room is only about £800 of the cost. The answer back was that "Our quotation is it disconnect and abandon the gas service pipe at its connection with the parent main, as indicated on the attached plan as
"Disconnection Point".
We will not remove any abandoned pipework; that is left in the ground and once abandoned, the site is free to do with as they wish."
The contractor also quoted "The disconnection must take place at the location indicated on the attached plan as this is a requirement of the Network Owner, the Pressure Systems Safety Regulations, the Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations and IGEM/TD/4."

Abigail Dombey@abigaildombey· 15d

Hi @garius.bsky.social - do you know who might be interested in these? A friend found them while clearing his recently deceased parents’ house.

My guess is that one was my
Grandfathers bayonette from WW1 and the other two items that he bought while serving in Greece/ Macedinia. He was a scolarship Etonian and medical doctor and skilled artist who served in the first world war in the 84th Ambulance Corp in the Selonika campaign
"Salonika Campaign (1915-1918):
Moved to the Macedonian front with the 28th Division in late 1915, fighting in operations against Bulgarian forces, including the Battle of Doiran and the pursuit to the Strumica valley in mid-1918."

Abigail Dombey@abigaildombey· 16d

Bill, 85, is able to keep cycling thanks to his e-bike. It provides exercise and transport. “It’s limited to 15.5mph. The motor just makes everything flat.”

Abigail Dombey@abigaildombey· 16d

I ❤️ e-bikes

Two old fellas in high viz jackets are sat on a bench looking at the view. On either side there's a couple of hefty e-bikes parked up

Abigail Dombey@abigaildombey· 16d

Wrightbus are based in Northern Ireland and make battery electric single and double decker buses. (Just don’t mention their hydrogen fuel cell buses!) wrightbus.com/en-gb/electr...

OUR ELECTRIC BUSES ARE
LEADING THE CHARGE AGAIN

THE WORLD'S MOST EFFICIENT BEV DOUBLE DECK BUS - STREETDECK
ELECTROLINER GEN 2.0
The new StreetDeck Electroliner Gen 2.0 is the revolutionary electric double decker bus that shares over 85% commonality with its single deck sister.
Designed to inspire the next wave of electric transport, it delivers best-in-class range, rapid charging, and

Abigail Dombey@abigaildombey· 16d

These are the overall figures. For each sector you can get further breakdowns (eg transport can be broken down to cars, light vehicles (vans), HGVs etc). If you have them all together in the initial graphic it can get messy, esp if you want to show emissions over time.

Figure 5: Greenhouse gas emissions by end user sector, UK 1990-2024 (MtCO2e)

Abigail Dombey@abigaildombey· 16d

This is the latest breakdown for UK domestic emissions - though doesn’t include emissions from aviation - which are growing. It’s from here: assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/69ca3f...

Figure 2: Proportion of net greenhouse gas emissions in each end user sector, UK 2024

Abigail Dombey@abigaildombey· 17d

Tiny electric buses in Turin and Vercelli, Northern Italy.

Really tiny electric bus in Vercelli, Northern Italy

Abigail Dombey@abigaildombey· 17d

Cute electric bus in Trieste

Abigail Dombey@abigaildombey· 24d

Tl/dr: North Sea oil drilling won’t have any impact on our energy bills.

NEWS
Burnham to announce plans for North Sea oil drilling - what it means for your bills
The incoming prime minster is expected to hint at the expected reforms in his first speech in Downing Street
18 July 2026, 5.40pm • 5-minute read

Abigail Dombey@abigaildombey· 24d

I gaffer taped insulated foil thermal wrap to my Velux windows and my parents skylight.

Abigail Dombey@abigaildombey· Jul 11

My latest snack fad is roasted pumpkin seeds, as that’s 30% protein.

Abigail Dombey@abigaildombey· Jul 8

Yup! The smaller unit goes outside.

Midea Portasplit 8000 BTU At+ Smart Inverter Portable Split Air Conditioner

Abigail Dombey@abigaildombey· Jul 8

When the overnight temperature stays above 22°C, it becomes a struggle to cool the house without A/C.

Temp forecast for Thursday 25 June - high 36°C, dropping down to 26°C at 10pm.

Abigail Dombey@abigaildombey· Jul 8

My aged parents (late 80s) massively struggled in the last heat wave. I did all the passive cooling I could, ensured windows closed and all blinds / curtains drawn. I bought them a portable split system to keep the living room / kitchen cool, and think it literally kept them out of hospital.

Abigail Dombey@abigaildombey· Jul 7

Ha! I was there last weekend with my wife to celebrate our wedding anniversary!

Henry Moore sculpture at Kew - like a giant ring with two pointy bits pointing into the centre. My wife is taking a photo of the sculpture from the other side of it

Abigail Dombey@abigaildombey· Jul 4

Wow - had a quick look and theoretically possible to do it in a day! Have a look at seat 61 - though as Jon says, she’d have unlimited travel in the UK (as long as she has enough travel days on her pass). www.seat61.com/how-to-use-a... www.seat61.com/Germany.htm www.seat61.com/european-tra...

Screenshot from SBB mobile app, including ferry routes that go via Hoek van Holland / Harwich

Abigail Dombey@abigaildombey· Jun 29

It’s fab, isn’t it? We got up to 29.2°C on Thursday / Friday night, which was just unbearable. We’re now back to 22°C, which is much more manageable.

Temperature chart of bedroom, showing incredibly high temperatures over the past week

Abigail Dombey@abigaildombey· Jun 27

Sign with a picture of a shrimp, saying

You’re Shrimply the best

Abigail Dombey@abigaildombey· Jun 25

Thanks! Final questions (apologies!) Were they these blinds (as I see Velux has some more heavy duty ones)? And they were easy to install?

Abigail Dombey@abigaildombey· Jun 22

Ooh - thanks for the heads up! Better remember to close the ridiculous Velux window in the loft tonight. (Though doesn’t like like it’ll be that heavy…)

Weather forecast for Brighton showing light rain overnight

Abigail Dombey@abigaildombey· Jun 22

Interesting analysis [ahem] from the BBC on Starmer's time as PM... It's funny how they try to gloss over the impact of the Gulf War on energy prices: the Ofgem energy price cap for summer 2026 is £1,862/yr for a typical household "in part reflecting the impact of global events like the Iran war".

Energy bills up
Labour promised to reduce average household energy bills by more than £300 over the course of the Parliament, but in reality bills have gone up.

The latest domestic energy price cap set by Ofgem, the energy regulator, for the summer of 2026 is an annual rate of £1,862 for a typical household - in part reflecting the impact of global events like the Iran war.

That's an increase of just under £300 on the £1,568 price cap that was in place in the summer of 2024, which Labour inherited.

How the energy price cap has changed
Typical household's energy bill

For a typical household on a price-capped, dual-fuel tariff paying by direct debit. The energy price guarantee from October 2022 to spring 2023 capped bills at £2,500

Abigail Dombey@abigaildombey· Jun 20

Outbound shipments through the Strait of Hormuz

Abigail Dombey@abigaildombey· Jun 20

Tintin and Captain Haddock:
Captain Haddock: two heatwaves in one month - what a summer this is!
Tintin: it’s still spring, Captain

Abigail Dombey@abigaildombey· Jun 20

Oh nice! That’s new - wasn’t there when I went through in March this year.

Basel Station main hall. Beautiful triptych of mountains, but without the wayfinding sign in Adrian’s photo.

Abigail Dombey@abigaildombey· Jun 20

Interesting juxtaposition.

David Roberts• @volts.wtf • 3h
I don't think Doug was prepared for how many people in the crowd were on mushrooms. *Extremely* enthusiastic audience.

•••
Steve Bullock @guitarmoog.bsky.so... • 3h
I warned you about mushrooms, but you were all like "Oh but they're delicious with garlic butter" and "They're totally harmless except the lethal ones" and "Of course they're not taking over the world and enslaving us. You're nuts!"
Well...
Ground News• @groundnews... • 3h
Researchers estimated the networks store a mass of carbon equal to about five times the mass of all living humans. ground.news/article/eart...

Abigail Dombey@abigaildombey· Jun 15

The equivalent in Austria has spaces for skis, snowboards, ski poles and alpine cow bells? (Tbf, this photo is from an Austrian station waiting room, but there are the same demarcations on OBB trains.)

Austrian railway (OBB) waiting room, with designated spaces for skis, snowboards, ski poles and alpine cow bells??

Abigail Dombey@abigaildombey· Jun 11

I woke up at 3.25am on the Udine - Vienna sleeper train to this! Somewhere outside Salzburg. And in this wonderful meccano palace.

A train freight carriage inside a building with great big vaulted arches that looks like it was built from meccano.

Abigail Dombey@abigaildombey· Jun 11

@jonworth.eu - do you know what this place is?? It was east of Grödig, SE of Salzburg.