Category: Energy
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Latest paper – based on a talk in Berlin last September 2012
I really enjoyed being in Berlin (or rather Potsdam) last September and presenting this paper to a conference organised by the excellent Friedrich-Naumann Stiftung Fuer die Freiheit – the think tank of the of German Liberal Democrat Party. And full marks to them for having an excellent url www.freiheit.org – i.e. freedom.org ! It’s not…
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Debating shale gas again . . . on the Daily Politics
Amazing. You wouldn’t know that in the whole country, all we have are just 4 exploration wells, only one of which has been partially fracked and all of them have been suspended from activity for over 18 months because of 2 tiny tremors that didn’t break a single teacup. Compare that to the USA where…
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The case for using UK Shale Gas is overwhelming
I know, I know, I haven’t updated this site for a long time but here’s a video of me speaking on Sky TV making the case for UK Shale Gas. This comes from a report I recently co-authored for the Institute of Directors where I am an Energy Policy Adviser – all details here and freely…
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Latest radio interview on ACR and website update coming
Dear all, forgive me for being a bit remiss in updating this website – I have been concentrating my efforts on www.economicpolicycentre.com, www.future-es.com and www.ukcrimestats.com Anyway, there are some changes coming shortly to www.danlewis.org because looking at it now, I realise quite a lot of it is out of date and I’m missing a large…
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Shale Gas – a new European energy revolution?
Under the aegis of Future Energy Strategies, I’ve organised an evening seminar on 20th January 2011 which seeks to answer this question, with the help of these three experts – Leigh Bolton of Holmwood Consulting, Nick Grealy of No Hot Air and Dr John Buggenhagen of San Leon Energy plc. To attend, please see here…
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UK Gas supplies – the pace and focus of change is far from enough
In the last 10 days, we’ve had a surprising amount of news about gas that requires some digestion. Starting with yesterday’s discovery of shale gas near Blackpool by Cuadrilla Resources – the best news that town has had in a long time. Then there’s the ongoing cold snap in the UK combined with a long…
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A couple new posts on the Chinese Yuan debate and Plug-in Hybrids
Ok, I need to update this site a bit more often. I’ve just written two posts. One for the Economic Policy Centre blog on the brewing China/USA dispute over trade and currency valuations and another for Future Energy Strategies blog on the great potential and thus far unanticipated outcomes of plug-in hybrids. Enjoy !
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The Feed-In-Tariffs – finally revealed today
Ok, here they are. I have to say, they look pretty generous to me. I’m going to do some back of the envelope calculations and come back with a new table that shows the yield per technology. As I wrote recently in Utility Week, if we really do get a boom in micro-generation from the…
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The Global State of Carbon Capture and Storage
It’s here! The Global State of Carbon Capture and Storage 2009 A one-stop report for all you need to know on CCS. What is happening, what are the technologies, what are the problems, where are the opportunities? Read it at Future Energy Strategies