Last week in this column I spoke about the Supergrid and how it will bring revolutionary change to Europe in terms of the free trade of electricity, security of supply, clean sustainable energy and so on. That it will create a leading global position for Europe in the transition to a low carbon economy.
Archive for the ‘Energy Security’ Category
Funding Europe’s future
Friday, July 30th, 2010Supergrid
Friday, April 30th, 2010I would like to return to a subject that I have often spoken about before. The subject is the Supergrid. Those who are familiar with my history over the past eight years will know that I consider this issue to be one of the most important. What I had not realized until very recently is just how relevant the Supergrid is right now.
Wind: The cheapest solution for electricity generation in South Africa
Friday, February 12th, 2010Continuation of the theme that wind and other renewable power sources reduce the cost of providing an electricity service.
Renewables are expensive, we all know that
Thursday, January 21st, 2010Mr. Brian Dames the COO of Generation in South Africa’s ESKOM said that “renewables are expensive, we all know that. We are a moderate wind country and we will exploit that”.
Peak Oil
Tuesday, November 17th, 2009We were very interested to read last week that key figures on oil production produced by the International Energy Agency (IEA) were distorted following US pressure. A whistle blower at the Agency noted that it was “imperative not to anger the Americans. The fact was that there was not as much oil in the world as had been admitted. We have already entered the peak oil zone”
Why Lisbon works for Ireland
Wednesday, September 9th, 2009Isn’t it interesting that the “No” campaign for the Lisbon referendum is objecting to big and small business funding their contribution to the “Yes” debate. They got through the rant without explaining where COIR was getting the €800,000 they have already spent on posters, printing and the fiction writers who drafted their slogans.
Risk reducing aspects of wind energy
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009Why the risk reducing aspects of wind energy are not more widely appreciated.
The electricity industry is a rum industry (to use an old fashioned adjective). It is the only one I know where an important, even dominant, risk as we understand it in business is mitigated by the electricity regulatory and competitive system.
Europe as a civilizing influence
Monday, February 16th, 2009In the last couple of blogs we talked about Europe. We made the point that being in Europe allowed us all to have greater personal wealth, to have more choice in the products we buy, to have more personal freedom in our lives. This, all in addition to the removal of the threat of war.
