Archive for HVDC
Note from TREC on extra supergrid / DESERTEC links
Posted by: | CommentsHi Andrew,
House of Commons presentation, June 18th 2009- European Supergrid and 100% Renewable Energy
Congratulations on organising the above meeting at the HoC about supergrids and thanks for your support in that area.
In connection with supergrids, you may be interested to put some or all of the following links on to the website of the Claverton group: Read More→
Claverton Energy Group view on European Supergrid HVDC interconnector
Posted by: | CommentsThis note will shortly go out to press and other invitees re the presentation at House of Commons – please read and comment.
Wiki is at: http://claverton.wikispaces.com/European+supergrid
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A significant number of Claverton Energy Group members acknowledge Britain could have energy security and a fully sustainable clean supply of affordable electricity within 30 years (15 years with a crash program) by embracing the European Supergrid (akin to the UK national grid but on a larger scale, linking up Europe, Scandinavia, Iceland, Central Europe, the Ukraine, and north Africa). However, the group is worried that UK energy companies acting without government instruction will be unable and even reluctant to implement it. The 320 strong independent group of energy experts, including a number who wish to remain anonymous because of their positions within the big 6 energy companies, is calling on the government to intervene now to avoid an unregulated energy industry making the kinds of mistakes that were made by an unregulated banking industry.
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“Europe’s green energy vision puts UK in dark”
Source: Copyright 2009, Times (UK) Date: April 30, 2009 Byline: Robin Pagnamenta, Original URL
Discussion / development page for Times article on Supergrid
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