Renew On Line (UK) 50
Extracts from NATTA's journal
Renew, issue 150 July-Aug 2004
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1. Mind the Gap
The Renewables Innovation Review, produced by the DTI and the Carbon Trust (see Renew 149) highlighted a ‘funding gap’ for new renewable technologies between the end of the R&D phase and full commercial uptake. This will hardly be news to practitioners... 2. 1 GW of Wind - RSPB fears
The British Wind Energy Association (BWEA) says that over 1,000 megawatts of new wind energy capacity, representing an investment of some £1 billion, will be built over the next two years. This will take the total installed capacity in the UK to well over 1,500 MW by the end of 2005, generating enough electricity to meet the needs of almost one million UK homes... 3. Marine Renewables
A lot has been happening on wave and tidal power front
recently. 500kW
Stingray Having proved the validity of the Stingray tidal
current concept and learnt ‘a huge amount about the nature ... Wave Hub in
Cornwall RegenSW has announced
plans for a Wave Hub system to be installed of the N. coast of Cornwall
to provide ... Tidal Electric
The offshore tidal lagoon idea is still... 4. Still no to Tidal Barrage/Lagoon
In response to a series of questions raised on tidal power in the Welsh Assembly in Feb. Andrew Davies noted... 5. Biofuels
Push
As the Energy
Bill has been progressing through Parliament various amendments
have been proposed. For example, the Lords tried to inject something
stronger on biofuels... 6. 2000
solar roofs
The UK is usually seen as falling behind in the race to utilise solar energy, but... 7. Transmission Debate
Should we compensate long
distance transmission with some form of subsidy (which would allow
remote renewables to compete), or surcharge them, due to the energy
losses involved? OFGEM initially 8. Mine Methane shafted
As the Energy Bill entered it last phase in the House of Lords in March, Lord Jenkin of Roding moved Amendment No. 132A proposing the application of the Renewables Obligation to coal mine methane (CMM)... 9. Lords on Climate Change
It’s interesting that many of the most important debates on energy issues these days seem to be in the House of Lords- as several earlier items... 10. RO price rises
The Energy regulator Ofgem has set the buy-out price for the third year of the Renewables Obligation at £31.39 per MWh. 11.
New Renewable projects around the UK
Wind farm for oil rig
The government and the Scottish executive are backing plans... Drax
goes greener...
Tidal power for Guernsey...12. Wind power costs
A report from the Royal Academy of Engineering on ‘The Costs of Generating Electricity’ portrays wind power as very expensive, and nuclear as getting cheaper as new... 13. Scotland invests to save
energy...
The Scottish Executive is to invest £20 million in energy efficiency which it hopes will help save up to £70m over the next five years... 14. SEPN charts progressThe Sustainable Energy Policy Network- the group of government departments and organisations responsible for achieving the commitments of the White Paper on Energy- has produced... 15 Renewables around the World
Norway:
Norsk Hydro is installing a
hydrogen France:
Greenpeace France say that investing in wind... Finland: The continued focus on nuclear power make prospects for wind power ... Estonia:
Pakri Tuulepark, an Estonian wind energy developer ... USA: Boneville Power Administration are offering to use their hydro system to provide ... China:
China is investing over £1 bn in 30 new
... Brazil:
Brazil is to commission a 500kW
wave... Italy:
Italian utility Enel is planning to generate
... Eire: 80%
of Irish people support the use of wind ... 16. EU wind up by 23% to nearly
30GW
The European Wind Energy Association has reported that EU wind power capacity increased by 23% last year to ... 17. Nuclear News
Bush bans reprocessing
Phasing out BNFL
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