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Read MoreA note on the importance of fast acting mitigation measures Dr. Mark Barrett 20.03.09
Of critical importance is global warming over periods of decades, the time integrated radiative forcing of greenhouse gases, and so early, small reductions in GHGs can be as important as later larger reductions, especially given the increasing concern about ‘tipping points’. Measures such as motorway speed reduction (< 5 years implementation) and car downsizing (~15 […]
Read MoreCommercial Opportunities for Back-Up Generation (including diesel generators) and Load Reduction via National Grid, the National Electricity Transmission System Operator (NETSO) for England, Scotland, Wales and Offshore.
This article written by: Mark Duffield Senior Account Manager Contracts and Settlements UK Transmission – Network Operations National Grid National Grid House Warwick Technology Park Gallows Hill Warwick CV34 6DA
Read MoreHydrogen – the green currency of the future Mark Crowther GASTEC at CRE Lt
If there are images in this attachment, they will not be displayed. Download the original attachment By 2050 it is suggested there will be three possible green energy vectors, (excepting bio-mass, bio-oils and bio-gases). Low carbon hydrogen Low carbon electricity Low carbon hot water. This paper is about the first of these three: Low carbon […]
Read MoreFrom Dr John Constable. Note on the Renewable Energy Foundation
Dear Mr Andrews:
I posted the following response re. REF yesterday, but it seems stuck in the moderation queue. Could you please accelerate this.
Regards,
John Constable.
Note on the Renewable Energy Foundation
The postings concerning REF on the Claverton list have been drawn to my attention, and since there is a good deal of confusion in some of the remarks I thought it might be helpful if I, John Constable, Director of Policy and Research for REF, were to post a response. [More…]
1. Renewable Energy Foundation (REF) is a UK registered charity, and has been since 2004. It has no political affiliation, and publishes data and analysis on the renewable sector, as well as engaging in educational activities.
2. When first created Noel Edmonds kindly agreed to be chairman, and he remains in that role.
3. REF is guided by its board of Trustees, and advised by the Technical Advisory Group (see http://www.renewable-energy-foundation.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=108&Itemid=72). Those listed on TAG are not members of REF, but independent experts who have agreed to advise the Foundation on policy and the conduct of research.
4. REF does not, now, have members; it has Friends of the Foundation, and the charity is supported by private donation only. The identity of these donors is public information, though they are numerous and cannot all be listed here. Some of the largest charitable trust making donations to charities have given money, including the Rausing, and the Cadogan trusts. In addition, the entrepreneur Vincent Tchenguiz gave generously to support the creation of the Renewable Energy Data files, described in more detail below.
5. Renewable Energy Forum Ltd is the charity’s not-for-profit sister company, and was created at the same time as the charity.
6. The organisation has not recently divided, though in the last two weeks Renewable Energy Foundation has moved to a new web site, www.renewable-energy-foundation.org.uk, while Renewable Energy Forum has taken over www.ref.org.uk. For the time being the latter website will host the archive of the charity, while material is gradually transferred.
7. REF aims to improve understanding of the renewable sector by supporting and in some cases publishing technical research.
8. For example, in 2005 we supported two articles on Danish wind power in Proceedings of the ICE, both by Hugh Sharman.
‘Why Wind Power Works for Denmark’, Proceedings of ICE: Civil Engineering, 158 (May 2005), 66-72
‘Why the UK should build no more than 10 GW of Wind Capacity’, Proceedings of the ICE: Civil Engineering, 158 (November 2005), 161-169.
Read MoreUsing standby diesel generators for short term reserve to support main power grids – potentially good news from National Grid
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Hi Dave
Firstly apologies for not getting back to you about Bernard’s note sooner. I read the attached email above with interest as it’s always good to see that there is interest out there in providing Short Term Operating Reserve (STOR, previously known as “Standing Reserve”) from new sources, whether someone is interested in approaching us directly or through an aggregator. I did note that in your last line you said that if contracts could be made available for a longer period of time then this might elicit more interest from parties. On that front there is potentially good news, the changes that we introduced to the STOR contract form a year or two back, allow users to tender for a contract of up to 10 years duration, and as part of the STOR review that my colleague Craig Maloney is undertaking at the moment we may potentially be looking to extend that capability to even longer term contracts.
Read MorePrivate client manager Invicta is to launch a £300m fund targeting the biomass industry to cash in on government targets for renewable energy
( Bruno Prior, MD of Forever Fuels, comments on the Invicta announcement – these are Bruno’s personal views, not those of Claverton Group)
“Just one little problem (well actually, several, but this one’s a good one).
Invicta have been shy about whose technology they are using. We sent one of our team to a public meeting in Edinburgh, to ask the question. He was told that Organics would supply the kit, in 1.2MW modules. Happily for us, Rob Eden, Organics’ MD, is a long-time associate of ours (going back around 25 years), so we contacted Rob to express interest in a gasifier or pyroliser if he had 1.2MW modules
Read MoreA Short Poem on Climate Change in the run up to Christmas, 2009
A Short Poem on Climate Change in the run up to Christmas, 2009 I fly abroad – the speed of sound; That’s the way to cover ground Why holiday here when you can go Around the world, for sun and snow I must have two mobile phones I’ve two ears, to hear their […]
Read MoreRichard Scrase on a short trip from Japan to Copenhagen by train reporting for UIC
(From Richard Scrase <riscrase the at symbol yahoo.co.uk>, media advisor to Claverton Group) Dear all, I’m about to embark on a short trip from Japan to Copenhagen by train reporting for UIC. You might like to follow me online. Hope to upload images, video etc. For the media folk amongst you – the material is […]
Read MorePresident Obama signed the 2010 Energy & water appropriations bill
Good news for fuel cells. On October 28, 2009, President Obama signed the 2010 Energy & Water appropriations bill which includes funding for the DoE Hydrogen Program and other offices at approximately 2009 levels for both stationary and transportation hydrogen technologies. A recent news brief in Worldwide Independent Power has a piece from Cummins, who […]
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