Category Archives: Uncategorized

Heron Island

I’ve spent the past week on Heron Island of the coast of Gladstone in Queensland at the Heron Island Complex Systems Summer School, staying at the University of Queensland’s Research Station. It’s been a terrific week, with presentations on everything … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Tackling tax havens

You may have heard of the role of the Cayman Islands, Jersey, the Isle of Man, the US state of Delaware and others as tax havens. But guess which one tops the dismal list of those facilitating global tax evasion and … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Solar thermal power in Spain

Last Monday I heard a fascinating talk by Santiago Arias, the technical director of Torresol Energy, which runs the new 19.9MW Gemasolar 24hr solar power plant. From Torresol’s website: Gemasolar is the first commercial-scale plant in the world to apply central tower … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

The future of transport in Australia

Tonight I attended a useful seminar on the future of transport in Australia organised by the Melbourne Energy Institute and the Grattan Institute. Chaired by Professor Roy Neel, Chief of Staff to former US Vice President Al Gore and Adjunct … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Climate change talks

Well clearly I’m not overwhelming this site with posts so far! So to break the silence, here’s a clip of a talk I gave on the 10th of August at an event organised by Lighter Footprints. Thanks guys for organising a terrific … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Welcome to my new site

Hi all, Thanks for visiting. Well this site is very clearly under construction – including the colour schemes. I’ll gradually migrate much of the content over from my previous site which can be found here. Regards, Brett

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment