Category Archives: CHP

Hydrogen Woo

Posted on May 19, 2017 by

As a follow up to my article on scam water devices, I thought it would be useful to do one on hydrogen and water powered cars. One of the problems with being involved in renewable energy research, in particular fuel … Continue reading →

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Electricity prices – its complicated

Posted on March 3, 2017 by

I came across this comment the other day from some climate denier, the figure he was referring to being given below. The point he was trying to make was that German electricity prices are high and thus renewables = expensive electricity. … Continue reading →

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Northern Ireland and its RHI scheme controversy

Posted on January 22, 2017 by

RHI (Renewable Heat Incentive) schemes are something I’ve long supported. In many countries the winter heating load can represent a significant proportion of carbon emissions. Recall only 20% of the UK’s final energy consumption is electricity, while 36% is heating. … Continue reading →

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The 100% club

Posted on May 23, 2016 by

Recently Portugal has managed to pass that key milestone of achieving 100% of its electricity from renewables over several days, an improvement on the 70% of a few years ago. Granted its more normally an average of 48% from renewables, … Continue reading →

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A brief history of Drax and UK energy policy

Posted on September 22, 2015 by

A key feature of any nation’s energy policy is to play the long game, with long term planning, based on sound scientific advice. However this has been precisely what has been lacking in the UK, which has gone through six … Continue reading →

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Energy Report card – An update

Posted on May 18, 2015 by

Updated on November 2015 with the latest data from the REN 2015 report About a year ago I wrote an article about the current state of play as to the performance of renewables. How they were doing in real terms, compared … Continue reading →

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Longannet – The good news and the bad

Posted on April 14, 2015 by

One of the major news stories in Scottish energy policy in recent weeks was the announcement that the 2.4 GW coal fired power station at Longannet would be shutdown next year. Longannet is Scotland’s largest thermal power station and thus largest … Continue reading →

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