The Orchard Convention This convention for the analysis of CHP calculates the fuel burn per unit of heat by comparing electricity generators with different electrical efficiencies to each other to calculate the amount of fuel to allocate to the heat to equalise fuel use per unit of electricity from competing CHPs feeding an electricity […]
Technology Strategy Board Retrofit for Future a study to minimise CO2 emissions for typical UK housing comparing Combined Heat and Power District Heating with Insulation. March 2011
Executive Summary. This work illustrates that the objective of minimising CO2 emissions from a typical late 1960s/early 1970s London houses in a terrace of five houses, is to connect them to district heating. Connection to the district heating gives a lower capital cost per tonne of CO2 displaced than alternative insulation measures. The […]
EU ETS second phase has cut GHG emissions by 0.33% – "a 5 billion euro fraud"
On 19 March 2011 07:42, Hugh Sharman wrote http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b00zf34j/Costing_the_Earth_Carbon_Trading and please get it onto Claverton On 3/19/2011 3:08 AM, Chris Hodrien wrote: Hugh, fascinating and important stuff. I missed this. Please provide programme details +BBC podcast weblink. One of my Warwick Univ international MSc students did the ineffectiveness of the ETS +CDM for her […]
Call to put pressure on Huhne / coalition to reverse changes to FIT Feed In Tarrif "Little better than Fraud"
On 19 March 2011 12:27, N B Hello Jonathan, I agree with your analysis that this change in policy amounts to little better than fraud. The current administration came into power based on a Coalition Agreement that can be read here http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/sites/default/files/resources/coalition_programme_for_government.pdf
Newcomen Society, The Piston Engine Revolution, , The Museum of Science & Industry (MOSI) Manchester, 14th – 17th April 2011
The Piston Engine Revolution A Conference at The Museum of Science & Industry (MOSI) Manchester 14th – 17th April 2011 A revolution in transport took place once a piston could be driven by internal combustion rather than by steam pressure. At once lighter and more compact […]
Micro chp website
Jeremy Harrison runs micro CHP information website (www.microchap.info) which gives quite a bit of information on engines and other prime mover technologies for micro and mini CHP. You will also find links to preview his book on micro CHP or click here: http://www.blurb.com/books/1478310 Kind regards Jeremy Harrison Technology Consultant Energy Infrastructure & End Use Many […]
imminent threat to the Feed-in tarrif from the ‘greenest government ever’ and the ‘green jobs revolution’
On 17 February 2011 14:28, Jonathan Selwyn <j.selwyn@larkenergy.co.uk> wrote: I would like to draw your attention to the imminent threat to the Feed in Tariff for PV. Whatever your views on the efficacy of large scale land based solar, the emergency review announced last week threatens the entire sector. In 10 short months since […]
Why was Dinorwig built? Load following, standby, fast reserve, pumped storage?
Roger, My own analysis has also shown that there is insufficient value in the difference between peak and off peak electricity prices to make energy storage economic. However, this may not be the only revenue stream for an energy storage system. Mechanisms that may provide greater return are as you say, within islanded communities (where […]
List of Energy Acronyms / Glossary
Acronyms/Glossary AFC Automatic Frequency Control AFRO Automatic Frequency Responsive Operation (same as AFC) AGC Automatic Generation Control AGR Advanced Gas-cooled Reactor (unique to GB, operated by British Energy/EdF) BWR Boiling Water Reactor (Second most common reactor type world-wide) IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency of the U, based in Vienna K.E.N.T. = the Key Environmental […]
Is nuclear power flexible, does it have load following capability?
Some Notes on the Flexibility of Nuclear Units What is “Flexibility”? What does “flexibility” mean for a generating technology? I guess that most people would think about the ability to increase or decrease active power output (Megawatts) either on instruction, or automatically, in order to help balance generation and demand on the system. But the […]