Egypt To Power Europe By Underwater Cable
The title of this post is the same as that of a short news item on page 32 of today’s Times.
Egypt appears to be using gas from four new offshoregas fields to generate the power.
But surely, they could also use solar, as I’ve heard Egypt gets a lot of sun!
I do think though, that countries like Egypt, Libya, Tunisia and Morocco, which are all reasonably close to Europe could generate substantial amounts of solar power, which could then be exported to the North, through undersea cables, which are not very long using today’s technology.
I also think, that solar power will grow Southwards from the countries bordering the Mediterranean.
Will these basket case countries like Sudan, Mauritania, Somalia and Chad, acquire both an income and the electricity they need to improve the lot of their people?
Whether, their people will benefit, is another question, but Europe’s need for green energy could be the need, that these countries will fill, using unproductive desert.
I also think, there’s scope to combine solar farms with agriculture in the shade to create the food they need.
Read Solar Farms And Biodiversity on Solar Power Portal.
Research Shows UK Capital Is Europe’s Most Connected Business Hub
The title of this post, is the same as that of this article on Conference And Meetings World.
Crossrail and Brexit aren’t even mentioned. So we must be doing something right!
But then I always believe that London is the Capital of the World!
The Jeremy Kyle Show Axed By ITV After Death Of Guest
The title of this post is the same as that of this article on the BBC.
I won’t make any comment about the show, as I’ve never seen it.
That is not because I object to programmes of this type, but because I rarely watch programmes with advertising.
The only exception I make is with sport.
I’ve never for instance seen an episode of Downton Abbey.
The Crick Institute In The Evening Light
I took these pictures of the Crick Institute in the evening light tonight.
The colour of the stone comes through and matches that of the nearby St. Pancras station.
50 Secret Islands In Europe
The title of this post, is the same as an article in Travel section of The Times for May 4th 2019.
These are the islands.
Italy
- San Nicola, Termiti Islands, Puglia
- Ponza, Pontine Islands, Lazio
- Favignana, Egadi Islands, Sicily
- Capraia, Tuscany
- Salina, Aeolian Islands – My favourite island!
- Pellestrina, Venice
- Panarea, Aeolian Islands – Been there!
- Palmaria, Liguria
- Budelli, Maddalena Archipelago, Sardinia
France
- Ile de Batz, Brittany
- Ushant, Brittany
- Ile d’Arz, Brittany
- Iles Chausey, Normandy
- Ile de Behuard, Western Loire
- Ile d’Yeu Vendee
- Ile d’Aix, Charante-Maritime
- Ile de Vassiviere, Limousin
- Port-Cros, Provence
- Ile Saint-Honorat, Provence
Croatia
- Lastovo, Dubrovnik-Neretva
- Vrnik, Korcula
- Dugi Otok, Zadar
- Prvic, Sibernik
- Susak, Kvarner Islands
- Palagruza
Spain
- Illa da Taxa, Galicia
- Illes Cies, Galicia
- Tabarca, Valencia
- La Graciosa, Canary Islands
- Espalmador, Balearic Islands
- Isla del Burguillo, Avila
- Isla de Lobos, Canary Islands
- Isla del Baron, Murcia
Greece
- Anafi, Cyclades
- Monissos, Cyclades
- Folegandros, Cyclades
- Fourni, Eastern Aegean
- Ios, Cyclades
- Kea, Cyclades
- Kimolos, Cyclades
- Kythira, Ionian
- Tinos, Cyclades
- Tilos, Dodecanese
Best Of The Rest
- Helgoland, Germany
- Sejero, Denmark
- Ameland, Netherlands
- Great Blasket, Ireland
- Cape Clear, Ireland
- Muhu, Estonia
- Ada Bojana, Montenegro
I shall keep the pages, as some of these islands are worth visiting.
How Much Energy Can Extracted From A Kilogram Of Hydrogen?
This article on EnergyH, is entitled About Hydrogen Energy.
This is said.
Hydrogen has an energy density of 39 kWh/kg, which means that 1 kg of hydrogen contains 130 times more energy than 1kg of batteries. So lots of energy can be stored with hydrogen in only a small volume.
But as in most things in life, you can’t have it all as fuel cells are not 100 % efficient.
Wikipedia has a sub-section which gives the in-practice efficiency of a fuel cell, where this is said.
In a fuel-cell vehicle the tank-to-wheel efficiency is greater than 45% at low loads and shows average values of about 36% when a driving cycle like the NEDC (New European Driving Cycle) is used as test procedure. The comparable NEDC value for a Diesel vehicle is 22%. In 2008 Honda released a demonstration fuel cell electric vehicle (the Honda FCX Clarity) with fuel stack claiming a 60% tank-to-wheel efficiency.
For the purpose of this exercise, I’ll assume a conservative forty percent.
This means that a kilogram of hydrogen would generate 16 kWh
Raise that efficiency to fifty percent and 19 kWh would be generated.
Conclusion
Fuel cell efficiency will be key.
Energy Efficient Bricks Made From Human Waste To Help Build London Homes
The title of this post is the same as that of this article in The Standard.
This is the first two paragraphs.
New homes and factories will be built from bricks made out of the human waste of four million Londoners.
Dried sewage from millions of homes will be transformed into two million heavy-duty breeze blocks a year.
It’s all happening at Beckton.
Britain Hoes A Record Five Days Without Burning Coal
The title of this post came from an article in Tuesday’s Times!
It says it all!
Good isn’t it!
Although it’s probably not true, as there must be a few blacksmiths, who used coke to shoe a few horses.
Government Has ‘Double Standards’ For Allowing Drilling In Devon
The title of this post is the same as that of this article in The Telegraph.
This is the first paragraph.
The Government has been accused of “blatant double standards” for allowing drilling in Cornwall that is able to cause stronger tremors than fracking.
This is at the United Downs Geothermal Project in Devon.
It certainly looks like one rule for geothermal energy and another for fracking.
But then in a lecture in London, I heard a Professor of Engineering from Glasgow University, say that fracking was used in the Highlands of Scotland to obtain clean water.
Mojitos On Display By The Tills In Dalston Marks And Spencer
As this picture shows, the well-publicised Mojitos are handy in Dalston Marks and Spencer, which is perhaps thirty metres from the London Overground at Dalston Kingsland station.
They are the two light-blue cans on the left of the shelf.
I had just relieved the shop of two bottles of my favourite 0.5% Southwold Ale.
Incidentally, I have never drunk any alcoholic drink out of a can, without using a glass as an intermediary.
These days, I don’t even drink soft drinks directly out of a can.
If Transport for London allowed sponsorship of rail lines, perhaps the North London Line would be sponsored by Marks and Spencer, as they have stores very close to the following stations.
- Richmond
- West Hampstead
- Hapmstead Heath
- Dalston Kingsland
- Hackney Central
- Stratford
I think there will be more.
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