F.Starr PhD, BSc, FIMMM, C.Eng: Materials and Energy Consultant Dr F Starr played a major part in the EU Supported Dynamis Programme, in which natural gas steam reforming, and coal based IGCC based processes, were to be developed to capture CO2 from fossil fuels. Both processes would produce a hydrogen rich gas which […]
Prospects for Trans-Atlantic Undersea Power Transmission
Prospects for Trans-Atlantic Undersea Power Transmission harryc@ontarioeast.net Submarine Power Cable Precedents: For several decades, submarine power cables have carried electric power across short distances under bodies of water within the same nation. Some examples include the cable from mainland Italy to the offshore Mediterranean islands of Corsica and Sardinia. Similar cables were installed in Sweden, […]
"The contention that there is always wind blowing somewhere is shown to be false" argues a contributor
Psted by ADMIN on behalf of our Australian friend. Dear Dave, In relation to the PNAS paper recently distributed, much has been made of a few theoretical studies on the geographic dispersal of windfarms and their alleged ability to back one another up. In Australia we have over 30 windfarms spread over many hundreds […]
Wind Energy Reduces Electricity Prices,Says Independent Study"….NOT
Extract from Claverton Energy Group Archives, by Paul Frederik Bach, ex director Danish Western National Grid. On 12 May 2010 21:13, Paul-Frederik Bach <pfbach@profibermail.dk> wrote: Dear all, The debate on the economy of wind power seems to be never ending. Observations of wind power output and spot prices indicate that wind power creates low prices […]
Evidence of an imminent global oil crunch / peak oil has continued to build, un-noticed by the majority of people
Folks In the run up to the UK election, evidence of an imminent global oil crunch has continued to build, un-noticed by the majority of people, almost entirely uncommented on in the election campaign. The CEO of a major oil company has admitted it no longer pays to build up new oil reserves. A US military panel has […]
Potential business opportunity
Claverton Group members, ( a member of the management Board of the Group below and a sizeable respectable company ) has asked me to post this: “Our Group is looking for new products and markets that we can use to assist the growth of our existing companies into expanded or new markets, leveraging our […]
Design Engineer wanted to work on Very large Composite Wind Turbine
Adrian McCurry mailto:adrian.mccurry theatsynbol recruitengineers.com I am currently looking for a degree qualified or equivalent Design Engineer to work on Very large Composite Wind Turbine Blades. Ideally this person must be very experienced on composite blades with commercial experience to deal with suppliers world wide. The position will be based in Scandinavia. Post replies […]
Use of biofuels, biodiesel, bioethanol etc is it feasible, ethical, sustainable and environmental?
Hi Dave and Chris Can I add my bit? UK homegrown biofuel could, at extreme, only supply 3 or 4% of UK transport fuel. Ethanol is such poor EROEI and competes directly with food, wheat, sugar, it should not count. We only have ~6M hectares of ploughable land (as in WWII). The figures for WWII […]
suitable candidate for a job with a West Midlands based renewable energy company who want a project manager to help them develop several biomass power plants
A colleague has asked if I know of anyone who might be a suitable candidate for a job with a West Midlands based renewable energy company who want a project manager to help them develop several biomass power plants. The basic job description is as follows: Renewable Energy Project Manager for a company in the […]
The relationship between our rotten political system, the voting system and energy and other vital policy issues.
Dear All, forgive me for inflicting yet again my views on the relationship between our rotten political system, the voting system and energy and other (health, environment, media, financial, tax, justice) vital policy issues. In a nutshell, it seems blindingly obvious, ( to me anyway) that with our system, where the PM wields enormous power, […]