A Fresh Spin on Wind Turbines
Background When someone says wind turbine, something like the turbine in the image below would come to mind for most of us. Note that the heading says ‘Horizontal-axis wind turbine’, i.e. the rotational axis is aligned horizontally. These are the oldest and most common design of wind turbines used globally.…
The Environmental Impact of Bitcoin
Background A cryptocurrency is a form of digital asset that can be exchanged online for goods and services. The two main defining features of a cryptocurrency are that it does not exist in physical form (like paper money) and it uses decentralised control instead of centralised digital currency or central…
Know Your Radar
Invisible Constraints Developers of large structures, including high-rise buildings and wind turbines, are likely familiar with the headache of dealing with radar constraints. Radar stakeholders have a duty to safeguard their radar against potential effects on coverage and performance. Consequently, developments that are near radar can receive objections from airports,…
Offshore Wind Energy: New UK Policy
Background The total wind generating capacity in the UK increased by 19 GW from 5.4 GW in 2010 to 24 GW in 2019. In 2018, UK offshore wind capacity rose 1.6 GW following the opening of three major projects: Hornsea One, Beatrice extension, and East Anglia One. In 2019, SSE…
Were the US Blackouts Caused By Renewables?
Background Some parts of the US have experienced icy winter temperatures this last week with temperatures plunging to -18C. Heavy snowfall, ice storms and bitter temperatures resulted in electricity blackouts for days in the state of Texas, where there have been reports of people sleeping in their cars and burning…
Solar Panels in Space?
Background Solar panels harness energy from the sun. There is a large magnitude of solar energy available on Earth, potentially making solar panels one of the more effective solutions to the global environmental crisis. The International Energy Agency anticipated in their 2014 Technology Roadmap that solar power would become the…
2020 – The Year of the Renewables
Renewable Success In 2020, the combined renewable output for energy production in Britain beat that of its fossil fuel counterpart. The latest Insight report from Drax has revealed that wind and solar alone produced 30% of Britain’s energy usage (over 100TWh of electricity). This figure stood at around 25.7% in…
An £84m Government Investment for Green Aviation Revolution
Background Business Minister, Paul Scully has announced that a funding of £84 million will be invested in the aerospace industry in the UK to work towards the government’s plans of zero-emission flights. It is part of the wider £3.9 billion government-industry collaboration into aerospace research and development projects, which started…
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