CHP / RENEWABLE / POWER ROAD SHOWS & CONFERENCES 2013 With many conferences, the more you pay, the more, higher paid industry executives you get from “Big Energy” spouting what is essentially self-serving propaganda. These Claverton / GMP conferences will have by contrast incisive discussions of the real energy issues facing us, taking apart the dramatic failure of years o... »
Dear Channel 4 News I have enjoyed Channel 4 News over the years, but was so shocked at the poor quality of your item on climate change and renewables earlier this week I decided to offer some feedback. Your weather balloon stunt was mildly entertaining and showed pretty pictures of clouds, but what was the point exactly? Cathy Newman began her interview by claiming: ‘The extreme rise in tem... »
In the real world, the non-polar deserts are growing at a rapid rate, totally overwhelming the small but valiant attempts at pushing them back. http://hqweb.unep.org/geo/GDOutlook/ One neglected cause among many includes the annihilation of tropical forests. These contain 600 billion tons of carbon, equivalent to about 4.6 trillion barrels of oil or 145 years of oil-burning at the present... »
Some thoughts about current Bio issues. Whilst there are some good reasons to produce biogas from wood when you analyse the process on an exergy basis it is inferior to the combustion of the wood in large scale CHP as practiced in Copenhagen. The reason the work done by the Carbon Trust signalled that AD is an effective route for biomaterials was that the work followed rules set down by the climat... »
Hello all The OECD’s report on the global environment to 2050 (available to buy or read online free at http://www.oecd.org/document/11/0,3746,en_2649_37465_49036555_1_1_1_37465,00.html) includes a summary of where we are at with emissions trajectories at the moment. On the current path, 85% of energy will be provided by fossil fuels in 2050, with an estimated atmospheric CO2 concentration ... »
Energy Conversations: Should we be storing carbon, energy or nuclear waste underground? Wednesday 9 November, 6.30pm As we move towards a low carbon energy infrastructure we will be faced by numerous technology choices. Should we follow Germany and Japan to decommission our nuclear power plants and, if so, should we use carbon capture and storage to make the most of our fossil fuel re... »
Mark Jacobson and Mark Delucchi recently published two papers in Energy Policy expanding upon our article on 100% wind, water, and solar power for the world, published in Scientific American in November 2009. I am attaching corrected in-press proofs of the articles. Mark and I continue to work on various aspects of this, so we welcome comments on these papers. (Please do not distribute them system... »
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 into electricity. This involved modeling the entire European ele... »
CEG Concessionary offer- Renew Claverton Energy Group members a can subscribe to the UK’s leading renewable energy policy journal Renew at the reduced price of £14 p.a. (instead of £20 p.a.). To subscribe go to www.natta-renew.org and sign up via Pay Pall at the £14 concessionary level, or contact Tam_Dougan@natta-renew.org mentioning that you are a CEG member. Now in its 30th yea... »
The Conference on Independent Power Generation will be held at the NEC Birmingham, 8th – 10th June 2010. IP&EE – Independent Power & Energy Europe – is the essential biannual event for the Independent European Energy Sector. The Show provides an ideal platform for players in the energy industry to showcase the latest cutting-edge technology and for those professionals to ... »
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