Posts by John Ackers

There's gold in green: profiting from climate change

conflict of interests

So how many environmental campaign groups did The Register talk to before pressing the submit button? One or was that none? If you are right, they should be queuing up to spread the dirt. DEFRA was spot on, there is no story. Jeremy Leggett set up Solar Century because he could see the writing on the wall 15 years before anyone else. And it seems that The Register cannot even see the wall let alone the writing. For goodness sake, get out of the office and go and listen to Jeremy Leggett and Oliver Tickell, who regularly speak in London, and write your stories with an open mind. Climate Change is not The Register's main theme and it shouldn't have to use it as crutch to maintain readership.

Research: Wind power pricier, emits more CO₂ than thought

Government's renewable consulation

Not sure why so much time is being spent commenting on a document that has been commissioned by an anti-wind campaign group.

More interestingly, a week earlier, the government started a major consultation on renewables at http://renewableconsultation.berr.gov.uk/

There are several supporting documents including grid analysis with different levels of wind power.

"Growth Scenarios for UK Renewables Generation and Implications for future Developments and Operation of Electricity Networks" SKM

http://renewableconsultation.berr.gov.uk/download?filename=growth-scenarios-for-uk-renewables-generation-and

John