Comments on: Greenpeace Launch New Film on Decentralised Energy. http://transitionculture.org/2006/06/23/greenpeace-launch-new-film-on-decentralised-energy/ An Evolving Exploration into the Head, Heart and Hands of Energy Descent Fri, 10 Sep 2010 16:42:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: P2P Foundation » Blog Archive » Greenpeace Video on Decentralized Energy http://transitionculture.org/2006/06/23/greenpeace-launch-new-film-on-decentralised-energy/comment-page-1/#comment-1288 P2P Foundation » Blog Archive » Greenpeace Video on Decentralized Energy Tue, 27 Jun 2006 12:26:24 +0000 http://transitionculture.org/?p=383#comment-1288 [...] Reblogged from the Transition Culture blog “Greenpeace have just launched an excellent new film called Decentralised Energy - what are we waiting for?, which sets out a very clear argument for decentralised energy. It runs for 18 minutes and is narrated by Clive Anderson. The film sets out a very clear argument for a profound rethink of the National Grid, using the argument that climate change means we have a rapidly reduce carbon emissions, rather than the, in my view, equally compelling argument that it is madness to use a depleting resource in such a wasteful way. The film looks at the jewel in the decentralisers’ crown, Woking, and argues that it offers a model for the rest of the UK.” [...] [...] Reblogged from the Transition Culture blog “Greenpeace have just launched an excellent new film called Decentralised Energy – what are we waiting for?, which sets out a very clear argument for decentralised energy. It runs for 18 minutes and is narrated by Clive Anderson. The film sets out a very clear argument for a profound rethink of the National Grid, using the argument that climate change means we have a rapidly reduce carbon emissions, rather than the, in my view, equally compelling argument that it is madness to use a depleting resource in such a wasteful way. The film looks at the jewel in the decentralisers’ crown, Woking, and argues that it offers a model for the rest of the UK.” [...]

]]> By: Jason Cole http://transitionculture.org/2006/06/23/greenpeace-launch-new-film-on-decentralised-energy/comment-page-1/#comment-1262 Jason Cole Sat, 24 Jun 2006 01:17:37 +0000 http://transitionculture.org/?p=383#comment-1262 Interesting to hear about the Malmo project. Googling "electricity balancing supply demand malmo" yielded at least the following 3 articles: 1) http://www.managenergy.net/download/nr85.pdf A brief resume on the project, noting it's for 1000 homes 2) http://www.energypulse.net/centers/article/article_display.cfm?a_id=1271 a Californian's view on the project, mentioning Peak Oil as well as Santa Barbara having similar goals to get off carbon energy 3) http://www.ecn.nl/docs/library/report/2005/rx05195.pdf an interesting article on the challenges of maintaining electricity supply in changing times. It makes the excellent case for "Demand Response" as the primary means of balancing supply and demand. The post-peak paradigm shift is one of demand-controlled supply to supply-controlled demand. In other words, no spare capacity. In the new paradigm, demand control will be the key ingredient towards stability of electricity distribution. Interesting to hear about the Malmo project.

Googling “electricity balancing supply demand malmo” yielded at least the following 3 articles:

1) http://www.managenergy.net/download/nr85.pdf A brief resume on the project, noting it’s for 1000 homes
2) http://www.energypulse.net/centers/article/article_display.cfm?a_id=1271 a Californian’s view on the project, mentioning Peak Oil as well as Santa Barbara having similar goals to get off carbon energy

3) http://www.ecn.nl/docs/library/report/2005/rx05195.pdf an interesting article on the challenges of maintaining electricity supply in changing times. It makes the excellent case for “Demand Response” as the primary means of balancing supply and demand.

The post-peak paradigm shift is one of demand-controlled supply to supply-controlled demand. In other words, no spare capacity. In the new paradigm, demand control will be the key ingredient towards stability of electricity distribution.

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