Paul Crossley

Andrew Mercer, a Bath based business man, has with others, created a company 20C to exploit the energy potential of pressure change as natural gas is pumped around the grid. The gas is carrier of the potential, the pressure is the source of the energy. By fitting the technology to the grid enough energy is generated to the equivalence of a nuclear power station. It would reduce the countrey's CO2 emissions by about 5% and as it fits within current infrastructure does not cause large planning issues.

The Government originally agreed to classify this under the RO obligation but has now changed its mind due to the link to gas and fossil fuels. This is wrong thinking as the gas is being pumped around anyway. The technology exploits the pressure changes in the flows not the gas itself.

My email to Stephen Clark. Mon, 13 Aug 2007 01:23:48 -0700 (PDT)

From: "Paul Crossley"

To: Roco.info@dti.gsi.gov.uk

CC: "Annette Mercer" , "Richard Lyddon"

Stephen Clark Renewables Obligation Policy Department of Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 2nd Floor 1 Victoria Street London SW1H 0ET

Dear Mr Clark,

I am very concerned about the recent Government decision to remove geo-pressure from the RO. Geo-pressure is used in the USA and mainland Europe. 20C are the only company in the UK exploiting these ideas.

The fact that the gas itself is not renewable is not the issue. Gas is merely the carrier of the pressure which is exploited to produce energy.

20C can deliver around 5% of the country's carbon reduction targets and produce the amount of electricity that a single nuclear station would produce.

The system generates energy when it is required and would be located around the country in existing plants. Therefore planning issues would be minimal.

RO accreditation is important as without it the implementation becomes non-viable for the Gas Company.

I urge you to reconsider your decision on RO status for geo-pressure technology and reinstate it so that this amazing idea can be implemented and at a stroke deliver a large chunck of our CO2 reduction targets.

yours sincerely

Paul Crossley Leader of Bath and NE Somerset Liberal Democrats