There is a series of talks at the British Council, Penang, Malaysia. The Lecture Series is organized by Global Leadership Consultants in collaboration with Asian Global Business, GeorgeTown College and HELP University College. They use the British Council, Penang rooms as they share the building. This talk on 18 March 2010 was about easy green […]
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These proposals were set out a while back but we’ve been busy. The basic scheme is better than people expected with these figures: A feed in tariff (FIT) allows home produced electricity from solar, wind, GSHP or water (etc) to compete on the grid, as national grid supplies are heavily subsidised. Electricity is paid at […]
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Great piece in Scientific American about a plan to replace fossil fuels completely by 2030. Achievable with political will, if not capsized by vested interests of oil, coal, gas, car companies. I will add a proper article in our main web site when I get around to it (sense of urgency huh!) – and maybe […]
04 Jun, 2009
Posted by: Geoff Davis In: Energy
Lünen, north of Dortmund in Germany, is the first town to be powered by biogas from cow and horse manure. 90,000 people to benefit. Uses farm slurry and all that leftover stuff. Does not smell. Less impact than solar or wind. Did anyone mention wind? See our page on renewable energy systems including combined heat […]