By Julian Singer Tees Valley Lithium (TVL) aims to build what it claims will be the first major low carbon Lithium Hydroxide (LIH) plant in the UK. Currently there are no LIH plants in Europe, even though it is the principal form of lithium required by battery manufacturers, in particular those using the most popular [...]
By Julian Singer Clean Power Hydrogen, or CPH2, manufactures a membrane-free electrolyser to produce so-called green hydrogen from electricity and water. The company was founded in Ireland in 2012 by Dr Nigel Williamson and Joe Scott but established its headquarters in Doncaster in 2018. Dr Williamson had worked for ITM Power, the leading UK electrolyser [...]
By Julian Singer We last looked at the performance of AIM-listed renewable energy stocks in April 2021. The plots below show the performance of the same stocks, plus some new ones, over the last two years. Clearly all stocks have been affected since the beginning of the year by fears of inflation and the invasion [...]
By Julian Singer The British Energy Security Strategy issued by the government on 7 April set a new goal of 50GW of offshore wind, including 5GW of floating wind, by 2030. Many doubt whether this is feasible. There is currently 11GW operational with a further 2GW expected to come on line in 2022 from the [...]
By Julian Singer AMTE Power, the Thurso-based manufacturer of lithium-ion and sodium-ion batteries, marked the first anniversary of its AIM listing in February. Its shares were sold for 175p at the initial public offering but have dropped steadily since then to their present value of 90p. This is disappointing, given the need for energy storage [...]
Dubai World Expo 2020 closes on 31 March. Delayed a year by Covid it has still managed to attract 20 million visitors, only slightly down on the 25m predicted. Spread over 1000 acres there are pavilions or exhibits from 237 countries and 28 organisations. Some attendees surprise. How can small countries like Palau (population 18000) [...]
By Julian Singer One of the obstacles to using heat pumps for domestic heating is the need to store hot water, since unlike the combi gas boiler the heat pump cannot produce hot water instantly on demand. It needs to be stored in a hot water tank, but since the advent of combi gas boilers [...]
By Julian Singer Europe, including the UK, Norway and other non-EU countries, imports about 33 per cent of its gas from Russia. Not surprisingly, many studies have been made in the last month examining what would happen if Russia stopped its supply. In the short term Europe has the capacity to store up to 20 [...]
By Julian Singer Many people have dreamt of generating electricity from waves but no one has yet shown it to be commercially successful. Anyone returning from a seaside vacation knows the power of waves, but no one has yet found a system that is rugged enough to withstand the large forces they can generate at [...]
By Julian Singer Nel ASA is a Norwegian company that claims to be not only the first but also the largest manufacturer of electrolysers in the world. It started as a part of Norsk Hydro in 1927 at a time when Norway was beginning to devote some of its huge potential for hydroelectric power to [...]