peeriebryan Posted March 29, 2006 Report Share Posted March 29, 2006 If you read between the lines, well actually, if you read the lines of this article, it looks like Blair has already decided we're going to build a new generation of nuclear generators http://news.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=484112006 As far as I've been aware, he has, for some time, been refering to the term "new technologies" in the fight against global warming However, now he has begun refering to nuclear generation as a "new technology", although the fundamental principals remain almost unchanged for 50 years (I suppose coal is a new technology if you consider the evolution of man) Online petition anyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turrifield Posted March 30, 2006 Report Share Posted March 30, 2006 go on organise it I'll sign. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoolHaddock Posted March 30, 2006 Report Share Posted March 30, 2006 Yeah, I wid sign it too....go fir it. Do online petitions really exist? Wid dir no be problems we folk signing in twice, or no being able tae sign it at all? (excuse my stupidity ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petergear Posted March 31, 2006 Report Share Posted March 31, 2006 An article on the Shetland News website (link below). Lerwick Port Authority have sponsored the renewable-hydrogen driven car in an international eco-marathon. Good on them. http://www.shetland-news.co.uk/pages/news%20stories/03_2006/harbour_backs_hydro_car_record_attempt.htm Bryan, I've never heard of an online petition before but it sounds like a good idea. You could email all your friends to get them to sign it, and they could email their friends, and so forth.... it could end up really big. You could also include links in the email to relevant articles, and so on, and try to encourage people to do everything they could (eg email their MP - a pre-written letter could be included) to get Blair to realise the benefits of renewables? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peeriebryan Posted April 5, 2006 Report Share Posted April 5, 2006 Here's a link to the Shetland Renewable Energy Forum. Some pretty interesting stuff on the site http://www.sref.co.uk/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petergear Posted April 6, 2006 Report Share Posted April 6, 2006 A link to an article on the Shetland News website, which "reveals that the impact of intermittent supplies from wind power have been blown out of proportion": http://www.shetland-news.co.uk/pages/news%20stories/04_2006/wind_power_no_problem_for_grid.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Njugle Posted May 16, 2006 Report Share Posted May 16, 2006 More good news on the interconnector front Click here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turrifield Posted May 16, 2006 Report Share Posted May 16, 2006 While this may be good news for Shetlands future wind farm prospects I don't think this kind of developement is good for the environment and green energy as a whole. Sustainable energy should be local energy and not reliant on vast interconnected structures like hundreds of miles of pylons and subsea cables. The energy should be produced as close to the point of consumption as possible. Sometimes this can be on the roof of the building. Shetland should be looking to be selfsufficent in energy and not to turn Shetland into a energy factory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonners Posted May 17, 2006 Report Share Posted May 17, 2006 Shetland should be looking to be selfsufficent in energy and not to turn Shetland into a energy factory. I don't think this is right at all. Whether we like it or not we live in a pretty horribly capitalistic world. We either try and change that or we try and do the best we can within that. I don't see it changing anytime soon so making the best of it is probably the best option. So when an opportunity arises that gives Shetland a chance to make lots of cash - and allows future generations to continue living in the style to which they have become accustomed - it's probably a good idea to go for it. Shetland has few features that give it an economic advantage over other areas, but wind energy seems to be a goer. I think it's a great plan, and I'd like to see Shetlanders get shares in the development to ensure that the wealth generated reaches the pockets of the people of Shetland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claudias Posted May 17, 2006 Report Share Posted May 17, 2006 A solution to the Unst problem:-Depopulate the island. Cover the surface with aero generators. Fill the seas with tidal and wave generators and make it a real power centre.Then it could truly be said. 'This is not just for Lerwick but for the whole of Shetland'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Styles Posted May 17, 2006 Report Share Posted May 17, 2006 Good idea, a whole island which is dedicated to makeing renewable energy would be a huge benifit to Shetland. Instead of just an island which drains money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Njugle Posted May 17, 2006 Report Share Posted May 17, 2006 Shetland should be looking to be selfsufficent in energy and not to turn Shetland into a energy factory. I think the best answer is a combination of both. Micro-renewables are the best individual way forward, but an interconnector opens up a huge array of longer term possibilities. For instance a large scale offshore development around here would be a major asset nationally, plus if the interconnector 'works both ways' we can rationalise our generating station requirements further, which from a green viewpoint is highly beneficial in terms of efficiency perhaps. No-one likes pylons, but they may be a necessary evil in the medium term.And from a selfish Shetland point of view, we would have relatively few of them compared to the highlands, i reckon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twerto Posted May 17, 2006 Report Share Posted May 17, 2006 not to mention the opening up of bigger interent connections the cable connetion would give us that if the peopel involved actually she teh benifits in doing both at the same time.. instead of two seperate projects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustMe Posted May 17, 2006 Report Share Posted May 17, 2006 turrifield wrote Shetland should be looking to be selfsufficent in energy and not to turn Shetland into a energy factory. Self sufficiency sounds great but that interconnector might be very handy on a freezing cold night with no wind and flat calm seas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turrifield Posted May 23, 2006 Report Share Posted May 23, 2006 Have just read an interview with Alan Simpson MP who says that 80% of the power put into the national grid is wasted before it reaches the consumer. So I would say based on that micro renewables is the only efficient way to produce electricity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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