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| charge travels from silk to amber and from hair to balloon | Charging by Friction | The Physics Classroom – undated | http://www.physicsclassroom.com/class/estatics/Lesson-2/Charging-by-Friction | 12/20/2015 |
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| Godalming’s power station | Godalming and Electricity | Godalming Museum – undated | http://www.godalmingmuseum.org.uk/index.php?page=1881-godalming-and-electricity | 12/20/2015 |
| Pearl street power station | Pearl Street Station | IEEE.org – undated | http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Pearl_Street_Station | 12/20/2015 |
| Tesla, Westinghouse, Niagara | Nikola Tesla and George Westinghouse built the first hydro-electric power plant in 1895 in Niagara Falls and started the electrification of the world | Tesla Memorial Society of New York – undated | http://www.teslasociety.com/exhibition.htm | 12/20/2015 |
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| World Future Council – Denmark savings | How to achieve 100% renewable energy | World Future Council – Sep 2014 | http://worldfuturecouncil.org/fileadmin/user_upload/Climate_and_Energy/Cities/Policy_Handbook_Online_Version.pdf | 12/20/2015 |
| Capacity factor for solar PV and nuclear | Nuclear Power Reliability: A Key Issue for Our Energy Future | Nuke Power Talk – May 2015 | http://www.nukepowertalk.blogspot.co.uk/2015/05/nuclear-power-reliability.html | 12/20/2015 |
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| EROEI is a new subject | Why energy storage is (not) a dead-end industry | Energy Storage Report – Oct 2014 | http://energystoragereport.info/eroi-energy-return-on-investment/ | 12/20/2015 |
| if we take rooftops etc into account energy density is less of an issue | Elon Musk just made an incredibly important point about solar energy | BusinessInsider – Dec 2015 | http://www.businessinsider.com.au/elon-musk-just-made-an-incredibly-important-point-about-solar-energy-2015-12 | 12/23/2015 |
| US smart grid financial returns | Smart Grid: Overview, Issues and Opportunities | Amin, European Journal of Control, (2011)5-6:547-567 | http://massoud-amin.umn.edu/publications/CDC2011_Plenary_EJC.pdf | 12/20/2015 |
| Belgium to have the first energy island? | Energy Atoll island attracts concession request | Deme – Jul 2015 | http://infomesr.org/attachments/W13-P-0008.pdf | 12/2/2015 |
| Feynman and kinetic energy | Green Energy for Metropolitan Transport | Singh, International Journal on Power Engineering and Energy, online (2314- 730X) Vol. (4) – No.(1), Jan 2013 | http://www.academia.edu/8827154/Green_Energy_for_Metropolitan_Transport | 12/20/2015 |
| Scottish lighthouse | Northern Lighthouse Board awards framework agreement to Saft for maintenance-free Ni-MH batteries | Saft Press Release Number 29-11 – Jun2011 | http://www.saftbatteries.com/press/press-releases/northern-lighthouse-board-awards-framework-agreement-saft-maintenance-free-ni | 12/21/2015 |
| Hemsby, Norfolk Energy Storage | ABB & UK Power Networks Energy Storage Installation | DOE Global Energy Storage Database – sep 2014 | http://www.energystorageexchange.org/projects/379 | 12/21/2015 |
| Leighton Buzzard | Europe’s largest energy trial | Younicos – undated | http://www.younicos.com/en/projects/05_Leighton_Buzzard/ | 12/2/2015 |
| French company to install 44,000 battery systems in Qatar | Saft bags USD-10m battery order for solar systems in Qatar | SeeNews – March 2015 | http://renewables.seenews.com/news/saft-bags-usd-10m-battery-order-for-solar-systems-in-qatar-470072 | 12/21/2015 |
| Combine energy markets | Hydricity’ concept uses solar energy to produce power round-the-clock | ChemEurope – Dec 2015 | http://www.chemeurope.com/en/news/156049/hydricity-concept-uses-solar-energy-to-produce-power-round-the-clock.html | 12/23/2015 |
| Cars to store energy | Employing electric vehicles batteries to store energy for the National Grid | Professor Suleiman M Sharkh, University and Southampton, Jun 2014 | http://www.southampton.ac.uk/engineering/news/2014/06/16_electric_vehicles_batteries_to_store_energy_for_the_national_grid.page | 12/21/2015 |
| Gravel batteries | UK government funds gravel-based mechanical battery | The Engineer – May 2013 | http://www.theengineer.co.uk/energy/news/uk-government-funds-gravel-based-mechanical-battery/1016257.article | 12/21/2015 |
| Argon batteries | Pumped Heat Electrical Storage | Energy Storage Association – undated | http://energystorage.org/energy-storage/technologies/pumped-heat-electrical-storage-phes | 12/21/2015 |
| Molten salt batteries | Smart Grid Battery: Molten Salt Battery | Better World Solutions – undated | http://www.betterworldsolutions.eu/smart-grid-battery-molten-salt-battery/ | 12/21/2015 |
| Base load book | Sustainable Energy Solutions for Climate Change | Mark Diesendorf, UNSW Press, 2014 | http://www.publish.csiro.au/pid/7308.htm | 12/20/2015 |
| Analysis of wind in Europe | Wind Blowing Nowhere | Energy matters [blog] – Jan 2015 | http://euanmearns.com/wind-blowing-nowhere/ | 12/10/2015 |
| large energy users have special contracts | Short Term Operating Reserve | National Grid – undated | http://www2.nationalgrid.com/uk/services/balancing-services/reserve-services/ | 12/10/2015 |
| Air conditioning controlled in America | Rush Hour Rewards, white paper summary | Nest – Apr 2013 | http://downloads.nest.com/rush_hour_rewards_white_paper_summary.pdf | 12/21/2015 |
| Air conditioning controlled in Canada | HVAC & Energy Systems | Natural Resources Canada (gov) – undated | http://www.nrcan.gc.ca/energy/efficiency/housing/research/3937 | 12/2/2015 |
| Air conditioning controlled in Australia | Demand management | SA Power Networks – undated | http://www.sapowernetworks.com.au/centric/industry/our_network/demand_management.jsp | 12/2/2015 |
| Washing machines controlled by a third party | Insight Report: Domestic Direct Control Trials | Network Revolution – Feb 2015 | http://www.networkrevolution.co.uk/project-library/insight-report-domestic-direct-control-trials/ | 12/21/2015 |
| Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Germany power link | Wind power generates 140% of Denmark’s electricity demand | The Guardian – Jul 2015 | http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/jul/10/denmark-wind-windfarm-power-exceed-electricity-demand | 12/21/2015 |
| UK Norway connection and Norway as a green battery | Norway can be Europe’s green battery | Gemini – Jul 2015 | http://gemini.no/en/2015/07/http://gemini.no/en/2015/07/norway-can-be-europes-green-battery// | 12/21/2015 |
| Poland, Sweden, Lithuania, Estonia, Finland and Latvia) power link | Lithuania to start testing power links to Sweden, Poland | Reuters – Nov 2015 | http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/11/11/lithuania-electricity-links-idUSL8N1364GO20151111 | 12/21/2015 |
| Europe and africa started to share electricity in 1997, the MedRing and the best places for solar | Morocco develops wind and solar power for clean energy [Part of The Report:Morocco 2015) | Oxford Business Group – 2015 | http://www.oxfordbusinessgroup.com/analysis/morocco-develops-wind-and-solar-power-clean-energy | 12/21/2015 |
| medgrid | European Union – Union for the Mediterranean: A energy hub in the Mediterranean for the security of supply of EU and South and East Mediterranean Countries | conferencemedgrid2015 – Jan 2015 | http://conferencemedgrid2015.evenium.com/site/medgrid-conference-de-bruxelles-2/1000045562;jsessionid=-fi5M6Z01vmHaFE5tqi7riof.gl3?pg=1000045562 | 12/2/2015 |
| PwC energy company executives survey | 13th PwC Annual Global Power & Utilities Survey Energy transformation: The impact on the power sector business model | PricewaterhouseCoopers – 2013 | https://www.pwc.pt/pt/publicacoes/imagens/2013/13th_pwc_annual_global_power_utilities_survey.pdf | 12/21/2015 |
| UK big six not interested in energy efficiency | Cameron’s climate envoy blames big six energy firms for green deal’s failure | The Guardian – Feb 2015 | http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/feb/25/camerons-climate-envoy-blames-big-six-energy-firms-for-green-deals-failure | 12/21/2015 |
| Bonaire | A Caribbean Island Says Goodbye Diesel and Hello 100% Renewable Electricity | Rocky Mountain Institute – Jan 2015 | http://blog.rmi.org/blog_2015_01_07_a_caribbean_island_says_goodbye_to_diesel_fuel | 12/20/2015 |
| Bonaire – bio fuel | Bonaire’s Breezy Future | Audubon Magazine – Jul 2009 | http://archive.audubonmagazine.org/web/bonaire/ | 12/20/2015 |
| Bonaire – technical boundaries | Wind-diesel hybrid power generation, Bonaire | Commercial website | https://www.mottmac.com/article/5382/wind-diesel-hybrid-power-generation-bonaire | 12/21/2015 |
| Italy smart grid | Technology Roadmap – Smart Grids | IEA – 2011 | http://www.iea.org/publications/freepublications/publication/smartgrids_roadmap.pdf | 12/21/2015 |
| UK cost of smart meters | Policy – Helping households to cut their energy bills, Smart meters | gov.uk – Jun 2014 | https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/2010-to-2015-government-policy-household-energy/2010-to-2015-government-policy-household-energy#appendix-7-smart-meters | 12/20/2015 |
| Offgem RIIO | Network regulation – the RIIO model | ofgem – undated | https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/network-regulation-%E2%80%93-riio-model | 12/21/2015 |
| Exporting regulation quote | All hands on deck for an electricity local generation – Alistair Buchanan | Financial Times [Letters] – Jan 2015 | http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d4200334-95bc-11e4-a390-00144feabdc0.html?siteedition=uk | 12/21/2015 |
| Analysts at UBS wrote | UBS Analysts: Solar Will Become the ‘Default Technology of the Future’ | GreenTechMedia – June 2015 | http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/ubs-analysts-solar-will-become-the-default-technology-of-the-future | 12/21/2015 |
| Report for the National Bank of Abu Dhabi | Financing the Future of Energy The opportunity for the Gulf’s financial services sector | A report for the National Bank of Abu Dhabi by the University of Cambridge and PwC – March 2015 | http://www.nbad.com/content/dam/NBAD/documents/Business/FOE_Full_Report.pdf | 12/20/2015 |
| History of PV | Photovoltaic History | sunlightelectric – commercial website | http://www.sunlightelectric.com/pvhistory.php | 12/21/2015 |
| antartica’s very production solar cells | Running on renewable energies | International Polar Foundation – undated | http://www.antarcticstation.org/station/renewable_energies | 12/21/2015 |
| UK PV installed capacity and active solar production | DUKES Chapter 6: Renewable sources of energy |
gov.uk jul 2015 | https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/digest-of-uk-energy-statistics-dukes | 12/2/2015 |
| Build PV into windows | New Energy’s Electricity-Generating SolarWindow Trumps Competition with Industry’s Fastest-Ever Payback | Business Wire [Press Release] – Jun 2015 | http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20150225005194/en/Energy%E2%80%99s-Electricity-Generating-SolarWindow-Trumps-Competition-Industry%E2%80%99s-Fastest-Ever#.VZE7N_lVhBc | 12/21/2015 |
| Dow Jones | Dow Jones Teams with SunPower to Become a Corporate Leader in Solar Power | Sunpower – Mar 2011 | http://us.sunpower.com/commercial/success-stories/dow-jones/ | 12/21/2015 |
| Energy consumption of the average UK home, used in Dow Jones, Belfast Tidal and Scottish community calculations | ECUK Chapter 3: Domestic data tables | Gov.uk – Jul 2015 | https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/energy-consumption-in-the-uk | 11/24/2015 |
| convert tonnes of oil equivilent to megawatt hours | Unit Juggler | unitjuggler.com | https://www.unitjuggler.com/convert-energy-from-toe-to-MWh.html?val=1.3 | 12/21/2015 |
| Solar in oil production (California) | Chevron Uses Solar Power To Steam Oil Out Of California Field | Forbes – Apr 2011 | http://www.forbes.com/sites/christopherhelman/2011/10/04/chevron-uses-solar-power-to-steam-oil-out-of-california-field/ | 12/21/2015 |
| Solar in oil production (Saudi Arabia) | Middle Eastern Money Oils Wheels of Solar Expansion | Renewableenergyworld – May 2014 | http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2014/05/middle-eastern-money-oils-wheels-of-solar-expansion?cmpid=rss&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter | 12/21/2015 |
| Potash mining with solar | HB Solar Solution Mine Project | Commercial website | http://www.intrepid-hbproject.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/HB-Presentation-Website-4.8.11.pdf | 12/21/2015 |
| A copper mine in Western Australia to use solar | Renewable energy and mining | Commodities now – Feb 2015 | http://www.commodities-now.com/reports/metals-and-mining/18336-renewable-energy-and-mining.html | 12/21/2015 |
| Blackfriars Bridge | Blackfriars: taking it to the bridge | solarcentury – undated | http://www.solarcentury.com/uk/case-studies/blackfriars-taking-it-to-the-bridge/ | 12/21/2015 |
| Concentrating solar kills wildlife | Can Birds Be Protected From Huge Solar Plants? | Climate Central – Aug 2014 | http://www.climatecentral.org/news/can-birds-be-protected-from-solar-plants-17943 | 12/21/2015 |
| Austrian winery | Piping cold | The E&T Magazine – Jul 2010 | http://eandt.theiet.org/magazine/2010/10/piping-cold.cfm | 12/2/2015 |
| Worcester Polytechnic solar road | Alternative Energy Hits the Road | Worcester Polytechnic Institute News Release – Aug 2008 | http://www.wpi.edu/news/20101/asphaltnews.html | 12/21/2015 |
| PV solar roads | Solar Roadways | Commercial website | http://www.solarroadways.com/intro.shtml | 12/21/2015 |
| Price parity – solar | Deutsche Bank report: Solar grid parity in a low oil price era | Deutsche Bank – Mar 2015 | https://www.db.com/cr/en/concrete-deutsche-bank-report-solar-grid-parity-in-a-low-oil-price-era.htm | 12/2/2015 |
| Price parity – solar and other renewables | 5 Climate And Clean Energy Charts From 2015 You Need To See | Climate Progress – Dec 2015 | http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/12/17/3733049/best-climate-clean-energy-charts-2015/ | 12/23/2015 |
| Thomas Edison quote | Lumina: Enlightened Design for Brighter Outcomes | Blum Centre – undated | http://blumcenter.berkeley.edu/newsletters/lumina-enlightened-design-for-brighter-outcomes-2/ | 12/21/2015 |
| Mawson Station – wind supplies 95% of energy needs most of the time | Wind power | Australian Antarctic Division – undated | http://www.antarctica.gov.au/living-and-working/station-life-and-activities/renewable-energy/wind-power | 12/2/2015 |
| Increase in Chinese wind | China Production Capacities | TheWindPower – Nov 2015 | http://www.thewindpower.net/country_en_9_china.php | 12/2/2015 |
| China 2016-2020 targets | China targets 200 GW wind energy, 100 GW solar energy installed capacity by 2020 | China Carbon.net.cn – Nov 2014 | http://chinacarbon.net.cn/china-targets-200-gw-wind-energy-100-gw-solar-energy-installed-capacity-2020/ | 12/2/2015 |
| UK total generation for comparison with Chinese wind | DUKES Chapter 5: Electricity | gov.uk – Jul 2015 | https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/digest-of-uk-energy-statistics-dukes | 12/2/2015 |
| European wind statistics | Wind in power – 2014 European statistics | EWAE – Feb 2015 | http://www.ewea.org/fileadmin/files/library/publications/statistics/EWEA-Annual-Statistics-2014.pdf | 12/2/2015 |
| Bahrain World Trade Centre | What Big Wind Turbines You Have! – Bahrain World Trade Center | MyModernMet – Nov 2008 | http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/what-big-wind-turbines-you | 12/21/2015 |
| Airbourne Wind Energy Consortium | Airborne wind energy consortium – members list | Airbournewindenergyconsortium – undated | http://www.aweconsortium.org/public/views/pages/members.php | 12/20/2015 |
| First airborne turbine | Emerging Energy Technology Fund Status Update | Alaska Energy Authority – Feb 2015 | http://www.akenergyauthority.org/Content/Programs/EETF/Documents/EETFProjectUpdates021815.pdf | 12/2/2015 |
| Amplitude modulation | Amplitude modulation application released | Institute of Acoustics – Oct 2015 | http://www.ioa.org.uk/amplitude-modulation-application-released | 12/21/2015 |
| No adverse health affects from infrasound | A Study of Low Frequency Noise and Infrasound from Wind Turbines | O’Neal, Hellweg, Lampeter, NextEra Energy Resources, Jun 2009 | http://www.cpuc.ca.gov/environment/info/dudek/ecosub/E1/D.8.2_AStudyofLowFreqNoiseandInfrasound.pdf | 12/21/2015 |
| Downy like a feather | Silent flights: How owls could help make wind turbines and planes quieter | Cambridge University – Jun 2015 | http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/silent-flights-how-owls-could-help-make-wind-turbines-and-planes-quieter | 12/21/2015 |
| Expecting negative effects | The Power of Positive and Negative Expectations to Influence Reported Symptoms and Mood During Exposure to Wind Farm Sound. | Crichton, Dodd, Schmid, Gamble, Cundy, Petrie, Health Psychology, Nov 25, 2013 | http://psycnet.apa.org/psycinfo/2013-40810-001/ | 12/20/2015 |
| No huge impact on house prices | Wind Turbines Have Little Impact on Property Values, Study Finds | wnpr – Jan 2014 | http://wnpr.org/post/wind-turbines-have-little-impact-property-values-study-finds#.UtVHbeIJY1s.twitter | 12/21/2015 |
| Wind decreases the cost of electricity | Wind energy reduces electricity prices for consumers – EWEA | proactiveinvestors – Apr 2010 | http://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/15811/wind-energy-reduces-electricity-prices-for-consumers-ewea–15811.html | 12/21/2015 |
| Bird death quote and one in ten thousand premature deaths | Common Concerns about wind power | Centre for sustainable Energy – May 2011 | https://www.cse.org.uk/downloads/reports-and-publications/renewables/common_concerns_about_wind_power.pdf | 12/20/2015 |
| Sniffer dogs used to find bat carcases | Conservation Dogs – Carcass detection | Commercial website | http://www.conservationdogs.com/services_carcass/ | 12/21/2015 |
| 2% of Golden Eagles killed by humans | Eagles and Wind Energy | AWEA – undated | https://www.awea.org/Issues/Content.aspx?ItemNumber=832 | 12/21/2015 |
| Golden Eagle experts support wind development work | US scientists track what’s killing golden eagles | BBC News (with US Fish And Wildlife Service) – Oct 2013 | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-24719185#?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter | 12/20/2015 |
| RSPB reviews planning applications for wind farms | Wind farms | RSPB – undated | https://www.rspb.org.uk/forprofessionals/policy/windfarms/ | 12/11/2015 |
| Birds find lasers frightening | Bird Control Group | Commercial website | http://birdcontrolgroup.com/aerolaser-groundflex/ | 12/21/2015 |
| Bat deaths | Bat Fatalities at Wind Turbines: Investigating the Causes and Consequences | USGS – undated | http://www.fort.usgs.gov/BatsWindmills/ | 12/21/2015 |
| British Bat Conservation Trust | Wind Farms and Wind Turbines: A position statement from BCT | Batconservationtrust – undated | http://www.bats.org.uk/pages/wind_turbines.html | 12/21/2015 |
| American Bat Conservation group works with industry to reduce bat mortality | Bats and wind energy cooperative | BWEC – undated | http://www.batsandwind.org/ | 12/21/2015 |
| Floating wind turbines | Hywind Scotland Pilot Park | Statoil – undated | http://www.statoil.com/en/TechnologyInnovation/NewEnergy/RenewablePowerProduction/Offshore/HywindScotland/Pages/default.aspx?redirectShortUrl=http%3a%2f%2fwww.statoil.com%2fHywindScotland | 12/21/2015 |
| Rance Tidal power station | La Rance Tidal Barrage | StrathclydeUniversity – undated | http://www.esru.strath.ac.uk/EandE/Web_sites/01-02/RE_info/tidal1.htm | 12/21/2015 |
| Severn barrage | Severn tidal power: feasibility study conclusions | gov.uk – Jan 2013 | https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/severn-tidal-power-feasibility-study-conclusions | 12/21/2015 |
| Belfast tidal power | SeaGen The world’s first commercial scale tidal energy turbine deployed in Northern Ireland | Marine Current Turbines [Press Release] – undated | http://www.marineturbines.com/3/news/article/7/seagen__the_world_s_first_commercial_scale_tidal_energy_turbine_deployed_in_northern_ireland | 12/21/2015 |
| Tidal power in the Pentland Firth | UK leads marine energy revolution as world’s largest tidal stream project agrees investment to begin construction in Scotland | Atlantis Resources [Press Release] Aug 2014 | http://atlantisresourcesltd.com/media-centre/atlantis-annoucements/78-2014-annoucements/320-uk-leads-marine-energy-revolution-as-world-s-largest-tidal-stream-project-agrees-investment-to-begin-construction-in-scotland.html | 12/21/2015 |
| Swansea tidal lagoon | Tidal Lagoon Power Swansea | Commercial website | http://www.tidallagoonswanseabay.com/proposal-overview-and-vision.aspx | 12/2/2015 |
| six tidal lagoons providing 8% of the UK’s electricity | Tidal Lagoon Power | Commercial website | http://www.tidallagoonpower.com/ | 12/2/2015 |
| The world’s largest power stations | List of largest power stations in the world | Wikipedia – Dec 2015 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_power_stations_in_the_world | 12/10/2015 |
| hydroelectric power stations over 1,000 MW | List of conventional hydroelectric power stations | Wikipedia – Aug 2015 | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_conventional_hydroelectric_power_stations | 12/2/2015 |
| Ethiopia dams | Ethiopia’s Dam Boom | Internationalrivers – undated | http://www.internationalrivers.org/campaigns/ethiopia-s-dam-boom | 12/21/2015 |
| Ethiopia dams are a source of tension | The largest hydroelectric project in Africa has so far produced only discord | The Economist – Jan 2016 | http://www.economist.com/news/middle-east-and-africa/21688360-largest-hydroelectric-project-africa-has-so-far-produced-only-discord-egypt?fsrc=scn/tw/te/bl/ed/egyptsudanandethiopiaarestrugglingtosharethenile | 2/4/2016 |
| Congolese dam | The Inga hydroelectric projects | UNEP – undated | http://postconflict.unep.ch/congo/en/content/inga-hydroelectric-projects | 12/21/2015 |
| 700 run of the river systems | Run of the River | University of Victoria – 2012 | http://www.energybc.ca/profiles/runofriver.html | 12/21/2015 |
| pumped hydro – 3% storage, list of UK power station | DUKES Chapter 5: Electricity | gov.uk – Jul 2015 | https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/digest-of-uk-energy-statistics-dukes | 12/2/2015 |
| Limpet station | Islay Limpet Wave Power Station | Scotland’sRenewableEnergyGuide – Jul 2012 | http://www.scotsrenewables.com/blog/?s=lIMPET&search=Search | 12/21/2015 |
| Bouyant discs generate electricity off Perth | Renewable Power from the Ocean’s Waves | Carnegie Wave Energy – Jun 2015 | http://www.carnegiewave.com/ | 12/21/2015 |
| European Marine Energy Centre – Orkney | The European Marine Energy Centre – Orkney | Commercial website | http://www.emec.org.uk/ | 12/21/2015 |
| Northumberland Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult | Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult | Commercial website | https://ore.catapult.org.uk/ | 12/21/2015 |
| Wave Hub (Cornwall) | Wave Hub | Commercial website | http://www.wavehub.co.uk/ | 12/21/2015 |
| Turbines in the Florida current | Ocean Current Energy Getting a Test Site in Florida | National Geographic – Jun 2014 | http://energyblog.nationalgeographic.com/2014/06/04/ocean-current-energy-getting-a-test-site-in-florida/ | 12/21/2015 |
| Vivace and Bernitsas quote | Fish technology’ draws renewable energy from slow water currents | University of Michigan – Dec 2008 | http://ns.umich.edu/new/releases/6842 | 12/29/2015 |
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| How does OTEC work | What is OTEC | OTEC News – undated | http://www.otecnews.org/what-is-otec/ | 12/21/2015 |
| Hawii has a 100 kW system | Hawaii First to Harness Deep-Ocean Temperatures for Power | Scientific American – Aug 2015 | http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/hawaii-first-to-harness-deep-ocean-temperatures-for-power/ | 12/21/2015 |
| Lockheed Martin | Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion | Commercial website | http://www.lockheedmartin.co.uk/us/products/otec.html | 12/21/2015 |
| Oblinsk | Nuclear Power in Russia | World Nuclear Association – Mar 2015 | http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/Country-Profiles/Countries-O-S/Russia–Nuclear-Power/ | 12/21/2015 |
| Fukashima designed to withstand 8.6 magnitude earthquake | Fukushima Nuclear Plant’s Tsunami Plan A Single Page | The Huffington Post – May 2011 | http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/27/fukushima-nuclear-plan-single-page_n_867897.html | 12/21/2015 |
| Onagawa – 200 people | Onagawa Nuclear Facility Weathered Devastating March 11 Earthquake and Tsunami, Provided Shelter to Hundreds of Local Residents | Nuclear Energy Institute – Nov 2011 | http://safetyfirst.nei.org/safety-and-security/onagawa-nuclear-facility-weathered-devastating-march-11-earthquake-and-tsunami-provided-shelter-to-hundreds-of-local-residents/ | 12/21/2015 |
| Radiation released by Fukusima | Physicist: There was no Fukushima nuclear disaster | cfact – Oct 2013 | http://www.cfact.org/2013/10/12/physicist-there-was-no-fukushima-nuclear-disaster/ | 12/20/2015 |
| Radiation released by Fukusima and bananas | The Fukushima Radiation Leak Is Equal To 76 Million Bananas | Forbes – Oct 2013 | http://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2013/08/10/the-fukushima-radiation-leak-is-equal-to-76-million-bananas/ | 12/21/2015 |
| radioactive waste 400,000 tonnes of coal ash and volume of nuclear waste, OECD toxic waste and UK Conditioned radioactive waste, tailings not radioactive waste | Radioactive waste management | World Nuclear Association – Oct 2015 | http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/Nuclear-Fuel-Cycle/Nuclear-Wastes/Radioactive-Waste-Management/#.UibxFn_pySo | 12/3/2015 |
| Liquid fuel (nuclear) | Liquid Fuel Nuclear Reactors | American Physical Society – Jan 2011 | http://www.aps.org/units/fps/newsletters/201101/hargraves.cfm | 12/20/2015 |
| Fast reactors | Fast Reactors Provide Sustainable Nuclear Power for “Thousands of Years” | IAEA – Mar 2013 | https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/fast-reactors-provide-sustainable-nuclear-power-thousands-years | 2/2/2016 |
| Small reactors | For Safety in Reactors, Company Thinks Small | The New York Times – Oct 2013 | http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/12/business/energy-environment/thinking-very-small-for-new-nuclear-plants.html?smid=tw-share&gwh=CFC54ED7C830C4017D961941714A6941&gwt=pay | 12/21/2015 |
| Thorium | Thorium | World Nuclear Association – Mar 2015 | http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/Current-and-Future-Generation/Thorium/ | 12/21/2015 |
| thorium for molten salt reactors and thorium in china | Molten Salt Reactors | World Nuclear Association – May 2015 | http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/Current-and-Future-Generation/Molten-Salt-Reactors/ | 12/3/2015 |
| Thor Energy experimental plants | Thorium Fuel – Test irradiation underway in Norway | Thor Energy [Press Release] – July 2013 | http://thorenergy.no.s13.subsys.net/thorium-fuel-test-irradiation-underway-in-norway/ | 1/30/2016 |
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| Thorium in India | World’s First Thorium Reactor Designed | International Thorium Energy Organisation – Feb 2014 | http://www.itheo.org/articles/world%E2%80%99s-first-thorium-reactor-designed | 12/3/2015 |
| Thorium in Norway | Thorium and the dream of clean nuclear power | Reuters – Dec 2013 | http://in.reuters.com/article/2013/12/20/us-breakout-thorium-global-idINBRE9BJ0RR20131220 | 12/3/2015 |
| Generation iv nuclear | Generation IV Nuclear Reactors | World Nuclear Association – Aug 2015 | http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/nuclear-fuel-cycle/power-reactors/generation-iv-nuclear-reactors/ | 12/7/2015 |
| Iceland: hydro and geothermal | Icelandic geothermal | Orkustofnum – undated | http://www.nea.is/geothermal/ | 12/3/2015 |
| Geothermal in Cornwall | Geothermal | Invest in Cornwall – undated | http://www.investincornwall.com/key-sectors/environmental-and-renewable-energy/geothermal/ | 12/21/2015 |
| Stoke and deep geothermal | District heat network plans get the green light | Stoke on Trent and Staffordshire district partnership – May 2015 | http://www.stokestaffslep.org.uk/district-heat-network-plans-get-the-green-light/ | 12/3/2015 |
| Earthquakes in California | Geothermal power facility induces earthquakes, study finds | Universtiy of California, Santa Cruz – Jul 2013 | http://news.ucsc.edu/2013/07/geothermal-earthquakes.html | 12/20/2015 |
| Earthquakes and 70,000 ground source systems in Switzerland | Geothermal energy in Switzerland | Geoportal – Oct 2013 | http://www.geologieportal.ch/internet/geologieportal/en/home/news/topicofthemonth/geothermie_in_der.html | 12/21/2015 |
| Geysers | About geothermal energy – Welcome to The Geysers | Commercial website | http://www.geysers.com/geothermal.aspx | 12/20/2015 |
| Wet geothermal | Types of Geothermal Power Plants | Energy Almanac – undated | http://energyalmanac.ca.gov/renewables/geothermal/types.html | 12/20/2015 |
| landfill gases used by utilities | Landfill Gas | Commercial website | https://www.clarke-energy.com/landfill-gas/ | 12/17/2015 |
| landfill gases used by private companies | Garbage In, Power Out: South Carolina BMW Plant Demonstrates Landfill Gas to Hydrogen Fuel | energy.gov – aug 2015 | http://energy.gov/articles/garbage-power-out-south-carolina-bmw-plant-demonstrates-landfill-gas-hydrogen-fuel | 12/17/2015 |
| Mexican pigs | EcoSecurities registers 22 Anaerobic Digestion CDM Projects in Mexico and the Philippines | Cargill – Nov 2006 | http://www.cargill.com/news/releases/2015/index.jsp | 12/20/2015 |
| Thermal Renewables in the UK | DUKES Chapter 6: Renewable sources of energy | Gov.uk – Jul 2015 | https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/digest-of-uk-energy-statistics-dukes | 12/3/2015 |
| Industrial biomass can be bad | Where the wood pellet industry threatens US forests | EU Bioenergy – Jan 2016 | http://eubioenergy.com/2016/01/12/where-the-wood-pellet-industry-threatens-us-forests/ | 2/3/2016 |
| Industrial biomass can be good | Green energy: How one power plant chips away at the UK’s carbon footprint | The Independent – Jan 2016 | http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/green-energy-how-one-power-plant-chips-away-at-the-uks-carbon-footprint-a6796716.html | 1/31/2016 |
| Combined heat and power in the UK, production figures, renewable fuels, sales | DUKES Chapter 7: Combined Heat and Power | Gov.uk – Jul 2015 | https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/digest-of-uk-energy-statistics-dukes | 12/3/2015 |
| Number of UK homes | Families and Households, 2014 | ONS – Jan 2015 | http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/family-demography/families-and-households/2014/families-and-households-in-the-uk–2014.html | 12/3/2015 |
| number of homes heated by oil | United Kingdom housing energy fact file | gov.uk – Dec 2013 | https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/345141/uk_housing_fact_file_2013.pdf | 12/3/2015 |
| electricty generated by a micro CHP unit | Micro-CHP | Energy saving trust – undated | http://www.energysavingtrust.org.uk/domestic/micro-chp | 12/21/2015 |
| 26 average US power stations | Slaying electricity “vampires”‘ | Sharon Beder, Engineers Australia, November 2001, p. 59 | https://www.uow.edu.au/~sharonb/columns/probe22.html | 12/20/2015 |
| Greece or Portugal on stand by | Commission’s proposals to reduce standby electric power consumption | Europa.eu – Jul 2008 | http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-08-488_en.htm?locale=en | 12/20/2015 |
| Well insulated homes should leave the heating on | Is it cheaper to leave your heating on all the time or turn it on and off? | The Green Age – Jan 2014 | http://www.thegreenage.co.uk/is-it-cheaper-to-leave-your-heating-on-all-the-time-or-turn-it-on-and-off/ | 12/21/2015 |
| 8.1 million UK households are not on mains gas | LSOA estimates of distances between non-gas households and nearest grid connection | gov.uk – Mar 2015 | https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/lsoa-estimates-of-distances-between-non-gas-households-and-nearest-grid-connection | 12/3/2015 |
| People without mains gas are more likely to suffer from fuel poverty | Fuel, energy and fuel poverty in rural areas | gov.uk – Jan 2013 | http://www.consumerfocus.org.uk/files/2012/04/Off-grid-fuels.pdf | 12/3/2015 |
| Airforce one runs on DC | DC Power Microgrids: Self-Sufficiency for Utility Customers | theenergycollective – Jun 2013 | http://theenergycollective.com/stevencollier/234071/self-sufficiency-utility-customers-role-dc-microgrids | 12/21/2015 |
| Mauritius – sea water air conditioning | Tropical data centre uses sea currents for cooling | E&T Magazine, vol 4 issue 17 Oct 2009 | http://eandt.theiet.org/magazine/2009/17/news.cfm | 12/21/2015 |
| Curacao and Hawaii sea water air conditioning | Curaçao Airport Seawater Air-Conditioning: A Great Opportunity For The Airport And Curaçao | Curacao Chronicle – Nov 2012 | http://curacaochronicle.com/economy/curacao-airport-seawater-air-conditioning-a-great-opportunity-for-the-airport-and-curacao/ | 12/21/2015 |
| UK electricity losses | DUKES Chapter 5: Electricity | gov.uk – Jul 2015 | https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/digest-of-uk-energy-statistics-dukes | 12/3/2015 |
| Super conductors | Superconductor Applications | Georgia State University – undated | http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/solids/scapp.html | 12/20/2015 |
| Add carbon nanoballs to high voltage cables | Carbon nanoballs can greatly contribute to sustainable energy supply | Chalmers University – Jan 2015 | http://www.chalmers.se/en/news/Pages/Carbon-nanoballs-can-greatly-contribute-to-sustainable-energy-supply.aspx | 12/20/2015 |
| Transmission losses | Zonal Power Losses [section 7.46] | NationalGrid – 2002 | http://www.nationalgrid.com/UK/library/documents/sys_02/chap7/mnch7_10.htm | 12/3/2015 |
| UK HVDC cables | Western Link project website | Commercial website | http://www.westernhvdclink.co.uk/ | 12/20/2015 |
| Squeezing the balloon – 4 to 13% increase in use | Lighting, Electricity, Steel – Energy Efficiency Backfire in Emerging Economies | the Breakthrough – Oct 2014 | http://thebreakthrough.org/index.php/issues/energy-efficiency/lighting-electricity-steel | 12/20/2015 |
| UK electricity consumption dropped 17% | Office for National Statistics | Full Report: Household Energy Spending in the UK, 2002-2012 – released March 2014 | http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/household-income/expenditure-on-household-fuels/2002—2012/full-report–household-energy-spending-in-the-uk–2002–2012.html | 12/3/2015 |
| Factors affecting the rebound effect | Estimating broad-brush rebound effects for household energy consumption in the EU 28 countries and Norway | Galvin, Energy Policy, Volume 73, October 2014, Pages 323–332 | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301421514001402 | 12/29/2015 |
| Noise improves solar | Big beats bolster solar cell efficiency | QueenMaryCollege – Nov 2013 | http://www.qmul.ac.uk/media/news/items/se/116312.html | 12/20/2015 |
| Sound from heat | A Sound Way To Turn Heat Into Electricity | ScienceDaily – Jun 2007 | http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/06/070603225026.htm | 12/21/2015 |
| Low grade heat to electricity | Printed thermoelectric generators could capture energy from waste heat | Gizmag – Apr 2013 | http://www.gizmag.com/printed-thermoelectric-generators/26918/ | 12/20/2015 |
| New materials to generate electricity from heat | Flat battery? New prototype turns waste heat into electricity | The Conversation – Nov 2014 | http://theconversation.com/flat-battery-new-prototype-turns-waste-heat-into-electricity-34304 | 12/21/2015 |
| New materials to generate electricity from heat | High-performance bulk thermoelectrics with all-scale hierarchical architectures | Biswas, He, Blum, Wu, Hogan, Seidman, Dravid & Kanatzidis, Nature 489, 414-418, September 2012 | http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v489/n7416/full/nature11439.html | 12/21/2015 |
| Chemical cells to generate electricity from heat | Running on waste heat – Gang Chen’s thermoelectric devices turn waste heat into electricity for vehicles and other machines. | MITei – Aug 2014 | http://mitei.mit.edu/news/running-waste-heat | 12/21/2015 |
| Speedy solar grill | gosun stove | Commercial website | http://www.gosunstove.com/ | 12/21/2015 |
| metal particles | Could metal particles be the clean fuel of the future? | McGill University – Dec 2015 | https://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/channels/news/could-metal-particles-be-clean-fuel-future-257172 | 12/23/2015 |
| Solid state fuel cell uses heat | A Fuel Cell That Runs on Fire | MIT Technology Review – Apr 2013 | http://www.technologyreview.com/view/514321/a-fuel-cell-that-runs-on-fire/ | 12/21/2015 |
| Wellington boots | Orange’s Prototype Power-Welly Boots Are Made For Charging | Popular Science – Jul 2010 | http://www.popsci.com/gadgets/article/2010-06/these-boots-are-made-charging | 12/21/2015 |
| Dog mess | Poopy power! Dog mess to be turned into electricity in pioneering scheme | Dailymail – May 2012 | http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2137773/Puppy-power-Dog-mess-turned-electricity-pioneering-scheme.html | 12/21/2015 |
| Working energy plants | Plant Power: Dutch company harvests electricity from living plants to power streetlights, Wi-Fi, and cell phones | Inhabitat – Jan 2015 | http://inhabitat.com/plant-power-dutch-company-harvests-electricity-from-living-plants/ | 12/21/2015 |
| Folding cheap battery | Binghamton engineer creates origami battery | Discover – e – Jun 2015 | http://discovere.binghamton.edu/features/paper-6113.html | 12/21/2015 |
| Bacterial spores and evaporating water | Biophysicist Harnesses Power of Evaporation, Discovers Potential New Source of Renewable Energy | Columbia News – Jan 2014 | http://news.columbia.edu/content/biophysicist-harnesses-power-evaporation-discovers-potential-new-source-renewable-energy | 12/21/2015 |
| Tesla launch house batteries (the powerwall) | Powerwall – Tesla Home Battery | Commercial website | https://www.teslamotors.com/powerwall | 12/21/2015 |
| flowing current from triboelectric charging | A universal self-charging system driven by random biomechanical energy for sustainable operation of mobile electronics | Niu, Wang, Yi, Zhou & Wang, Nature Communications 6, Article number: 8975 doi:10.1038/ncomms9975, December 2015 | http://www.nature.com/ncomms/2015/151123/ncomms9975/full/ncomms9975.html | 2/4/2016 |
| Carbon dioxide for geothermal | Total Heat Energy Output From, Thermal Energy Contributions To, and Reservoir Development of CO2 Plume Geothermal (CPG) Systems |
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| National Coal Mining Museum | Pumping at the pit | NationalCoialMiningMuseumforEngland via FaceBook – Feb 2013 | https://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=10151275836276491 | 12/21/2015 |
| Swedish community uses heat from a mining company | We are building a climate-smart system for Sweden’s cheapest district heating | LKAB [Press Release] – Aug 2014 | https://www.lkab.com/en/Media/News1/?ni=7140&c=&m= | 12/21/2015 |
| Goodyear’s concept tyre converts heat to electricity | Tires that Charge an Electric Car | Electric Co-op Today – Mar 2015 | http://www.ect.coop/emerging-technologies/electric-cars/tires-that-charge-an-electric-car/78953 | 12/21/2015 |
| Wave Glider | About the Wave Glider | Commercial website | http://www.lrog.com/the-wave-glider/about.html | 12/21/2015 |
| Sea kites off the shores of Holyhead in Anglesey | Welsh Government invests 13 million euros of EU funds in marine energy leader Minesto to start the commercial roll out of marine power plants in Wales | Minesto [Press Release] – May 2015 | http://minesto.com/welsh-government-invests-13-million-euros-of-eu-funds-in-marine-energy-leader-minesto-to-start-the-commercial-roll-out-of-marine-power-plants-in-wales/ | 12/21/2015 |
| Electricity from shoes | Smart shoe devices produce power from walking | E&T Magazine – Jan 2015 | http://eandt.theiet.org/news/2015/jan/smart-shoe-energy.cfm | 12/21/2015 |
| Electricity from walkways | Pavegen installed 10 tiles in Harrods’ flagship store, situated in the heart of London | Commercial website | http://pavegen.com/harrods-london | 12/21/2015 |
| Electricity from football pitches | Shell Football Pitch, Rio de Janeiro | Commercial website | http://www.pavegen.com/projects/shell-football-pitch-rio-de-janeiro | 12/21/2015 |
| some fusion reactors have achieved ignition | Feature: Germany fires up bizarre new fusion reactor | Science Magazine – Dec 2015 | http://news.sciencemag.org/physics/2015/10/feature-bizarre-reactor-might-save-nuclear-fusion?utm_content=buffer044cd&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer | 12/23/2015 |
| Iter | Unlimited Energy | iter – website | http://www.iter.org/ | 12/21/2015 |
| Lockheed Martin – back of a truck | Is Lockheed’s fusion project breaking new ground? | cosmosmagazine- Oct 2014 | https://cosmosmagazine.com/technology/lockheed%E2%80%99s-fusion-project-breaking-new-ground | 12/21/2015 |
| National Ignition Facility (Star Trek) | National Ignition Facility | NIF Website | https://lasers.llnl.gov/ | 12/21/2015 |
| Helium-3 on the moon | Why Go Back to the Moon? | NASA – Jan 2008 | http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/news/series/moon/why_go_back.html | 12/21/2015 |
| Ashton Hayes | Ashton Hayes Going Carbon Neutral | Goingcarbonneutral – undated | http://www.goingcarbonneutral.co.uk/ | 12/3/2015 |
| Howell Williams | Hydro-electricity in Wales: Turning streams into cash | BBC News – Nov 2009 | http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8387449.stm | 12/21/2015 |
| Plymouth, next chapter in the story of the UK energy market | First Community Energy Supplier Formed To Save Residents £1M a Year | Ovo [Press Release] – Oct 2014 | https://www.ovoenergy.com/about-ovo/media-centre/press-releases/2014/october/first-community-energy-supplier-formed-to-save-residents-gbp1m-a-year.html | 12/21/2015 |
| Robin Hood Energy – Nottingham | Why is Robin Hood Energy different? | Robin Hood Energy – website | https://www.robinhoodenergy.co.uk/#benefits-title-anchor | 12/21/2015 |
| William Kamkwamba | These Are the 30 People Under 30 Changing the World | Time – Dec 2013 | http://ideas.time.com/2013/12/06/these-are-the-30-people-under-30-changing-the-world/slide/william-kamkwamba/ | 12/21/2015 |
| Tetiaroa | Faculty Experts: Tim Krantz – Renewable energy in Tetiaroa, French Polynesia (Full) | YouTube – Jun 2013 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PM5CSG96lcg | 12/21/2015 |
| Scotlish community schemes can power 100,000 homes | Community renewables hits new heights | The Scottish Government – Jun 2015 | http://news.scotland.gov.uk/News/Community-renewables-hits-new-heights-1a6f.aspx | 12/3/2015 |
| IwamotoScott | Blade Runner Meets Flower Power In IwamotoScott’s City Of The Future | Archtizer – Oct 2012 | http://architizer.com/blog/hydro-net-iwamotoscott-tedxcity20/ | 12/21/2015 |
| El Heirro | El Hierro becomes first isolated territory powered 100% by renewables | El Pais – Aug 2015 | http://elpais.com/elpais/2015/08/20/inenglish/1440063550_895429.html | 12/3/2015 |
| Puerto Rico | Puerto Rico – Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard | Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency – May 2015 | http://programs.dsireusa.org/system/program/detail/4267 | 12/3/2015 |
| Georgetown to go 100% renewable (electricity) | SunEdison To Provide The People Of Georgetown Texas With 150 Megawatts Of Solar Power | SunEdison [Press Release] – Mar 2015 | http://investors.sunedison.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=106680&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=2026622 | 12/21/2015 |
| Costa rica powered for 113 days on 100% renewab;es | Costa Rica continues record run 100% renewable electricity | The Costa Rica News – Apr 2015 | http://thecostaricanews.com/national/costa-rica-continues-record-run-100-renewable-electricity/ | 12/21/2015 |
| Sub Saharan africa to have 45% renewable electricity by 2040 and Fatih Birol quote | Energy sector is key to powering prosperity in sub-Saharan Africa | IEA – Oct 2014 | https://www.iea.org/newsroomandevents/pressreleases/2014/october/energy-sector-is-key-to-powering-prosperity-in-sub-saharan-africa.html | 12/21/2015 |
| King’s Cross regeneration | Power it up! | King’s Cross.co.uk – undated | https://www.kingscross.co.uk/energy-centre | 12/21/2015 |
| King’s Cross energy efficient buildings | Green Buildings | King’s Cross.co.uk – undated | https://www.kingscross.co.uk/sustainable-building-design | 12/21/2015 |
| Yorkshire Water – archimedes screw | Yorkshire Water: Esholt WwTW – Pioneer of Sustainability | Yorkshire Water via YouTube – Jul 2011 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nu_O_r6hY2c | 12/21/2015 |
| District Heating Schemes | Policy – Increasing the use of low-carbon technologies, heat networks | gov.uk – Jun 2014 | https://www.gov.uk/government/policies/increasing-the-use-of-low-carbon-technologies/supporting-pages/heat-networks | 12/21/2015 |
| Aberdeenshire will host two geothermal feasibility studies | Geothermal energy projects awarded quarter million | The Scottish Government – Jun 2015 | http://news.scotland.gov.uk/News/Geothermal-energy-projects-awarded-quarter-million-19ed.aspx | 12/21/2015 |
| Storage projects on French islands and island territories | Analysis: France’s island solar+storage program presents EUR100 million opportunity | PV Magazine – jun 2015 | http://www.pv-magazine.com/news/details/beitrag/analysis–frances-island-solarstorage-program-presents-eur100-million-opportunity_100019932/#.VYucx7W7Uxg.twitter | 12/21/2015 |
| The National Trust will reduce its energy bill by £4m a year | Energy – By harnessing the power of nature and being careful with the energy we use, the places we find special can be beautiful forever | National Trust – live website | http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/what-we-do/big-issues/energy-and-environment/ | 12/21/2015 |
| National Trust Hidden Hydro | Snowdon Hydro | National Trust – undated | http://ntenvironmentalwork.net/snowdon-hydro/ | 12/21/2015 |
| Centre for sustainable energy | Sustainable retrofit of heritage homes | Centre for Sustainable Energy – Jan 2013 | https://www.cse.org.uk/projects/view/1224 | 12/11/2015 |
| List of large power cuts in 2011 | Power outage statistics – Wikipedia | Wikipedia – undated | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_major_power_outages | 12/3/2015 |
| UK electricity availability 537 power cuts | Sustainable Development indicators – Theme 4: Ensuring a secure and reliable gas and electricity supply | Ofgem – Feb 2014 | https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications-and-updates/sustainable-development-indicators-theme-4-ensuring-secure-and-reliable-gas-and-electricity-supply | 12/3/2015 |
| UK electricity availability sixty seven minutes over 0.65 events | CEER Benchmarking Report 5.2 on the Continuity of Electricity Supply | CEER – Feb 2015 | http://www.ceer.eu/portal/page/portal/EER_HOME/EER_PUBLICATIONS/CEER_PAPERS/Electricity/Tab4/C14-EQS-62-03_BMR-5-2_Continuity%20of%20Supply_20150127.pdf | 12/3/2015 |
| National Grid use ‘last resort’ measures for the first time | National Grid uses ‘last resort’ measures to keep UK lights on | The Telegraph – Nov 2015 | http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/energy/11975069/Power-plant-breakdowns-force-National-Grid-to-issue-alert.html | 12/17/2015 |
| Outage costs in the US | A Framework and Review of Customer Outage Costs: Integration and Analysis of Electric Utility Outage Cost Surveys | Lawton, Leora, Michael J. Sullivan, Kent Van Liere, Aaron Katz, and Joseph H. Eto, Berkley, Nov 2003 | https://emp.lbl.gov/publications/framework-and-review-customer-outage-costs-integration-and-analysis-electric-utility-ou | 12/3/2015 |
| 90% of companies without a computer disaster plan go out of business within 18 months | Power Blackout Report Reveals South East England is Worst Affected Region for Third Year Running | Eaton – Apr 2013 | http://powerquality.eaton.com/UK/About-Us/News-Events/2013/PR120413.asp?id=&key=&Quest_user_id=&leadg_Q_QRequired=&site=&menu=&cx=101&x=3&y=5 | 12/21/2015 |
a portfolio of interests
Michelle Spaul 