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- UK Renewable Energy Support and Information
Ed Milliband has just announced the govornment's latest energy efficiency plan for homes, and it is reported to include long term energy efficiency loans that are fixed to the building rather than the person taking them out. This approach allows a 'pay as you save' approach wherby the income generated from the feed-in tarrif and from energy savings allows householders to see a net reduction in
Source: - added 6 months ago - Emissions Performance Standard for Fossil Fuel Plant
I`ve just noticed that the Tories and Lib Dem's are supporting an Emissions Performance Standard in the current energy bill. An emissions performance standard is basically a limit on how pollouting a given application can be; in this case we are talking about power plants but similar regulations can be placed on cars or other vehicles.In the case of Cars there does seem to be a certain sense to
Source: - added 7 months ago - My thoughts on the Beauly to Denny transmission line.
Today's news has been dominated by the Scottish Government's approval of a major piece of electricity transmission infrastructure. The Beauly-Denny line is a 135 mile long high voltage (400Kv) electricity line that passes through some of the most scenic areas of Scotland including part of the Cairngorm National Park (CNP) . I live some miles away from the power lines track, but still within the
Source: - added 8 months ago - UK aviation policy and climate change.
A quick update on aviation and climate change. Two relavent reports came out at the end of 2009. Most importantly the Committee on Climate Change report on aviation, but also, the Transport select committee report.1. Committee on Climate Change Report "Meeting the UK Aviation Target"2. House of Commons Transport Select Committee "The Future of Aviation"More globally we have a policy measures
Source: - added 8 months ago - HoC Hearings on the future of the UK's Electricity Grid
The new Department of Energy and Climate Change oversight committee sitting in the House of Commons has been looking at the future of the UK's electricity grid "The Future of Britain'€™s Electricity Networks".1st April: Dr Michael Pollitt Electricity Policy Research Group (EPRG); Professor Goran Strbac, Imperial College London; Dr Jim Watson, Sussex Energy Group 22nd April: National Grid,
Source: - added 8 months ago - My favourite recent links.
Three of my favourite website finds of recent months.Have an investment cost from 1980 and wondering how much that is in todays money? Ask this website.Wondering how much power is being generated by the national grid, how much reserve is present and what the costs are? Check out national grid.What interesting sessions (video) took part while the politicians bickered in Copenhagen?
Source: - added 8 months ago - Copenhagen update from climate campers.
Climate campers in Copenhagen just sent over a few interesting links.Here is their photopool. Here is a video from the spait of mass arrests. Here is a video by visiononTV from a demo called 'system change not climate change'.There is also this blog post about the emotions involved in just getting there.
Source: - added 8 months ago - 2C or not 2C
Source: - added 9 months ago - Day 3 - odds and evens
For those too busy/jaded/depressed/ etc to trawl through acres of small print, and for those who would like it kept pithy and to the point, our digested day three round up available here as pdf and below as jpg.
Source: - added 9 months ago - Climate Talks the New 'Business as Usual' ?
During the first couple of thousand days of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change there may have been a few dreamers. But now, in 2009, 6000 days after the Rio Earth Summit where this whole process began, the UNFCCC has become positively hostile to hope. You see, dreamers like to imagine a better world and a world of possibilities. The UNFCCC was setup to achieve a dreamt of
Source: - added 9 months ago