Dave, Below is the link to the GH 40 post (2 years full time work based in Petten) we have open (closing date 31.01.2011) for a co-author of the rewriting of the Large Combustion Plant Best Available Techniques Reference Document (BREF). We are looking for someone with a few years of experience in the power […]
Read MoreDidcot A Coal Fired Power Station – and potential impact of large wind energy on maintenance costs of two shifting power stations
Note: Some notes have been added, via the comment field which originate from the Claverton emails, from authoritative persons, which inter alia indicate that the maintenance and operating costs for a plant such as this are slightly less than 0.4p/kWh. Background and Location Didcot A is was built as a coal fired steam power station […]
Read MoreCall for papers on Clean Fossil Fuels for Energy journal
The journal Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers – Energy enourages submissions on the topic of Clean Fossil Fuels. Here is the call for papers:
Read MoreCCS Carbon Capture and Storage – the facts.
Dear Oliver, You’re not alone in your scepticism! However, you’re wrong about the CO2 emissions. The reality is that coal +CCS as currently defined/mandated emits significantly less CO2 than NG CCGT without CCS (‘unabated’), because authorities in the UK (and most countries except Japan) are demanding c.90% CO2 removal from coal, whereas CCGT emits about […]
Read MoreWhat happens to wind power when there is no wind? Why it makes perfect sense that old, polluting and inefficient coal fired power stations should be retained and receive a capacity payment
This note argues that environmentalists will have to recognise that part (and a small price) of the price we pay for creating significant additional capacity of intermittent / variable renewables is the continued existence of coal fired plant, operating at a very low capacity factor. (And of course it will make us less vulnerable to […]
Read MoreGasification gets The Guardian treatment
Comments are invited on the two gasification articles found on the The Guardian website today. They seem to have been written on the basis of a Press Release, without much background checking. I don’t want a bad word said about the author, Alok Jha, who is lovely, but I really think we need to unpack […]
Read MoreUtility Industry Achievement Awards – 14 December 2009
Utility Industry Achievement Awards – 14 December 2009
The energy and utility industry’s Christmas party
The chance to:
· Network with over 1,200 key industry personnel
· Celebrate with the winners of 2009 – rewarding the best in the industry.
· Entertain your customers, reward your staff and make new contacts
· To book visit http://www.utilityweekawards.co.uk
· There’s a big name comedian, slap up dinner, entertainment, dancing, and a casino
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Existing hydro power statistics
Storage hydropower roughly produces 405 TWh per year in the scenario area and has a storage volume of roughly 241 TWh. Hydropower Scandinavia: Finland 3.062 GW (14.04 TWh) Norway 27.524 GW (132.82 TWh) Sweden 16.236 GW (65.38 TWh) Sum: 46.820 GW (212.23 TWh) http://www.eia.doe.gov/international/RecentHydroelectricInstalledCapacity.xls http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/international/RecentHydroelectricGenerationKilowatthours.xls Existing Hydropower capacity in the scenario area was roughly 201 […]
Read MoreChris Hodrien comments on key recent ‘maverick’ studies downgrading coal reserves estimates
Comments from Chris Hodrien on “Peak Coal” article – R Heinberg 21may07 (Energy Bulletin- Online Opinion.com Fred et al, I guess that this paper, reporting both the key recent ‘maverick’ studies downgrading coal reserves estimates (up to 5/07), has been a critical input in forming your views on likely future coal reserves. I happened to […]
Read MoreWind Energy Variability and Intermittency in the UK : New Reports
Three completely independent reports on the wind variability issue appeared in June and July 2009, all with the same message: the variability of wind needs to be taken into account, but it does not make the grid unmanageable; and the additional costs, which are modest, can be quantified.
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