total generationn: 371,978 TWh of which: renewables 7% coal 28% nuclear 18% gas 45% other fuels 1% imports 1% The renewables breaks down into: wind 11.6% large hydro 5.8 % landfill gas 23% other biomas – 57% Other (inc small hydro) – 1.8% All the figures should be in DUKES 2009 […]
Read MoreA manufacturer claims "the pulsed meter output facility is an essential part of meter technology and should be preserved, not blocked as OFGEM is permitting the Energy Companies to do".
CAMPAIGN TO SAVE THE PULSED OUTPUT METER FOR THE SAKE OF UK PLC Summary: 50% of electricity and gas used in building is used in small quantities and metered through low volume non Half Hourly registering meters – as per your house which are read every 3 months roughtly, and hence are quarterly year metering . To […]
Read MoreDecarbonising europe – European Climate found general consensus on one way forward for low carbon, affordable energy?
Dear all, I would like to introduce you to the analysis Dave mentions below and point everyone to the material at www.roadmap2050.eu . Just today more of the underlying material has been added to the site for download. The analysis examined plausible 80%-by-2050 decarbonisation pathways for Europe and then conducted a deep dive […]
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 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 MoreWind Energy Reduces Electricity Prices,Says Independent Study"….NOT
Extract from Claverton Energy Group Archives, by Paul Frederik Bach, ex director Danish Western National Grid. On 12 May 2010 21:13, Paul-Frederik Bach <pfbach@profibermail.dk> wrote: Dear all, The debate on the economy of wind power seems to be never ending. Observations of wind power output and spot prices indicate that wind power creates low prices […]
Read MoreEvidence of an imminent global oil crunch / peak oil has continued to build, un-noticed by the majority of people
Folks In the run up to the UK election, evidence of an imminent global oil crunch has continued to build, un-noticed by the majority of people, almost entirely uncommented on in the election campaign. The CEO of a major oil company has admitted it no longer pays to build up new oil reserves. A US military panel has […]
Read MoreThe relationship between our rotten political system, the voting system and energy and other vital policy issues.
Dear All, forgive me for inflicting yet again my views on the relationship between our rotten political system, the voting system and energy and other (health, environment, media, financial, tax, justice) vital policy issues. In a nutshell, it seems blindingly obvious, ( to me anyway) that with our system, where the PM wields enormous power, […]
Read More"Electric power from offshore wind via synoptic-scale interconnection" – using HVDC interconnectors to smooth intermittent power
Abstract World wind power resources are abundant, but their utilization could be limited because wind fluctuates rather than providing steady power. We hypothesize that wind power output could be stabilized if wind generators were located in a meteorologically designed configuration and electrically connected. Based on 5 yr of wind data from 11 meteorological stations, distributed […]
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