On 17 February 2011 14:28, Jonathan Selwyn <j.selwyn@larkenergy.co.uk> wrote: I would like to draw your attention to the imminent threat to the Feed in Tariff for PV. Whatever your views on the efficacy of large scale land based solar, the emergency review announced last week threatens the entire sector. In 10 short months since […]
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 MoreWho's to blame for high commodity – energy, food, metals, prices – it's the producers, stupid, not the banks and speculators
Happy New Year everyone. This article of mine re markets might be of interest (also below). http://seekingalpha.com/article/245574-who-s-to-blame-for-high-commodity-prices-it-s-the-producers-stupid v=1294568746&source=tracking_notify In my view commodity markets have two price boundary ‘trend-lines’: a ‘sellers’ market’ upper boundary, where consumer demand destruction sets in, and a ‘buyers’ market’ lower boundary, where ‘production destruction’ sets in. The current situation, where finance […]
Read MorePapers in Energy Policy from Mark Delucchi and Mark Jacobson, Stanford / California University USA – 100% renewable energy at reasonable prices and timescales
Mark Jacobson and Mark Delucchi recently published two papers in Energy Policy expanding upon our article on 100% wind, water, and solar power for the world, published in Scientific American in November 2009. I am attaching corrected in-press proofs of the articles. Mark and I continue to work on various aspects of this, so we […]
Read MoreUK Energy bills set to rise £ 3 / year to pay for £2bn investment in distribution / trasnmission
4th Oct 2010 – BBC web site Energy bills set to rise to pay for £32bn investment The rise in renewable energy such as windfarms mean a radical rewiring of the National Grid is needed Gas and electricity bills will both have to rise by £3 a year, as £32bn is needed to improve the […]
Read MoreGovernment to shift resources from wind power to nuclear power in ERM – Energy Market Reform…….by Dr Dave Toke
A letter on this subject was published in the Guardian today, 27th December 2010http://realfeed-intariffs.blogspot.com/ – for further info…. Energy and Climate Change Secretary Chris Huhne is heralding a move towards giving nuclear power guaranteed subsidies from electricity consumers whilst going back to the discredited 1990s approach of awarding contracts to supply wind power through contract auctions. […]
Read MoreMoney, banking, credit, Adam Smith, finance, central banking etc, Michael Durkin channel4 film
Tony Let’s have a critical look at the underlying ideas, shall we? On 15 November 2010 08:43, Tony Locke <tlocke@> wrote: A brilliant review, but as Lucy Mangan admits, she doesn’t really criticize the underlying ideas. My response to the criticisms she does make are: > I may not agree that public services are a […]
Read More" Are Smart Meters Really That Smart?" who really benefits from smart metering?
On 3 October 2010 10:12, David Hirst .com <david@davidhirst.com> wrote: Good information is a Good Thing. Nobody doubts that, for some people and organisations, improved information about their electricity (and even gas and water) consumption and its costs could provoke some behaviour change, or trigger energy saving investments. Indeed, current UK laws assume this is […]
Read MoreGerman government major conclusions of a review of energy policy in its Energiekonzept.
On 14 September 2010 09:42, Matt Phillips In case you have not studied the German Energiekonzept document, below are some informal notes on what it says. Last week the German government released its major conclusions of a review of energy policy in its Energiekonzept. If your German is up to scratch, here it is: http://www.bmu.de/files/pdfs/allgemein/application/pdf/entw_energiekonzept_kf.pdf […]
Read MoreSuppressed Government peak oil dossier – anyone got a copy please?
Dear Clavertonians, Received this from Mobbsey the other week (see below)…wondered if any of you could locate a “leak” of this particular British Government document to share with the rest of us even though David MacKay couldn’t get his paws on one…we owe it to our nation to tell the truth…can’t remember how to conjugate […]
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