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Energy and Sustainability show for Monday Feb 8th

by Tom Raftery on February 9, 2010 · 4 comments

in GreenMonkTV, video

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We had a great Energy and Sustainability show yesterday – in case you were unable to make it, I recorded the video (above) and the chatstream (below):

Mon, 8 Feb, 16:22
Tom Raftery :
Monday Feb 8th – show kicking off in just under 10 mins
Hi everyone, can you see/hear me [...]

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Spain gets 53% of its energy from wind!

by Tom Raftery on November 14, 2009 · 180 comments

in renewables

Ok, not all the time, but last weekend at 5:50am on Sunday morning (8th Nov) Spain set a new record, hitting 53.7% of its energy requirements being supplied by wind energy.
As you can see from the graph above, the amount of electricity being supplied by wind, the light green portion of the graph, doesn’t [...]

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Seriously people, the correct order is planet first, then people, then profit.

by Tom Raftery on September 7, 2009 · 12 comments

in Carbon emissions

Someone I know and respect made a bit of a boo boo last week and I called him on it. In response to the announcement of BP’s “Giant oil find” in the Gulf of Mexico, he Tweeted:
Giant oil reserver [sic] in the Gulf, most rushing to drill it except the US. Wouldn’t that be ready [...]

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European Future Energy Forum – great show, poor turnout?

by Tom Raftery on June 10, 2009 · 1 comment

in energy

The European Future Energy Forum opened yesterday in Bilbao. The event is sponsored by the likes of Masdar, Iberdrola Renovables, Siemens and Gamesa with support from the local Basque government and Ente Vasco de la Energia.
The talks have for the most part been really interesting with the biggest problem being which track to choose when [...]

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Oracle’s Turning Information into Power report

by Tom Raftery on March 18, 2009 · 2 comments

in smart grid

Oracle released the results of a research report last week called “Turning Information into Power“.
The report had some interesting findings – from the press release:
Americans are concerned about energy costs and show interest in new energy options.

94% are concerned with the energy costs of their primary residence.
95% are interested in receiving detailed information on their [...]

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Sunday Times and the Google non-story

by Tom Raftery on January 12, 2009 · 2 comments

in Carbon emissions

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Britain readies for nation-wide Smart Meter rollout

by Tom Raftery on December 22, 2008 · 0 comments

in demand response

An article in the UK’s Sunday Times recently talked about the plans for a nationwide rollout of Smart Meters in Britain.
From the article:
Telecoms giants Vodafone, O2 and BT and system integrators Logica, Accenture, IBM and Capgemini are understood to have started talks to form bidding consortiums…
The government has put smart meters at the heart of [...]

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REALLY Smart Meters!

by Tom Raftery on December 9, 2008 · 9 comments

in smart grid

Photo Credit yewenyi
Smart electricity meter projects are being rolled out all over the globe at this stage (here’s a map of the Smart Meter projects in the US), and with the Smart Meters, come Smart Grids and Demand Response programs whereby the utilities implement peak shaving programs (and in certain cases demand stimulation) to match [...]

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GreenMonk talks to General Motors about the Chevrolet Volt

by Tom Raftery on October 20, 2008 · 1 comment

in Podcast

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[audio:http://media.libsyn.com/media/podleaders/chevy_volt_podcast.mp3]
Episode 8 of the GreenMonk Podcasts – 37 mins 32 secs
My guest on this podcast is Greg Cesiel. Greg is the Program Director for the Chevrolet Volt. The Chevrolet Volt is an electric vehicle from General Motors, expected to begin hitting showrooms in the US in 2010.
From the Wikipedia entry:
The company has [...]

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