Solar Energy

The Arithmetic of Sustainability ← Series Home Having quantified the “red stack” of consumption and defined a necessary reduction strategy for transport and heating, we know that the future sustainable society requires meeting an electrical demand of 48 kWh/d per person (120 GW nationally), representing nearly a tripling of current UK delivered electricity consumption. If this plan is to be technically feasible and not a “pipedream,” we must now rigorously calculate the production side—the “green stack”—to determine how much energy Britain can realistically generate from its own renewable resources. ...

The Arithmetic of Sustainability ← Series Home The first phase of our arithmetic journey confirmed the staggering challenge: affluent Britain currently demands 125 kWh/d per person of primary energy input. Our strategic shift to sustainability requires aggressively reducing this demand through efficiency measures—electrifying transport and heating—resulting in a monumental reliance on clean delivered electricity: 48 kWh/d per person (120 GW nationally), nearly a tripling of current consumption. ...

The Perpetual Power Loop 1 The Perpetual Power Loop - Part 1: The Great Recycling Revolution: 10 R's Transforming Energy Systems 2 The Perpetual Power Loop - Part 2: Lithium's Second Life: Powering Tomorrow with Closed-Loop Storage Materials 3 The Perpetual Power Loop - Part 3: The Sun and the Grid: Building Resilient Energy Systems with Circular Solar Power 4 The Perpetual Power Loop - Part 4: From Crops to Catalysts: Repurposing Lignocellulose in the Circular Chemical Industry 5 The Perpetual Power Loop - Part 5: Trash to Treasure: High-Value Products from Plastic and Agro-Food Waste ← Series Home 4% PV capacity retired annually in the 2030s ...