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2014 JRC Wind Status Report Shows Wind Power Meets 8% of European Electricity Demand

EU's grid connected cumulative capacity in 2014 reached 129 GW, meeting 8% of European electricity demand, equivalent to the combined annual consumption of Belgium, the Netherlands, Greece and Ireland. According to a JRC report, the impressive growth of the industry will allow at least 12% electricity share by 2020, a significant contribution to the goal of the European energy and climate package of 20% share of energy from renewable sources.

27 Jul 2015

Impact of Climate Change on Future Fish Communities Must Be Anticipated

If it seems like you're pulling more bass than trout out of Ontario's lakes this summer, you probably are.

16 Jul 2015

Heat Wasted by Supermarket Cooling Systems to be Used in District Heating and Cooling Grids

Heating and cooling in the future will utilise energy gained from waste heat which will be distributed at low temperature using district heating and cooling networks. It will thus make use of the heat wasted by cooling systems in supermarkets and fruit storage facilities which up to now has simply been released untapped into the atmosphere.

10 Jul 2015

Researchers Produce Fuel and Chemicals from Carbon Monoxide-Rich Steel Plant Exhaust Gases

Carbon monoxide-rich exhaust gases from steel plants are only being reclaimed to a minor extent as power or heat. Fraunhofer researchers have developed a new recycling process for this materially unused carbon resource: They successfully produced fuel and specialty chemicals from these exhaust gases on a laboratory scale.

2 Jul 2015

Rayton Solar Raises Over $1 Million in Seed Funding to Produce Cheaper Solar Energy

U.S.-based Rayton Solar Inc is en route to revolutionize the world – by making solar energy cheaper than energy produced by fossil fuels. To date they have raised over one million dollars in seed funding.

18 Jun 2015

Increasing Levels of Renewable Energy Must Be Integrated into World Power Grids

Regulators meeting at the sixth World Forum on Energy Regulation, which took place in Istanbul, discussed that urgent work must be done to successfully integrate increasing levels of renewable energy into world power grids. Penton's The Energy Times reports today on the gathering.

8 Jun 2015

KIT Helps Find Safe, Efficient Home Energy Storage Systems at Intersolar

How do I find the right storage system for my application? This question is asked by many potential buyers. Battery storage systems available on the market differ considerably in terms of safety, price, performance, and, hence, economic efficiency.

4 Jun 2015

Scaled-Up Sheared Flow Stabilized Z-Pinch Device May Help Achieve Sustainable Fusion Reaction

Producing reliable fusion energy -- the same process that powers the sun -- has long been a holy grail of scientists here on Earth. It releases no greenhouse gases, can be fueled by elements found in seawater and produces no long-lived nuclear waste.

3 Jun 2015

Toshiba Receives Supply Order for Large-Scale Battery Energy Storage System

Toshiba Corporation has received an order to supply a large scale battery energy storage system (BESS) for Tohoku Electric Power Company's "Minami-Soma Substation Project to Verify the Improvement of Supply-demand Balance With Large-capacity Power Storage Systems" [1] . Toshiba will supply a 40MW-40MWh lithium-ion BESS, Japan's largest[2], integrating an array of SCiBTM lithium-ion batteries. Construction of the system began today and the start of operation is scheduled for the end of February 2016.

1 Jun 2015

In Depth Analysis of Wind Power in Czech Republic up to 2025

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Wind Power in Czech Republic, Market Outlook to 2025, Update 2015 - Capacity, Generation, Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE), Investment Trends, Regulations and Company Profiles" report to their offering.

30 May 2015