Renewable energy discussion for the isle of wight

09/05/2023

19/08/2022

An Energy company “”CON”” they advertise 100% renewable? Yes, it is, but ALL energy is renewable providing you have the FUEL to produce it. But it is NOT clean/green energy as they lead you to believe😩. They buy it from the National Grid and they just provide it from whatever sources they have, dirty fossil fuels or wind, they don’t bother so long as they sell it… So don’t believe the adverts… pass this on to all your contacts✅👍

16/05/2016

Please read and pass it on.. Thank you

12/05/2016

Fuel Poverty is when unfortunate people cannot afford either to cook or heat their homes. Due to circumstances, probably not in their making, they are not able to pay the high prices offered by the BIG 6 companies. Power generation is big business and even in this day of searching for Renewable energy, who are the winners and who are the loser’s??
It is no good saying that this wind farm or that solar farm produces enough energy to feed 1000 houses when the energy they produce is sold to the National Grid and re-sold on to the Big 6 and that the sale of the energy is going into the pockets of the big companies who constructed the site and their shareholders. Even if a company offer shares to the community it cannot be construed as a true community energy company as the only people who benefit are the ones who have substantial amounts of spare cash to buy the shares, as with the Wight Community Energy company who require a minimum investment of £500. In NO way does this help the large percentage of Fuel Poverty people.
A system that will benefit all the people within a community can only be achieved if it is controlled by either the Government or the local Council who have the resources to distribute the wealth to every resident. This can be achieved either by a large reduction in Council tax or opening a Council owned energy company themselves where residents can sign up to purchase their electricity from them.
I know you would all say that the local authority doesn’t have the money to invest in say an offshore tidal energy project, as could be achieved here on the Isle of Wight, but the Government does as it can spend £14B on a few miles of railway for London, bail out banks, help our steel industry, give away millions of pound to foreign aid but to mention a few. I never remember being consulted to use MY money in this way. A few million spent today could help a hundred thousand plus for ever and bring many more people out of Fuel Poverty.
Share this with your friends so we can take action together.. Many thanks..

04/05/2016

I am hoping to start the ball rolling in relation to make the Isle of Wight completely energy efficient but the system has not only to be acceptable to everyone but has to be environmentally friendly.
Currently the government are blinkered towards wind, solar and tidal barrages. Each have serious effects on the environment and our lives and they are also not very efficient. The government also say that there is no money available for renewable energy but they will bail out the banks, build new rail links in London, help our steel industry and many more.
Wind energy only produce about 2MW (Mega Watts) and that's only when the wind is blowing so you need loads for our needs of 64MW and we don;t want them in our back yard.
Solar energy is okay but as with wind you need huge farms and in our dark winter evenings they produce nothing and this is when we need it the most.
Tidal barrages are not a good option as tests done in Holland put a 6 to 10% mortality rates of fish stock and this was just 7" (17mm) fish. They also reduce the natural flushing system of estuaries causing the death of the lower food chain which migrating birds rely on.
There is only one option open to us on the Island and that is Tidal Energy.. but STOP there, this is serious. Tidal energy is the only predictable and environmentally friendly form but it has to be done right with the right design and thought. Our council is predicted to back the idea of a tidal farm off St Catherine's point but this farm of 16 turbines of the wind farm design submerged under the sea is very inefficient as they only produce 2 MW each. the rotating blades also kill fish, disputed by some as they have no evidence, of course they haven't as the poor fish are eaten by crabs.
I have a design for a tidal generator which is 100% environmentally friendly, produce 30 MW per hour and can be camouflaged to look like any acceptable structure by the shore observer such as a ship, rock or lighthouse. I would love to hear your comments but remember. Kinetic energy developed by the tide is between 700 and 800 times more powerful than wind.