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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.
Hans De Keulenaer

Feed-in Tariffs in Ukraine ranking among the highest in Europe - Environmental technologies news magazine - 0 views

  • Ukraine seeks to reduce its current dependency on gas imports. To address the issue, a number of initiatives are being taken which are aimed at boosting energy efficiency, introducing energy saving technologies and renewable energy resources. The feed-in tariffs effective since April 2009, rank among the highest in Europe, which considering the saturated European market, makes Ukraine especially luring for the foreign investors in the field. As forecasted by the government, in the next 3-4 years Ukraine will be able to attract about 3 billion dollars of private investments for the development of renewable energy production.
Colin Bennett

Roofs could generate 40% of Europe's electricity by 2020 - 1 views

  • The roofs and facades of buildings across Europe could potentially generate 40% of the region’s electricity by 2020, according to the European Photovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA).
Hans De Keulenaer

The Oil Drum: Europe | A Little History of the Affordability of Domestic Energy in Great Britain - 0 views

  • The chart above shows domestic fuel prices for Great Britain from 1914 to 2007. The data up to 1985 was compiled by Horace Herring and Rodney Evans using this source and been updated with more recent figures from UK government statistics. It is expressed in UK pounds for the year 2000, adjusted by the retail price index (i.e the price of energy related to other 'real' goods such as food).
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    It was only a matter of time to get one of these, but why not. All we need now is somebody comparing the price of oil to Coca Cola or milk and it'll be a full circle.
Hans De Keulenaer

Europe unveils code of conduct for energy efficient data centres | Energy Efficiency News - 0 views

  • The European Commission (EC) has published a voluntary code of conduct for running an energy efficient data centre. The guidelines, recommendations and best practices could reduce energy consumption by up to 20%.
Energy Net

Media-Newswire.com - Press Release Distribution - PR Agency - 0 views

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    A new international research project which could one day lead to a new source of safe, abundant clean energy for Earth was launched today by scientists, engineers and Ministers from across Europe, at a special event and press conference at the Science Museum in London. Today's launch event marks the start of a three year planning and preparatory phase of the European High Power Energy Research Facility ( HiPER ) project. This is the first step towards HiPER's long term goal, which is to facilitate the technological and scientific advances necessary to make nuclear fusion, which powers the sun, a possible source of energy in the future.
Hans De Keulenaer

electricity on/off - 0 views

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    this may make international news for south africa - the "europe of africa" - but it's commonplace in uganda. load-shedding? we don't have it for just a few hours in the afternoon, that would be luxury. no, load-shedding in uganda tends to be on a 24-hour-on-24-off cycle. yes, that means for 24 hours you have electricity, then for the next 24 you don't. there's some elaborate schedule for knowing when load-shedding's going to hit your part of town; sometimes the schedule gets printed in the paper and (almost) always it isn't followed.
Colin Bennett

Speak Up Energy : Energising Europe - 0 views

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    The European Commission has adopted a third package of legislative proposals to ensure a real and effective choice of supplier and benefits to every single EU citizen. The Commission's proposals put consumer choice, fairer prices, cleaner energy and security of supply at the centre of its approach.
Sergio Ferreira

Shell will not pay for emissions permits, freeze investments in Europe. :: iNSnet - 0 views

  • Royal Dutch Shell Plc. may stop investing in Europe if it has to pay for emissions permits.
  • Utilities are hostile to the plans and are threatening to freeze their investments in the EU and to relocate operations.
Colin Bennett

Wind power: Europe wants to pick your brains - 0 views

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    The European Commission is currently in the process of dreaming up an offshore wind power action plan and it's put a shout out for anyone with an opinion to come forward.
Hans De Keulenaer

The Oil Drum: Europe | Solar Islands: A new concept for low-cost solar energy at very large scale - 0 views

  • The need for large scale renewable energy sources is underlined by the global warming due to increasing CO2 levels. CO2 is an unavoidable by-product of the energy generation process using any kind of fossil fuel.
Sergio Ferreira

Europe Unplugged - TIME - 0 views

  • That took about 1,200 MW from the country's grid and brought electrical reserves to a dangerously low level.
  • And so at 12:39 p.m., the electricity sputtered off in Athens
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  • Why is Europe's electricity sector so inadequate? There are crises up and down the system: high prices, inadequate supply, creaking infrastructure.
  • Thursday a fresh power cut caused by a faulty cable struck the Acropolis and two neighboring districts for an hour
  • worst power outage in Greece in decades
  • ext 15 years
  • half the power plants in Europe are more than 25 years old, meaning they will have to be replaced in th
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    A vision... from the past... and the future...
Hans De Keulenaer

The Oil Drum: Europe | All that's wrong with 'common wisdom' in one article - 0 views

  • This article from The Telegraph is a wonderful example of pundit cluelessness and or wanton incompetence, and I'm going to rip it to shreds in detail below.
Hans De Keulenaer

The Oil Drum: Europe | Why oil costs over $120 per barrel - 0 views

  • With oil reaching $135 / barrel, Oil Drum readership exceeding 30,000 unique visitors per day and many wild stories circulating in the MSM as to why oil prices are so high this post strives to explain why oil prices are rising exponentially.
davidchapman

Offshore Wind necessary to meet EU's 20% renewables target - 0 views

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    If Europe wants to meet its 20% binding target for renewable energy by 2020, it must increase its use of offshore wind, delegates heard today at the opening of the Offshore Wind Conference in Berlin, Germany. Two concrete steps towards large scale deployment of offshore wind were taken this morning: the European Commission announced an offshore action plan for 2008, and regional cooperation was promoted through the signing of a trilateral offshore research agreement by Germany, Sweden and Denmark.
Hans De Keulenaer

The Oil Drum: Europe | New Nuclear Reactors For The UK: Is This Really A Good Idea? - 0 views

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    This is a guest article by Dr. David Fleming. Fleming is the Founder Director of the Lean Economy Connection, and an independent writer in the fields of energy, environment, economics, society and culture. The article is based on Fleming's recent 56-page booklet, The Lean Guide to Nuclear Energy, which expands and references the arguments presented. The booklet is available to download here: The Lean Guide to Nuclear Energy
Sergio Ferreira

Commission scrambling to finalise battered climate plans | EU - European Information on Energy - 0 views

  • Industry groups, such as the European Round Table of Industrialists (ERT) and BusinessEurope, are pushing for the continued allocation of a set amount of free permits, arguing that full auctioning of permits would be too costly and would drive factories and jobs out of the EU
  • Over the weekend (20 January), one Commission official confirmed the plans, saying that the EU's aluminium, steel and cement industries would only be subjected to full permit auctioning gradually over a period of several years, reported Reuters.
  • But the EU executive may scrap certain elements of its original plans, including the idea to force member states that fail to reach interim targets to grant third country companies access to domestic renewables support schemes, according to ENDS Europe. 
Colin Bennett

The Energy Blog: Supergrid to Supply Europe with Wind Power - 0 views

  • The scheme would make the use of renewable energy, particularly wind power, so reliable and cheap that it would replace fossil fuels on an unprecedented scale, serving 1.1 billion people in 50 countries.
  • Czisch didn't comment on superconducting transmission, previous post, for some of the main lines, which are higher efficiency and more importantly can conduct up to 10 times the amount of power of today’s conventional copper cables of the same size.
  • The Independent reports that a proposed supergrid could supply Europe with carbon free electricity primarily from wind power. The 5,000-mile electrical grid, stretching from Siberia to Morocco and Egypt to Iceland, would slash Europe's CO2 emissions by a quarter, scientists say.
Hans De Keulenaer

The Oil Drum: Europe | Can hybrids make a difference in the near future? - 0 views

  • The future may be bright for hybrids, but it would have to be a very distant future, judging by the evolution of the car to date, and by the deeply ingrained tendencies of British drivers.
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