2012-01-10 : Glyndebourne Turbine official launch

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North Energy's planning consultants Nicola & Adrian Smith will attend the official switch on of the Glyndebourne Turbine in Sussex on January 20th. The ceremony, lead by the world famous TV environmentalist Sir David Attenborough brings together all the people who made the project happen. North Energy led the project through the planning process and the difficult Public Inquiry, ending in planning permission being granted.

2012-01-04 : Workshop in Life Cycle Assessment

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An introductory workshop was held on 13th December in the Doctoral Training Centre in Low Carbon Technologies at Leeds University. The Doctoral Training Centre spans a range of disciplines and faculties across the University and the workshop was attended by researchers from energy engineering, climate economics, transport studies and future fuels. The purpose of the workshop was to give PhD students an overview of why and how to carry out a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). Aspects considered were:

• The drivers for LCA,
• The importance of the ISO 14040 series of standards,
• The five phases of an LCA,
• Issues to be aware of, particularly how legitimate different methodological choices may give rise to substantially different results and
• The importance of transparency.

Points were explored through interactive exercises, questions and discussions.