by Erik Blakeley | Dec 17, 2014 | Climate Change, Green Electricity & Gas, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Uncategorized, Wind Power
Renewable Energy Salesmen? I used to think that the climate change deniers paid for by big fossil firms and anti-renewable NIMBYs were the worst threats to progress in the fight to cut emissions of GHGs and slow Climate Change but I have recently come across possibly...
by Erik Blakeley | Nov 5, 2014 | Climate Change, Energy Efficiency
Carbon Capture & Storage This is interesting: http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/defiant-coal-industry-pushes-emissions-cleanup-research-in-face-of-ipcc-report-20141103-11gag2.html Whilst I do see some scope for CCS as a transition tactic there...
by Erik Blakeley | Oct 29, 2014 | Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Uncategorized, Wind Power
A word on Intermittency Those opposed to renewable`s talk about the energy grid as if it would gallop along smoothly using nuclear and fossil fuels all operating at 100% capacity factor with no need for excess capacity or spinning reserves if it weren’t for those...
by Erik Blakeley | Oct 27, 2014 | Climate Change, Energy Efficiency, Fuel Poverty & Security, Green Electricity & Gas, Renewable Energy, Wind Power
Climate Change Deniers So right wingers are calling for us to ditch the Climate Change Act entirely and to stop making progress on decarbonisation unless it is matched by other countries. Sounds good? Sounds reasonable? Well No and No in my opinion. It’s easy to say...
by Erik Blakeley | Oct 24, 2014 | Renewable Energy, Sustainable Energy Stories, Wind Power
Challenge Navitus – the movie I thought I would have a look at the Challenge Navitus site today and noticed that they have some animations of views from various places of the proposed offshore wind farm Navitus Bay...