What Is The Collective Noun For Pedivans?
I took these pictures yesterday at the junction of Moorgate and London Wall.
Here’s what Google AI says on the subject.
I got nowhere with “What Is The Collective Noun For Pedivans?”
But “What Is The Collective Noun For Cargo Bikes?” gave this answer.
While there is no single official dictionary definition, several creative and descriptive terms are used for a group of cargo bikes, with the most popular being a cargo collective.
Other popular suggestions from cargo bike enthusiasts include:
A “Quiver” of Urban Arrows: A play on words referring to the popular “Urban Arrow” brand.
A “Bakfiets” Generation/Showpiece: Often used to describe the large number of box-bikes in the Netherlands, as bakfiets means “box bike”.
A “Swarm” of Family Cyclists: Frequently used when many families are riding together, such as at a school drop-off.
A “Dazzle” or “Gaggle”: Sometimes used to describe the sight of several cargo bikes parked together.
The term “cargo collective” is often used to describe community groups of cargo bike users, such as in London.
Cargo Collective would fit what I saw.
Across London At The Back Of A 38 Bus
To get to see Banksy’s new statue, that I wrote about in Banksy’s New Statue In Waterloo Place, I took to 38 bus from behind my house to Piccadilly Circus.
I sat in the two seats at the back of the bus and took these pictures on the route.
Note.
- The fourth picture shows the statue of Hugh Myddleton at Islington Green.
- Pictures 41-45 show the distinctive Centre Point and the major interchange of Tottenham Court Road station.
- Foyles is in Picture 50.
- A zedwell capsule hotel in the Picture 58. It has over a 1,000 capsules.
- The last two pictures show Piccadilly Circus with Eros.
From Piccadilly Circus, I just walked down Regent Street to Waterloo Place.
Banksy’s New Statue In Waterloo Place
This was unveiled yesterday, so I had to go and see it today.
I walked down to Waterloo Place from Piccadilly Circus, so it was a rather easy downhill walk.
I then took these pictures.
Note.
- The tall column in Waterloo Place and one of these pictures, is the Duke of York Column, which features a bronze statue of Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany.
- The guy on the horse is King Edward VII.
- The gilded statue is of Athena on the front of the Athenaeum Club.
- The guys from Conways seem to be on hand with plastic security fencing, so that if anybody falls over they will fall on something a bit soft and the Council won’t get sued.
But two questions must be answered.
- Who does the statue depict?
- Will the City of Westminster, let Banksy’s feral art occupy a place, where a lesser politician or member of the Royal Family could be placed?
I have heard a very creditable rumour, that answers the first!
Europe: New Fund To Upgrade Solar And Wind Assets With Battery Storage
The title of this post, is the same as that of this article on Review Energy.
This is the sub-heading.
The Aream Group has launched a new European investment vehicle targeting the renewable energy sector, with a strategy that combines power generation, storage and electricity marketing.
These three paragraphs add more details to the story.
The Clean Energy Future Fund II (CEFF II) will focus on integrating renewable generation assets with battery storage systems to improve the use of grid connections, which are increasingly scarce across European markets. According to Markus W. Voigt, Executive Chairman of aream Group, the hybrid model is designed to respond to growing volatility in electricity markets.
“With this hybrid approach, we are leveraging the changes and increased volatility in the European electricity markets for the benefit of our investors,” Voigt said.
The fund will primarily invest in Europe, with a particular focus on Germany, and will build on an existing portfolio of operational assets. A central element of the strategy is the addition of battery storage to solar and wind farms, allowing them to evolve from pure generation assets into providers of grid services.
I have a Google Alert which looks for “Energy Storage Fund” and this story was one of nine substantial stories.
This story talks about €400 million and two others talk about €300 million and AU $ 1.4 billion, respectively.
So hopefully, this money will help to mop up some of the energy wasted, when wind farms are curtailed.
Certainly, these funds don’t seem to have difficulty finding money to invest.
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