Prof Norton's talk
In his talk yesterday, Brian Norton referred to one of the effects of making homes more efficient. He said that people tended to absorb the improvements into their lifestyle e.g. they wore less...
View ArticleMinisters Should Listen:
hello,we seem to cover all the "big stuff" at the conference but gave little mention to the micro-gen market. If we could get the Minister to introduce a feed-in-tariff of 30c/ unit, like most other...
View Articlestrategic issues in agriculture
May I list what I currently see as key issues; I have ongoing discussion of these in the S&T agriculture group, but the discussion there is limited by lack of membership with relevant experience....
View ArticleGlobal Environmental System Structure
I am frequently struck the incredible degree of complexity inherent in the quota based carbon limit treaties and counter productive mechanisms leading to the export of energy intensive industries to...
View ArticleMeeting Grid Peak Demand Needs
Peak demand in Ireland is ~4800Mw while minimum demand is ~2000MW and total generating capacity of ~6800MW. Peak load plants which can cope with short term variation and respond in minutes. Hydro and...
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