From the Claverton Gmail threads: Dear all, David Weight kindly copied me in to this thread. I hope you don’t mind me adding my thoughts. I am only going to comment on the use of biomass for electricity-only, and not the question of DH and or CHP. My position is that UK, EU and US […]
Read MoreIEA Biofuels 2050 Roadmap (27% of transport fuel) – Press release 20apr11
Reply |Mark Delucchi to energy-discuss. show details 21:34 (12 hours ago) I tend to agree with Mark B. here. FWIW, the IEA report mentions algae but doesn’t feature it in its analysis. I’ve seen a few LCAs of algae fuel, and and the results are not particularly impressive. The IEA report includes algae in one […]
Read MoreList 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 […]
Read MoreCritique / comparison of bio fuels / jatropha / with other energy options – wind etc
I think Haiti needs Jatophra like it needs another earthquake I’m sure they would much rather have a little help to rebuild their lives, housing and infrastructure;- notably absent from all the international organisations and charities. They are more likely to need Food. Food and Water? – a seawater Greenhouse ?. For Energy – a […]
Read MoreAdsorbed Synthesis Gas – light weight tankers for non fossil fuel shipping fuel
I am trying i to find a supplier of ready made -lightweight ro/ro tanktainers that will hold my own supply of clean syngas (no inerts) I make coconut shell activated carbon with high microporosity and hardness. Alternately am looking for someone who has experience working with ASG in particular- making portable tanks- also trying to work […]
Read MoreHow much of UK electricity could come from the burning of combustible wastes from both domestic and industrial sources?
David In March 2005 the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) and the Renewable Power Association (RPA) published a report titled “The Quantification of the Potential Energy from Residuals (EfR) in the UK (Lee P et al. 2005). A briefing on this report was included in Energy Journal 160, (Crudginton A. 2007). The report indicated that […]
Read MoreCall for papers on 'Embedded Carbon in New Design' for the Proceedings of ICE – Energy journal
The journal Proceeding of the Institution of Civil Engineers – Energy encourages paper submissions on the topic of Embedded Carbon in New Design. The call for papers is here:
Read MoreUse 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 […]
Read MoreEvent Invitation: “Selling to the Bottom of the Pyramid: Lessons from Marketing Compost” by Jonathan Rouse, Director of HED Consulting
The HEDON Household Energy Network (www.hedon.info ) holds a monthly informal meeting in London, UK, where practitioners, policy-makers, funders, and business-owners actively pursuing a cleaner, affordable and more efficient household energy sector unite to share their experiences, learn from one another, and create new knowledge. The next meeting, which your members may find interesting, will […]
Read MoreA Short Poem on Climate Change in the run up to Christmas, 2009
A Short Poem on Climate Change in the run up to Christmas, 2009 I fly abroad – the speed of sound; That’s the way to cover ground Why holiday here when you can go Around the world, for sun and snow I must have two mobile phones I’ve two ears, to hear their […]
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