Energy World - October 2010
Editorial
Stormy Scotland delivers a wind energy milestone
Steve Hodgson
Viewpoint
Decarbonisation of electricity – playing the long game
Phil Grant
News
International news
- US recovery act aiding energy innovation
- Three-tower CSP plant planned for Mojave Desert
- Multiple parties to blame for Macondo blowout – BP
- Subsea cabling solutions in Greece and Norway
- Two million smart meters installed in US
- Stricter rules on industrial emissions; not so strict for power plant
- Wind power projects in North America and Asia
- Kinetic and battery storage technology in the US
- New power plants for Canada, US, Dominica and Nigeria
- China overtakes US as world’s largest energy user
Home news
- CCS project would combine underground gasification and fuel cells
- Landfill gas-to-power project for Belfast
- Marine energy test centre expands
- Ofgem investigates mis-selling by suppliers
- Britain’s first deep geothermal power station?
- Land and offshore wind development powers on
- Improvements needed for installation of domestic heat pumps
- Hydro-electric project arrives in the Lake District
- Large-scale marine energy projects in the pipeline
Features
From Victorian house to Passivhaus
Is it possible to retrofit a Victorian terrace to the German low-energy Passivhaus standard? One social housing provider, Octavia Housing, is trying to do just that at a site in Notting Hill. Marc Height went along to have a look.
Demand response – a smarter way to think about energy management
A temporary and engineered reduction in the electricity demand may be a better way for businesses to cope with periods of peak electricity prices. And there are companies out there willing to help this thoroughly smart type of operation, as Scott McGaraghan from the US-based EnerNOC, writes.
The changing face of electricity metering technology
Across the world, smart meters are dramatically changing the way energy is produced, bought, sold and consumed. Mark England looks at how the evolution of the smart meter industry is presenting some interesting opportunities for players that would typically sit on the periphery.
Energy in buildings
Energy use solutions in buildings throughout the UK – voltage optimisation, biomass boiler, ground source heat pumps, solar PV, energy management controller, heat recovery boiler.
Charging ahead in the North East
Thanks to public and private investment, electric vehicles are due to make a big appearance in the North East. Dr Colin Herron details the activity in the region around charging points, car manufacturing and vehicle trialling.
Low carbon car behaviour
There is much talk about the various benefits, and challenges, in a shift to more electric vehicle usage, but how will people drive them? Christina Fell of Arup discusses the first findings of the UK’s largest trial of ultra-low carbon vehicles.
Transport energy
Rail wagons for biomass, biomethane fuels supermarket deliveries, electric vehicle refuelling/charging.
Moving beyond inefficient energy sectors in the former Yugoslavia
The energy sectors in the ex-Yugoslavia are in dramatic need of an overhaul. Both private and public support are aiding the transition to more secure and energy efficient networks, report Zlatko Conkas in Novi Sad and Keith Nuthall.
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