Heat Networks UK
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Improving and decarbonising1 networks
{cannot accept the myth of CO2 causing climate "emergency" or any other effects - therefore "decarbonising" is a misnomer}
Through the Green Heat Network Fund, the UK Government, has announced 28 funding awards totalling over £348m.
Projects supported by the Fund include a major new network in North-West London which will take waste heat from data centres and supply it to 10,000 new homes and 250,000m2 of commercial space.
In November the remaining Heat Networks Investment Project awards were announced.
Totalling £9.8m;
- London Borough of Islington (£678k) for an extension to the council's Bunhill network,
- Gateshead Council (£2.9m) for further connections to their Gateshead District Energy Scheme and
- E.ON (£6.3m) for their innovative Silvertown network in London's Docklands.
Through the Heat Network Efficiency Scheme (HNES) the government awarded over £34m to 230 projects over six funding rounds.
They have now launched the HNTAS pilot programme to test the scheme rules on live projects, ensuring HNTAS works in practice and aligns with industry needs, as well as the heat training grant, which provides those working in heat networks with up to £500 towards the cost of heat network training.
Decentralised Solar vs Centralised Solar
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...Equally applies to wind, hydro as well
From the US they have noticed the problems with Industrial scale Renewables, the Grid and Instability.
"As the U.S. begins a major push to become the leading player in the global solar revolution, the topic of sprawling solar farms built away from communities vs. small and medium scale solar arrays utilising rooftops and smaller parcels of already developed or degraded land is becoming an increasingly important issue."
"Small and medium scale solar power has the potential to become the Internet of distributed electricity generation – a network resilient to a single point of failure; whether caused by natural disasters or attack by hostile parties."
But this aspect only scratches the surface – decentralised solar {as well as Wind and Hydro} power offers a multitude of other benefits over large scale plants;
- including avoiding “line loss” and heat losses from transformers, associated with remote generation,
- reduction in infrastructure investment {GRID}
- while offering major permanent job creation potential and
- avoiding damage to wildlife habitats, loss of farmlands.
Instead of appropriating undisturbed public lands or utilising productive agricultural land for solar power generation on a massive scale, better use can be made of the very much under-utilised sea of rooftops in our towns and cities. Furthermore, in the UK the brownfield sites, commercial buildings within ctown/city centres offers direct in-building benefits.
Joint Venture - Crypto Invest
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At Sun Earth Energy Limited {a UK Registered Company}, and other associated Companies, we have several times proposed Joint Ventures. With ourselves offering the technical, project management & systems expertise developed over the last 50 years of experience within the Company. The Investor Side will bring in 'capital' in terms of an investment/loan arrangement in exchange for a substantial shareholding within Sun Earth Energy Ltd {or other associated Company as deemed appropriate by both parties}.
Using Contracts {under UK Law} we will enter into a legal agreement covering the terms of the Joint Venture and the revised shareholdings of the Company - including a comprehensive shareholder agreement to cover the minority shareholders best interests. {which - depending on the level of investment be Sun Earth Energy Ltd}. There may also be a fixed term buy-out option to cover the investment element, and in the process give the investor a term limit and a known profit. Again depending on the level of Investment, a Residual Shareholding in Sun Earth Energy Ltd may also be a consideration to give the investor a longer term return.
Due to the nature of the large scale projects we intend to Design, Project Manage and Administer - the MINIMUM Crypto-Transfer Investment would need to be above €100 million (fiat equivalent at transfer}, in a limited basket of Crypto Currencies - Typically 
Bitcoin BTC; 
Ethereum ETH; 
Ripple XRP; 
Stellar XLM - these represent acceptable trade volumes and market capitalisation. We are open to other 'coins' or a basket of holdings, by further negotiations. We have receiving accounts with all the major Crypto-Currencies.
In addition with Crypto Currencies there is the 'thorny issue' of source and suchlike. We will be able to tackle such issues via our own Corporate Crypto Accounts. However we are keen to talk with those who were wise enough at the start to take large positions - and who may need something more tangible to associate their wealth with - such as a self sustaining city!
The first stage in this process, after an initial consultation, would be the establishment of a Memorandum of Understanding - MOU
If you have a project to discuss you can initially complete the form - CLICK HERE
Hydro-Carbons vs Fossil Fuels
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Titan's Surface Organics Surpass Oil Reserves on Earth
Don't take our word so this statement, check out JPL/NASA {Jet Propulsion Laboratory, since 13th Feb 2008!} LINK HERE
After reading this we have to ask the question: What is a Fossil Fuel? Or should we investigate the Abiotic Generation of Hydro-Carbons {citation below} on Titan and the Earth?
From the JPL 2008 article: "Saturn's moon Titan has hundreds of times more liquid hydrocarbons than all the known oil and natural gas reserves on Earth", according to new data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
Saturn's orange moon Titan has hundreds of times more liquid hydrocarbons than all the known oil and natural gas reserves on Earth, according to new data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. The hydrocarbons rain from the sky, collecting in vast deposits that form lakes and dunes.
The new findings from the study led by Ralph Lorenz, Cassini radar team member from the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Md., are reported in the Jan. 29 issue of the Geophysical Research Letters."Titan is just covered in carbon-bearing material -- it's a giant factory of organic chemicals," said Lorenz.
"This vast carbon inventory is an important window into the geology and climate history of Titan.
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