On 9 January 2017, Greenbarrel published a Waste to Energy article, asking a specific question: “What do they do in Paris?” We are told that mainland Europe is showing its prowess when it comes to community heating schemes and that many people wonder why that sort of scheme hasn’t taken off here in the way [...]
Increasing the use of Renewables in Heating (and transport) is more complicated than increasing its use in electricity generation. That is implicitly recognized in the targets the EU has set for 2020. They envisage that 30 per cent of electricity will be generated from wind, solar and other low-carbon sources, but only 12 per cent [...]
The most counter-intuitive of all the types of renewable energy is probably the exploitation of the heat to be found at relatively shallow depths in the earth. While it appears natural to think of harnessing water, the wind, the heat from the sun, or even the heat from volcanoes, a certain leap of the imagination [...]
This is the first in a series of articles about the use of geothermal energy to produce electrical power and heating In these days of heightened awareness of de-carbonisation and global warming it is interesting to note that the world is probably only tapping six or maybe seven per cent of all the global geothermal [...]
Nature Group PLC is incorporated in Jersey. It specialises in providing port reception facilities and waste treatment services to the oil, marine and process industries, and claims more than 25 years’ experience. But the consequences of the oil price collapse for the dedicated petroleum division have been severe, so the recent history of the company’s [...]
On November 8 2017 an arbitration award of US$34 million (£23.15m) was announced in favour of PV Crystalox Solar plc. On that day, the share price rose about 7 per cent to 26.75pence before settling a little. The Stock Exchange tells us that at market closure on Nov 10 the market capitalisation of Crystalox was [...]
On November 6 AIM-listed Quadrise Fuels International reported a somewhat reduced loss for the year ending June 30 2017 (£4.1 million after tax, as compared with £4.8m for the previous 12 months period and £4.9m for the year to 30 June 2015). Group cash stood at £5.0m (2016 £4.3m). Total assets stood at £9.5m (2016 [...]
On one view, this book tells us hard truths about the environment in India, on another it reflects the somewhat obsessional interest in the river Ganges of its author, Victor Mallet, the Financial Times’ Delhi-based correspondent from 2012 to 2016. His thesis is that India is killing the Ganges with pollution and the polluted Ganges [...]
One of the best known stories of the early history of Britain is the tale of how the (vain?) King Canute was persuaded by flattering courtiers that he could successfully order the waves to turn back. It is hard to see why he would be persuaded to do something so obviously foolish. But it is [...]
The re-election of Chancellor Merkel in the recent German elections was predicted by most of the opinion polls, as was the need for a further coalition Government. But the results were less predictable. Once the Socialists (153 seats) had announced that they would go into opposition and thus not take part in a new “Grand [...]