Dear Editor, Is today’s front page story another attempt by the Government to tax us more ? UK homeowners (with or without meters) already pay more for water than Continentals. UK water use if wasteful. About 90% of domestic water flushes toilets and washes; ourselves, clothes and dishes. Fortunately the washing machine makers have reduced […]
Read MoreEarthwatch Lecture – Forests and Climate Change
Earthwatch Lecture – Forests and Climate Change Thursday 26th March, 7.00pm-8.30pm at the Royal Geographical Society, 1 Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AR Our forests, home to an extraordinary range of biodiversity, and arguably one of our greatest safeguards against climate change, continue to be depleted at an alarming rate. How can we set about securing their future?
Read MoreBWEA MEDIA ROUNDTABLE AT BLOOMBERG, APRIL 8th 2009 9:30 to 11 am – PLEASE BOOK IN ADVANCE
BWEA (British Wind Energy Association) will be launching its first Budget submission, ahead of the Budget speech on April 24th. Following a consultation process led by the BWEA, the UK wind industry is putting forward proposals to the Treasury on how to maintain the momentum in the wind sector, on and offshore, during the […]
Read MoreToronto gets feed in tarrifs – we don't – we wonder why.
Quote “Renewable energy in Ontario got a massive boost Thursday with the proposal of a fixed-price plan that, by June, could see the province paying out generous premiums to large and small generators of green power. The premiums – called advanced feed-in tariffs – are what the government guarantees to pay over the life a […]
Read MoreGas Turbines on the Isle of Man: A Case Study between the Manx Electricity Authority and Cranfield University. IDGTE paper at Cranfield, Thursday 19 March.
In the volatile energy market effective use of the available technological, energy and financial resources is now, more than ever, highly pursued. In a combined cycle power plant, gas turbines are the prime mover of power generation. Therefore, detailed understanding and monitoring of gas turbine performance, health condition and associated costs have a deep impact in the decision making process concerning the plant’s operational and maintenance strategy.
In this context, research collaboration between Manx Electricity Authority (MEA) and Cranfield University has been carried out since 2001 and a series of technologies and software have been and are still being developed at Cranfield University and some of them have been integrated into MEA Combined Cycle Gas Turbine Power Plant in Pulrose, Isle of Man. During this constructive and successful collaboration period, the University has been fortunate to acknowledge the industrial needs and make significant academic contributions through ongoing research projects jointly supported by both MEA and EPSRC. On the other hand, MEA has valued the complexity of asset management concerning the gas turbine and the combined cycle, therefore enhancing its trading and operational capabilities through the application of developed performance, diagnostic, trading and economic analysis software.
Read MoreBBC newsitem: Rapid-charge/discharge modified lithium-ion batteries
Interesting item claims scientists have developed “affordable”, rapid-charge / discharge modified lithium-ion batteries. This improvement might make a significant difference to the prospects for practical EVs / PHEVs, by extension to G2V for smoothing wind energy outputs. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7938001.stm
Read MoreNATURE magazine promotes CHP, CHP/DH and Rankine cycle turbine for energy recovery.
Nature this month carries a very good article on using high temperature waste heat to generate power in a Rankine cycle, and strongly advocates the use of CHP and holds out Denmark as an example. http://tx1.fcomet.com/~claverto/cms/download/311/
Read MoreDomestic Energy Usage Survey for Wireless Sensors for Domestic Usage for Home Owners
“ I am doing a masters and need to gain market research for a new product. My product is wireless sensors for domestic usage. I was wondering would people be able to do this survey for my research? Should take 5 – 10 mins max and is not specifically limited to just home owners (but […]
Read MoreWe've been asked to have a look digester technology to treat the effluent from a palm oil mill
http://tx1.fcomet.com/~claverto/cms/download/310/ http://tx1.fcomet.com/~claverto/cms/business-services/Novero-digester-technology.html We‘ve been asked to have a quick look at this technology for a dig ester to treat the effluent from a palm oil mill and then recovering the gas to run a boiler or potentially getting a generator to produce electricity. There would also be revenue from O&M and carbon credits. One of the […]
Read MoreB and Q is believed to have withdrawn its home wind turbines from sale:
B and Q is believed to have withdrawn its home wind turbines from sale: B&Q to invest in micro wind study – this news comes as the company has just pulled the Windsave brand of micro wind turbines from its shelves after last month’s report on trials by consultancy Encraft (Warwick Wind Trials – the […]
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