Dave Andrews | Claverton Group

Feeding Renewable Policy

A Conference presented by The University of Birmingham and the Claverton Group of Energy Experts, Friday January 18th. Booking link More information and timetable of speakers

PhD-qualified Waste to Energy Candidate

Does anyone know a good PhD qualified Waste to Energy candidate that we could approach to support us in a bid, and ultimately deliver as Technical Lead if successful. The candidate needs to have delivered substantial W2E projects. This is an extract of the Technical Lead information: A Doctoral Degree , MQF Level 8, in any […]

Energy & Fuel Data Sheet

Iain Staffell, University of Birmingham, UK has posted a downloadable PDF with some interesting data tables. The Energy and Fuel Data Sheet

2 Jobs at Joint Research Centre

Please find below the link to 3 vacancy notices on job opportunities at the Institute for Energy and Transport (IET) of the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre. Feel free to forward this information to persons with a corresponding profile who might be interested to work at the IET in Petten/Netherlands. new GH-30 position http://iet.jrc.ec.europa.eu/job/category-30/energy-security-and-unconventional-gas […]

CO2 Increased by 240 PPM Equivalent?

Climate change summary of the case – CO2 Increased by 240 PPM Equivalent On 15 July 2012 02:02, Jo Abbess <jo.abbess@gmail.com> wrote: Dear Kevin, You say, “# […] My concern is that the IPCC only looks at CO2, and not water vapour as a GHG, when it would appear that the GH effect of water […]

Grantholder in Materials for Low-Carbon Technologies

Job/Position: The Institute for Energy and Transport of the European Commission in Petten The Netherlands has a position for a Grantholder in Materials for Low-Carbon Technologies. The job description is as follows: The aim of the proposed project is to assess the impact of material supply constraints on the large scale deployment of low-carbon technologies and to […]

Australian idea for ammonia transmission of wind energy

https://mail.google.com/mail/?shva=1#inbox/1384c714ccc80b76 takes you to mail with file attached… ——– Original Message ——- I am wondering if you all might be interested in a proposal I am pushing in Australia that might also be relevant to other places with renewable energy resources in remote areas such as in North Africa, the Middle East, desert areas in China […]

ADME – 3 Stage Control plan for the Encroaching Desert Problem

Download the presentation Phase 1 (Sand Storm Control) of Three Stage Control plan for the Encroaching Desert Problem of Northern China Creating Food and Energy Water. Phase 1 (Sand Storm Control) of Three Stage Control plan for the Encroaching Desert Problem of Northern China Creating Food and Energy Water. Phase 2 = Irrigation & plant […]

Innovative Transmission System Integration & Operation

Large-scale demonstration of innovative transmission system integration and operation solutions for (inter)connecting renewable electricity production. Transmission grid topic in Call FP7-ENERGY-2013-2 Date of publication : 10 July 2012 Deadline for proposals submission : 24 January 2013 ACTIVITY ENERGY.7: SMART ENERGY NETWORKS Indicative budget: EUR 45 million Topic ENERGY.2013.7.2.3: Large-scale demonstration of innovative transmission system integration […]

Vested interests water down chp cogeneration district heating and energy savings proposal in the new Energy Saving Directive

The intention of the Directive was that Member States shall develop a plan for heating, cooling, and the development of effective national electricity production (CHP) efficient of district heating and cooling. Lobbying changed this to Member States were committed to developing costs and benefits analysis of high efficiency cogeneration, and heating and cooling to determine […]