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Sussex Energy Group’s December Newsletter

The Sussex Energy Group Newsletter December 2014   Foreword by Florian Kern and Gordon MacKerron  Welcome to the last SEG newsletter in 2014. After what was a very busy year, we wish everyone a good Christmas and all the best

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Offshore wind: how to keep friends and not alienate people

The final design for the Rampion offshore wind farm, to be located off the coast of Brighton, was released last week. The final plans reveal a significant reduction in the size of the array. This is both good and bad

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‘Counting the cost’ report discusses the economic and social impact of electricity blackouts in the UK; but the BBC’s reporting misses the key issue.  

In a continuation of previous form, the BBC’s article on the ‘Counting the Cost’ report by the Royal Academy of Engineering has leapt upon the assertion that the cost of blackouts could be in the billions. However, the report points

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Will we ever be cooking Christmas turkeys from Hinkley C?

The proposed nuclear development at Hinkley point in Somerset is once again in troubled waters  following news that shares in the French state owned reactor vendor Areva have plummeted by almost a quarter. The company is the only one that can

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Is technological innovation sufficient to achieve a transition to a low-carbon energy system?

On Friday the 7th of November, the SPRU Friday seminar was given by Jim Skea of Imperial College, London. Jim is also Research Councils UK Energy Strategy Fellow, as well as a founding member of the UK Committee on Climate

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