Energy World - January 2010
Editorial
Targets for reduction - past perfomance, future actionSteve Hodgson
Viewpoint
The CRC energy efficiency scheme - will it deliver what is promised?
Callum F Stuart
News
International news
- CCS projects continue apace in the US
- No climate solution for Europe without rest of world on board
- WEO forecasts massive growth in oil supply
- New wind capacity for Mexico, Pennsylvania
- Further US investment for smart grids
- New reactor for India starts up
- Pumped storage scheme for eastern Switzerland
- More power through the HVDC link in New Zealand
- How far away is the oil peak?
- Transport revolution needed to halve emissions by 2050
Home news
- Wind energy – up to £1.4bn in new loans for onshore farms
- Industry leaders back drive to cut manufacturing emissions
- Draft planning statements open way for nuclear, clean coal and renewables
- EI Awards winners
- HSE reports on nuclear reactor designs
- DECC signs up to 10:10 campaign
- Trial for scheme to cut carbon from 200,000 London homes
- Submarine power cable for offshore wind farm
Features
2010 – the outlook for energy purchasing
As a new decade dawns, the effects of events from the last year in the energy sector and further afield are still being felt worldwide. Here, Veronica Truman takes a look back over 2009 and offers a view of the actors that will affect energy purchasing in 2010.
Efficient strategies pay off
Statistics show that, even through the current recession, energy efficiency is still a priority for businesses. As explained by Jeff Whittingham, energy service packages offered by British Gas Business can help to provide significant energy and cost savings
Taking small-scale CHP into business
Advances in combined heat and power (CHP) technology mean that, where CHP was previouslyconsidered the reserve of large-scale, high-investment industrial sites, it is now being used more widely on smaller-scale commercial premises too. Here Damian Shevloff of Dalkia sets out the business case for CHP.
Energy in business
Renewable energy for retailer, hotel energy efficiency, voltage power optimisation
Employment in energy – a confusing picture
Last year was difficult for many energy businesses, and the employment market did not escape. So what is the outlook now for employment opportunities in the energy industry? Eliot Davies reports the view from one specialist recruitment company.
Careers, skills, training
Lack of skills for low-carbon, smart meter roll-out creates jobs, training the
low-carbon experts of tomorrow
Where there’s muck there’s brass
More than half of London’s waste still ends up in landfill sites but, according the London Assembly
Environment Committee, a switch to an increased use of waste-to-energy facilities could reduce
landfill levels and help to reduce the city’s carbon emissions.
