January 2015 – the Little Green blog

Thoughts for 2015

4th March 201531st January 2015 by Jan Oliff

In January 1981 I made a career change to financial services, which makes … …read more…

Family Show at The Swan in May

4th March 201528th January 2015 by Chris

This Saturday starts our preparation for this year’s Swan Theatre concert with our first Band … …read more…

Where next – home energy

4th March 201527th January 2015 by Chris

Now that we have our new wood burner creating lots of warmth we need to consider what … …read more…

TfO Concert Band’s First Concert

4th March 20153rd January 2015 by Chris

TfO Concert Band Concert Programme 13th June 2014 : ST GEORGE’S CHURCH, WORCESTER … …read more…

Time for a new car

1st October 20152nd January 2015 by Chris

Last month Jan felt we should, at last, get a second car. During the two decades we were in Bristol we only … …read more…

The TfO 1st Anniversary Concert 2014

4th February 20152nd January 2015 by Chris

The TfO 70-piece orchestra took to the stage of The Swan Theatre on February 13th, 2013 despite the rising flood waters which … …read more…

Joining the TfO Concert Band.

4th March 20151st January 2015 by Chris

In March I joined the TfO Concert Band.

The rehearsal was at Little Whitley Village hall on a Saturday afternoon. Lucy was also new to the band and … …read more…

How I became a musician

4th March 20151st January 2015 by Chris

One day just before my 65th birthday in 2009, I sat at lunch with friends and said, without forethought, ‘I think I’ll learn … …read more…

Ecology : Electric Vehicles : Political notes and more

October 2015

Oslo, Norway’s capital, like most of the Scandinavian country’s cities and towns, boasts bus-lane access for electric vehicles (EVs), recharging stations aplenty, privileged parking, and toll-free travel for electric cars. The initiative began in the 1990s as an effort to cut pollution, congestion, and noise in urban centres; now its primary rationale is combating climate change. Today, Norway has the highest per capita number of all-electric [battery only] cars in the world: more than 100,000 in a country of 5.2 million people. Last year, EVs constituted nearly 40% of the nation’s newly registered passenger cars. Norway is the clear electric vehicle pacesetter in Europe, which now has about 500,000 electric vehicles.

And the Norwegian experiment shows every sign of accelerating. Earlier this year, Norway opened the world’s largest fast-charging station, which can charge up to 28 vehicles in about half an hour.

Hackney Council has installed the first publicly accessible on-street rapid charging posts for electrical vehicles in London, so increasing the charging options of EV users in the capital.
The three units, which are supplied by APT Technologies a leading innovator in EV charging solutions, are the very latest Tri-Rapid Chargers and are located in Shoreditch, Dalston and Hackney Central.

China leads the world in EV usage, with about 600,000 all-electric vehicles on its roads and an ambitious plan to deploy 5m EVs by 2020.

Wind power generates 140% of Denmark's electricity demand http://bit.ly/1IOI0jV
Unusually high winds allowed Denmark to meet all of its electricity needs – with plenty to spare for Germany, Norway and Sweden too

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