Energy World - November 2010
Editorial
Time to start rewiring Britain for the future
Steve Hodgson
Viewpoint
Fantasy economics won’t help create a low carbon future
Dr Robert Gross MEI
News
International news
- Gas-fired power stations for Oman, US, India, Canada and Turkey
- German energy ‘revolution’
- California top state for renewables in US, Louisiana has work to do
- Chinese nuclear power plant enters commercial operation
- EU 2010 renewable targets already exceeded – EREC
- New wind projects in Europe, Turkey, Canada and China
- Solar panels for the White House
- New pumped storage plant for South Africa
- Seven countries short on Kyoto targets
Home news
- Britain needs rewiring – to the tune of £32bn
- World’s largest offshore wind farm opens
- Winter energy demand ‘manageable’
- Government departments to cut energy use
- Renewables ‘to fully power Scotland by 2025’
- First solar power plant for the UK?
- Elevate the role of gas, says Oil & Gas UK
- Feed-in tariffs deliver 32 MW of new capacity
- High cost of offshore wind deployment ‘can come down’
Features
Evolution of electricity grids – towards smarter solutions
The evolution of electricity networks doesn’t receive the attention it deserves in this age of debate over fossil versus renewable and nuclear power generation, and strategies to control electricity use. As Pierre Kayoun from Nexans writes, why invest in more power generation if you can’t move the extra energy effectively?
Czech Republic reactors switch to Russian fuel
Might switching to a Russian supplier of nuclear fuel increase the Czech Republic’s dependency on energy from Russia? Not significantly, according to local writer Lubomir Sedlák.
Japan – ambitious new nuclear targets against ‘falling’ power demand
The Japanese government plans for a reduction of hydrocarbon fuel consumption and an increase in nuclear power output over the next 20 years, as David Hayes writes.
How to accelerate the development of renewable energy
The rate of technological development is one uncertainty when forecasting growth rates for renewable energy. Here, Mark Winskel, Chiara Candelise, Henry Jeffrey and Brighid Jay look at the potential for accelerating the development of renewables, focusing on marine energy and solar PV.
EI technical research – biofuels and CCS
The Energy Institute’s technical department has a broad research programme into many aspects of the industry, from health and safety to fuel handling. Here, Martin Maeso outlines some of the department’s work into biofuels and carbon capture and storage.
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