WHEN IS RENEWABLE ENERGY NOT REALLY RENEWABLE ENERGY ???

 EACH DAY AND EVERY DAY, ENOUGH KINETIC ENERGY IS PRODUCED BY THE TIDAL MOVEMENT OF WATERS THROUGH THE ENGLISH CHANNEL AND NORTH SEA TO POWER ALL THE ENERGY CONSUMPTION OF THE THE UK  FOR A YEAR.   

EACH DAY AND EVERY DAY, ENOUGH THERMAL ENERGY IS PRODUCED BY THE EARTH'S CORE AN MILE BELOW GROUND LEVEL (DATUM LEVEL) UNDER THE UK THAT COULD BE CONVERTED TO USEFUL ELECTRICAL POWER, AGAIN TO POWER THE WHOLE COUNTRY MANY TIMES OVER.

OFF SHORE WIND IS EFFECTIVE, GIVEN THE WIND SPEED IS WITHIN THE OPERATING RANGE, BUT OF LITTLE USE DURING THE MANY WINTER HIGH PRESSURE WEATHER SYSTEMS AND SOMETIMES HAVE TO GO INTO SHUT DOWN TO SURVIVE STORM FORCE WINDS.  PROPOSED WAVE SYSTEMS HAVE ALSO GREAT POTENTIAL BUT HAVE TO OPERATE IN EVEN  HASHER OPERATING CONDITIONS TO SURVIVE. ALL RENEWABLES, BIO, SOLAR, HEAT PUMPS ETC ETC CAN BE EFFECTIVE  BUT  HAVE ISSUES AND DOWN PERIODS BUT WITH CAREFUL PLANNING ADD TO THE RENEWABLE ENERGY MIX REQUIRED TO ESCAPE FROM THE NOW OFTEN POLITICAL PRESSURES ON FOSSIL FUEL SUPPLY.

GERMANY IS A PRIME EXAMPLE OF FAILING TO EXPLORE ALL ENERGY ISSUES, BOTH SUPPLY AND CONSUMPTION BEFORE MAKING RADIAL NATION WIDE CHANGES.  GERMANY HAD ALREADY STARTED TO REDUCE THE LARGE USE OF BROWN COAL WHICH HAD HIGH POLLUTION ISSUES WHEN THE JAPANESE TIDAL WAVE DAMAGE TO THE FUKASHIMA NUCLEAR PLANT HAD THE GERMAN GOVERNMENT RAPIDLY PUSH TO CLOSE DOWN  THEIR OWN NUCLEAR PLANTS, WITHOUT AN ALTERNATIVE ENERGY PLAN IN PLACE ,LEAVING THEM GREATLY DEPENDENT ON  NATURAL GAS SUPPLIES FROM A FOREIGN COUNTRY ,  AS PRESENT DAY ISSUES SHOW IS A MAJOR PROBLEM.

THE UK IS BOTH RUNNING DOWN AND RUNNING OUT OF NATIONAL GAS AND OIL SUPPLIES AND THIS HAS RESULTED IN DEPENDENCE IN INTER-LINK POWER LINES WITH OFTEN NOT SO GENEROUS NEIGHBOURS. 

THE PRESENT UK GOVERNMENT POLICY IS TO  DESIGN AND PRODUCE MANY SMALLER FISSION NUCLEAR POWER STATIONS SPREAD AROUND THE COUNTRY TO OVERCOME THIS FUTURE SHORTFALL IN ENERGY PRODUCTION.

NUCLEAR POWER PRODUCTION IS NOT A RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE, IT IS A MAN MADE ENERGY PRODUCTION SYSTEM AND WHILE NUCLEAR FUSION MAY BECOME COMMERCIAL IS 20 -30 YEARS AND LEAD TO A CLEANER NON-RADIO ACTIVE PRODUCTION, THE PROPOSED SMALL FISSION NUCLEAR REACTORS WILL NOT ONLY BE A LOCAL AND NATIONAL RISK WHILE OPERATING BUT BE A DE-COMMISSIONING AND STORAGE BURDEN FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS FOR THE NEXT GENERATIONS.

A GREAT MANY RENEWABLE ENERGY R&D COMPANIES AND ORGANIZATIONS ARE LEAVING THE RENEWABLE ENERGY FIELD OR GIVING UP DUE TO THE GOVERNMENTS LACK OF A WIDER VISION OF WHAT IS NEEDED AND WHAT CAN BE ACHIEVED.

THE PRESENT DAY'S VAST HIKE IN ENERGY PRICES TO THE BRITISH PUBLIC MAY JUST BE THE LEVER THAT OPEN'S THE GOVERNMENT'S EYES.

 

A PERSONAL VIEW 

FROM

PAUL HALES

DIRECTOR

HALES WATER TURBINES LTD