Fission to Fusion

ITER is a joint international research and development project that aims to demonstrate the scientific and technical feasibility of fusion power. The partners in the project - the ITER Parties - are the European Union (represented by EURATOM), Japan, the People´s Republic of China, India, the Republic of Korea, the Russian Federation and the USA. ITER will be constructed in Europe, at Cadarache in the South of France. It is a ten year multi billion euro project.

What is fusion?

Fusion is the energy source of the sun and the stars. On earth, fusion research is aimed at demonstrating that this energy source can be used to produce electricity in a safe and environmentally benign way, with abundant fuel resources, to meet the needs of a growing world population. There is fusion power production and fission the first is clean with a small waste problem and the later which we are all familiar with is dirty and requires many hundreds of years for the waste to become safe.

Power

UK-Power Station fuelled by coal to be built next to one of the remaining mines in Yorkshire UK!

4th April - what's changed in minds that a decade ago did not see any future in coal fired electricity generation - has global warming gone away? Production has increased significantly - indications are when the station is built it will have the capacity to provide electricity to four big cities like Leeds, Sheffield, Newcastle and Manchester! Are we seeing a political shift in the power production landscape?

Europe - Governments review the full effects of global warming and climate change!

Initial thoughts on the effects of climate change have been brought forward from 2015. Changes are likely to take place far sooner than expected with catastrophic effects as a consequence of rising sea levels and climate shift!

Global Talent Management Crisis!!

Most of the Power sector is now under considerable pressure as an upwardly mobile workforce move between companies and countries. Global mobility is completely changing the landscape or recruitment, training and retention while companies are investing millions of $ in training and educating their workforce only to find that as fast as they invest the staff are moving on and the crisis just self perpetuates creating yet another crisis for them. How do you stand back from what you have done in the past (un-learn the old and learn something new)? This requires a whole new mind set on how you manage your human capital, train it and then even more important hold onto it. Jasper Associates have been working in this field for a long time deploying some of the latest technologies and know-how on how to strategically manage a fickle workforce looking for the best opportunities. Companies are now fishing for their talent in the same pool with an ever decreasing fishing stock and even actively poaching staff from each other. Do you need help in the long term this short term fix will back fire unless you can deal with the problems rather than fix the symptoms?