Gasification gets The Guardian treatment

Comments are invited on the two gasification articles found on the The Guardian website today. They seem to have been written on the basis of a Press Release, without much background checking. I don’t want a bad word said about the author, Alok Jha, who is lovely, but I really think we need to unpack […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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
www.utilityweek.co.uk

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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 […]

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"Where do Energy Ministers get their advice from?" or "Why Energy MPs show the system is rotten" – Rober Lee – Evening Standard.

Dear Claverton,

There was a very interesting article in today’s Evening Standard by Robert Lea on how useless is the Select Committee on Energy. I sent him the e-mail below.

However I have attached a word copy of the article, which is headed “WHY ENERGY MPs SHOW THE SYSTEM IS ROTTEN”

Can you put this on the website please!!!!!!

Best regards

Fred

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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