Martin Alder‘s response to the Telegraph article – “Too much green energy is bad for Britain. In some of the worst weather for more than 30 years, green power still only provides a tiny fraction of our energy needs.” http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/telegraph-view/9949595/Too-much-green-energy-is-bad-for-Britain.html Mendacious and dangerous .. in fact, last week if they cared to look wind power […]
Tesla-Westinghouse Systems, Smart Grids and Infrastructure
I was pleased to present to the British German Environment Forum, and this is the talk I gave. Enjoy. David Smart Grids and Infrastructurev04print
"There is no alternative" – TINA – this is bxxxxxxxxxxx – we need to invest in money producing energy infrastructure
Cameron says there is no alternative to austerity….This is complete nonsense – we can borrow money at 3% on international markets and then invest it in infrastructure which makes 6%, combined heat and power district heating,chpdh being one, then this will make us richer, employ people, take them of the dole and please the markets […]
Tiny House Movement
While the tiny house movement is most active in America, interest in tiny homes has been observed in other developed countries.The tiny-house movement, also known as the “small-house movement” (www.tinyhouse.net.nz) is an architectural and social movement that advocates living simply in small homes. There are different definitions of “tiny”. The 2018 International Residential Code, Appendix […]
Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2013 13:06:14 +0000 Subject: Job Opportunity for Post-Doc Transport/Energy/ E-mobility modeller at Institute for Energy and Transport (Petten/Netherlands) Dear Colleague, Please find below the link to a vacancy notice on a grantholder job opportunity for an E-mobility/ Transport/Energy Modeller at the Institute for Energy and Transport (IET) of the European Commission’s Joint […]
The renewable grid – canal from Scotland to England, transport and water delivery
This is a proposal to construct a canal following the 300 meter contour in UK to convey water from Scotland to UK. This would provide primarily water for irrigation in the South, which experiences periodic water shortages, bulk transport of goods, power station cooling, and flood relief. A limited amount of hydro power may be […]
Carbon, Sustainability, CSR expert sought
This opportunity has now passed, and was taken up by T4 Sustainability. If possible this weekend as CNG Services are bidding for a job and bid has to be in Monday 9,00, CNG need some last minute support on a project in these areas: a) Carbon Foot Printing b) Sustainability c) Corporate Social Responsibility […]
Retrofitting insulation and air tightness to existing houses
The reason that good airtightness is so seldom achieved in the UK is that few in the construction industry have the slightest knowledge of what they are discussing with thermal envelopes and so it risks being a case of the blind leading the blind. Progress can be made: A Victorian solid-walled house in Hereford […]
An energy Conference at The University of Birmingham and the Claverton Group
( Free to Claverton members – regisgters here: http://shop.bham.ac.uk/browse/extra_info.asp?compid=1&catid=68&modid=2&prodid=546&deptid=34&prodvarid=0 ) A Conference presented by The University of Birmingham and the Claverton Group of Energy Experts, Friday January 18th This Conference will focus on policies needed to underpin a feed-in tariff system for funding renewable energy and also the […]
European Hydropower Storage
Assessment of European Pumped Hydropower Storage Potential (This is posted on behalf of the JRC – Joint Research Centre) Dear colleagues We have finished our modelling of the potential for pumped hydropower storage in 21 European countries (see list below). This potential is the result of adding up individual results from 3500 sites (topology A […]