β Scribed by D. Fielden; J. K. Jacques
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It has long been contended by people working in the oil industry that there can be no such thing as a 'national' energy policy; that energy policy can only be an international affair. This paper shows that small (densely populated) islands can provide some isolation for themselves from the vagaries of such international oil markets. It provides a systemic insight into the small island energy problem, and takes the case of the Channel Island of Guernsey as an example.
It discusses various approaches to the island energy problem and uses a Soft Systems Methodology (SSM). The work is overlaid onto a 'quality, quantity and timing template' approach to energy planning and indicates that distributed cogeneration would significantly lessen dependence on oil imports; but the focus needs to be on energy service needs rather than the present 'prepared' energy fuels.
It indicates that modular cogeneration technologies, geographically dispersed but electrically interconnected, need to be at the heart of the strategy. Which runs counter to much current public energy policy in relation to utilities and supply-demand relationships.
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