Tag: energy

  • Biofuels: Fuelling the future or big fraud?

    The July talk will be given by Prof. David Read of the University of Southampton who will be talking about the viability of biofuels. This talk will explore the viability of biofuels as a sustainable solution to the “energy crisis”. The focus will be on the chemistry behind the fuels as well as the social,…

  • Hot rocks in Eden; deep geothermal in the South-West

    Apologies for the late notice, but tomorrow evening’s Sherborne Science Café event features Guy Macpherson-Grant from EGS Energy talking about geothermal energy. See here for the venue and contact details. Heat from inside the Earth offers a potential source of clean, carbon-neutral, energy. Learn about an exciting new project run jointly by the Eden Project…

  • Navitus Bay Wind Park – a project update

    A discussion about the challenges of off-shore wind farming with Chris Sherrington (Projects Director) & Helen Cassini (Consents Manager) of Eneco. This event is being run by Dorchester Arts in partnership with the Thomas Hardye School as will take place on Friday 18th November at Dorchester Arts Centre. The Arts Centre can be found at…

  • What Happens when we run Out of Oil?

    Professor Chris Rhodes is Director of Fresh-lands Environmental Actions and is based in Reading. He has written numerous scientific articles and recently published his first novel called University Shambles, a black comedy on the disintegration of the British university system. The subject of the talk is of course highly topical and will remain so as…