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Coire Glas – the raging beast of pumped hydro storage
Coire Glas – the raging beast of pumped hydro storage Back in December 2013 Scottish and Southern Energy PLC (SSE) was granted planning approval for the 600 MW / 30 GWh pumped hydro storage (PHS) scheme at Coire Glas, northern Scotland. At the time I wrote a post called The Coire Glas pumped storage scheme […]
Energy Externalities Day 5: Wind Power
Energy Externalities Day 5: Wind Power It’s now day 5 of the Energy Externality Game and time to move onto the first of the new renewables, namely wind power. Loved by Green groups who see only reduced CO2 emissions, wind farms are hated by many others who see a blot on the landscape. Here at […]
The Beast from the East and European Energy Security
The Beast from the East and European Energy Security European energy security is a subject I return to time and again normally prompted by some kind of event. This time it is severe cold weather and snow that has spread from Siberia over the whole of North and Western Europe, rather late in the season, […]
The ERoEI of Mining Uranium
The ERoEI of Mining Uranium In 2009, in the comments to this post on The Oil Drum we stumbled upon a mine of information on the operation of the Rossing uranium mine in Namibia. The data table provided numbers for the amount of energy used on site together with the amount of uranium mined. This […]
Oil Production Vital Statistics January 2018
Oil Production Vital Statistics January 2018 The oil price has begun 2018 strongly with Brent breaking through $70 / bbl for the first time since December 2014. OPEC+Russia+others’ discipline on production constraint remains high with ~ 1.7 Mbd production withheld from the market. The IEA reports an ~1 Mbpd stock draw in the OECD + […]
The Death of Sunspot Cycle 24, Huge Snow and Record Cold
The Death of Sunspot Cycle 24, Huge Snow and Record Cold My friend Alex is in Chamonix in the shadow of Mont Blanc in the French Alps. He sent some very snowy pics and mentioned that it was fair dinging down. The most snow since 2010. Knowing that sunspot cycle 24 was well-advanced I did […]
Cosmic Rays, Magnetic Fields and Climate Change
Cosmic Rays, Magnetic Fields and Climate Change In my recent post on The Cosmogenic Isotope Record and the Role of The Sun in Shaping Earth’s Climatean interesting discussion developed in comments where there was a fair amount of disagreement among my sceptical colleagues. A few days later, retired Apollo astronaut Phil Chapman sent me this […]
The Cosmogenic Isotope Record and the Role of The Sun in Shaping Earth’s Climate
The Cosmogenic Isotope Record and the Role of The Sun in Shaping Earth’s Climate The defining division between “climate sceptics” and “greenhouse gas warmists” is the role of the Sun in causing Earth’s climate to oscillate. The anecdotal evidence for a significant solar role comes from the observation that during the Little Ice Age (LIA) […]
The Geological Society of London’s Statement on Climate Change
The Geological Society of London’s Statement on Climate Change A group of geologists have drawn my attention to the 2010/2013 Geological Society of London‘s statement on climate change and asked if I could arrange an on-line discussion about it. The lead author of the statements is Dr Colin Summerhayes who has participated as guest blogger […]
The 2018 Oil Production Forecast Explained
The 2018 Oil Production Forecast Explained In my recent post, Oil Price Scenario for 2018, my global supply forecast was seriously at odds with those presented by the International Energy Agency (IEA) and Rystad Energy, a respected Norwegian consulting firm. This post puts more flesh on my 2018 oil production view. The post could easily have […]
Virtual Energy
Virtual Energy Has the day of the smart computer controlled micro-grid arrived? They reduce dependency on power from large centralised utilities whilst at the same time empowering communities to become self sufficient in energy supplies. Blockchain computer code is the enabling technology that allows the vendor of surplus solar power to trade with a neighbour […]
China’s “Hualong 1” passes the first stage of the UK GDA process
China’s “Hualong 1” passes the first stage of the UK GDA process With little fanfare last week, the Chinese designed HPR1000 (previously Hualong-1), pressurised water reactor, cleared the first of four stages in the General Design Assessment (GDA) administered by the UK Office of Nuclear Regulation (ONR). China General Nuclear (CGN) proposes to build 2 […]
Oil Production Vital Statistics September 2017
Oil Production Vital Statistics September 2017 On around June 28th the price of WTI and Brent once again began to diverge and the spread now stands at over $7. The WTI – Brent spread was a feature of the high oil price era and its reappearance could be a bullish signal for the oil price. […]
The Real Cost of Offshore Wind
The Real Cost of Offshore Wind A couple of weeks ago (I think September 11) I was watching BBC news mid morning, following the Hurricane Irma story and I happened to catch an editorial on the recent CfD auction where the lowest bids for offshore wind came in at £57.50 / MWh, well below the […]
Atlantic Hurricane Trends and Mortality
Atlantic Hurricane Trends and Mortality Since 1851 there has been on average 5.4±2.5 (1SD) Atlantic Hurricanes per annum. There is a clear trend of rising frequency from 4.4 Hurricanes per annum in 1851 to 6.3 per annum today, that is a rate of increase of 1.2 hurricanes per annum per century. Mortality from Hurricanes has […]
