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Energy World October 2015
We have two very different main themes in this issue. On the energy demand side – strategies to reduce energy use in homes and buildings; and, on the supply side, nuclear power.
Two articles from page 14 onwards cover the evolving energy performance of UK homes and prospects for further improvement, particularly following the effective ending of the zero carbon homes standard and the Green Deal. The latter article describes an alternative domestic refurbishment programme adopted in the Netherlands which is, maybe, transportable to the UK.
Three articles on nuclear power cover changing priorities in human resourcing for the industry; the gradual emergence of smaller, modular reactor designs and their possible adoption in the US; and a new idea for the safe disposal of nuclear waste – very deep boreholes. A fourth article summarises a new report on the status of the nuclear power industry – this report sees an industry struggling to compete with smaller, cheap
Issue details
Journal title: Energy World
Publisher: Energy Institute
Organisation: Energy Institute
Content in this issue:-
India’s first wind powered stock exchange - News Item
Progress for US offshore wind farm - News Item
Work starts on France to Italy interconnector - News Item
Robin Hood energy supplies from Nottingham - News Item
US wind growth - News Item
Fast track decision making for shale gas projects - News Item
No new offshore wind farm for the Dorset coast - News Item
Renewables close to or equal to costs of fossil fuel power – IEA - News Item
Europe’s leading utilities write €23bn off balance sheets in 2014 - News Item
Trading carbon leads to significant emissions reductions in north-east US - News Item
Power-to-gas energy storage system launched in Germany - News Item
Hinkley Point C will not now be ready by 2023 - News Item
Further delays for Flamanville - News Item
The distributed power revolution - Article
New cuts proposed for support for small-scale renewables - News Item
Subjects: Building, Environmental protection, Electricity from nuclear fuel, Energy consumption, Nuclear fuels, Nuclear waste, Energy policy, Environmental policy, Green Deal, Small modular reactor
