Energy World - June 2010
Editorial
Priorities for the new administration – carbon price and energy efficiency
Steve Hodgson
Viewpoint
Energy markets in 2025 – where will CCS fit?
Steve Esau
News
International news
- Nuclear power development in China, more capacity planned for Finland
- Moves to curb US air pollution from shipping
- Canada – good goals, but more coordination needed
- New wind projects for Germany, US and Morocco
- Gas-fired power in Nigeria, the Netherlands and Russia
- US Navy to power its fleet with biofuels
- Growth in PV set to continue
- 100% renewables by 2050 – 'the only sustainabe option'
- Construction begins on Nord Stream
Home news
- Five green priorities for the new Government
- Government plans to tackle its own climate challenges
- Steam turbine for 50 MW biomass-to-energy scheme
- New CCGT for Manchester
- UK offshore wind industry reaches 1 GW landmark
- Insulation pilot scheme for 250,000 employees
- Six museums turn to the Energy Consortium
- Country park adds biomass boiler to its hydro scheme
- Emergy Manager of the Year and other energy award winners
Features
Carbon capture and storage – time to step up the pace
Progress is being made to support the development of full-scale carbon capture and storage, and pilot projects are springing up to test different technologies in both the capture and storage of carbon dioxide. Here, Jeff Chapman of the UK CCS Association sums up activity around CCS at UK and EU levels, arguing that the new Government needs to be moving a lot faster to advance CCS deployment.
Carbon networks in Yorkshire and Humberside
CO2Sense Yorkshire and Yorkshire Forward, the region’s development agency, are promoting a potential CCS scheme to gather carbon dioxide emitted from the several sizeable sources in the area and pipe this to several, also conveniently-located, offshore storage sites. The project is in its early days; below are edited extracts from information published by CO2Sense Yorkshire.
Good practice for CCS
Carbon capture and storage, like any other area of the energy industry, will need to operate in a safe framework. Here, Martin Maeso highlights the EI’s recent published guidelines on CCS and looks to further work needed in the future.
CCS in the oil and gas industry
Carbon capture and storage is not all about coal. There is a role to play in all fossil fuel areas, and the CO2 Capture Project is at the forefront of the oil and gas industry’s efforts to develop the technology, according to the Project’s Iain Wright. Here he outlines some of the consortium’s work.
Options to balance large wind power inputs to electricity grids
The growth of wind power means that the output from wind turbines already exceeds the total power demand for short periods of time in Denmark and the US state of Texas – a situation that needs careful management. Here, David Strahan considers the options, including the building of electricity ‘supergrids’ to balance power flows, and management of electricity demand itself.
CDM projects off to a slow start in Africa
The Kyoto Protocol’s Clean Development Mechanism, under which countries can meet carbon reduction commitments through investment in low-carbon projects in the developing world, has made slow progress in Africa. But schemes are beginning to get off the ground, led by programmes in Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa. George Stone reports.
Renewable energy
Ground source heat pumps, wood pellet biomass, solar PV and solar thermal technology - as applied to UK buildings
The Italian AD job
With government support in Italy boosting the biomass energy industry, schemes are appearing at a rapid rate. Here, Mark Little describes one such scheme in the north of the country which uses anaerobic digestion, and suggests that similar technology could be adopted in the UK.
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