Posted 9 May 2013

New renewable energy technologies such as wind, solar and marine power have been under development since the 1980s so it is appropriate to review progress and look into the future to see what these technologies may be able to offer. This paper by Bryan Leyland MSc, FIEE(rtd), FIMechE, FIPENZ. looks at the status of each of the new technologies from the point of view of technological maturity, overall cost of the electricity generated and the extent to which it meets the needs of a modern power system. The paper then speculates on what progress we can expect over the next 10 to 20 years and the extent to which new renewable energy technologies may be able to make a major contribution to the supply of electricity.

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Scottish challenge to EU windfarm policy - download pdf here

Posted 1 May 2013

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Posted 31 January 2013

n his inaugural address last week, President Obama demonstrated that he is putting people at risk with misguided climate and energy policies. If there really were an increased threat from “raging fires, and crippling drought, and more powerful storms,” as the president indicated in his speech, then America would need more, not fewer sources of reliable and affordable energy to prepare for and cope with these hazards.  Tom Harris writes in Washington Times.

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Posted 6 January 2012

If 'sovereign debt' is now acceptable as economic jargon popularised by the global financial meltdown, let me have a crack at inventing a new term, 'sovereign eco-cide" as descriptive of how nations can inflict on themselves economic suicide by means of carbon taxes, emissions trading schemes, cap-and-trade madness , etc, caused by the myth that human and animal emissions of  carbon dioxide can cause 'dangerous global warming'. For what led to this invention, see three links below - Terry Dunleavy, New Zealand Climate Science Coalition.

The Scientific Alliance - UK. (click on Read more below)

Donna  Laframboise:  link 

ConservativeHome/Civitas - UK link