Tag: Energy
Lights Out: Is the EU failing on energy policy?
Let’s first remind ourselves of a very simple truth: the modern world is built on energy
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The green elites are living in dreamland
Their ‘green industrial revolution’ is simply never going to happen
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Renewables will not solve the energy crisis
Wind and solar are far too unreliable to meet Britain’s energy needs
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Why Britain is on the brink of blackouts
Complacency and green virtue-signalling have wreaked havoc with our energy supplies
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Why our infrastructure is falling apart
Britain’s elites have given up on building for the future
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How the EU is holding Africa back
It’s long been known, but often hushed over, that the subsidies the EU pays its farmers under the Common Agricultural Policy, plus the bureaucratic rules and standards it wields against food imports, have discriminated against African farmers.
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Mass wind and solar? They’re 25 years away
After COP21, the Paris conference on climate change, it’s time to puncture Green euphoria about renewable energy
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Extraordinary innovation: presentation to a conference of UK power systems manufacturers
With a speech entitled ‘Extraordinary Innovation’, James Woudhuysen opens the Association of Manufacturers of Power Systems (AMPS) conference 2015
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Tackling challenges faced by oil and gas companies
Michael Zipf interviews James Woudhuysen after his Keynote address ‘Forecast of the Future: The Value of Ambitious Innovation in Energy’ at the International SAP conference for Oil and Gas, CityCube, Berlin April 2015
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Fracking with George Monbiot
Matthew Taylor brings together James Woudhuysen and George Monbiot for a head-to-head discussion on hydraulic fracturing (fracking) for the the BBC Radio 4 programme ‘Agree to differ‘.
Read the full article...Fujitsu World Tour 2014: The human centric intelligent society
Fujitsu UK CTO Jon Wrennall talks to James Woudhuysen about how technology can help us meet the most human of needs: energy and food.
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British environmentalists love Germany’s energy policies
British environmentalists love Germany’s energy policies. Mistake!
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IT and US energy: grids go smart, armed forces go solar
The US Navy is more committed to solar energy supply than mainstream investors, who prefer to massage energy demand – downwards.
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The most innovative age ever? Five industries for 2020
Here are five key, job-creating yet high-productivity sectors which, with the help of design, could finally move into the 21st century. Published in Mandarin
我们处在人类最富创新力的时代吗？
中信集团2013年培训课
Read the full article...Innovation in energy: expressions of a crisis
Using academic, journalistic and statistical sources, this paper situates energy innovation in historical context before describing the current sclerosis of Western energy R&D.
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The world needs abundant, cheap, clean energy
In an extract from their new book, Energise!, James Woudhuysen and Joe Kaplinsky argue that climate change is real, but the answer is to invest boldly in forms of power supply not moralise about personal consumption.
Read the full article...We need cheap, abundant energy
Here’s how we get it: more R&D, and fewer red herrings. Co authored with Joe Kaplinsky.
Read the full article...Low-energy light bulbs – blaming us for energy consumption
BBC Breakfast: News and discussion piece on the phasing in of new low-energy light bulbs. During this item on BBC Breakfast, James Woudhuysen outlines his criticism of the government’s focus on consumer buying.
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BBC Breakfast: News and debate on a new government initiative around solar energy for British homes. James debates this topic with Stephan Hale, Director of the Green Alliance.
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With three new tracts on planning, energy and waste, the government shows it would rather change our habits than encourage innovation.
Read the full article...UK energy rules leave managers cold
In line with the EU’s Energy Performance of Buildings Directive, UK regulations require a whole-building approach to calculate office carbon emissions.
Read the full article...Windmills of the mind
Why the UK government’s energy policy is more concerned with changing our behaviour and mindset than with actually supplying more energy.
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#IOPC IN THE NEWS AGAIN. Pix: DG Rachel Watson; Acting Deputy DG Kathie Cashell;
Amanda Rowe and Steve Noonann, both Acting Directors, Operations.
That's a lot of acting! No wonder the IOPC's report never saw the light of day.
Are we a bit flaccid, perhaps?
A dubious editorial decision by the Daily Mail that risks glorifying one of the most evil men in history. Who cares about his air fryer recipes?