Alternative fuels

Papers in Energy Policy from Mark Delucchi and Mark Jacobson, Stanford / California University USA – 100% renewable energy at reasonable prices and timescales

Dave Andrews January 6, 2011 algae, Alternative fuels, Biofuels, Biogas, Biomass, Biomethane/biogas, Climate Change, cost of electricity, CSP, Digestion, Electric vehicles, Electricity, Energy studies, European Supergrid, Hydro, Hydrogen, Intermittent power, Investment, Load management, Policy, Politics, Power Plant/generators, PV, Renewables, Solar, tidal, Tidal/wave/etc., Transportation, Waste to energy, Wind, Wind Energy 1

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... »

Adsorbed Synthesis Gas – light weight tankers for non fossil fuel shipping fuel

Pacific BioEnergy Ltd July 1, 2010 Agriculture, Alternative fuels, Biomass, News Briefs, Sustainability, Transportation 0

I am trying i to find a supplier of ready made -lightweight ro/ro tanktainers that will hold my own supply of clean syngas (no inerts) I make coconut shell activated carbon with high microporosity and hardness.  Alternately  am looking for someone who has experience working with ASG in particular- making portable tanks- also trying to work out the totals per M3 for capacity, fuel value . The g... »

Evidence of an imminent global oil crunch / peak oil has continued to build, un-noticed by the majority of people

Dave Andrews May 12, 2010 Alternative fuels, Ammonia fuel, Energy studies, Oil, Transportation 0

Folks   In the run up to the UK election, evidence of an imminent global oil crunch has continued to build, un-noticed by the majority of people, almost entirely uncommented on in the election campaign. The CEO of a major oil company has admitted it no longer pays to build up new oil reserves. A US military panel has warned of dramatic shortfalls in oil supply by 2015. A senior US government ... »

Use of biofuels, biodiesel, bioethanol etc is it feasible, ethical, sustainable and environmental?

Dave Andrews May 10, 2010 Agriculture, Alternative fuels, Biofuels, Biomass 1

Hi Dave and Chris Can I add my bit? UK homegrown biofuel could, at extreme, only supply 3 or 4% of UK transport fuel. Ethanol is such poor EROEI and competes directly with food, wheat, sugar, it should not count. We only have ~6M hectares of ploughable land (as in WWII). The figures for WWII are sobering and illustrate for example the limited supply of milk and meat from  permanent grass pasture.... »

Gasification gets The Guardian treatment

Jo Abbess November 15, 2009 Alternative fuels, Biofuels, Capture & Storage, Carbon, CCS, Coal fired, Electricity, Electricity/Power Grids, Hydrogen, New technologies, Transportation 1

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 the underlying problems of the waste gases from the gasification processes described :- http... »

Hydrogen – the green currency of the future

Dave Andrews October 27, 2009 Alternative fuels, Capture & Storage, CCS, Conf Oct 2009, Energy studies, Hydrogen, Intermittent power 0

All governments have pledged to improve energy efficiency and reduce carbon emissions; this effectively means that the world must move to: Electricity from nuclear, renewable or decarbonised sources Hydrogen from renewable or decarbonised sources biomass derived methane gas or hydrocarbon liquids or heat as a by-product, or from biomass, solar or geothermal sources. Of these electricity and ... »

Claverton group – an interactive network of energy experts offering energy experts and consultancy covering renewables, energy policy, energy conservation, power generation, transport

Dave Andrews September 5, 2009 Agriculture, Alternative fuels, Billing, Biofuels, Biogas, Biomass, Biomethane/biogas, Buildings, Capture & Storage, Carbon, CCS, CHP, Climate, Climate Change, CO2 levels, Coal fired, Conservation, CSP, Demand manage, Digestion, Economics, Efficiency, Electric vehicles, Electricity, Electricity/Power Grids, Energy studies, Environment, European Supergrid, Everything else, Financial system, Fission/Fusion, Frequency, Fuel cells, Grid control, Grid/blackouts, Hydro, Hydrogen, Interconnectors, Intermittent power, Investment, Landfill, Load management, Markets, Micro-generation, Natural Gas, New technologies, Nuclear, Oil, Piped/District heat, Policy, Politics, Power export, Power stations, PV, Railways, Renewables, Resources, Smart metering, Solar, Storage, Sustainability, Tax, Taxation, tidal, Tidal/wave/etc., Trams, Transportation, Waste to energy, Wind, Wind Energy 0

Claverton group energy group, comprises an interactive network of energy experts and consultants covering all aspects of energy which are available for hire: We cover: renewables, energy policy, economics, energy conservation, nuclear energy, energy experts, conventional power generation, peak oil, resource issues, domestic energy, building energy, geopolitical aspects, climate change, intera... »

POST NOW FILLED. PhD Studentship to Develop Biogas Fermentation Process Control. Applications are invited for an exciting 3 year studentship

Dave Andrews September 3, 2009 Alternative fuels, Biofuels, Biogas, Biomass, Digestion, News Briefs 1

POST NOW FILLED Applications are invited for an exciting 3 year studentship to develop biogas fermentation technology. A new company is being set up to commercially exploit anaerobic digestion technology. As part of this work the company is working with North Wyke Research and Exeter University. The group is looking for an enthusiastic Engineer / Scientist to work on developing modelling technique... »

"trams as the preferred solution for public transport in urban areas"

Dave Andrews May 24, 2009 Alternative fuels, Biofuels, Biomethane/biogas, Digestion, Electric vehicles, News Briefs, Policy, Transportation 1

How very sensible of you to recommend trams as the preferred solution for public transport in urban areas. I attach a note on the potential for integrating waste recycling with ultra light trams. If really good tram networks are installed (and the cost of installing lightweight rail has now been brought below £2 million per route kilometre double track) then, together with pedestrianisation, cycl... »

ADRECS – How To Rapidly Convert The Central Deserts Of China To Agricultural Regions Producing Huge Amounts Of Renewable Energy For Europe

Dave Andrews April 29, 2009 Agriculture, Alternative fuels, Biofuels, Biomass, CHP, Climate, Climate Change, CSP, Electricity, European Supergrid, Interconnectors, Power export, Power stations, PV, Renewables, Solar, Sustainability, Wind, Wind Energy 2

This article describes a novel concept using existing technology to very quickly a) control the desertification and sand drifts b) enable the establishment of plant species c) the construction of wind farms or CSP connected to Europe by either a lengthy HVDC transmission system, or the local production of ammonia which can readily be transported to eg Europe / USA and easily used as a vehicle fuel... »

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