Friday, 19 February 2016
by Tay Bishop
The future of BSL discussed by industry reps
I recently visited DECC, along with representatives from the wood fuel industry, to discuss our experiences with the Biomass Suppliers List (BSL) and ways in which it could be improved for the future. Wednesday, 17 February 2016
by Elisa Evans
RHI Biogas tariff degression
DECC have released the latest forecast for estimated, committed Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) expenditure for the next 12 months. The ‘Biogas’ data from DECC’s forecast is applicable to AD clients, and it suggests that the Biogas combustion tariff will decrease by a minimum of 5% from 1 April 2016 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? Monday, 25 January 2016
by Jenny Beynon
Renewable energy storage in the UK
Western Power Distribution has committed to investigate the technical and commercial feasibility of battery energy storage within distributed generation installations in the UK. As a result, they have commissioned Renewable Energy Systems (RES) to build and support its first major UK battery energy 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. Tuesday, 22 December 2015
by Jenny Beynon
How is the ISS powered?
Watching UK astronaut, Tim Peake, blasting off to start his 6 months aboard the International Space Station (ISS) was very exciting and it has been entertaining to watch the video footage of him adjusting to life in space. 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, 22 October 2015
by Jenny Beynon
