Orkney 'Surf n Turf' | Fully Charged

[@Mobile_Dom]

So, as I understand it: Orkney, makes too much electricity from renewables. after the entire Islands electricity needs are met, they try and export the rest. Except they've run into a limit with exporting. So they're using all the electricity they can, and they're exporting all they can, and they still have some left over. So they're using electrolysis to create hydrogen, which, whilst not an efficient way to do it, it's carbon neutral and you're using what would be wasted electricity anyway. They're then storing that hydrogen to be transported to be used in a Fuel cell which can be used to power auxilliary power for docked Ferries, whilst they work out the logistics and training to get the ferries powered completely by hydrogen. goddamn Orkney is pretty awesome.

[@holgergevers8264]

Domenico Lamberti Pretty much sums it up.

[@Vattalus92]

It's amazing to see people come together with a common goal. People should do that more.

[@Mobile_Dom]

Random Guy do what?

[@flitsies]

Let's all move there then and see how awesome it remains. The vast majority of people live in cities, cities have lots of tower blocks and tall buildings squeezing in as many people as possible. Electricity is expensive in the city, we can't just put up a solar panel and fix the cost of running our kettles and cars. So I will be amazed when I see a city like London finally get it's head out its ass and come up with a solution to provide people living in the city with a reasonable cost electricity system that works cos all I see is ever increasing prices for less electricity being supplied. That truck looked diesel, which seemed a bit strange considering it was transporting hydrogen for ships. But overall they are doing a good thing, much of which was put forward back when the bbc had a science board, put forward by people on the science board by the way.

[@holgergevers8264]

flitsies don't see the forest for the trees, else we will just endlessly trip over the smallest obstacles and never get anywhere. Too many times we let our frustrations kill our premature solutions.

[@miltonmiller]

Everything keeps getting better: The news, the contents, the video quality, the number of viewers. Wow!

[@Kraitx3]

Movie like quality. Massive increase in production quality in the last year. Keep up the great work 👏

[@toysareforboys1]

Insane audio/video quality. Only thing that would put it over the top would be if it was shot/uploaded 4k60 :)

[@Elmo0o]

We don't need 4k. Also makes editing so much more time consuming..

[@toysareforboys1]

Do you have a 4k monitor? If not you can't say that. KZbin compress 1080p WAY more than it does 4k, so 1080p looks pretty freaking terrible on 4k monitors. Upgrade to 4k, then you'll see why we all beg for it. Four times the resolution!

1440p is the sweet spot. Doesn't look bad stretched to 4k or squished down to 1080p and is a lot less pixels to sling.

[@rokadamlje5365]

Actually, shooting in 4k makes it so that the 1080p version on youtube is better quality aswell. While 4k on youtube is massively downgraded, its still more data per frame which makes it to the 1080p...

[@morosis82]

With all the negative crap going on around the world, it's nice to see such a forward thinking community blazing a path forward and taking responsibility for it's own emissions. The beauty of this is that more people will see how profitable it can be and hopefully we can get a snowball effect going.

[@oscarstrokosz2986]

It'll happen eventually. We just got to make sure it happens before the climate crisis get out of our control

[@davidf2281]

That Neil Kermode chap. Immensely impressed.

[@indigoralph]

I must say Mr. Llewellyn, the quality of your channel is excellent, bbc quality. I have been continually impressed with all of your content and have given me hope for the future! Bravo sir. Btw really looking forward to the new series of Red Dwarf too!

[@allnewpauly]

That hydrogen dude is pretty cool and seems to have a plan. I like the hydrogen dude.

[@tadhgsweeney9241]

I must say, Fully Charged is probably the most brilliantly put together, interesting, educational and enjoyable show in my subscriptions! Fantastic work, Robert & Co!

[@enusser6695]

The Orkney islands are a role model for the rest of the world. Respect and thumbs up!!!

[@SWR112]

As a fellow Scot I'm proud that not government but the people of the islands have shown the way. More power to them, no pun intended 😀 next up the electric ferry that charge when they arrive. What's the latest in Norway they have it and takes 15 minutes to charge.

[@Joshua79C]

Hydrogen electric ferries are awesome, less pollution is the given but also lower noise output and less down time between service.

[@Judgey81]

I've been watching the videos for a year and now felt after seeing that the a wee patreon donation is super value. Showing growth of communities and possibilities with an eye on the future of sustainability. I hope more Irish can see this it's only up the road sure. Thank you Robert and your team.

[@FoamyDave]

I so admire the long range and incremental thinking that is featured in this episode. Where I live the only thing that enters the calculus for renewables (if/when renewables are considered) is the immediate cost difference and payback which never considers the insidious non-renewable subsidies and harm the non-renewables do. Wonderful episode.

[@MatthiasWunsch1]

What a great video! The music score, camera work and overall production are awesome. 👏

[@raegaldorn7681]

I would love to know who created the music for this video.

[@wellingtonboobs7985]

The BBC have now had the videos taken down, but it sounded similar to the music on a programme called Infinity and Beyond.

[@raegaldorn7681]

Thanks Wellington Boobs :)

[@gracelyon1026]

Matthias Wunsch i

[@wellingtonboobs7985]

Pleasure, mate. :)

[@richardschiller7622]

Always thought installing hydrogen fuel cells to power boats makes more sense, as a proving ground, than cars. Cars need many refuelling points (equivalent of petrol or gas stations) to be established before a workable solution is created whereas most workboats need one or at most two. Also, the heat byproduct is generally more useful on a boat. What an excellent scheme. Thank you as ever for a great report Robert & team.

[@Kiyarose3999]

But Hydrogen refuelling will be like Electric charging in the next 5-10 years, where one Station would have Electric charging and Hydrogen refilling. Which can be made on site with onsite renewables, in fact many countries are going for Hydrogen, Japan, S.Korea,US,UK, Germany etc. All have HFC busses, Trains, Coaches etc, only embryonic at mo but a lot of money is going into Hydrogen so I think it will change fast, Europe is spending half a Trillion on Hydrogen over the next 10 years!

[@richards6845]

@@Kiyarose3999 Busses would be another good use - like boats - because you don't need refuelling stations everywhere - just one at the depot. However, I am struggling to see the value of hydrogen power for road vehicles. You take solar or wind power and use it to break water into hydrogen. That conversion will be at best 80% efficient I understand. The hydrogen is used to make electricity again in the vehicle. That will be no more than 60% efficient. This charges small batteries and then drive the road wheels via an EV motor. Hydrogen adds an energy loss of 50% compared to simply charging bigger batteries in an EV. I guess that the hoped-for benefit is that fuel cell vehicles with small short-term batteries will be lighter than pure battery-powered EVs. Are they? I genuinely don't know. If they are then will they be lighter in five years when battery technology has halved in weight or in ten years when battery weight halves again?

[@Ferks74]

This has to be my favourite episode to date. Why the UK Government isn't replicating what Orkney have done but on a much bigger scale is beyond me?

[@DavidKnowles0]

One of the best things about this video was when Neil Kermode was explaining all the different steps and things that needs to be put in place to allow the ferries to be switch over to cleaner fuels. A good video for environmentalists who think everything can change instantly tomorrow to watch.

[@maxb7302]

Allright, you got me. I give up. Heading over right now to Patreon to support you and to thank you for this and all the other magnificent and informative videos that you create. Greetings from Germany!

[@ambassadorfromreality4301]

I hope you enjoyed the the childish references to German concrete balls in the last episode.I know I did

[@advandermeer740]

I would also like to compliment the FC crew on the fantastic quality of the video and audio. It is truely professional stuff and I hope you can continue and make many more episodes.

[@TeaRex67]

This kinds of videos are exactly why TV is dying, outstanding montage !

[@dr-k1667]

So glad you went back to Orkney and did a follow up. I look forward to a return to the islands when the hydrogen ferries come online or when the island starts to pipe hydrogen to homes for their heating. This has been such an exciting development and truly showcases what CAN be done. The greenprint is being developed right now.

[@Joeviocoe]

D R-K Hydrogen cannot be piped into homes at concentrations higher than 10%. It can only supplement natural gas burning. Which increases the demand for natural gas fracking.

[@dr-k1667]

Thanks for clearing that up. My bad, we don't want to frack, but it is still great to see them using their extra energy and developing things because they have so much energy.

[@profkrumdieck]

@@dr-k1667 We need to be careful that we don't slip into magical speaking in the energy transition space. "extra energy" for example. Imagine you put your life savings into buying a wind turbine, getting the consents and the interconnect to a grid... How much "extra energy" would you be producing? If you built a power plant that there was no market for, then you have "stranded asset". You invested in the wind turbines expecting that people who use the electricity would pay you. If we could get rid of those two words, we would take a huge step toward real engineering and market building.

[@rabruce68]

The production, camera shots, editing etc is just brilliant. Very engaging, informative and entertaining. I just had to watch it again!

[@ChrisMacG060]

Yet another brilliant and informative piece Robert. Keep the good work up. All the very best.

[@blimpism]

Absolutely fascinating to see the future unfold in a positive way for a change, keep up the good work reporting it in your inimitable style Mr Llewellyn.

[@DaveDugdaleColorado]

Wow you have a good camera man.

[@marktaylor-hankins9398]

Dave Dugdale wow, Thanks Dave! I'm a big fan of your work so I feel very privileged to receive the praise.

[@TK42138]

Mark Taylor-Hankins Love the Fully Charged show because of the subject and production values - but this particular episode was superb and it played out like a segment from 'Countryfile' or similar mainstream tv programme. Great work!

[@martinwinlow]

Do you mean "Wow, you have a good camera, man" or "Wow, you have a good cameraman", man?!

[@timpool3683]

One of your best segments. Well done as usual!

[@sakkamuse]

Fully Charged just gets better and better. Awesome show.

[@M0LHA]

Really well shot. I believe this may be the best cinematography so far in the show. Good work

[@SD-tj5dh]

It really makes so much sense, doesn't it? If you have wind all day every day and a strong tidal current just harvest it all! Desalination, massive indoor farms, powering waste refinement and collecting biogas to burn too. You could easily make a fully functional Eden project out there and run it all on that bitter wind and rough seas. You wouldn't need to import food at all!

[@EdWood110]

Such a nice episode, not only do I want to move to Orkney your episodes are very entertaining, informing and always mood lifting. To see that there are people around the world working on new ways to help and improve our life is very uplifting!!! Keep up this great positive work!

[@adrianbaciu2458]

I've subscribed to your channel one year ago or so... it's always a treat when a new video notification dropps in my email. Even more, it's thrilling too see that the quality of your videos (theme, script, editing, filming etc), is becoming even better, from one vid to another. Keep up the good stuff! Cheers from The Netherlands.

[@Driesketeer]

Episode felt more like a documentary this time. Impressed, beautiful and inspiring!

[@twilinski1]

Love this episode. Great work. Artistics shoots. Fantastic topic.

[@timdeakin9237]

Amazing on so many levels! Thank you FullyCharged & Orkney

[@deantubeful]

That's brightend my day ! Thank you for showing us Robert.

[@victorseal9047]

If you could tow the islands a couple of thousand kilometres south and improve the weather, I'd live there. Congrats to the enterprising people of the Orkney Islands.

[@hiddengrousefarm]

Go Orkney Islands!! Very amazing episode - I've been wanting an update and so looking forward to the next two episodes.

[@Jamesandkate]

Well worth the wait, excellent episode

[@marktaylor-hankins9398]

James and Kate thanks guys!

[@TK42138]

Superb edition of the show. Worthy of mainstream tv.

[@chrisoliver6163]

One of the best reports on energy future proofing i've seen. A clear example of how there is so much to gain both economically and environmentally by embracing new technology and renewables. Planning for the future on this model makes so much sense - thank you for raising awareness about this project. The more positive lessons we learn from how to change for the better, the faster we can replicate it in other meaningful ways.

[@5teFX]

Such great content and production is rare to come by... thanks for all the work!

[@NeilCuthbert]

Great video about showing the huge potential for renewables in Orkney but right across Scotland/UK. The first one up bursting two balloons is my daughter!

[@hughmarcus1]

Great insight into what's happening in Orkney. Necessity is the mother of invention as they say. When you're stuck out in the north sea, then you begin to think of new ways of doing things. I can't help but think though, that it might actually be cheaper to run a large cable back, than have to put a trailer loaded with hydrogen onto a ferry. I remember working on Shetland for a few weeks back in 2009. I went to see their waste to energy plant. They had become so successful at recycling that they had to import waste from Orkney to keep the plant running. It supplied constant hot water to Lerwick town. The main school in Lerwick was saving 17,000 litres of heating oil per month. Thanks again FC for a good video.

[@nijasty]

The quality of these videos is outstanding

[@JRo250]

As far as I can see, Mark is just a bit of proper funding away from making a killer documentary or film. It's not just the breathtaking views, flawless fades and perfect lightning but the music fit the video as it was scored for it, as in @3:00. Brilliant stuff, Mark.

[@marktaylor-hankins9398]

JRoque250 that's definitely in my top 5 comments of the year. Makes me happy reading that. Cheers!

[@indianasquatchunters]

JRoque250 I bet a crowdfunding type set up could allow something like that to be possible. I bet subscribers would help spread the word if something like that was announced.

[@gib20]

The production quality of this episode is very impressive.

[@RWBHere]

I love your Jonathan Porterfield spoof at the start! Thanks Robert.

[@Richibald1]

Robert, one of the best eye popper episodes (and there have been many)... in years! Bravo excellent segment indeed!

[@ElliotBlyth]

Love it! really loving the up in production value, it really makes the difference and is fantastic!

[@stopmotionj2455]

The quality of your videos just keeps getting better and better and I really enjoy watching them. :) Have a nice day.

[@IanBennettIML]

Fantastic episode, well worth watching. More like this Robert ! Really great.

[@buckegit]

very refreshing to see such forward thinking. Makes me want to move too Orkney.

[@CavesAreIrrelevant]

Production Quality is going up up up! Your videos are amazing and of great value!!

[@rafeeeefar]

Bloody hell! Exponential growth in filming quality.

[@zoidMonkey]

Fantastic episode! Love watching your work get better like this!

[@bemanos12345]

Brilliant video! Keep up the high quality production!

[@TerranMetal]

What an amazing and uplifting episode! I love this show so much!

[@BenFentem]

I love Orkney, spent a little time last year working with one of marine energy companies up there and was completely bowled over by the place. Its a sensational place and the work they are doing up there has the potential to be transformative for the country as a whole. I see a day coming where a greater percentage of the UK's energy mix comes from Orkney derived renewables than North Sea derived hydrocarbons

[@johnburns4017]

I am greatly encouraged by these sensible Norse/Scots in Orkney. What pisses me off big time is that a group of islands with no real air pollution problems, can go nearly air pollution free and are still aiming to get it down even further. Yet in the major cities the drive to get pollution from the air, which is mainly created by transport, road and rail, do so little it is not worth mentioning. So let's take London for example, because it is the capital, no other reason, so many will be familiar with this city. The place is swarming with diesel buses, taxis, utility and delivery vehicles. *40 years ago all these could have been running on much, much cleaner natural gas, which would have made a **_massive_** difference to air quality.* The technology was there then and natural gas is in pipes under every street. But the millions of people have suffered with very poor air and the buildings have suffered with constant blackening. *The politicians have let the denizens down of the UK catastrophically.* OK, new regs are being introduced to make all new taxis in London be at least a hybrid, similar with buses. Diesels will be banned from the centre I believe. I not aware that this extends to Liverpool, Leeds, Bristol, etc, which it should. Progress in cities is so slow it makes little impact. The change to 100% clean air will happen when all of us have departed from this planet. This is totally unacceptable.

[@asboss63]

Chuffing Brilliant!! This is the way to go....

[@aliancemd]

The music sounds so inspiring. 11:21 - this sounds to me like "looking into the future" or "things to come". Gets me excited.

[@greyareaRK1]

If I've understood Bond films, power corrupts, and a remote island + limitless energy = elaborate plan for world domination. We can only hope. Awesome episode! Thank you.

[@devonenvironmentnetwork7960]

Possibly the best, most interesting fully charged ever made. Production quality is just incredible too!

[@BitcoinandGold]

great show. Thank you, very high quality.

[@sysmatt]

Really good story. Robert, i've said this before... You are really good a this. You and your entire team... The music and camera work, just a very uplifting video. Thanks!

[@davewood7078]

Just come to fully charged almost by accident the experience has been comparable to finding a new BBC science & technology channel, wow! Mr. Llewellyn and team excellent stuff.

[@xinam]

Nice production quality. Finally some money being spent!

[@caiotrevisan6057]

I love this show. It's just fantastic!

[@daos3300]

fabulous episod and a great leap in production quality.

[@DopeyDalek]

Wow this looks amazing. I'd love to move here!!

[@hradnyVietor]

audio and video quality in this chapter has improved exponentionaly. Great job.

[@wotsdadeal]

Beautiful music and camera shots.

[@aseingarnevaborn]

Excellent episode. Really is an eye opener to the possibilities of all electric communities and the benefits that can be found. Keep up the great work

[@indianasquatchunters]

If they ever get to the point where they have abundant amounts of extra power. Would something like a desalination plant possibly be on the table? Obviously I'm just brainstorming here, but water is going to be worth what oil is here soon. If they could find a way to pipe excess water somewhere (I have no idea about water levels in the UK) or sustainably transport it else where it would be interesting.

[@likha2010]

Frank I also thought about desalination for fresh water and energy for wastewater treatment!! This island can be pretty green soon enough!!

[@benkerr9051]

The one thing Scotland is not short of is water. Especially on the islands. I suppose its the cost that stops it being transported to parts of England which can have droughts in the summer months. And with climate change, its expected that the UK will get wetter, we are already seeing milder, wetter winters. Rather than desalination, it may make sense to export the hydrogen, a cheap clean way to power desalination plants in parts of the world where water is scarce.

[@seba02020]

I'm totally amazed! it is absolutely stunning! Watching this, I felt like the future is just around the corner

[@eoincaldwell823]

Simple put, well done Orkney.

[@gimpau]

Brilliant episode. Great production quality makes it impossible to look away. Neil Kermode was interesting to listen to as well. It's like every sentence was a useful fact. Informative and educational.The images were so good I'd like to visit. Bit of a long way from Australia though. Really well done. Guess it's time to check out that Patreon link.

[@erinwiebe7026]

Love this episode, and so well put together & filmed! It's amazing to see initiatives like these take place and in such a beautiful location. Truly forward thinking, and with such potential benefit to the islanders. I wish I could become more involved somehow!

[@christopherhamilton5557]

Another amazing episode Robert! I have enjoyed this show and learned so much from your channel. You even helped inspire me to become a Leaf owner (and trust me, a lot of people thought I had lost my good senses). This looks like yet another amazing place that you have "shed light" on for many, especially me! Who knew? Great content, love the show, keep 'me coming!

[@velocist]

Production keeps getting better and better. Every video you upload brings great inspiration. Great job from you and your team, really big congratulations and greetings from Mexico!

[@markifi]

This is marvellous, Mr Llewellyn.

[@nathandscott1]

This is a really high quality utube. Love the content, presentation and recording better than tv

[@maxpesh]

Nice episode Robert, many thanks.

[@jeffreythurnau6796]

Robert, as always a very informative segment. With all of the narrow minded leadership in the U.S., it is a breath of fresh air to see the positive work being done in Orkney. Please keep up the good work.

[@hughhead9079]

Absolutely wonderfully done Rob! (both the systems and the presentation) Gives hope to us all!

[@MRacer001]

This was a beautiful video in every sense of the word, amazing!!

[@MrHSIE]

Incredible production improvement Robert and the team. Well done. Yes, I love the panning shots and aerial footage but like another comment said, be sure to keep the information coming. That’s why we watch. To learn more. The maps were a good idea since I’m in Australia and I have no idea where Orkney would be. Keep up the commentary, info, footage and of course the offhanded comments that make us chuckle now and again.

[@mediumfalse]

Seriously well produced this video. Keep it up.

[@NAY2GAS]

"LOVE" how noisy that road is. So awesome!!

[@Joshua79C]

Funny how you could not hear him in the first few seconds with all that wind. then when he is in the middle of the intersection or road you can hear him clearly.

[@rolfruisinger6809]

One of your most fascinating stories yet, big thank you '

[@biggityboggityboo8775]

This is a relatively good point to make. Elon Musk has famously poo-pood the idea of hydrogen in cars but that's only really from the point of view of 'where do we get the hydrogen from in the first place?' If the H2 is gathered from splitting water that's been powered by excess renewables then that issue evaporates. It's also an excellent form of energy storage. Battery storage is all well and good but it isn't exactly portable. Hydrogen on the other hand can be used in all sorts of vehicles, or industrial processes. Not only can it be used with a fuel cell for eletricity, but you can burn it too.

[@JeanPierreWhite]

Musk is correct to poo-poo Hydrogen use in cars. Notice they are not proposing on using Hydrogen for cars. They are already adopting EV's and will in time convert diesel generators on ships to hydrogen FC. Musk doesn't have electric ships on his master plan, but if he watched this episode, maybe he will.....

[@biggityboggityboo8775]

Jean-Pierre White Never said that they were proposing it, but there's nothing wrong with hydrogen in any application providing it's not produced from oil.

[@JeanPierreWhite]

I know you were not saying anything about them proposing HFC for cars. My point is that there isn't any such proposal, and for good reason, it doesn't make sense for a light vehicle such as a car to use Fuel Cells. That's Musk's position and I believe he is correct to play down HFC for cars. This is regardless of how the hydrogen is sequestered. For heavy goods vehicles, pure EV's don't have the same economic advantages and hydrogen FC can compete quite well.

[@701983]

I'd rather say, it's a matter of the required range. A fast battery-electric ferry for passages of 100 miles: Nowaday no problem, except missing manufacturers. But a cruising ship for thousands of miles without a charging- or battery-swap-station: No way with batteries, but hydrogen would work.

[@profkrumdieck]

@@701983 The reasons that HVC personal cars don't make sense are too numerous to get into in a comments section. So let's say this - anybody who is excited by that concept ask yourself what your other options are while you are waiting for the HVC's to turn up.

[@catielakemusic]

A fantastic project and great to see my ancestral islands again. I really must visit myself someday!

[@JonathanPorterfield]

Great work mark ! I really enjoyed working with you all on these days . Esp like the intros ! And sub titles ! 😂😂

[@marktaylor-hankins9398]

Thank YOU Jonathan Porterfield for all your help and effort to make this happen! Oh, and for being top class chase car driver. 👌 maybe I should call you Baby Driver?

[@JonathanPorterfield]

anytime Mark LOL !

[@gabrielesabbatino2460]

Great stuff! Awesome! Ornkey an example of thinking forward!

[@nathu3773]

Every episode is getting better, Sir. I hate the British not all .Thank you to all the people who are trying to make the world more livable .

[@louisvantonder8155]

I am in awe of what is being done in Orkney. In SA I cannot even convert a vehicle to electric because there is no one who can test and certify the safety and correctness of conversion. Solar installations are very expensive. The government is controlled by big "corporations" and constant corruption drains all funds for development due to greed. The electricity generation and supply company supplies to a huge part of the country for "free" due to electricity theft by the masses and this delivery is subsidised by the high electricity prices paid by the developed individuals and businesses. Great for the development of green power possibilities but bad for the economy. Hopefully someone comes up with a plan. Thanks for all the positive episodes Robert I enjoy them thoroughly.

[@MCSMIK]

Fantastic video, greatly informative, fun to watch, and brilliant shooting techniques all over. Keep up the good work!

[@mrjaffar]

Very inspiring episode Bob...

[@nelsonc5339]

This is the future! Orkney #greenprint is awesome in so many ways! great video (as usual!)

[@f-22r]

A beautifully presented video really amazing. I just wish more people knew about fully charged.

[@patdaveydrums]

Thank you Robert, great video as always. I live in central London. I am a self employed musician (well a drummer, no jokes please) I regularly drive 200+ mile trips to perform. I do not have off-street parking. There seems no way in the short term of me being able to buy an electric car to use as my means of transport for work. The limiting factors are range and charging. Bring on the revolution!