The short version of the story on how a very small part of the Danish DH grid became owned by a private company. During the formation in 2005 (or 2006) of the company DONG Energy as we know it today E.on (as well as Vattenfall) were introduced to the Danish heat and power […]
UK DH economics – to be able to borrow at less than 6% for new assets thenDH needs to be run by a regulated monopolies
Edited Extract from a recent Claveton Exchange: Some people’s insistence on and belief in, the term and world view summed up by “real UK political/business conditions” is IMHOP blinding them to the actual realities of economics and politics. The UK govt, or any govt, can at a stroke, change the market rules to suit what it sees as the best long term view […]
London Underground is hotter than maximum legal temperature for transporting cattle
Temperatures on the Tube have soared above 30C during the summer heat Hello,London Underground have known about this situation for many years, but as an organisation appear singular inept in resolving this long standing problem. A few years ago they announced a programme to build a great many ventilation shafts, and we were expecting to […]
The Trouble With Climate Change Denial
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/bob-ward/climate-change-denial_b_5554513.html?utm_hp_ref=uk-politics&ir=UK+Politics Bob Ward Policy and Communications Director, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment Huffington Post 4 July 2014 11:57 Over the past few months, the Global Warming Policy Foundation has been strongly pushing a campaign pamphlet on ‘The trouble with climate change’, written by its founder and chair, Lord Lawson of Blaby. […]
Biomass fuels – critique of FOE report
Re. the FOE briefing on using woody biomass in power plant. It is dreadful, masquerading as ‘research’ when it is just a re-tread of the appalling ‘Dirtier than Coal’ report from 2012-13. This was based on very biased research by the US legal anti-biofuels ‘hired gun’ Tim Searchinger. This carefully selected amongst the worst out of […]
Biomass Heating & Power Generation
Chris – I spent close to 2 years working for Balcas whose 2 UK plants can supply 155,000 tonnes a year. I got to know a lot about the true economics of production, economies of scale, transport vs production costs and life-cycle GHG emissions. I don’t have a direct pellet industry connection now but know many of […]
GMP Conference – 22 May, London
GMP conference 22 May in London – Powerpoint presentation
Cacti Excellent Source of Biomass for Drax
Do please remember that I posed a possible solution which did not envisage or advocate forest removal or much woody biomass for Drax being sourced in the UK. They need millions of tonnes per year. A few years ago I was in a group opposing a biomass proposal which would have clear felled much of […]
Ground & Water Source Heat Pumps – Royal Festival Hall
This article below is incorrect, given that water source heat pumps have been used in Britain since 1945, with the Royal Festival Hall in London being heated by a heat pump taking heat from the River Thames in 1951.: Excerpt from David Banks, Introduction to Thermogeology: Ground source heating and cooling. Second Edition, Blackwell (2012) ” […]
An Insider’s Story – The Global Attack on Climate Science
An article in the Business Spectator by Jim Salinger – read it here