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News@All-Energy - Issue 162 - Late February
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CONTENTS
1.1. Oil veteran wants tax breaks for renewables
1.2. Sweeping away the cynicism
1.3. Councils to generate green power
1.4. Lottery windfall for six RE projects
1.5. Highlands bid to secure millions from RE
1.6. More than 1,000 respond to NPS consultation
1.7. REA names Gaynor Hartnell as CEO
1.8. RE (and golf) brings new hotels to
1.9. Low Carbon Future: EEDA’s £5.5m funding
1.10. We've got the power to keep the lights on
1.11. Engineering firm predicts £100m RE boost
1.12. Tories go quiet over energy plans
1.13.
1.14. Green Bonds unlikely to catch on soon
1.15. Testing Eigg's green credentials
1.16. £200m
1.17. Hopes fade after Corus talks
1.18. Manufacturing: A brighter future
1.19.
2. GENERAL – INTERNATIONAL NEWS
2.1. Iberdrola may invest EUR16bn through 2012
2.2. New EC Energy and Climate Directorates-General
2.3.
2.4. Ten less usual RE stories
2.5. ESB deal makes
2.6. Australian Labor's RE scheme falls flat
2.7. EU will hit renewables targets, says EWEA
2.8. Widening the energy future debate
2.9. The long road to a renewable future
2.10.
2.11. Green energy could attract Japanese cash
3.1. Apocalyptic vision of
3.2. Emissions target:
3.3.
3.4. Science damaged by climate row
3.5. Resignation of top UN climate official
3.6. Miliband reaction to de Boer resignation
3.7. If global warming real why is it cold?
3.8. UN must investigate warming ‘bias’
3.9. Climate scientist says report 'robust and rigorous'
3.10. More dust from climate change
4. GRID, TRANSMISSION AND NETWORKS
4.1. New high-tech jobs for
4.2. MPs call for smart grid to accommodate RE
4.3. ‘The Future of Britain’s Electricity Networks’
4.4. MPs want inquiry into unfair pricing
4.5. Report:
4.6. Critics slam eco energy standard
4.7. Beauly-Denny: new inquiry ordered
4.8. Smart leadership required
4.9. Protesters: power line go-ahead broke rules
5.1. New player in
5.2. £18.5m grant to fund offshore wind test site
5.3. 2,000
5.4. Work starts on Clipper blade plant
5.5. Clipper's
5.6. ScottishPower doubles wind output in 2009
5.7. Converteam in test-rig contest
5.8. SeaEnergy wins award
5.9. Centrica: High cost could halt wind farm plan
5.10. Seajacks plans to double its fleet
5.11. Maitland Mackie attacks turbine obstacles
5.12. Wind on waste sites plan
5.13. Report: Wind farms can damage peat
5.14. Turbine design breathes new life into targets
5.15. Eskdalemuir plans dampened by MOD
5.16. Green light for Co Antrim wind
5.17. Turbine factory for
5.18. How wind turbines create micro-climate
5.19. Offshore wind test rig: World first from ETI
5.20. North-east aims to harness wind
5.21. Fashion turning to offshore wind
5.22. Round 3 “unlikely” by 2020
5.23. UltraJet waterjets for windfarm
6.1. Hexicon’s hexagonal floating wind platform
6.2. El Nino’s effect on wind power production
6.3. Mainstream in
6.4. Offshore wind/wave farms could create artificial reefs
6.5. Vestas in wait and see mode
6.6. Wind to supply 40% of
6.7. REpower and Akuo Energy sign agreements
6.8.
7.1. Siemens invests in MCT
7.2. New Investment for
7.3. EMEC recruits five new staff
7.4. Crown Estate ‘must get
7.5.
7.6. Labour MPs want barrage in manifesto
7.7. Study to assess
7.8. Bridge benefit of Cumbrian scheme
7.9. Tidal fence for Solway?
7.10. Wave power: world’s largest for
7.11. Low-friction bearing material for P2
7.12. Wave tech could harm marine resources
7.13. Tidal energy company hires 'the Jockweiler'
7.14. Hydro Alternative Energy’s prototype
7.15.
7.16. Tidal power test in
7.17.
8.1. Drax may take £2bn green plans abroad
8.2. Support bid for biomass energy plan
8.3. Drax suspends greener fuel plan
8.4. Approval recommended for Carnbroe pyrolysis plant
8.5.
8.6. Standard for digestate published
8.7. Reed canaray grass: best brownfield biofuel
8.8. Biomass plant to ship chips from
8.9. Energy from waste under threat
8.10.
8.11. Questions over best use of biogas
8.12. 450,000-tree woodland scheme
8.13. Bioenergy: Govt must address concerns
8.14. Biofuels accelerating hunger
8.15. The growing concerns about jatropha
9. HYDROGEN AND FUEL CELLS (See also Sustainable Transport)
9.1. Bloom Energy unveils 'Bloom Box'
9.2. Tfl launch
9.3. Wartsila tests landfill gas fuel cell unit
9.4. Researchers make breakthrough for fuel cells and batteries
10.1.
10.2. European funding for Romanian-Bulgarian hydro plant?
10.4. Councillors say no to hydro plan
10.5. EU Water Framework Directive severely impacting hydro
10.6. Hydro power from old water wheel
10.7. Vote goes against micro hydro scheme
11. MICROGENERATION, ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND ONSITE RENEWABLES
11.1. Ownergy’s official launch
11.2. Complex scheme stops turbines turning
11.3. New
11.4. Carbon-reduction: Councils must help
11.5. SSE unveils UK-first Eco Homes project
11.6. Solar water heaters come to the boil
11.7. Microgen changes promised by Tories
11.8. Obama's $5bn green home plan
11.9. Edinburgh LED trial for Dialight
11.10. Tesco’s RE powered distribution centre
11.11. In praise of woodburning stoves
11.12.
11.13. M&S home energy services division
11.14. M&S staff offered home insulation
11.15. Households warm to boiler scrappage
11.16. Service suite for small wind & solar PV
11.17. Waitrose awarded for ‘food to fuel’
11.18.
11.19. Conservatives to set out FiTs policy
12.1. Sharp predicts bright future for
12.2. Honda’s big drive into solar power
13.1. 'Plug-in Car' grants for
13.2. A new era for airships?
13.3. Predictions for success of fuel cell vehicles
13.4. The PlanetSolar solar-powered boat
13.5. Hydrogen taxi cabs 2012 Olympics
13.6.
13.7. British Airways: jet fuel from city waste
13.8. Jet fuel plans boost green energy
13.9. Algae to solve the Pentagon's jet fuel problem
14. CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE
14.1. Coal emissions: the burning issue
14.2. Bid to restrict emissions fails
15.1. Mandelson ready to go nuclear
15.2.
15.3. Setback for Obama's nuclear vision
16.1. All-Energy daily newsfeeds
16.2. ‘Energy’ the All-Energy official publication
1.1. Oil veteran wants tax breaks for renewables
One of the oil and gas industry’s most influential deal-makers said governments should give tax breaks for offshore renewable energy rather than to subsidise production of the black stuff. Matthew Simmons, chairman emiritus of investment bank Simmons and Company International, said smart governments could use fiscal policy to help avert a crisis that few appear to realise is looming. [Note from Editor: Matthew Simmons is a speaker in the opening session of All-Energy 2010 on 19 May]. http://www.heraldscotland.com/business/markets-economy/oil-veteran-wants-tax-breaks-for-renewables-1.1009477
1.2. Sweeping away the cynicism
With Siemens and Mitsubishi the latest engineering giants to invest in the
1.3. Councils to generate green power
Local councils will be allowed to start generating and selling electricity back to the grid, in legislation being planned to bring about a "local energy revolution". Ed Miliband, the climate change
1.4. Lottery windfall for six RE projects
Six Scottish renewables projects have been awarded a cumulative £2 million by the National Lottery good causes fund. Four separate wind turbines to generate community profit in the Orkney Islands, a mainland wind turbine development in Aberdeenshire and an improved electricity supply for a remote community in the
1.5. Highlands bid to secure millions from RE
Talks are under way in a bid to secure tens of millions of pounds in revenue from offshore wind, wave and tidal power developments for communities in the
1.6. More than 1,000 respond to NPS consultation
Energy Minister Lord Hunt has welcomed the level of public interest in the National Policy Statements on Energy (NPSs), after more than 1,000 responses were received to the proposals in a consultation which closed today (February 22). The draft statements aim to remove unnecessary planning delays facing large energy proposals including renewable energy developments and will be the basis on which individual planning decisions are made from March by the new Infrastructure Planning Commission (IPC). http://newenergyfocus.com/do/ecco/view_item?listid=1&listcatid=32&listitemid=3612§ion=Policy
1.7. REA names Gaynor Hartnell as CEO
Gaynor Hartnell, who was formerly Director of Policy at the Renewable Energy Association, has just been appointed as Chief Executive…… The Association will shortly move into much larger offices in the
1.8. RE (and golf) brings new hotels to
Seven new hotels will open in host city
1.9. Low Carbon Future: EEDA’s £5.5m funding
Companies carrying out low carbon research and development in the East of England will be able to benefit from an extra £5.5 million in funding secured by the East of England Development Agency (EEDA) to support the region’s position as a global provider of innovative low carbon goods and services. http://www.egovmonitor.com/node/33885
1.10. We've got the power to keep the lights on
John Best of EEEGR writes in EDP …….. to provide the tangible jobs and infrastructure to produce tomorrow's energy we must begin today to play to our regional strengths. This is all very real; there is no "quantative energy" fix to keep the lights on. We must promote with one compelling voice our regions unique opportunity to contribute and benefit through its supply chain and natural and built assets. They will all be required to work in harmony to energise our future. http://www.eeegr.com/news/info.php?refnum=2266&startnum=5
1.11. Engineering firm predicts £100m RE boost
One of the few survivors of the west of
1.12. Tories go quiet over energy plans
The Conservatives' flagship energy paper may not appear until April – six months after its original planned publication – leading to industry fears of policy disagreements in the run-up to the election. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/energy/7279790/Industry-jitters-after-Tories-go-quiet-over-energy-plans.html
1.13.
According to Reuters: UK businesses are unprepared for a complex government plan to cut corporate energy use and it will only deliver 1.4 percent of its carbon reduction target for 2020, energy consultants McKinnon & Clarke said in a report. http://www.gsjournal.com/2010/02/uk-firms-not-ready-for-government-green-plan-consultants/
1.14. Green Bonds unlikely to catch on soon
The
1.15. Testing Eigg's green credentials
The Isle of Eigg has been dubbed "
1.16. £200m
First Minister Alex Salmond yesterday (18 February) called for an estimated £200 million in levies from the North Sea oil and gas industry, being held in Westminster, to be released to help create up to 20,000 jobs. His call was made as Mr Salmond visited Green Ocean Energy, a renewables company specialising in developing wave technologies in
1.17. Hopes fade after Corus talks
Faint hopes that today's (19 February) mothballing of Corus's Teesside Cast Products plant could be avoided by an 11th-hour visit by Lord Mandelson were extinguished yesterday. While the prime minister visited Tyneside to celebrate the birth of a potentially major new industry - attending the groundbreaking for the
1.18. Manufacturing: A brighter future
Having weathered the storm of 2009, many manufacturers are looking towards 2010 with increased optimism, expecting the economy to improve over the next year. And they have every reason for optimism, with some key industry surveys adding weight to claims that conditions will improve..... “There is a demand for new generation and renewable energy is an area of significant investment and importance for future generations,” says Terry Skee, Business Development Executive at Cleaner Air Solutions UK Limited. http://www.manufacturingdigital.com/Manufacturing-2010--Looking-towards-a-brighter-future_41674.aspx
1.19.
2. GENERAL – INTERNATIONAL NEWS
2.1. Iberdrola may invest EUR16bn through 2012
Iberdrola SA,
2.2. New EC Energy and Climate Directorates-General
The European Commission has taken a number of decisions to implement the organisational consequences of the allocation of portfolios to Commissioners. Two new Directorates-General have been created: DG Energy (ENER) and DG Climate Action (CLIM). The Energy DG consists of the departments in the former Transport and Energy DG dealing with energy issues and of the Task Force Energy which will be transferred from the External Relations DG….The Climate Action DG will be created from the relevant activities in DG Environment, the activities in the External Relations DG related to international negotiations on climate change and the activities in the Enterprise and Industry DG related to climate change. http://www.maritimeindustries.org/news/view.jsp?ref=3738
2.3.
Nineteen British clean technology businesses have travelled to
2.4. Ten less usual RE stories
This week has been filled with worthwhile news from every clean energy sector. Mega companies such as Siemens, Dow Chemical, and Mitsubishi made big investments; new studies revealed extremely important information regarding the carbon emissions and climate change, and renewable energy and the environment; and, finally, pop culture welcomed renewable energy in, when one of the world's largest bands created funding for clean energy power plants. The
2.5. ESB deal makes
2.6. Australian Labor's RE scheme falls flat
The Rudd government's showpiece renewable energy legislation has failed to spark a single major project in the six months since it was passed, prompting fresh claims Labor has failed to deliver on its environmental commitments. The failure of the 20 per cent renewable energy target is blamed on a poor design that promotes domestic rooftop solar panels, heat pumps and solar hot water systems at the expense of wind farms. http://www.theage.com.au/national/labors-renewable-energy-scheme-falls-flat-20100223-p0tk.html
2.7. EU will hit renewables targets, says EWEA
The EU will exceed its target to produce 20 per cent of its energy from renewables by 2020, according to new analysis by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA). The report, which assessed all forms of renewable energy, found that 13 of the 27 EU member states are likely to meet their national targets for renewable energy capacity; with a further eight set to exceed their EU imposed goals. http://www.businessgreen.com/business-green/news/2258325/eu-hit-renewables-targets
2.8. Widening the energy future debate
The
2.9. The long road to a renewable future
Blame it on technology, infrastructure or policy. But it's going to take many years for new technologies to make much of a dent in our current energy mix. The \wall Street Journal takes a look at new technologies, their current status and why it is going to take so long for themn to be adopted. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704757904575077312569582760.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
2.10.
2.11. Green energy could attract Japanese cash
The boom days of Japanese investment in
3.1. Apocalyptic vision of
Mass migration northwards to new towns in
3.2. Emissions target:
Scottish ministers have been warned they need to aggressively target carbon emissions from car use, home energy and farming if
3.3.
If a week seems like a long time in politics, six months is an aeon. Last August, the Climate Change Act gave
3.4. Science damaged by climate row
Leading scientists say that the recent controversies surrounding climate research have damaged the image of science as a whole. President of the US National Academy of Sciences, Ralph Cicerone, said scandals including the "climategate" e-mail row had eroded public trust in scientists. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8525879.stm
3.5. Resignation of top UN climate official
The United Nations' top climate official is stepping down, leaving behind deep international divisions over how to forge a new treaty on global climate change. Dutch diplomat Yvo de Boer announced yesterday (18 February) that he will step down as executive director of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/resignation-of-top-un-climate-official-clouds-future-of-global-treaty-talks/article1473784/
3.6. Miliband reaction to de Boer resignation
Commenting on today’s (18 February) announcement that Mr Yvo de Boer will resign his position as Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change as of 1 July 2010, the UK’s Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband said: “Yvo de Boer's patient work helped produce the Copenhagen Accord which contains commitments covering 80 percent of global emissions, something never previously achieved. We must quickly find a suitable successor, who can oversee the negotiations and reform the UNFCCC to ensure it is up to the massive task of dealing with what are some of the most complex negotiations ever." http://www.decc.gov.uk/en/content/cms/news/state_ydb_res/state_ydb_res.aspx
3.7. If global warming real why is it cold?
A recent BBC poll suggested that the public's belief in global warming has declined steeply since November. The apparent erosion of in climate science was put down to the
3.8. UN must investigate warming ‘bias’
The UN body that advises world leaders on climate change must investigate an apparent bias in its report that resulted in several exaggerations of the impact of global warming, according to its former chairman. In an interview with The Times Robert Watson said that all the errors exposed so far in the report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) resulted in overstatements of the severity of the problem. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article7026932.ece
3.9. Climate scientist says report 'robust and rigorous'
The scientist at the centre of the storm over mistakes by the UN's climate change panel has broken his silence on the affair to defend his report as "robust and rigorous". Martin Parry, a climate expert at the Grantham Institute and Centre for Environmental Policy at
3.10. More dust from climate change
Does your house seem to be getting dustier each time you go to vacuum? New research suggests that climate change is making the planet dustier. BBC’s Science correspondent Tom Feilden investigated the findings. http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_8525000/8525811.stm
4. GRID, TRANSMISSION AND NETWORKS
4.1. New high-tech jobs for
More than 100 new high-end engineering jobs are to be created in
4.2. MPs call for smart grid to accommodate RE
The timely delivery of a smart grid to bring more renewables online requires strategic leadership from the government, MPs have said. A report from the Energy and Climate Change Committee entitled "The future of
4.3. ‘The Future of Britain’s Electricity Networks’
The House of Commons’ Energy and Climate Change Committee Report - The future of
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200910/cmselect/cmenergy/194/19402.htm
4.4. MPs want inquiry into unfair pricing
The government is being urged today to commission an independent inquiry into the insistence by energy regulator Ofgem that windfarm operators in
4.5. Report:
4.6. Critics slam eco energy standard
Ofgem, the energy watchdog, announced a new green label for energy tariffs this month but critics said it only adds to confusion for consumers. The green scheme stamp is aimed at helping people recognise deals as having “genuine environmental benefits” to reassure them that paying extra for green energy is worth it. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/money/consumer_affairs/article7034636.ece
4.7. Beauly-Denny: new inquiry ordered
A second public inquiry into a controversial development key to the Beauly-Denny power line project will be held this summer, The Inverness Courier has learned. Further expansion at the electricity sub-station at Wester Balblair near Beauly is needed to enable renewable energy generated in the Western Isles to be fed into the line, the upgrading of which was approved by Scottish ministers in January. http://www.inverness-courier.co.uk/news/fullstory.php/aid/11745/Power_line:_new_inquiry_ordered_into_SSE_plan.html
4.8. Smart leadership required
The Energy and Climate Change Committee is calling on the
4.9. Protesters: power line go-ahead broke rules
Campaign groups have written to
5.1. New player in
Business Secretary Lord Mandelson and Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband today signed a non binding memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Mitsubishi Power Systems Europe Ltd (MPSE). The company intends to invest up to £100 million in an offshore wind turbine project in the
5.2. £18.5m grant to fund offshore wind test site
Lord Mandelson and Ed Miliband announced new funding of £18.5 million for an offshore wind test site in the North East of England. The site, off the coast near the New and Renewable Energy Centre (Narec) in
5.3. 2,000
The Crown Estate is pleased to announce that nearly 2,000
5.4. Work starts on Clipper blade plant
Construction work has begun on the
5.5. Clipper's
The latest £8m funding for offshore wind technology was made available today as the Prime Minister hailed the
5.6. ScottishPower doubles wind output in 2009
ScottishPower Renewables has announced that it nearly doubled its wind output from its 23 operational wind farms during 2009. The Spanish-owned company claims to have produced just over 1.7 million megawatt hours (MWh) of electricity, which amounts to a rise of 43.8% on the 2008 figures. During 2009 the company completed construction at Europe's largest onshore wind farm, Whitelee, near
5.7. Converteam in test-rig contest
A Warwickshire engineering company is going head to head with a Japanese firm to design and build a cheaper way of testing offshore wind turbines indoors rather than out in the deep sea. Converteam, which is based in Rugby, is one of two firms which has been selected by the Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) as part of a project to create an on-shore test rig where the turbines will be subjected to the same intense pressures as they would offshore…. Converteam is competing with HORIBA Instruments, based in
5.8. SeaEnergy wins award
SeaEnergy has been named Company of the Year at the Rosenblatt New Energy Awards 2010. The award recognises the company which made the most meaningful progress or made the biggest impact in the renewable energy sector during the year. The company is currently participating in the large government-backed offshore wind-farm development in the
5.9. Centrica: High cost could halt wind farm plan
Government plans to generate one third of
5.10. Seajacks plans to double its fleet
Seajacks International has entered into a contract with GustoMSC to provide the Basic Design Package for two or more newbuild wind farm installation jack-up vessels. The jack-ups, which will double the Seajacks fleet, are being designed specifically to service the wind farm installation market in the harsh operating environment of the North Sea, as well as to provide services to the oil and gas sectors. The vessels will be a modified version of the MSC NG5500 design, which incorporates a fully redundant DP2 propulsion system, accommodations for 90 persons, and an 800T leg encircling crane designed by MSC. http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/seajacks-planning-to-double-its-fleet-in-2012-85339167.html
5.11. Maitland Mackie attacks turbine obstacles
Farmers and rural landowners are being discouraged from developing small-scale wind projects because of the "tortuous" and expensive planning system, according to a leading businessman. Maitland Mackie, chairman of Mackies of Scotland, says developing renewables could generate more than £1 billion annually for the rural sector within ten to 12 years. http://news.scotsman.com/inverness/Maitland-Mackie-attacks-turbine-obstacles.6102192.jp
5.12. Wind on waste sites plan
FCC, one of the leading environmental services, infrastructure and energy international groups is entering the
5.13. Report: Wind farms can damage peat
A report commissioned by independent environmental body Natural England and entitled "Investigating the impacts of windfarm development on peatlands in England", has described how the construction, operation and decommissioning of a wind farm can erode peat, emitting the carbon dioxide stored within it or leading to "complete peat loss" in some areas. http://www.newenergyfocus.com/do/ecco/view_item?listid=1&listcatid=32&listitemid=3611
5.14. Turbine design breathes new life into targets
A radical windmill design could hold the key to making offshore wind power more economical and helping the
5.15. Eskdalemuir plans dampened by MOD
Wind farm development plans in Eskdalemuir have been hampered by the Ministry of Defence. A number of projects which are still being considered for approval by the council will now also have to appease the MOD before they can go ahead. The defence organisation revealed this week that it was concerned about the number of wind farms springing up around one of its sites. They said that vibrations from too many wind turbines would disrupt equipment at the Eskdalemuir Seismological Recording Station. http://www.dgstandard.co.uk/dumfries-news/local-news-dumfries/local-news-dumfriesshire/2010/02/17/eskdalemuir-windfarm-plans-dampened-by-mod-51311-25845300/
5.16. Green light for Co Antrim wind
Planning approval has been given for a wind farm in Carn Hill, Newtownabbey, in
5.17. Turbine factory for
Plans have emerged to turn the former Anglesey Aluminium site into a wind turbine factory. Smelting operations at the Holyhead metal plant, which was the largest employer in north
5.18. How wind turbines create micro-climate
Pictures in the Daily Mail show how the turbines at Scroby Sand create their own micro-climate with sea mist. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1251721/Pictured-The-stunning-micro-climate-sea-fog-created-Britains-windfarms.html
5.19. Offshore wind test rig: World first from ETI
Plans to design the world’s largest open access offshore wind turbine drive train test rig have been announced by the
5.20. North-east aims to harness wind
Teeside firms have shared in at least £150m worth of contracts that have blown in on the back of offshore wind farm developments, making the North-east one of the biggest winners from the
5.21. Fashion turning to offshore wind
......So where do the over-funded private-equity markets put their money to work in the meantime? The opportunity in the
5.22. Round 3 “unlikely” by 2020
Significant limitations in the supply chain and financial support for large wind projects will "seriously undermine" the
5.23. UltraJet waterjets for windfarm
Ultra Dynamics says it has supplied three sets of twin UltraJet UJ377 waterjet installations to South Boats for their new Mk II GRP 43/12m WFSV RRV catamarans RRV Audrey, Offshore Response 1, and Spike Islander. The GRP catamarans have all been tailored to meet specific code and operational requirements of windfarm operators Turbine Transfers (Holyhead Towing) and Offshore Wind Power Marine Services Limited (OWPMS) and Waddentaxi in The Netherlands. http://www.oilpubs.com/oso/article.asp?v1=9272
6.1. Hexicon’s hexagonal floating wind platform
With nations pledging to reduce the carbon footprint to counter global warming, the need for systems that generate renewable energy has been on a rise. While most energy companies are trying to find locations for renewable energy power plants,
6.2. El Nino’s effect on wind power production
3Tier recently released maps plotting how average wind speeds in the
6.3. Mainstream in
Mainstream Renewable Energy CEO Dr Eddie O' Connor said on Thursday that his company welcomed President Jacob Zuma's announcement regarding an independent system operator (ISO) for the electricity industry, but said that an interim agreement should be structured if it was going to take a number of years to implement…… "The ISO is a great idea, but it could also be used by some to put an end to a fledgling industry if it takes too long. We welcome it, but if those establishing it are going to drag their feet, there should be an interim arrangement," emphasised O'Connor…..Until these questions were adequately answered, noted O'Connor, no wind farms would be constructed in
6.4. Offshore wind/wave farms could create artificial reefs
Dan Wilhelmsson of the Department of Zoology at
6.5. Vestas in wait and see mode
Vestas chief executive officer Ditlev Engel was in London trying to present a positive spin to the UK media on sluggish fourth-quarter results. The boss of the world’s largest wind turbine manufacturer also used the opportunity to clarify Vestas’ position on re-entering the UK manufacturing market. The company would not, he said, be investing in factories in the UK at least until 2014, at which point it would consider the opportunities being presented by the UK offshore wind sector. http://www.greenwisebusiness.co.uk/news/powering-up-can-offshore-wind-deliver-a-renaissance-in-uk-manufacturing-1156.aspx
6.6. Wind to supply 40% of
Annual wind power contribution in the
6.7. REpower and Akuo Energy sign agreements
REpower Systems AG and the French company Akuo Energy SAS have signed three agreements for the supply of 25 wind turbines. The REpower MM92 turbines, each with a hub height of 100 meters and 2.05 megawatts (MW) of rated power are destined for the three wind farms Fontaine Macon, Sevigny Waleppe and Saint-Germainmont in the Champagne-Ardennes region, in the Northeast of France. Together, the turbines achieve a total generating capacity of 51.25 MW. http://www.repower.de/index.php?id=151&backPID=25&tt_news=2816&L=1
6.8.
While European countries such as the UK, France and Germany are perusing wind power projects by planning vast off-shore farms, Norway has gone one step further by possibly having a 'wind turbine city'.
7.1. Siemens invests in MCT
British tidal energy company, Marine Current Turbines Ltd, today announces that global engineering firm, Siemens, has invested in the firm alongside the Carbon Trust, High Tide and other private investors. Following an investment round led by the Carbon Trust in 2009, this latest funding brings the total investment in Marine Current Turbines over the past two months to £8.5million. Investors in the first round included Bank Invest, Carbon Trust, EDF Energy and High Tide. http://www.marineturbines.com/3/news/article/30/siemens_invests_in_marine_current_turbines/
7.2. New Investment for
Scottish wave energy company, AWS Ocean Energy, has secured a £2 million investment from Scottish Enterprise’s Scottish Co-investment Fund and the Shell Technology Ventures Fund 1 B.V. (“STVF1”), an affiliate of Royal Dutch Shell. This is the first-ever investment in AWS Ocean Energy made by Scottish Enterprise whilst it is AWS Ocean’s second tranche of investment from the STVF1, which is managed by Kenda Capital B.V. The new investment enables
7.3. EMEC recruits five new staff
A world-leading test centre is expanding its workforce to meet demand from companies developing machines that harness energy from the sea. EMEC, the Orkney-based European Marine Energy Centre, is gearing up for the arrival this year of more devices capable of generating electricity from waves or tidal currents. With two machines already undergoing sea trials at EMEC, five new staff are to be recruited to join the 13-strong team currently running the centre. EMEC managing director Neil Kermode said: “These are exciting times for us, with our facilities playing such an important role at the cutting edge of marine power development. http://www.hie.co.uk/default.aspx.locid-0finewmdc.RefLocID-0fihiesvp001.Lang-EN.htm
7.4. Crown Estate ‘must get
The
7.5.
Results from the study into plans to harness the tidal power of the
7.6. Labour MPs want barrage in manifesto
Labour MPs are pushing the party to commit to a multi-billion- pound project to build a barrage across the River Severn. They want the pledge included in the party’s election manifesto. The Department for Energy and Climate Change has been looking at proposals to harness the energy- creating potential of the river’s tidal range, the second highest in the world. http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2010/02/24/labour-mps-press-want-to-see-severn-barrage-in-manifesto-91466-25900877/
7.7. Study to assess
Energy consultant Parsons Brinckerhoff is to explore options for tidal energy generation across the Duddon Estuary in
7.8. Bridge benefit of Cumbrian scheme
A road bridge linking Barrow and Millom could be built across the Duddon Estuary. A £60,000 study has been launched into the feasibility of building a barrage or other tidal power device across the Duddon Estuary to generate electricity. And one of the options would include a road bridge across the Duddon…… Tidal barrages, fences, reefs and other innovative technologies will all be considered by regeneration organisation
7.9. Tidal fence for Solway?
The head of a company behind cutting-edge new technology to harness tidal power is investigating whether it could be used in the
7.10. Wave power: world’s largest for
The coast of Smögen in
7.11. Low-friction bearing material for P2
Novel bearing and seal technologies are playing a vital role in a new UK-developed wave energy generator due to start testing off the
7.12. Wave tech could harm marine resources
Energy technologies that tap waves and tides could disrupt marine resources, the [
7.13. Tidal energy company hires 'the Jockweiler'
Jim Forbes, the energy veteran dubbed "the Jockweiler" during his reign at Scottish & Southern Energy, has been appointed to the board of a pioneering tidal energy company. Atlantis Resources, which wants to build a 30-megawatt project in the Pentland Firth to power a data centre, has hired Forbes as a non-executive, charged with ushering the firm from the drawing board to commercial projects. http://business.scotsman.com/business/Tidal-energy-company-hires-39the.6074197.jp
7.14. Hydro Alternative Energy’s prototype
Renewable energy company Hydro Alternative Energy, Inc. (HAE) has successfully conducted initial in-water, off-shore testing of its patent pending turbine prototype designed for use in commercialized tidal applications. The test involved the turbine prototype being positioned in the Intracoastal waterway by a HAE chartered vessel and successfully demonstrating the production of electrical current through simple, effective testing methods. http://www.waterpowermagazine.com/story.asp?sectioncode=130&storyCode=2055481
7.15.
Ocean Power Technologies will install the first commercial scale wave power farm in the
7.16. Tidal power test in
A Portland-based tidal power company unveiled its latest underwater turbine structure today in
7.17.
A Boston-based company that's developing technology to convert energy from ocean waves into usable power is interested in testing prototypes in
8.1. Drax may take £2bn green plans abroad
Power station operator Drax has warned it could move its £2bn plans for green energy plants abroad unless the Government makes the
8.2. Support bid for biomass energy plan
Power firm Drax has made a fresh plea for Government support over its planned £2 billion project to build "green" biomass plants. The company is due to make the final decision on the three plants - burning organic matter such as wood cuttings and peanut husks to create electricity - by the end of the year. But Drax warned "regulatory certainty" is needed if the company is to put forward a watertight investment case for the plants - at Immingham and
8.3. Drax suspends greener fuel plan
8.4. Approval recommended for Carnbroe pyrolysis plant
The hotly-disputed waste-to-energy pyrolysis plant at Carnbroe has been recommended for approval by planning officials. Councillors on
8.5.
A
8.6. Standard for digestate published
Operators of anaerobic digestion facilities can now attain a standard which proves that their digestate is safe to spread on land after WRAP this week published its long-awaited British Safety Standard for digestate. Anaerobic digesters which meet the voluntary PAS 110 quality specification, which was originally drafted in April 2008, can assure users of digestate that their product is of a consistent quality and fit for purpose. http://www.letsrecycle.com/do/ecco.py/view_item?listid=37&listcatid=217&listitemid=54679§ion=composting
8.7. Reed canaray grass: best brownfield biofuel
An everyday grass has been identified as the best candidate for generating green energy from UK brownfield and polluted sites. Scientists at Teesside University have concluded that reed canary grass is the perfect candidate for improving unsightly blots on the British landscape, while helping the country meets its renewable energy targets. http://www.greenwisebusiness.co.uk/news/every-day-grass-could-put-uk-brownfield-sites-to-biomass-use-1170.aspx
8.8. Biomass plant to ship chips from
The environmental credentials of the planned biomass power station in Leith were under fire today after it was revealed it will be fuelled by woodchip shipped from as far away as
8.9. Energy from waste under threat
One of the most promising solutions to the
8.10.
Plans to build a new "green" power station were announced in the latest step to put the region at the forefront of developments in renewable energy.
8.11. Questions over best use of biogas
Using biogas from anaerobic digestion (AD) to generate electricity has been questioned by Ann Ballinger, a consultant at Bristol-based Eunomia, who says it creates fewer carbon savings than other end uses. http://www.letsrecycle.com/do/ecco.py/view_item?listid=37&listcatid=217&listitemid=54634§ion=composting
8.12. 450,000-tree woodland scheme
One of the largest woodland creation schemes in the
8.13. Bioenergy: Govt must address concerns
The public must be won over before the potential of bioenergy can be realised, the Government's Renewables Advisory Board has said. The board, which advises Energy and Climate Change minister Ed Miliband and his department, has said that air quality and sustainability concerns must be addressed, but that the technology promised great rewards. http://newenergyfocus.com/do/ecco/view_item?listid=1&listcatid=32&listitemid=3578§ion=Bioenergy%20%26%20Waste
8.14. Biofuels accelerating hunger
Up to 100 million more people could go hungry if the
8.15. The growing concerns about jatropha
“The most regularly repeated claim about jatropha is that it will grow on so-called marginal land, and will therefore not compete with food crops. There are two major flaws with this argument” - Tim Rice a policy officer at ActionAid http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/tim-rice-the-growing-concerns-about-jatropha-1899531.html
9. HYDROGEN AND FUEL CELLS (See also Sustainable Transport)
9.1. Bloom Energy unveils 'Bloom Box'
In a bid to reshape the renewable energy landscape, Bloom Energy on Wednesday announced the Bloom Energy Server, a power-plant-in-a-box for large enterprises. The company unveiled its technology at a launch event at eBay's campus in Silicon Valley, attended by a number of luminaries, including former Secretary of State Colin Powell and the governor of
9.2. Tfl launch
Transport for
9.3. Wartsila tests landfill gas fuel cell unit
Wartsila has tested a solid oxide fuel cell unit, running on landfill gas, in the first phase of its validation program. The power generating unit, which is developed and run by Wärtsilä, has been operating for more than 1,500 hours producing electricity with extremely low emissions to households in
9.4. Researchers make breakthrough for fuel cells and batteries
Researchers at
10.1.
10.2. European funding for Romanian-Bulgarian hydro plant?
A new hydropower plant on the Danube to be constructed by
10.3. Dept of Energy grant for hydro fellowships
The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded a 3-year $3 million grant to the Hydro Research Foundation (HRF) for establishing and awarding 25 hydro fellowships to graduate-level students, the National Hydropower Association announced. The grant is part of the Advanced Waterpower series of grants within the Department of Energy. The Hydro Fellowship Program will stimulate new student research and academic interest in research and careers in conventional or pumped-storage hydropower. This program is a huge step forward for cultivating the next generation of hydropower professionals, the NHA said. http://www.hydroworld.com/index/display/article-display/5017715921/articles/hrhrw/regulationandpolicy/general/2010/02/hydro-research_foundation.html
10.4. Councillors say no to hydro plan
A proposed hydro-electric power scheme in a Perthshire town has been blocked by councillors. The 985kw system was due to be installed at Urlar Burn, Aberfeldy, after planning permission was approved in April 2009. But the town's Common Good Fund, which owns the land, said it would not allow the development to go ahead unless certain conditions were met. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/8534328.stm
10.5. EU Water Framework Directive severely impacting hydro
The implementation of the EU’s Water Framework Directive, despite its positive goal to improve the environmental status of water bodies, is limiting the hydro sector’s future growth, since the interpretation of the directive at national level is having direct consequences on the approval of new projects and allocation of concessions and permissions, according to the European Small Hydropower Association (ESHA). http://www.newenergyworldnetwork.com/alternative-energy-knowledge-bank/water-framework-directive-severely-impacting-hydropower-development-in-the-eu.html
10.6. Hydro power from old water wheel
An old water wheel at Dartington Cider Press in
10.7. Vote goes against micro hydro scheme
A Banchory man has failed in his bid to win approval, for a 16kw micro hydro electric scheme, at a Deeside beauty spot. There was considerable opposition to the development, planned for the
11. MICROGENERATION, ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND ONSITE RENEWABLES
11.1. Ownergy’s official launch
Philip Wolfe, former head of the REA, founds first company providing end-to-end delivery of renewables for the Feed-In Tariffs and Renewable Heat Incentive….. With a delivery partner network spanning the UK, Ownergy Plc is the only company to offer any type of tariff-eligible renewables for homes, businesses and the public sector. By focussing wholly on the clean energy cashback schemes, Ownergy will be the natural and simplest choice for anyone wishing to benefit from the tariffs’ financial rewards and the opportunity to achieve energy independence. http://www.ownergy.co.uk/news/ownergys_official_launch/
11.2. Complex scheme stops turbines turning
With only a month left until a new Government cash incentive looks set to boost the uptake of green energy, wind turbine installers should be celebrating - but Paul Young from Skywing wind turbines says they have been left in the lurch because of confusion about a certification scheme that means the difference between getting money back for producing clean energy or not being eligible. http://www.farminguk.com/TopNews/Governments-complex-certification-scheme-stops-windturbines-turning_17843.html
11.3. New
Social housing organisations in the
11.4. Carbon-reduction: Councils must help
Andy Deacon of the Energy Saving Trust outlines the help and support available for local authorities in reducing the carbon footprint in their neighbourhoods. http://www.localgov.co.uk/index.cfm?method=news.detail&id=86547&layout=2
11.5. SSE unveils UK-first Eco Homes project
SSE (Scottish and Southern Energy) is to become the first utility in the UK to build and monitor its own development of zero carbon homes to better understand what customers will need as the UK moves to reduce carbon emissions by almost 20% between 2008 and 2020. http://www.yourindustrynews.com/sse+unveils+uk-first+eco+homes+project+for+slough_45682.html
11.6. Solar water heaters come to the boil
Government incentives are about to make solar water heating panels a financial no-brainer for millions of households across
11.7. Microgen changes promised by Tories
The Conservative Party has promised to reward early adopters of microgeneration technology by modifying the rate at which businesses and homes that adopted renewables before July 15th 2009 are paid. Currently the pioneers will be paid nine pence per kWh of electricity they produce compared to 20-25p/kWh for those taking on the renewable technology for the first time, BusinessGreen reports. http://www.rapidonline.com/latestnews.aspx?id=19626656&tier1=Electrical+%26+Power&title=Microgeneration+changes+promised+by+Tories
11.8. Obama's $5bn green home plan
Barack Obama's $5bn programme to help fuel America's economic recovery by making more than half a million homes energy efficient has got off to a painfully slow start and was 98% short of its goal last year, according to an official report. http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/feb/19/weatherisation-energy-efficiency-us-recovery-plan
11.9. Edinburgh LED trial for Dialight
Dialight in
11.10. Tesco’s RE powered distribution centre
Tesco has announced that its new distribution centre in Widnes will be completely powered by renewable energy generated from food waste, thanks to a partnership between the supermarket, multimodal logistics company Stobart Group and the
11.11. In praise of woodburning stoves
…… For most of us, a log fire has become little more than an optional indulgence for country weekends, but in the era of climate change, dwindling resources and rising energy prices, wood is making a comeback….. Provided that each tree felled is replaced, wood counts as a renewable fuel and the carbon released in burning is reabsorbed by new plantings. By contrast, burning fossil fuel releases carbon that has been locked up and out of the system for millions of years. http://property.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/property/article7031998.ece
11.12.
The
11.13. M&S home energy services division
This week, M&S launches its Energy Home Insulation service which offers loft insulation at prices starting from £149 and the same price for cavity wall insulation. Later this year, the retail giant plans to broaden its home energy portfolio to offer customers home heating products including boilers, heat pumps and solar panel heating. http://www.heatingandventilating.net/news/news.asp?id=7062&title=M%26S+launches+home+energy+services+division
11.14. M&S staff offered home insulation
Around 30,000 Marks & Spencer staff have been offered free home insulation as part of the retailer's launch of a home energy services division. The company's new venture will provide bespoke energy advice as well as renewable energy products such as solar panels and heat pumps. The first new service, M&S Energy Home Insulation, will launch this week with prices starting from £149 for loft insulation and the same price for cavity wall insulation. http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5hAqPnzRSxHWm8QP5H4_jRdLMeQFg
11.15. Households warm to boiler scrappage
More than a third of the vouchers available under the government's boiler scrappage scheme have been snapped up since the scheme launched almost six weeks ago, according to figures out today. The Department of Energy and Climate Change said that of the 125,000 vouchers made available, 54,578 have been taken, leaving about 70,000, which are worth a total of £28m. http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2010/feb/15/boiler-scrappage-scheme-vouchers
11.16. Service suite for small wind & solar PV
In response to the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change's (DECC) new feed-in tariff programs for small-scale renewable projects in the UK, Garrad Hassan has announces that it will now offer a specialized service suite for developers of small-scale wind and solar photovoltaic projects. http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2010/02/garrad-hassan-releases-service-suite-for-small-wind-solar-pv-developers
11.17. Waitrose awarded for ‘food to fuel’
Waitrose has received an award from the Association for Organics Recycling (AFOR) for its industry-leading measures to convert leftover food into renewable energy. The award, recognising the retailer’s pioneering work with anaerobic digestion (AD), comes as Waitrose commits a further 66 of its shops to the green scheme. It was won in partnership with recycling experts, Cawleys. http://www.theappointment.co.uk/news/?submitted=False&ID=5504
11.18.
A study into the most suitable buildings for green technology has been commissioned by Enfield Council. The Renewable Energy and Low Carbon Development Study will examine how future funding for green energy and resources should be distributed. Government grants for renewable technologies, including solar panelling, biomass boilers, heat pumps and wind turbines, are available to public sector buildings and charitable bodies via the Low Carbon Buildings Programme. http://www.enfieldindependent.co.uk/news/5008837.Council_studies_best_buildings_for_green_technology/
11.19. Conservatives to set out FiTs policy
The Conservative Party has claimed it will outline its full position on Feed-in Tariffs (FiTs) in the coming months, in light of shadow energy minister Charles Hendry's promise that early investors would be supported under a Tory government. http://www.newenergyfocus.com/do/ecco/view_item?listid=1&listcatid=32&listitemid=3617§ion=Policy
12.1. Sharp predicts bright future for
Since the release of the feed-in tariff rates for the
12.2. Honda’s big drive into solar power
Honda, the automotive giant, set the land speed record for solar-powered vehicles when it won the World Solar Challenge in 1996. Its Dream racer, an odd-looking vehicle shaped like a cuttlefish, covered 1,870 miles across the Australian outback at an average speed of 56mph. It took just under 34 hours. For dedicated petrolheads it was not the most inspiring event. The Dream was covered with 4,500 photovoltaic tiles but was, as its named implied, not a commercial vehicle. Yet the experience marked the beginning of a big industrial undertaking for the Japanese giant — how to design a better solar panel. Today, the carmaker is churning out 230,000 panels a year from its first solar plant, called Honda Soltec. http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/engineering/article7034894.ece
13.1. 'Plug-in Car' grants for
Pioneering motorists will receive up to £5,000 to buy an ultra-low carbon car, and the roll-out of supporting infrastructure will begin in selected regions, the Government announced. The Plug-in Car Grant will be distributed directly to the consumer at the point of purchase and will be available across the
13.2. A new era for airships?
Airships have never quite taken off as a means of transport. Somehow planes got the better of them, and anyway they kept crashing. But we're more eco-conscious than we were in the days of the famous blimps: the Hindenburg, or the R101. Could the airship provide a low-energy means of carrying freight around the world? Former chief scientific advisor to the government Sir David King discusses why he believes airships could be used for transporting cargo in a more environmentally efficient way. http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_8540000/8540375.stm
13.3. Predictions for success of fuel cell vehicles
Just how much of an impact will fuel cell vehicles make on the market in the next 10 years? A new report from Pike Research has examined the issue. It suggests that fuel cell vehicles will be commercially launched in most regions by 2014 and that cumulative sales of light duty fuel cell cars and trucks will pass the 2.8million vehicle mark globally by 2020. http://www.thegreencarwebsite.co.uk/blog/index.php/2010/02/25/predictions-for-success-of-fuel-cell-vehicles/
13.4. The PlanetSolar solar-powered boat
The biggest boat to be powered by solar energy has been displayed in
13.5. Hydrogen taxi cabs 2012 Olympics
A taxi cab that runs on the latest hydrogen fuel cell technology is being developed with the aim of being ready for full road trials in time for the 2012 Olympics. The car looks and drives just like a standard
13.6.
The German government has big goals for vehicles running on hydrogen fuel cells. But can their model translate to the
13.7. British Airways: jet fuel from city waste
British Airways will start sourcing a small portion of its jet fuel from municipal waste from 2014, under a deal with U.S.-based biofuel company Solena Group, the two companies announced. British Airways, one of the top three airlines in Europe, said it had signed a deal to purchase all the "sustainable jet fuel" that Solena could make from a plant expected to be sited in London and operational from 2014. http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKLDE61E1H620100215
13.8. Jet fuel plans boost green energy
Plans by British Airways to build an eco-friendly jet fuel plant by 2014 have been welcomed as a huge step forward by
13.9. Algae to solve the Pentagon's jet fuel problem
The brains trust of the Pentagon says it is just months away from producing a jet fuel from algae for the same cost as its fossil-fuel equivalent. The claim, which comes from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa) that helped to develop the internet and satellite navigation systems, has taken industry insiders by surprise. http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/feb/13/algae-solve-pentagon-fuel-problem
14. CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE
14.1. Coal emissions: the burning issue
Wednesday's vote on the Energy bill was a close-run thing: the tabled amendment, which would have introduced an emissions performance standard to limit carbon emissions from power stations and encourage energy companies to invest in cleaner electricity generation, was narrowly defeated – by just eight votes. Unfortunately, this could have serious implications for the
14.2. Bid to restrict emissions fails
A cross-party bid to restrict carbon dioxide emissions from new power stations has narrowly failed in the Commons. Labour backbenchers joined with the Tories and Liberal Democrats in calling for an Emissions Performance Standard (EPS) for every new electricity generating plant. But the move was defeated by 252 votes to 244 - slashing the Government's 57-strong majority to just eight. http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5jyP_fgaR8g6fKLtwF7cmpFbwMP9g
15.1. Mandelson ready to go nuclear
Lord Mandelson is close to sealing a £170m government-backed deal for a nuclear manufacturing facility just days after Corus mothballed its steel plant on Teesside. The business
15.2.
British scientists have drawn up plans to build the world’s first nuclear fusion power station. They say it could be pouring electricity into the National Grid within 20 years. Nuclear fusion, the power that lies at the heart of the sun, offers the prospect of clean, safe, carbon-free power with a minimum of radioactive waste. But despite decades of research the technical problems have seemed insurmountable. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/science/article7034945.ece
15.3. Setback for Obama's nuclear vision
Barack Obama's new dream of a nuclear renaissance faces a major reality check tomorrow when the state of
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