Polly Higgins book notes

From Energy-Experts

CLAVERTON ENERGY GROUP DRAFT BOOK CHAPTER SUMMARIES (As discussed at the Claverton Energy Conference 25/11/07)

1. Introduction/Executive Summary

2. Background

3. Technologies

4. Infrastructure

5. Energy Efficiency

6. Scenarios?

7. Summary Recommendations

• 1. Introduction/Executive Summary

- Who is the target audience: Policy makers/advisors to policy makers/select committees - What is the question: How to Save the World! - What are we addressing: Global Warming and Fuel Security - (what we need to do, what others need to do) - What is the coherent policy: ?? - Who are the authors: UK/European/Worldwide – independent

• 2. Background

- Climate Change - Security etc - Uncertainty

• 3. Technologies (10 pages each?)

- CO2 potential - Application - Benefits - Constraints - Timeframe/window: building rate viability - Recommendations - Technology descriptions: what, how: eg microgeneration to cover micro CHP, hydro, wind solar

• 4. Infrastructure Options

- distributed (look to Denmark eg) - EUMENA supergrid - Interconnectivity issues: housing, international EU issues

• 5. Energy Efficiency

• 6. Scenarios?

- time windows - solutions: Wind, CSP etc (‘no regrets’ policy), short-term CHP

• 7. Summary Recommendations

Other issues to be determined: • Timescale • Authors • Website (to mirror document/book, with hyperlinking on each topic – one click, 1 page, 2 clicks, 10 page doc, three clicks, various reports/books etc) • Finance • Editor