This article is based on the post SEC Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors.DisclaimerThe material provided at this site focuses on the application of technology to climate change challenges. The material provided does not offer legal or commercial advice.A theme of this site is that Net Zero leadership will be provided by businesses and industry. Indeed, they are already doing so. They are…
We are publishing a series of posts to do with evaluating alternative sources of energy. This article is based on the post Energy Evaluation: Properties describes a method by which different fuels and energy sources can be compared.The Properties category summarizes the technical features of each energy source. They are summarized in the structure shown in the Table, which provides values…
The material in this article is taken from the post An Energy Evaluation System: Part 4 — An Energy Grid.We continue our series of posts on how to evaluate and compare different energy sources. The first three posts in the series are:Part 1 — An OverviewPart 2 — PropertiesPart 3 — HSE (Health, Safety and Environmental)The remaining elements in the framework are:Part 4 —An Energy Grid;Part 5 —…
Did you know that from the perspective of an investor, it is the Commissioning & Start-Up (CSU) phase that defines the project as a success or failure? When a project has been fully commissioned and started-up, it is likely the project will also be a financial success, with investors receiving their expected returns. When a project has not been fully commissioned and is then started-up, it is…
OverviewFollowing the Deepwater Horizon/Macondo catastrophe in the year 2010 it became clear that substantial improvements were needed to offshore safety management in the United States. The framework of a new rule was already available as API RP 75 - Development of a Safety and Environmental Management Program for Offshore Operations and Facilities (SEMP). This standard was used…
The Deepwater Horizon/Macondo catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico (GoM) in the year 2010 demonstrated the need for new safety management regulations. The draft regulations went through various iterations, and the name of the responsible government agency changed twice. In the end, the SEMS (Safety and Environmental Management System) regulation became a requirement for offshore oil and gas…
Dateline: July 2021Update: September 2021A Clunky Yet Memorable SentenceThe report Global Warming of 1.5°C, published in the year 2018 by the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change), is important for two reasons. First, it provides a thorough summary of much of the research that had been carried out on climate change up until that time. Hence it has high credibility. The second reason…
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This video and accompanying transcript shows how process safety professionals can make a contribution toward addressing the climate crisis.The presentation uses four analogies:A sense or crisis and that “something must be done”.The importance of regulations.Consistency of reporting.The use of management elements.Copyright © Ian Sutton. 2023. All Rights Reserved.
Alan Mills - CEO of Global Falcon
“The past is where you learned the lesson. The future is where you apply the lesson. Don’t give up in the middle!” Dale Carnegie, American writer and lecturer.This article by Alan Mills discusses the critical importance of safety, and of learning from those who have experienced events such as Piper Alpha and Deepwater Horizon.For me, there can be…
The book Limits and Beyond, edited by Ugo Bardi and Carlos Alvarez Pereira, provides a 50th anniversary review of the seminal report Limits to Growth (LtG). The following is from the back cover of the book.50 years ago the Club of Rome commissioned a report: Limits to Growth. They told us that, on our current path, we are heading for collapse in the first half of the 21st century. This book,…
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The material in this article is taken from post An Energy Evaluation System.The post An Energy Evaluation System introduced the concept of the ‘Net Zero Energy Grid’. The post showed what an energy grid may look like in a Net Zero world — a world in which virtually all of our energy needs are met by renewable or “green” sources of one type or another. Fossil…
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The information provided here is taken from the post Energy Storage. If we are to achieve the ‘Net Zero by 2050’ goal then wind and solar are going to make up a large fraction of the total energy supply mix. As discussed in the post Solar and Wind, attractive though these energy sources may be, they have important limitations. In particular, they have a low…
This blog is a summary of the post Limits and Beyond: The Yawning Gap. The book Limits and Beyond, edited by Ugo Bardi and Jorgen Randers, provides a 50th anniversary review of the seminal report Limits to Growth (LtG). The following is from the back cover of the book.50 years ago the Club of Rome commissioned a report: Limits to Growth. They told us that, on our current path, we are heading…
The information provided here is taken from the post An Age of Limits.Climate change is a topic that receives a lot of attention. It is also the focus of the articles and posts at this site. However, it is far from being the only predicament that we face. There are many other related issues, some of which are shown in the above sketch. Together they make up an ‘Age of Limits’. (Many other items…
This blog is based on the post The IPCC and Its Reports.The IPCCDiscussions to do with climate change frequently quote reports from the IPCC — the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The IPCC is a United Nations body that was formed in the year 1988 by the World Meteorological Organization WMO and United Nations Environment Programme. Its role is to provide policymakers with regular…