In my professional life until very recently I have been heavily involved in business development for major civil engineering companies. Looking at this list of proposed new projects in the Government’s New Infrastructure Project one thing strikes me very forcefully is that most of these projects are not at all new. In fact there are […]
Read MoreCall to put pressure on Huhne / coalition to reverse changes to FIT Feed In Tarrif "Little better than Fraud"
On 19 March 2011 12:27, N B Hello Jonathan, I agree with your analysis that this change in policy amounts to little better than fraud. The current administration came into power based on a Coalition Agreement that can be read here http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/sites/default/files/resources/coalition_programme_for_government.pdf
Read MoreThe connection between Dixieland, Weighing the Earth, the First World War and Free Markets
Dixieland is the line separating Maryland and the South from the rest of the USA, and the actual line was surveyed in the 1780 by two English men, Mason and Dixon who plotted the contentious Mason Dixon line – hence the name. (well its is one commonly accepted explanation). They noted that there were systematic […]
Read MoreFunds offered for asset based investments in green technology
We have a number of individuals and investment funds seeking green tech projects to invest in. These are serious and bone fide people If interested use the Claverton Contact form
Read MorePrivate client manager Invicta is to launch a £300m fund targeting the biomass industry to cash in on government targets for renewable energy
( Bruno Prior, MD of Forever Fuels, comments on the Invicta announcement – these are Bruno’s personal views, not those of Claverton Group)
“Just one little problem (well actually, several, but this one’s a good one).
Invicta have been shy about whose technology they are using. We sent one of our team to a public meeting in Edinburgh, to ask the question. He was told that Organics would supply the kit, in 1.2MW modules. Happily for us, Rob Eden, Organics’ MD, is a long-time associate of ours (going back around 25 years), so we contacted Rob to express interest in a gasifier or pyroliser if he had 1.2MW modules
Read MorePotential Wind Energy Investment Opportunity
We have been approached and asked to make known an opportunity to invest in a wind farm(s) project to Claverton members or their associates. Essentially this involves 600 MW capacity in a series of wind farms in various countries with 30 MW in the UK. We have been told that agreements have been obtained with governments and land owners. […]
Read MoreAlternative Financing Models for Transportation – A Case Study of Land Taxation in Utah
Recent events have highlighted the consequences of inadequate attention to infrastructure funding. Current funding strategies focus on fuel taxes, transfers from general funds, user fees, toll roads, congestion pricing, and using technology to enhance the fee structure of the current system. This article examines another alternative, a property tax focused on the value of […]
Read MoreA Government still addicted to petrol – article by David Strahan in the Independant
Sunday, 26 April 2009 “All targets and no trousers” seemed to be the gist of the reaction from environmentalists to last week’s Budget. Greens welcomed the introduction of new, legally binding, carbon-reduction goals but attacked the lack of a clear road map showing how they could be achieved. Some applauded policies such as the extra […]
Read MoreDay One -20th May – of the forthcoming All Energy conference in Aberdeen
www.all-energy.co.uk re the Grid, the second one being the one I’ve put together re the Legal and Financial Infrastructure. I have Aily Armour-Biggs (a Clavertonite) chairing it, plus a Scottish Government speaker, Mike McElhinney, and a lawyer from Talisman Energy, Jacquelynn Craw, who is very familiar with the North Sea MasterDeed legal infrastructure
Read More'Tax the privileged and reduce the deadweight costs' – from Chris Cook, Claverton, letter in Financial Times
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2b060736-2a1e-11de-9d01-00144feabdc0.html?nclick_check=1 Published: April 16 2009 03:00 | Last updated: April 16 2009 03:00 From Mr Chris Cook. Sir, I am sure British correspondents will also be pointing out that it is not just the US tax code that is broken (“Mending America’s broken tax code”, Editorial, April 14), but this misses a deeper point. The […]
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