Blogpost by Martin Lloyd
Nesjavellir Geothermal Plant in Iceland: The station produces approximately 120MW of electrical power, and delivers around 1,800 liters (480 US gal) of hot water per second. © Steve Morgan/Greenpeace
News that the UK could be set to import volcano power from Iceland has also focused some attention on the number of high voltage interconnectors being built across Europe. So now is a good time to revist a report Greenpeace put out in 2011. ‘Battle of the Grids‘ spelled out what’s needed for an energy revolution:
- Micro Grids – combining different types of renewable energy to power communities
- Smart Grids – to balance power supply across cities and regions
- Super Grids – to balance power supplies at the national level
In different places all these different pieces are now coming together.
Proposed investments like the Iceland – UK connection, or the planned investments in renewable energy in Germany and Denmark are the first steps in what we call the Energy Revolution.
So, if you want to know what’s next for the future of the world’s energy supply maybe you should take a look at the Energy Revolution report. It’s happening. Right now.
We love it when a plan comes together.
One of the hottest buzz words floating around today is being green, or energy efficient. In the recent book Monergy that first chapter is titled “Energy Vampires”. What is it that is meant by this? Is there some sort of goblin running around sucking the energy from us? Well maybe there is, I can’t say for sure, but what is fact is that a study was done by the Department of Energy that states 80% of the energy that is wasted is due to human error.