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Hans De Keulenaer

The Colombo Times - Sri lankan's Unbiased Online Daily: Develop a New Approach to ENERG... - 0 views

  • It is no longer sufficient to think of energy usage as being driven by economic development. The time has come to begin assessing the role of energy versus other inputs as a means of stimulating development.
Gina-Marie Cheeseman

Obama Administration Will Develop Renewable Energy on Public Land - 0 views

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    During a recent speech, Obama spoke of the key role renewable energy will play in his economic recovery plan. He emphasized the need to "transform our economy…and save our planet from the ravages of climate change" by developing renewable energy. In March, the U.S. Interior Department secretary Ken Salazar, recently issued an order to create a special task force to encourage the development of renewable energy projects on federal lands.
Colin Bennett

Global greenhouse gas emissions accelerate rise - 0 views

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    The Emission Database for Global Atmospheric Research (EDGAR) found that global annual emissions of greenhouse gases totalled 41 billion tonnes in 2005, up from 24 billion tonnes in 1970 and 33 billion tonnes in 1990. Between 1990 and 2005, total greenhouse gas emissions amounted to 560 billion tonnes. The EDGAR dataset shows that greenhouse gas emissions have been higher in developing countries than in industrialised countries since 2004, though developing countries emit significantly lower levels of emissions per capita than developed countries (4 tonnes, versus approximately 15 tonnes).
Colin Bennett

Honda and Vaillant to launch cogeneration system in Europe - 0 views

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    Automaker Honda and German heating and air conditioning specialist Vaillant are joining forces to develop a gas-powered micro-cogeneration system for homes in Europe. Cogeneration heat and power (CHP) systems, which simultaneously produce electricity and heat, are mainly used by industry and in district or community heating schemes. Honda and Vaillant, however, plan to develop systems suitable for detached homes. Honda already offers similar systems in Japan and US, where over 80,000 micro-CHP (MCHP) units have been installed. The new system, which could reduce household emissions by up to 25%, will feature control and connection technology developed by Vaillant with Honda's MCHP unit adapted for the European market.
Phil Slade

Climate Investment Funds - 0 views

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    "The Climate Investment Funds are a unique pair of financing instruments designed to support low-carbon and climate-resilient development through scaled-up financing channeled through the African Development Bank , Asian Development Bank , European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Inter-American Development Bank , and World Bank Group."
davidchapman

Technology Review: A Design for Cheaper Wind Power - 0 views

  • FloDesign Wind Turbine, a spin-off from the aerospace company FloDesign based in Wilbraham, MA, has developed a wind turbine that could generate electricity at half the cost of conventional turbines. The company recently raised $6 million in its first round of venture financing and has announced partnerships with wind-farm developers. The company's design, which draws on technology developed for jet engines, circumvents a fundamental limit to conventional wind turbines. Typically, as wind approaches a turbine, almost half of the air is forced around the blades rather than through them, and the energy in that deflected wind is lost. At best, traditional wind turbines capture only 59.3 percent of the energy in wind, a value called the Betz limit.
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    FloDesign Wind Turbine, a spin-off from the aerospace company FloDesign has developed a wind turbine that could generate electricity at half the cost of conventional turbines. The design circumvents the Betz limit.
davidchapman

Clipper to Develop 7.5 MW Wind Turbine - 0 views

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    Clipper Windpower has announced that is has chosen Blyth, Northumberland in the United Kingdom as the site for the development of its new offshore wind turbines. Called the Britannia Project, the $65 million development program will develop a 7.5 MW wind turbine using Clipper's technology. North England's Centre of Excellence for New and Renewable Energy will provide engineering, testing and development services in support of the project.
Hans De Keulenaer

RTI International Develops New Low Cost, High Efficiency Solar Technology | Sustainable... - 0 views

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    The RTI-developed solar cells were created using low-cost materials and processing techniques that reduce the primary costs of photovoltaic production, including materials, capital infrastructure and energy associated with manufacturing.   Prel...
Hans De Keulenaer

Smart Growth / Smart Energy Toolkit - Slideshows - 0 views

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    The slideshows developed for this toolkit illustrate the basic concepts of each smart growth / smart energy module, address some of the issues surrounding implementation and provide summaries of the case studies that were developed. Where appropriate, multiple slideshows are provided th
Colin Bennett

Sustainable Development Ends Suburban Sprawl - 0 views

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    SB375 was a process that involved getting a wide range of issues on the table that included suburban and urban development, climate change, oil dependency, children's health, air quality, and transportation.
davidchapman

Irish Offshore Wind Energy Developers say Offshore can provide 40% of Ireland's Power w... - 0 views

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    Irish-based Offshore wind energy developers today confirmed that they have projects at an advanced stage of preparation for the development of over 2,000mw of renewable energy in Irish waters at a capital cost of over €4 billion. The announcement was made by the five largest offshore wind companies in Ireland at the launch of NOW Ireland, a new organisation to promote the development of the offshore wind industry in Ireland.
Arabica Robusta

Biofuels and Food Security should be a very important aspect of this group - 154 views

I agree that biofuel is a dead end, and in fact is perhaps worse than the disease. I will cross-post some recent articles I have found on biofuels and the scramble for African land (and land elsew...

renewables food bioenergy

Infogreen Global

British researchers to develop solar energy harvesting technology at nannoscale - 2 views

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    Provided new innovative methods of energy capture and storage are discovered, developed and exploited rapidly, the sun could provide sufficient energy to make up the shortfall. Nanoscale technologies can enable new solar energy harvesting solutions through the generation of novel materials that can be deployed to deliver commercially attractive efficiencies at a low cost and a reasonable lifetime of service.
Hans De Keulenaer

PR-GB.com... News from origin - Amerigon BSST Subsidiary Selected as Partner in U.S. De... - 0 views

  • Amerigon Incorporated , a leader in developing and marketing products based on advanced thermoelectric (TE) technologies, today announced that its subsidiary, BSST LLC, will partner in a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) project to develop a highly-efficient thermoelectric heating and cooling system for automobiles that will substantially reduce energy consumption, engine load and ultimately greenhouse gas emissions. The goal of the 36-month, up to $8.4 million project is to create a zonal heating and cooling system for automobiles that heats or cools the vehicle occupants, rather than the entire cabin and its components, thereby reducing the energy consumed by existing heating/cooling systems by one third.
Colin Bennett

Solar-Powered Fridges - Emily Cummins Develops Portable Cooler for Developing Countries... - 0 views

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    21-year-old student Emily Cummins has created a portable solar-powered fridge specifically for use in developing countries.
Colin Bennett

2008 Annual Report on OECD Sustainable Development Work - 0 views

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    Read all about the range of 2008 sustainable development work (economic, environment and social) in the OECD - statistics, analyses, policy discussions and more.
Colin Bennett

EERE News: Members Announced for the Biomass Research and Development Technical Advisor... - 0 views

  • The Biomass Research and Development Technical Advisory Committee was founded as part of the Biomass Research and Development Act of 2000. The Committee encourages closer collaboration among federal and state agencies, industry, and growers and provides expert advice on strategic planning; the technical focus of requests for proposals, and procedures for reviewing and evaluating funding proposals.
Sergio Ferreira

Statkraft to build world's first osmotic power plant - 0 views

  • After ten years of research and development, Statkraft believes the time is now right to build the first osmotic power plant prototype and is therefore stepping up its initiatives and investments to develop the technology. With this decision Statkraft will have invested more than NOK 100 million to develop a new, renewable energy technology. The research work is supported by The Research Council of Norway.  The global technical potential for osmotic power production is estimated at around 1600 TWh, including around 200 TWh in Europe and 12 TWh in Norway, or 10 percent of Norway’s current power production. The innovation has already attracted attention in the international energy community.
Hans De Keulenaer

South Asia - 'CLIMATE SMART' WORLD WITHIN REACH, SAYS WORLD BANK - 0 views

  • If developed countries act now, a ‘climate-smart’ world is feasible, and the costs for getting there will be high but still manageable, says a new World Bank report released today. High-income countries also need to act quickly to reduce their carbon footprints and boost development of alternative energy sources to help tackle the problem of climate change.
Hans De Keulenaer

Sectoral Approaches in Electricity : Building Bridges to a Safe Climate « RFF... - 2 views

  • Electricity accounts for more than 40 % of global energy-related CO2 emissions. This issue is most pressing for developing countries where growth in power demand is particularly high, fueling the risk of irreversible investment in CO2-intensive capacity, the so-called “carbon lock-in”. Sectoral Approaches in Electricity – Building Bridges to a Safe Climate shows how the international climate policy framework could effectively support a transition towards low-CO2 electricity systems in developing countries. Sectoral approaches are intended to address sectors that require urgent actions, without waiting for countries to take nation-wide commitments.
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