Comments on: Opportunity from change: new industrial activism http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/http://interactive.bis.gov.uk/lowcarbon/vision Low Carbon Industrial Strategy: A Vision Tue, 12 Oct 2010 12:13:56 +0000 http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Mike Pitts http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/http://interactive.bis.gov.uk/lowcarbon/vision/opportunity-from-change/comment-page-1/#comment-22 Mike Pitts Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:45:54 +0000 http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/http://interactive.berr.gov.uk/lowcarbon/?page_id=11#comment-22  Driving new innovation from sustainability challenges requires businesses and graduates to have a wide grasp of sustainability concepts. The UK has major strengths in the teaching of green chemistry and green chemical engineering and these should be strongly supported and expanded. Academic research in these areas is, by its very nature, applied to solving industrial problems. Chemistry Innovation (www.chemistryinnovation.co.uk) drives the exploitation of this science base by UK industry to drive innovation in low carbon and resource efficient products and processes.  Driving new innovation from sustainability challenges requires businesses and graduates to have a wide grasp of sustainability concepts. The UK has major strengths in the teaching of green chemistry and green chemical engineering and these should be strongly supported and expanded. Academic research in these areas is, by its very nature, applied to solving industrial problems. Chemistry Innovation (www.chemistryinnovation.co.uk) drives the exploitation of this science base by UK industry to drive innovation in low carbon and resource efficient products and processes.

]]> By: S. Johnson http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/http://interactive.bis.gov.uk/lowcarbon/vision/opportunity-from-change/comment-page-1/#comment-21 S. Johnson Mon, 16 Mar 2009 10:59:15 +0000 http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/http://interactive.berr.gov.uk/lowcarbon/?page_id=11#comment-21 Setting targets is not enough, no matter how far reaching they are. There are significant barriers to low carbon investment which must be simultaneously removed. The UK and EU laws on, for example; liability for sequestered CO2, permission for sequestration on land in saline aquifers, co-sequestration with H2S must urgently be revised. Equally a minimum price should be considered for carbon credits to allow companies the security to make large scale investment in CCS projects based on sound economics, not just the hope of government capital handouts. For GHG emissions trading to work, it must be global. Otherwise high GHG emitting and highly power dependant industries will simply leave the EU. The government must push internationally for extension of the EU ETS to a global scheme, beginning with G8 memebers. Setting targets is not enough, no matter how far reaching they are. There are significant barriers to low carbon investment which must be simultaneously removed. The UK and EU laws on, for example; liability for sequestered CO2, permission for sequestration on land in saline aquifers, co-sequestration with H2S must urgently be revised.

Equally a minimum price should be considered for carbon credits to allow companies the security to make large scale investment in CCS projects based on sound economics, not just the hope of government capital handouts.

For GHG emissions trading to work, it must be global. Otherwise high GHG emitting and highly power dependant industries will simply leave the EU. The government must push internationally for extension of the EU ETS to a global scheme, beginning with G8 memebers.

]]> By: Bryan Stephenson http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/http://interactive.bis.gov.uk/lowcarbon/vision/opportunity-from-change/comment-page-1/#comment-20 Bryan Stephenson Tue, 10 Mar 2009 23:14:20 +0000 http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/http://interactive.berr.gov.uk/lowcarbon/?page_id=11#comment-20 just a though when I was browsing the reg hardware site were they put a lot of news regarding Electric Vehicle (EV) advances and future models Currently the GM Opel/Vauxhall Ampera is getting a lot of good press but the UK version is arriving one year later in 2012 rather than 2011 (to be honest, i would like both to be sooner, i would be first in line) There are rumors that this model would be build along side the new astra at elsmere port and with all the problems that Opel are needing finance help with the workers at risk as well Would the government look to providing loans for grantee of the car coming to the UK sooner if Vx need help re-tooling the assembley line and help savegaurd more jobs in the UK? The sooner we bring these sort of inicitives in the better we have a chance of reducing the amounts of carbon we produce? just a though when I was browsing the reg hardware site were they put a lot of news regarding Electric Vehicle (EV) advances and future models

Currently the GM Opel/Vauxhall Ampera is getting a lot of good press but the UK version is arriving one year later in 2012 rather than 2011 (to be honest, i would like both to be sooner, i would be first in line) There are rumors that this model would be build along side the new astra at elsmere port and with all the problems that Opel are needing finance help with the workers at risk as well

Would the government look to providing loans for grantee of the car coming to the UK sooner if Vx need help re-tooling the assembley line and help savegaurd more jobs in the UK?

The sooner we bring these sort of inicitives in the better we have a chance of reducing the amounts of carbon we produce?

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