Abstract: An objective, but broadly sympathetic, view has been taken of the future of cogeneration in the UK. Although its current problems, appear to have resulted from the market economy, the basis to these difficulties is structural. These arguments are supported by discussions on the electrical and CHP efficiencies of various prime movers. These include […]
Read MoreExtract from Mailman transportation issues, trams, buses etc.
As more than one commentator has noted, we cannot convert our present motor vehicle fleet to non fossil liquid or gas fuels, because there is not enough bio-mass/arable land available, and internal combustion engines are very energy inefficient. Buses use a trivial amount of fuel compared to trucks and cars. Converting buses to run on electricity […]
Read MoreEvent Invitation: “Selling to the Bottom of the Pyramid: Lessons from Marketing Compost” by Jonathan Rouse, Director of HED Consulting
The HEDON Household Energy Network (www.hedon.info ) holds a monthly informal meeting in London, UK, where practitioners, policy-makers, funders, and business-owners actively pursuing a cleaner, affordable and more efficient household energy sector unite to share their experiences, learn from one another, and create new knowledge. The next meeting, which your members may find interesting, will […]
Read MoreMarvelous Piece from Electrical Review / Gossage column – electricity privatisation and Ofgem
Truth of the matter – from the marvelous Electrical Review Gossage Column. There has been much ribald laughter at the expense of the energy regulator, from the moment it published its grandiose ‘Discovery’ set of five scenarios for the next decade. Each of which admits the existing electricity system simply isn’t working. Ever since electricity […]
Read MoreGrid-Connected Intermittent Renewables Are The Last To Be Stored
( Note – this article will shortly be published in the Elsevier International Journal of Renewable Energy which owns all rights.) Abstract When hydro-electric power systems became wide-spread, associated developments for energy storage, using pumped water, soon followed. Many other methods of storage have since been considered. Today’s interest in other renewables, notably wind energy […]
Read MoreThe CEGB (Central Electricity Generating Board) were not blinkered and recognised that wind had a capacity credit value
We weren’t blinkered in the CEGB. We were well aware that wind energy CAN be credited with firm capacity [see Swift-Hook, D. T., 1987 “Firm power from the wind” Wind Energy Conversion, Ed. J. M. Galt, (MEP : London) p. 33] and that the cost of off-setting the variability of wind is modest, see […]
Read MoreCarbon-free shipping – using renewables to create ammonia by electrolysis during peak periods to be used as shipping or aviation fuel
Carbon-free shipping. (Ed. – ammonia makes a very good aviation fuel) Ammonia (NH3) could be used as a carbon free fuel for shipping. It could be made from atmospheric nitrogen combined with renewable energy derived hydrogen. Ammonia’s hydrogen could react with oxygen to power engines, turbines or fuel cells, emitting N and H2O. Oxygen pre-separation […]
Read MoreThe film "Minority Report" – Pre-Crime, and Pre-Bribe
People may have seen the rather good (IMHOP) film “Minority Report” starring Tom Cruise. The basic plot idea is that in the future the authorities have a means of detecting serious crimes just before they are about to happen, using a sort of hi tech clairvoyant. Tom Cruise and his hi tech cops then zoom […]
Read MoreFinders Fee – Land for Renewable Power Plant
Large finders fee / reward offered for information leading to the location of suitable land for the construction of a biomass / diesel / wind and other renewable power plant Subject to Contract: A significant finders fee, which could be as much 10s of £thousands, (subject to contract, site suitability etc) when and if building […]
Read MoreSummerleaze have decided to sell Green Hydrogen either as a going concern or the assets
Summerleaze have decided to sell Green Hydrogen (http://www.green-h2.com/), either as a going concern or the assets. Unlike many hydrogen businesses, it is actually producing and selling renewable hydrogen at the moment – 30 Nm3/hr of H2 and 15 Nm3/hr of O2, taking 200 kW (180 kW for the electrolysis and 20 kw parasitics) from our landfill-gas […]
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