Energy storage and transportation infrastructure Questions for energy democracy: How do we get energy from where it is available when it is available to where it is needed when it is needed? The GB energy system currently includes several energy transport infrastructures: gas and electricity networks, road networks for transporting liquid heating and transport fuels, CONTINUE READING
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Energy capture infrastructure
QUESTIONS FOR ENERGY DEMOCRACY: Where do we get energy from, and how? What are the social and environmental implications of this? This section discusses: Primary energy The meaning of renewable and sustainable energy Technical considerations for energy generation Technologies for moving, storing and using energy are discussed in their own sections. Primary energy All of CONTINUE READING
Energy consumption infrastructure
QUESTIONS FOR ENERGY DEMOCRACY: How do we use energy, what for, in what form, and when? Why do we use it? Energy has an important social value, for directly and indirectly meeting our needs, and as one of the underlying sources of value in the economy. Energy is used to provide energy services – e.g. CONTINUE READING
Physical infrastructure
QUESTIONS FOR ENERGY DEMOCRACY: What physical energy infrastructure do we already have in GB? How does it work? How is it changing? What are the benefits and problems of our legacy infrastructure, as we integrate new technologies? What changes and what use of our historic legacy would be most beneficial for energy democracy? The GB CONTINUE READING