Dave Andrews | Claverton Group

Using standby diesel generators for short term reserve to support main power grids – potentially good news from National Grid

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Hi Dave

Firstly apologies for not getting back to you about Bernard’s note sooner. I read the attached email above with interest as it’s always good to see that there is interest out there in providing Short Term Operating Reserve (STOR, previously known as “Standing Reserve”) from new sources, whether someone is interested in approaching us directly or through an aggregator. I did note that in your last line you said that if contracts could be made available for a longer period of time then this might elicit more interest from parties. On that front there is potentially good news, the changes that we introduced to the STOR contract form a year or two back, allow users to tender for a contract of up to 10 years duration, and as part of the STOR review that my colleague Craig Maloney is undertaking at the moment we may potentially be looking to extend that capability to even longer term contracts.

Private client manager Invicta is to launch a £300m fund targeting the biomass industry to cash in on government targets for renewable energy

( Bruno Prior, MD of Forever Fuels, comments on the Invicta announcement – these are Bruno’s personal views, not those of Claverton Group)

“Just one little problem (well actually, several, but this one’s a good one).

Invicta have been shy about whose technology they are using. We sent one of our team to a public meeting in Edinburgh, to ask the question. He was told that Organics would supply the kit, in 1.2MW modules. Happily for us, Rob Eden, Organics’ MD, is a long-time associate of ours (going back around 25 years), so we contacted Rob to express interest in a gasifier or pyroliser if he had 1.2MW modules

A Short Poem on Climate Change in the run up to Christmas, 2009

A Short Poem on Climate Change in the run up to Christmas, 2009 I fly abroad – the speed of sound; That’s the way to cover ground Why holiday here when you can go Around the world, for sun and snow I must have two mobile phones I’ve two ears, to hear their […]

Richard Scrase on a short trip from Japan to Copenhagen by train reporting for UIC

(From Richard Scrase <riscrase the at symbol yahoo.co.uk>, media advisor to Claverton Group) Dear all, I’m about to embark on a short trip from Japan to Copenhagen by train reporting for UIC. You might like to follow me online. Hope to upload images, video etc. For the media folk amongst you – the material is […]

President Obama signed the 2010 Energy & water appropriations bill

Good news for fuel cells. On October 28, 2009, President Obama signed the 2010 Energy & Water appropriations bill which includes funding for the DoE Hydrogen Program and other offices at approximately 2009 levels for both stationary and transportation hydrogen technologies. A recent news brief in Worldwide Independent Power has a piece from Cummins, who […]

Utility Industry Achievement Awards – 14 December 2009

Utility Industry Achievement Awards – 14 December 2009
The energy and utility industry’s Christmas party
The chance to:
· Network with over 1,200 key industry personnel
· Celebrate with the winners of 2009 – rewarding the best in the industry.
· Entertain your customers, reward your staff and make new contacts
· To book visit http://www.utilityweekawards.co.uk
· There’s a big name comedian, slap up dinner, entertainment, dancing, and a casino
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Organic Agriculture is key part of reducing carbon outputs and sequestering carbon in soil – UN Report

Low-carbon farms can raise food output, UN food agency says “BARCELONA, Spain (Reuters) – Low-carbon farming can both curb climate change and boost food output in developing nations and so must be rewarded under a global climate deal due in December, the U.N.’s food agency said on Thursday.”……………….?” “Food Security And Agricultural Mitigation in Developing […]

Document Download / Management

Log in to WordPress using the user name and password supplied to you. Look down the left hand menu and at the bottom you will see Downloads 1.) Select Downloads / Add a File 2.) Select “Upload a File” and browse to the file location and select it 3.) Click “Open” to lock it in […]

Who are the Claverton Energy Group, the Claverton Energy Think Tank, the Claverton Energy Research Group

The Claverton Energy Group is a loose collection of individuals from various organisations with expertise in various areas related to energy, government policy, technology, engineering, finance, management, environment, climate change, transportation, agriculture, water, waste disposal and more… Mission Statement: To provide an expert forum in which to rigorously debate energy issues, and thereby provide fact based/ objective/independent […]

Gas scrubber / tar and contaminant remover, succesful in several gasifier fuelled engine installations

Richard Hanson writes: To answer your question, no – I’m afraid we don’t have a wood gasifier. But we do have several plants which are being used very successfully on wood gasifiers to provide gas cleaning between the gasifier and the compressor or engine, depending on the system configuration. The core technology is the V-texTM […]