Keeping your eyes open

by EdwardMilford 17. February 2010 09:16
On a car journey recently, I was surprised to notice a high-visibility jacket abandoned by the side of the road. I didn’t recall seeing one lost before; however, by the end of the journey an hour or so later I had seen a couple more. I concluded it was just an example of me noticing somethin... [More]

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Seeing the trees for the wood

by EdwardMilford 12. February 2010 06:55
Our stand at the World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi last month had four, 100 W incandescent spotlights; they were switched on before we got there and were always still on when we left. The temperature outside during the day was typically a comfortable 20 oC, yet I was sometimes grateful for t... [More]

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I wonder if he meant us?

by EdwardMilford 4. February 2010 07:22
The World Future Energy Summit (WFES) has just been held in Abu Dhabi. This was the third time it has been held, and the event attracts an impressive array of speakers; it is the only event I have been to that has a panel just for royalty! More significant, of course, was the array of sixteen nati... [More]

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Worth waiting for ...

by EdwardMilford 23. December 2009 07:38
Some books take a long time to gestate! Back in 2004 we saw an excellent looking Swedish publication called ‘Byggekologi’. It looked like something that could do well in English, but not only would it need translating and then adapting for an international market, but it was also in co... [More]

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Down with Fuel!

by EdwardMilford 14. December 2009 07:22
Though it can sound very pernickety at times, accurate use of language often helps when thinking through complex issues. I was reminded of this when long-standing energy thinker and campaigner (and Earthscan author) Walt Patterson gave the annual UK-ISES David Hall memorial lecture last week. ... [More]

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For every complex problem, there is a simple solution – but it’s wrong

by EdwardMilford 13. October 2009 02:50
Eskom dominates the energy scene in South Africa.  As the incumbent utility, it owns over 40GW of generating capacity, almost all of it coal-fired, making it on its own reckoning one of the top 10 utilities in the world. It also had the decency to be the major sponsor of the ISES Solar World ... [More]

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Passion helps

by EdwardMilford 12. October 2009 02:48
Over the years I have become a little cynical about conference opening ceremonies. These are all too often a few formulaic words of welcome from a rather bored civic functionary, a conference chair telling you how wonderful it’s all going to be followed by a worthy but dull recitation of fam... [More]

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It was 20 years ago today (more or less) ...

by EdwardMilford 29. September 2009 10:03
The European PV Conference in Hamburg last week led me to reminisce a bit (in the way that can be quite tiresome for newer people in the field). While there, I bumped into a number of old contacts; one, Bruce Cross, played an incidental but significant role in the history of the company, as it was... [More]

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Inspiring – or depressing?

by EdwardMilford 28. September 2009 07:12
Attending the European Photovoltaics (PV) Conference in Hamburg last week where Earthscan ran a bookshop as part of the Renewable Energy World booth was both inspiring and depressing.The industry has grown rapidly to an impressive size. With over 950 exhibitors, this has grown massively in the las... [More]

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Energy from the Desert

by EdwardMilford 17. September 2009 07:18
I was very interested to read a recent report in the New York Times about a plan for First Solar to build a 2 GW PV plant in the Mongolian desert. This would complete a remarkable transition for the PV industry, and one that a series of books we have published may have contributed to in a small wa... [More]

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