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Colin Bennett

Prospects for the Global Wind Energy Industry Are Still Strong Despite Recession, Says ... - 0 views

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wind

shared by Colin Bennett on 05 May 09 - Cached
  • Colin Bennett on 05 May 09
     
    BOULDER, Colo. -- May 4 2009 - The wind energy industry has been battered by the global economic crisis, with market participants being dealt a severe blow by the credit crunch that began in 2008. However, the future prospects for wind energy remain bright, according to a new report from Pike Research. The cleantech market intelligence firm forecasts that total installed wind generation capacity will reach 320 gigawatts (GW) in 2015, representing a 165% increase over 2008 levels.
Hans De Keulenaer

The Energy Blog: Valence Technology Premieres First Intelligent, Large-Format Lithium-I... - 0 views

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batteries electric vehicles lithium

shared by Hans De Keulenaer on 03 Dec 07 - Cached
  • Valence believes its new generation of phosphate-based lithium-ion battery systems will move the electric vehicle industry one step closer to the Holy Grail -- finding a battery solution that is safe, intelligent, lasts longer and weighs less than outdated technologies being used today.
Colin Bennett

Electricity 2.0: Smart grid will bring internet-like energy revolution - 0 views

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smart smart grid networks

shared by Colin Bennett on 04 Feb 10 - Cached
  • Not surprisingly, this intelligent, interconnected network is by no means a straightforward proposition. It has a lengthy ingredients list, and so requires extensive deployments to make it work: The most obvious component is the smart meter, which stores detailed data on energy usage and transmits and receives information, acting as the communications “gateway” into the home. On top of this, a new communications network needs to be built. Operating in parallel with the electricity grid, this network distributes data between all elements of the new intelligent grid. In the distribution and transmission network, advanced utility sensors and control systems need to be deployed in wires and substations. Such a network then provides the sensors and controls that will improve the system’s resilience. The final element is software. This is required to present, interpret, analyse and react to the huge amount of data that will consequently be flowing through the system.
Hans De Keulenaer

Renew Grid: Content / Features / RE Integration Expected To Drive Energy-Storage Sector - 0 views

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renewables storage markets

shared by Hans De Keulenaer on 20 Feb 12 - No Cached
  • The cleantech market intelligence firm forecasts that revenues from energy-storage systems for ancillary services applications will rise from $412 million in 2011 to more than $3.2 billion by 2021.
Phil Slade

U.K. research centre to support offshore wind industry | Windpower Engineering & De... - 0 views

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wind renewables research uk offshore

shared by Phil Slade on 27 Mar 12 - No Cached
  • Phil Slade on 27 Mar 12
     
    "The UK wind industry is planning large offshore wind farms, some at considerable distance from shore and in deeper water. Round 3 sites are from 13 to 195 km from shore compared with 12 km for the most distant existing offshore wind farms. There is an urgent need to ensure that offshore wind turbine availability is underpinned by appropriate approaches to operations and maintenance supported by intelligent asset management. Glasgow is aiming to become a center of excellence in offshore wind through development of the ITREZ (International Technology and Renewable Energy Zone)."
Hans De Keulenaer

Behavioral approaches to energy conservation pay off | Intelligent Utility - 0 views

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behaviour electricity utilities

shared by Hans De Keulenaer on 28 Feb 12 - No Cached
  • Utilities have begun to experiment with pilot programs that embody a behavioral approach. These programs are designed to change consumer behavior towards energy consumption, resulting in load reduction. Such behavioral approaches include any program that initiates a change in behavior that doesn't require a widget or a rebate on a "widget-based" program. A behavioral approach is not technology based.
Colin Bennett

Efficiency key to making Denmark fossil fuel-free by 2050, says report - 0 views

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denmark efficiency security 2050

shared by Colin Bennett on 30 Sep 10 - No Cached
  • In this ‘green’ future, electricity will comprise 40-70% of energy consumption, up from around 20% now. And a large part of this electricity will come from offshore wind farms, which the report highlights as an economically viable option for Denmark.The Klimakomissionen says many more turbines will have to be erected to cover up to half of the country’s energy consumption.Meanwhile, the energy system will have to become much more flexible and intelligent to cope with the fluctuation of wind energy.Technologies such as smart electricity meters, time-controlled recharging for electric cars and heat pumps in combination with heat storage systems will be crucial to the new energy order.The report says that biomass will play an important role as back up to wind power and to supply heating for homes, along with solar heating, geothermal energy and heat pumps, which will serve district heating systems.
Hans De Keulenaer

Spotlight on energy harvesting - 0 views

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scavenging piezo-electric

shared by Hans De Keulenaer on 30 Dec 08 - Cached
  • Before going any further, let's look at the forces driving energy harvesting, aka energy scavenging. While it would be convenient to say the technology's rise is tied directly to the "green" movement, it really results from a confluence of factors: Device output voltage is increasing, power-management circuits have lower losses and higher efficiency, and ICs that actually do the intelligent work and data transmission are operating at ever-decreasing voltage and power levels.
Jeff Johnson

Wind over water (JSOnline) - 1 views

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wind power controversial storage technology

shared by Jeff Johnson on 08 Dec 08 - Cached
  • Jeff Johnson on 08 Dec 08
     
    Wind power is, of course, controversial. A big knock is that until power-storage technology evolves, wind farms will work only when the wind blows. Wind energy proponents counter that the sites picked for wind farms are predictably gusty, though they acknowledge wind turbines will never be a complete answer to the nation's energy issues. But they say they can be a significant part of the our energy future when intelligently integrated with traditional power plants that have the ability to pick up the slack when wind doesn't deliver.
Hans De Keulenaer

IBM to prime pump for smart-grid start-ups | Green Tech - CNET News.com - 0 views

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demand management electricity smart grid storage

shared by Hans De Keulenaer on 18 Jul 08 - Cached
  • The idea is to create a common set of communication protocols and data formats that utilities and smart-grid start-ups can adhere to.
  • The benefit of a more intelligent infrastructure is that load can be curtailed as needed and problems spotted more quickly. By flattening out spikes in demand, utilities may not need to build new power plants, which are expensive and opposed in some places for environmental and health reasons.
Colin Bennett

Recession drives corporate investment in energy efficiency | Energy Efficiency News - 0 views

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investment efficiency

shared by Colin Bennett on 26 Feb 09 - Cached
  • Colin Bennett on 26 Feb 09
     
    The global recession is driving corporate adoption of energy efficiency measures in a bid to cut costs, according to a survey by the Economist Intelligence Unit.
Sergio Ferreira

Report from "brave" Lithuania: more climate change please? « 3E Intelligence - 0 views

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change climate targets

shared by Sergio Ferreira on 12 Feb 08 - Cached
  • Renewables now accounts for about  8% of Lithuania’s energy consumption (see the Commission’s DG Energy’s fact sheet on Lithuania’s renewable energy situation of 2007). In its latest renewable energy proposal of 23 January 2008, the Commission has set a very ambitious target of 23% of renewables to be reached by Lithuania in 2020.
Colin Bennett

Self-Powered Programmable Streetlights - The Autonoma - 0 views

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lighting

shared by Colin Bennett on 18 Feb 08 - Cached
  • This solar public lighting pole is totally autonomous and can be placed in any isolated area where electricity is not available.
  • Colin Bennett on 18 Feb 08
     
    Thankfully, designers continue to explore solar powered public lighting. This version includes more intelligent functions.
  • Hans De Keulenaer on 18 Feb 08
     
    Compared to electrified lighting, this is quite a negative impact for copper, but if we set the baseline as no lighting, it becomes quite positive. Referring to my recent post on the impact blog, the impact of this technology is probably positive in the short run, but long-term negative.
Hans De Keulenaer

EU's 'soft power' unprepared for resource conflicts « 3E Intelligence - 0 views

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europe secure power

shared by Hans De Keulenaer on 13 Mar 08 - Cached
  • The EU is unprepared for future conflicts over energy resources, according to a new report written for the meeting of EU leaders on 13-14 March. The report, seen by the Guardian, predicts that global warming might lead to energy wars, mass migration, failed states and political radicalisation. The report highlights the “scramble” over natural resources from the thawing Arctic region as a potential new conflict area with Russia.
Hans De Keulenaer

Welcome to brave new world « 3E Intelligence - 0 views

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2050 climate future roadmap

shared by Hans De Keulenaer on 05 May 08 - Cached
  • It does not happen often that I agree with the American Enterprise Institute but Steven Hayward’s analysis of the “real cost of tackling climate change” in the Wall Street Journal of 28 April is spot on: an 80% reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 will have dramatic implications for our way of life. Hayward has at least the courage (which cannot be said for our politicians) to tell the public what this 80% cut will mean for citizens’ daily lives. In not one political document have I ever seen a serious impact assessment of the 80% target. The fear of being the bearer of bad news is one which characterises all policymakers (even the ones who know that the climate crisis will hit hard).
Hans De Keulenaer

Decarbonising our economies means redefining progress « 3E Intelligence - 0 views

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carbon climate footprinting uk usa

shared by Hans De Keulenaer on 12 Dec 07 - Cached
  • Time to dispair? Not according to Monbiot: “We must confront a challenge which is as great and as pressing as the rise of the Axis powers. Had we thrown up our hands then, as many people are tempted to do today, you would be reading this paper in German. Though the war often seemed impossible to win, when the political will was mobilised strange and implausible things began to happen. The US economy was spun round on a dime in 1942 as civilian manufacturing was switched to military production(25). The state took on greater powers than it had exercised before. Impossible policies suddenly became achievable.
  • Hans De Keulenaer on 12 Dec 07
     
    Hope it is not time for the ' global war on climate change'.
Sergio Ferreira

Final IPCC report: will it make a difference? « 3E Intelligence - 0 views

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change climate ipcc

shared by Sergio Ferreira on 19 Nov 07 - Cached
  • Can one write something new about the latest synthesis report from the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change? Not really
  • Not only is it just repeating what was in the three earlier reports this year (although maybe with a bit more political courage), but what it confirms is already known for years (although some still need convincing because they have so much to lose):
Hans De Keulenaer

Greens go for big: solar farms in the desert « 3E Intelligence - 0 views

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desert

shared by Hans De Keulenaer on 03 Dec 07 - Cached
  • I was quite surprised this week when I attended a conference organised by the Greens in the European Parliament and saw them do the lobbying for a grand solar industrial project which I think still has a lot of uncertainties and even environmental dangers.
Colin Bennett

» Smarter homes with an Amigo | Emerging Technology Trends | ZDNet.com - 0 views

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trends

shared by Colin Bennett on 03 Dec 07 - Cached
  • I’m sure that some of you remember Jini, an initiative launched in 1998 by Bill Joy of Sun Microsystems. This software was supposed to turn all the devices we use into ‘network citizens,’ as Joy said. It never really worked. And even if the electronic devices we own are increasingly network compatible, they still are unable to work together intelligently. This is why the European Union has funded a project to allow your fridge or your TV to communicate with your phone or your PC. This project, named Amigo, will end in February 2008 and was granted €13 millions by the EU. This project enrolled powerful partners such as France Telecom, Microsoft or Philips which pay the rest of the bill, expected to reach €23 millions. The researchers think their approach will be successful because it’s an entirely open source project and everyone can participate. But read more…
  • Colin Bennett on 03 Dec 07
     
    effciency connectivity
Sergio Ferreira

Only 7 EU countries join International Carbon Action Partnership « 3E Intelli... - 0 views

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carbon europe germany france uk italy netherlands ireland portugal usa canada climate

shared by Sergio Ferreira on 30 Oct 07 - Cached
  • the new international forum links up the EU Commission and seven member states (France, Germany, the UK, Italy, the Netherlands, Ireland and Portugal) with eleven US and Canadian regional states (the likes of New York, Maine, California and British Columbia) to exchange information and best practices about their efforts to create carbon markets through a cap-and-trade system. The bad news: where are the other 20 EU member states? And what about other federal governments such as the US, Russia, China or India?
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