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Energy World November 2017
Everything changes – but the electricity systems of Britain and Europe are currently in a period of particularly rapid transition.
Four feature articles discuss different parts of that change – starting with a piece on the evolution of generating plant able to react quickly to UK system imbalances. Then we look at how power-to-gas technologies are starting to take a role in the use of excess electricity generated from renewables – by making hydrogen.
Two more articles cover the growth of data and digital technologies in distributing electricity. Is it possible to limit the rise in global temperatures from climate change to just 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, as the Paris Agreement aims for? Possibly, writes Marc Height in a special feature in advance of COP 23, but only with the serious deployment of a range of technologies, including those to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
Biofuels – time to phase out the unsustainable ones, says our first energy-for-transport article on page 30. Subsequent pieces cover how charging electric vehicles will impact the electricity grid, and whether the charging infrastructure is itself up to scratch.
Issue details
Journal title: Energy World
Publisher: Energy Institute
Organisation: Energy Institute
Content in this issue:-
Seven universities to form the Faraday Battery Institute - News Item
Third quarter clean energy investments jump 40% year-on-year - News Item
Renewables supply nearly a third of UK electricity for Q2 2017 - News Item
Eclipsed by sun and wind? - Article
Energy networks – vital facilitators to a low carbon future - Article
Is public charging infrastructure up to scratch? - Article
Renewables – Diversifying for the future - Article
Australia ditches renewable energy target and support - News Item
Putting performance data to use - Article
Transport – A chance to put biofuels on the right track - Article
Energy efficiency gains could slow down without renewed government focus - News Item
Malaysia’s energy paradigm shift – how the commodity crisis is shaping the future - Article
Government proposes to cap energy prices for millions - News Item
Hydrogen to come of age in Europe’s evolving energy system - Article
Battery storage projects in Darlington, Sheffield and Gateshead - News Item
Subjects: Climate science, Environmental protection, Electricity generation, Energy consumption, Electric vehicles, Biomass, Renewables, Energy policy, Climate change