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Author: Derek George Birkett
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Imprint: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Edition: 2nd Unabridged edition
ISBN: 9781527541689
ISBN 10: 1527541681
Pages: 169
Publication Date: 14 November 2019
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
""Mr Birkett writes with a lifetime of experience working in the energy sector – not in the area of policy, or as a lobbyist, but as an engineer. He is a retired grid system controller who has worked both under nationalisation and private ownership, having previously been employed on both coal and hydro power stations. He also had project responsibility on installation and commissioning at five major coal and nuclear power stations across the UK from which chartered status was awarded. Clearly, this is someone who writes as an ‘expert’. It is this background and expertise which informs the conclusions in this book, which is intended as helpful reading for the layman without detailed background knowledge of energy systems…There are many in the world of politics today, and energy policy, who will disagree with his conclusions, but this is an informative, well-researched book based on the author’s expertise and extensive personal experience. He writes as an expert, and his opinions deserve a serious response.""(Murdo Fraser, ThinkScotland (January 2019))""I strongly recommend this book to anyone interested in energy generation, sustainability, the stability of the electrical grid system""(Dr Michael Simpson, Sustainability (April 2019))
Mr Birkett writes with a lifetime of experience working in the energy sector - not in the area of policy, or as a lobbyist, but as an engineer. He is a retired grid system controller who has worked both under nationalisation and private ownership, having previously been employed on both coal and hydro power stations. He also had project responsibility on installation and commissioning at five major coal and nuclear power stations across the UK from which chartered status was awarded. Clearly, this is someone who writes as an 'expert'. It is this background and expertise which informs the conclusions in this book, which is intended as helpful reading for the layman without detailed background knowledge of energy systems...There are many in the world of politics today, and energy policy, who will disagree with his conclusions, but this is an informative, well-researched book based on the author's expertise and extensive personal experience. He writes as an expert, and his opinions deserve a serious response.Murdo Fraser, ThinkScotland (January 2019)I strongly recommend this book to anyone interested in energy generation, sustainability, the stability of the electrical grid systemDr Michael Simpson, Sustainability (April 2019)
Author Information
Derek George Birkett is a retired grid system control engineer with two decades of shift experience under both nationalisation and private ownership, having had previous employment on coal and hydro operations. He has also had project responsibility on installation and commissioning at five major coal and nuclear power stations across the UK from which chartered status was awarded.
