[Univ of Cambridge] [Dept of Engineering]

Climate Change and Renewable Energy

Here is a link to course notes for P8: Engineering for Renewable Energy Systems in 2010
Renewable Energy without the hot air David MacKay - a "must read", download the pdf for free.
BBC video, Harnessing Off-shore wind Only 2 minutes long, a great summary.
Noise Emissions associated with wind farming in Australia - a good document.
Anti - Noise video 1 - "the facts"
Pro - Noise video 2 - frank and honest stuff!
Anti - Noise video 3 - Causeymire - comments of people living nearby
Pro - Noise video 4 - compares wind turbines with traffic and trains
Anti - Noise video 5 - Tooruk, South Gippsland
A huge wind turbine 7MW, 126m diameter (not radius as stated).
Wind-turbine failure videos:
video 1
video 2
Marine turbines - pictures of some ideas for pretty massive ocean-current installations
withouthotair.com Sustainable Energy - Without the Hot Air. A popular book by David MacKay
The Independent "The real global warming swindle" refuting claims made in a Channel 4 documentary that claimed that climate change was a conspiratorial lie. But an analysis of the evidence it used shows the film was riddled with distortions and errors

POSTNOTE Carbon Footprint of Electricity generation. A publication from the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology.
The Energy Masterclass 2006 held at the Cambridge BP Institute 4-6 Dec. Some very interesting information in the online presentations.
Iskrawind, one of the UK's leading small-wind companies.
Danish Wind Industry Association, useful news and links.
British Wind Energy Association , useful news and links.
The Renewable Energy Association , useful news and links.
The Environmental Change Institute , Oxford University.
PowerhouseKids , information designed for schools.
Energy Efficiency and Renweable Energy , US Department of Energy (animation)
Some wind turbine pictures
The sky at night - an alternative view
Betz limit derivation
from Wikipedia
from Dartmouth College
South Australian Conventional & Renewable Energy - Wind Farms - The Successful Alternative Energy Source
Upper oceans are warming after all - New Scientist Environment, 28 April 2007
Wind maps - from Stanford - evaluation of global wind power

The Age of Stupid was screened at 7.30pm Friday 22 May 2009, CUED LT0. For more info (of historical interest now) click here.