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Advice on Publishng in IET Media.

Brian Catt
I am seeking to publish a review paper/report on the cost of renewable energy with its necessary battery (or pumped storage) when it can no longer depend  on fossil power to compensate for its intermittency, so must overgenerate enough total energy at times of surplus and deliver it from batteries when realtime generation is inadequate.


After a "hack" I am down to "only" 20 pages and 7,000 words. Advice on where best to publish this? The results are fairly stunnig, but not technically difficult or riginal researcg, its fact based engineering.. I am not an academic  and am retired, so have no taxpayer or employer funding for my publishing. Just want to put the paper on file as a matter of professinal record for others to comment upon as to its accuracy and merit.


Thanks for any help,
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    Hi Brian,


    As this seems to be a proposal regarding energy policy (rather than the technical implementation of that policy) I would have thought the Energy Institute would be a far more appropriate organisation to discuss this with? I'm sure you know already that they have a huge expertise and knowledge base in this area, and it would seem unprofessional for the IET to tread on their toes.


    Where to draw the line in the IET's expertise on energy has long been a thorny issue, I would compare it to medical technology: discussing how to improve the engineering of MRI scanners is well within our remit, discussing the cost/benefits of different scanner technologies  - including proposing which medical issues we want as a society to spend our money on addressing - should be left to medical professionals. I guess energy has been a more contentious area because until roughly the 1960s energy choices were seen by many as purely an engineering management (including cost) issue.


    To come to my own field, I am very happy to discuss aspects of railway technology here, but I would be very concerned if the IET started promoting policy statements - or even discussion documents - on what balance of road and rail transport should be implemented for the net benefit of society and the environment. It's just not where our expertise lies. But of course we should be pointing out any technical misconceptions in policy statements produced by others.


    Apologies for the rather long answer, but as energy is such an important topic I am sure that you will agree that it needs to be discussed in its complete context. I feel very strongly that we need to strengthen our professionalism as engineers by realising that many aspects of topics in which we are involved actually lie in the expertise of others. Which, I have to say, I find the IET is pretty good at recognising.


    Now, a joint IET / Energy Institute conference on generation strategies would be very interesting (for all I know maybe there is such a thing?), this could promote innovation by bringing together those who understand the problems and context, and those who understand the technical opportunities and solutions.


    Thanks,


    Andy


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    Hi Brian,


    As this seems to be a proposal regarding energy policy (rather than the technical implementation of that policy) I would have thought the Energy Institute would be a far more appropriate organisation to discuss this with? I'm sure you know already that they have a huge expertise and knowledge base in this area, and it would seem unprofessional for the IET to tread on their toes.


    Where to draw the line in the IET's expertise on energy has long been a thorny issue, I would compare it to medical technology: discussing how to improve the engineering of MRI scanners is well within our remit, discussing the cost/benefits of different scanner technologies  - including proposing which medical issues we want as a society to spend our money on addressing - should be left to medical professionals. I guess energy has been a more contentious area because until roughly the 1960s energy choices were seen by many as purely an engineering management (including cost) issue.


    To come to my own field, I am very happy to discuss aspects of railway technology here, but I would be very concerned if the IET started promoting policy statements - or even discussion documents - on what balance of road and rail transport should be implemented for the net benefit of society and the environment. It's just not where our expertise lies. But of course we should be pointing out any technical misconceptions in policy statements produced by others.


    Apologies for the rather long answer, but as energy is such an important topic I am sure that you will agree that it needs to be discussed in its complete context. I feel very strongly that we need to strengthen our professionalism as engineers by realising that many aspects of topics in which we are involved actually lie in the expertise of others. Which, I have to say, I find the IET is pretty good at recognising.


    Now, a joint IET / Energy Institute conference on generation strategies would be very interesting (for all I know maybe there is such a thing?), this could promote innovation by bringing together those who understand the problems and context, and those who understand the technical opportunities and solutions.


    Thanks,


    Andy


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