Monday, 15 February 2016
by Anonymous
Heat networks for towns
Having a big efficient ‘green’ boiler, supplying heat to a whole town or district, is relatively common in Denmark and other countries; in fact one of our clients, Thamesway Energy, does something similar to this in Woking and Milton Keynes. But why isn’t it more widespread in the UK? Tuesday, 19 January 2016
by Oli Coe
Waste not, want not
Recently, satellite data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has estimated that approximately 3.5% of the world’s natural gas supply is wasted by flaring. Flaring is used in gas and oil fields where it is not economically justifiable to capture and use it, for example Friday, 15 January 2016
by Max Knowles
Winter is here
Following an unseasonably warm December, we might be forgiven for forgetting that winter isn’t just an ‘end of year’ season, it’s with us right the way through ‘til February. Wednesday, 30 December 2015
by Jenny Beynon
Well that's cheesy!
A new power plant has recently opened in the French Alps and, rather unusually, it is powered by cheese. Using a by-product of Beaufort cheese, the plant will produce 2.8 million kilowatt hours of energy per year. Wednesday, 09 December 2015
by Andrew Kneeshaw
Solar power with a difference
There has been a push from the Paris energy summit to work on technical solutions to the carbon emissions problem. Solar power has been a key contributor so far, but continuity of supply and energy storage is the big challenge. Here’s an idea from the States that addresses the problem. Thursday, 08 October 2015
by Max Knowles
A change for climate change
On November 30th, the United Nations will convene for the 21st annual Climate Change Conference (UNCCC). In the past, these conferences have produced specific directives, or protocols, with the ultimate aim of stabilising greenhouse gas production to prevent serious interference with the Earth’s Wednesday, 16 September 2015
by Elisa Evans
There are good trains and bad trains and then there's Bullet
The relationship between electricity and magnetism is intriguing. I recently purchased a BB8 Star Wars droid robot as a birthday present for my significant other. The technology behind the ‘magnetic spherical balancing robot’ is newly patented but there are other well-established uses of magnetism. Friday, 04 September 2015
by Anonymous
Fast approaching deadlines
Coming to the end of your renewable energy installation and feeling that that commission deadline is looming closer and closer? If your Pre-FiT accreditation is due to expire at the end of this month then we trust that you have everything in hand as your tariff is likely to be lost. Thursday, 13 August 2015
by Oli Coe
Manure put to extraordinary uses
I was reading the other day about an Anaerobic Digestion (AD) plant at Castelbosco farm, Italy. The farm has built a whole museum, aptly named the ‘Museum of S**t’, which showcases the extraordinary uses, art and history of organic material, both in human history and within nature. Thursday, 06 August 2015
by Max Knowles
