February 5, 2010 by talybontenergya
Talybont Energy is very grateful to the Henderson Hall committee for allowing us to install an external, lockable charging point for Bluebell (our electric car) at the community hall in Talybont. We plan to install PV panels on the roof of the hall later this year which means that we could then say that Bluebell is solar charged. At the moment, we like to think of her as water-charged courtesy of the Talybont Turbine which, in theory, could charge a fleet of 55 such cars.
Tags: Electric Car, Henderson Hall, Talybont energy, Talybont-on-Usk
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January 27, 2010 by talybontenergya
Yesterday we collected “Bluebell” our new Mega City Electric car from Dragon Electric Vehicles in Cwmdu. Bluebell is one of the two cars in this year’s Talybont car share project. The other one is a biodiesel car for longer distance trips and carrying more people.
She’s a funky blue and, with your foot hard down on the accelerator, she’ll happily pootle along at 38mph on the level – ideal for a run into Brecon and back along the B4558. She adopts a more conservative speed on hills and certainly likes to be fed (see photo) little and often, we are discovering.
We can view her as charged (indirectly) by our own Taylbont turbine…. she may be the first car powered by water! …
Watch out for a bright blue flash around the lanes of Powys…..
Tags: Car Share Project, Dragon Electric Vehicles, Electric Car, John Lilly, Mega City, Talybont energy, Zero carbon cars
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January 14, 2010 by talybontenergya
Reuters (Oslo) report that tests show that the sea water under an East Antarctic ice shelf showed no sign of higher temperatures despite fears of a thaw linked to global warming that could bring higher world ocean levels.
Sensors lowered through three holes drilled in the Fimbul Ice Shelf showed the sea water is still around freezing and not at higher temperatures widely blamed for the break-up of 10 shelves on the Antarctic Peninsula, the most northerly part of the frozen continent.
“The water under the ice shelf is very close to the freezing point,” Ole Anders Noest of the Norwegian Polar Institute wrote in a statement after drilling through the Fimbul, which is between 250 meters and 400 meters (820-1,310 ft) thick. “This situation seems to be stable, suggesting that the melting under the ice shelf does not increase,” he wrote of the first drilling cores.
The findings, a rare bit of good news after worrying signs in recent years of polar warming, adds a small bit to a puzzle about how Antarctica is responding to climate change, blamed largely on human use of fossil fuels. Last month, most nations agreed at a Copenhagen climate summit to limit any rise in world temperatures to below 2 Celsius above pre-industrial times. But they failed to set cuts in greenhouse gas emissions needed to achieve the goal.
For whole article see http://tiny.cc/HG91y
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January 14, 2010 by talybontenergya
Carmakers emerging from a savage crisis hope to lure drivers to electric cars in the coming years, but cost, range and safety considerations mean many are still cautious, holding back from predicting an early sales boom. As automakers showcased gleaming, futuristic electric cars at the Detroit Auto Show this week — some of which will be on the road in 2010 — executives’ views varied on how quickly and comprehensively the technology will be adopted.
IHS Global Insight analyst Rebecca Lindland said governments are the ones pushing hybrid and electric technologies. “I do think we need to be careful that we’re not being overly aggressive because the consumer has not chosen those vehicles yet,” she told Reuters Insider.
Dealership AutoNation’s COO, Mike Maroone, said cost could also be a major factor in holding back wide-scale adoption of the fledgling technology.
“I’m excited about it. Is it ever going to be 15, 20 percent of our business? I don’t think so until the price-value story gets put together. You can’t build a price-value story today in electric.”
Automakers are relying heavily on government cash to make early electric vehicles accessible in price to drivers.
Read full article at http://tiny.cc/Omu6T
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January 13, 2010 by talybontenergya
We are delighted to hear that The Green Valleys project, of which Talybont Energy is a founder member, has just been announced as one of the winners in the Nesta Big Green Challenge competition.
The Green Valleys is an umbrella organisation covering 21 communuties across the Brecon Becaons – the £300k prize will be used to invest in hydro schemes, like our own one in Talybont, across the Brecon Beacons area.
We are excited about continuing to be part of this loose conglomeration of local communities.
Tags: Big Green Challenge, Brecon Beacons, Hydro, Nesta, the green valleys
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January 7, 2010 by talybontenergya
Are you a small business involved in or looking to enter the Renewables sector in Powys?
Support and funding is available for:
- Micro enterprises (those with under 10 employees) already in the renewables sector wishing to gain or expand their knowledge of energy saving devices, renewable technologies and sustainable techniques through attendance at relevant demonstrations, seminars and workshops
- Individuals looking to gain an understanding of new and emerging renewable energy technologies in order to put their ideas into practice through an installation, new business start up or expanding a product range
- Projects looking to stimulate demand for renewable technologies such as collaborating with communities to increase awareness of energy reduction and micro-generation
- Facilitating networks, meetings and events to bring the sector together
Tags: Brecon Beacons, Brecon Beacons National Park, Powys Grant, Small Business Grants
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December 17, 2009 by talybontenergya
I found this short video a helpful way of thinking about the climate change debate. It looks at the whole thing from a risk management point of view. As the guy says “no matter what happens with the climate change debate, from the point of view of this experiment, we are IN the test tube!”
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December 9, 2009 by talybontenergya
Our Talybont turbine and one of our Directors, Peter Williams, feature briefly in this short film which we believe will be shown at the Copenhagen Climate summit this week.
You can view it here: http://www.sealthedeal2009.org/psa-tv-series6
It’s the bottom one on the page and is titled “Big Green Challenge” which refers to a Nesta competition which Talybont has been part of alongside the other communities in the Brecon Beacons.
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