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Energy World March 2017
We're using the term ‘urban energy’ to describe the main focus of this month’s issue – to cover the production of and use of energy within towns and cities through decentralised power (and heat) generation and district energy systems, following last month’s emphasis on local renewables.
So, starting with a piece from Arup on the considerable role that cities could play to meet global carbon reduction targets, we move on to a description of groundbreaking work being carried out at Swansea University on buildings that are net energy positive – ie buildings that are effectively mini power stations.
Two articles explore aspects of district energy systems; one on the use of ‘secondary’ sources of heat together with large-scale heat pumps; the other on the advantages of community ownership of district heating schemes. One more article looks at the broken journey towards zero carbon homes – and how it could be restarted.
We move on to a piece from Marc Height that considers why the UK has so far failed to make significant progress towards full-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects – and how this might be fixed.
Finally, Marc's column, renamed last look, has moved to the last page – see page 36.
Issue details
Journal title: Energy World
Publisher: Energy Institute
Organisation: Energy Institute
Content in this issue:-
Generator refurb at Hungary’s nuclear power station - News Item
First wind turbine for Saudi Arabia - News Item
Record-breaking solar heating system - News Item
54 GW of new wind in 2016 – GWEC - News Item
Testing underway for giant Siemens turbine - News Item
Wind farm and grid interconnection in German North Sea - News Item
European solar down 20% in 2016 - News Item
How to cut shipping emissions by up to 30% - News Item
Halting new coal in Southeast Asia could save 50,000 lives a year - News Item
Last look - Article
Levy Control Framework ‘needs to give more value for money’ - News Item
Trump – A bump in the road? - Article
Towards subsidy-free solar power - Article
UK to exit Euratom as part of Brexit - News Item
Coal-to-gas switch caused EU power emissions to fall in 2016 - News Item
Subjects: Energy efficiency, Environmental protection, Electricity generation, Heat pumps, Energy consumption, Carbon capture, transportation and storage, District heating, Transportation, Transmission and Distribution, Electricity, Heat, Carbon management in buildings, Power stations, Heat transfer, Energy policy, Environmental policy, Air pollution, Climate change