What is your Surname? Terrones Guerrero
Which roughly translates as Earth Warrior.
Go on, Give it a go, see if you can pronounce the Five Vowels.
A E I O U.
We had a quick look at 'GH' Pronunciation last week.
Words such as Eight, Night, light etc.
Another point to remember on pronunciation, is that usually two vowels together,
make only one sound. Fruit, suit, boat, load, biscuit etc. are
examples of this
Being a Civil Servant is a stable, if boring, job.
The unemployment rate in Spain is quite high. Over 20% (roughly speaking)
Do you have any idea what the rate is in France? No Idea, I don't have a clue,
but it's a lot lower than Spain.
It Peaked at 26.3% in 2013, but has been falling steadily ever since.
However as Ruben pointed-out earlier It has shot-up again this month.
That's due to the end of the tourist season.
The price of electricity has also shot-up in the last few months.
Have you ever been to London? No, I've never been to London.
Yes I've been twice. What stood-out for you?
What was the highlight of the trip?
Changing the subject, I'm trying to work-out how to bring
second hand books from the UK. It's a great way to improve your fluency.
They have a book fair every year in Canovas.
Reading a big book is not the best way to start.
It's not going to work. It's too difficult.
I reccomend a graphic novel.
An Electrician installs electrical equipment. He works with electricity.
Give it a go, see if you can pronounce the Five Vowels.
AEIOU.
Ricky is going to speak a little about electricity production
and cross reference it with costs.
I saw a demonstration of the Google search App the other day.
It was very impressive.
They asked 'how tall is Pau'?, and in a couple of seconds they had the answer.
Did you know, Google was set-up in 1999? We are living in a Post Google Era
A colleague of mine did a survey in 1997.(encuesta) It's hard to believe, but Only six percent
of people interviewed felt that email was important for their business.
What did you get-up-to at the weekend, Ricky?
I went to Merida. To visit my folks.
To spend some time with my family. I haven't seen them for a while, so it was
good to catch up. By the way, did you know that there is a Jewish
neighborhood in Plascencia
I go there quite often. Every other weekend.
I had some car trouble the other day. My car broke down.
The Alternator is Kaput.
I Opened the bonnet, to have a look under the hood,
but I couldn't see anything The engines are all sealed nowadays.
What's your schedule for this week, Mr Guerrero? The main thing I have to do is to attend a
meeting in Badajoz with a client.
I need to write-up a contract, so I'll spend most of this week
working-out the details.
The most important thing is that we need to reach an agreement on the figures.
(the price)
It's for a government organization. The local council.
It's an ESCO project,
It's an ESCO project, which is an Energy Term. It's Like an Energy Audit.
It's made up of four local councils within Badajoz.
The company are going to make a big investment in this project.
Any savings the client makes also earn Gamma money.
We earn a percentage of the savings. So It's a win / win situation
And we really need to prepare very well.
Who is involved in the negotiations? Me and David.
The council is being represented by Agenex. I used to work for them.
It gives me a slight advantage.
How about you, Ricky? What are you going to be getting up to during
the week.
My main job is to analyse Plant (output) Individual analysis to begin with,
and then compare that with our projections.
We are currently in charge of, or responsible for,
34 Solar plants in total.
Primarily in Spain. We're still waiting for the English plants
to go on-line.
Will you finish up this week? I certainly hope so!
If everything goes according to plan.
I have a lot to Catch up on, Work is building up.
The audit project has been put on the backburner for the moment.
How's it going Raul ? What are you up to.
Well, this week has been a Roller-coaster of emotions.
A lot of work and a lot of problems.
We have a backlog of work to get thru'.
We did a lot of Cold Calling, knocking on doors etc.,
at the beginning of the year. And now Orders are beginning to build up.
We laid all the groundwork earlier in the year.
And now the orders are arriving all at once, It's like waiting for a bus.
You wait a long time and then three come together.
Now we're under pressure to deliver the goods.
On the one hand we have work, that's good. On the other hand It's a long lead time.
Another issue is that they order with very short notice,
Another problem we were referring to before was
the issue of payments.
We have several invoices overdue by six months. Basically they are outstanding from January.
We're constantly chasing-them-up but it doesn't seem to be getting us anywhere.
How about you guys? What have you been up to today?
Well, we had a deadline to meet. We were finishing-up the tender.
Putting the finishing touches to it before we sent-it-off.
Raul, wasn't really paying attention. He was just nodding and smiling
But he's forgiven. He has a lot on his plate at the moment.
OK Bea. Can you sum it up for me? Keep it short and sweet.
Yes, we sell the energy over a period of 25 yrs
to the National Grid.
Basically, we have a 25 yr lease-hold on the site.
After that we will probably dismantle the plant.
But by then we will have recovered our investment. (ROI)
Realistically we will have covered our costs in 6 yrs.
It's a big investment on a large site. Of course, It's a bit of a gamble,
but we have been working-out the figures, and we're going to go ahead with it.
We have stopped selling directly to the grid because
It's just not cost-effective It's not profitable.
It's usually neccesary to do a site survey before any building work is carried out.
Of course that requires a surveyor and planning permission.
So how are you finding it at the moment Reuben?
I really like pressure, which is to say, I work well under pressure.(within reason)
Or you could say, I thrive on pressure.
Business is thriving. It's been a very hectic week.
We had a phone conference out of the blue.
An order for 25 generators before the end of the year.
The problem is, It takes four weeks to build and
on top of that it takes three weeks to transport, and another to clear customs.
It also depends on the tides.
I'm afraid we need a little more notice than that.
It takes a long time to clear customs in Nicaragua. It takes a long time to go thru' customs.
The customs officials are very fussy. On top of that, you have to pay storage
while you're goods are held-up in customs.
Our supplier is going to look into the possibility of expediting it a little
earlier. They're trying to sort something out. (sort
it out)
What have you been up to today David? I've been tied up all day Conducting interviews.
To supply power to all the base stations in Spain.
What do you propose?
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