17-06-2019, 02:32 PM
There's a lot of bad policy. We need wind turbines, lots of them both onshore and offshore. They are a mature technology and can compete with other forms of generation provided public policy is done properly (it isn't at the moment). Not just planning policy but hidden subsidies. There's a huge amount of activity in the storage sector - some of it will come good and be game changing for renewables. I wouldn't like to be betting on a particular solution but plenty of businesses are.
Once public policy is fairly sensible then industry and commerce will then take care of most of the remaining issues. Even with bad public policy there's a vast amount of work going on. The grid is investing in a lot of R&D to cope with the changes over the next few years. Here's snapshot of some of current work: https://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5&as_vis=1&q=distributed+generation+power+systems&oq=embedded+generation+r%26d Some of this will become the new normal. Most of it will be consigned to the darker corners of technical journals.
Electriic vehicles wil continue to improve, as will the charging infrastructure. For many people a car like the Kia E-Niro will be a sensible choice instead of a comparable petrol or diesel. There will be better and cheaper to come: https://www.whatcar.com/kia/e-niro/estate/review/n18388 London has a growing number of electric taxis. London currently has 96 electric buses with more to come: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_emissi..._in_London
Changes won't happen overnight but they will surely happen.
There will be lots of mistakes by both public authorities and by industry. Nothing new about that.
Once public policy is fairly sensible then industry and commerce will then take care of most of the remaining issues. Even with bad public policy there's a vast amount of work going on. The grid is investing in a lot of R&D to cope with the changes over the next few years. Here's snapshot of some of current work: https://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5&as_vis=1&q=distributed+generation+power+systems&oq=embedded+generation+r%26d Some of this will become the new normal. Most of it will be consigned to the darker corners of technical journals.
Electriic vehicles wil continue to improve, as will the charging infrastructure. For many people a car like the Kia E-Niro will be a sensible choice instead of a comparable petrol or diesel. There will be better and cheaper to come: https://www.whatcar.com/kia/e-niro/estate/review/n18388 London has a growing number of electric taxis. London currently has 96 electric buses with more to come: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_emissi..._in_London
Changes won't happen overnight but they will surely happen.
There will be lots of mistakes by both public authorities and by industry. Nothing new about that.
www.borinsky.co.uk Jeffrey Borinsky www.becg.tv
