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Energy World December 2017
Renewables and fossil fuels are the main, and contrasting, feature themes in this month's issue. The former kicks off with a piece describing the development of a programme for new renewables-based power stations in South Africa.
From there we move to Ethiopia and the efforts being made to expand and diversify its surprisingly large renewables sector. Renewables are aided on the grid by energy storage technologies, so we also take a close look at a project to double the output of a pumped storage hydroelectric scheme in Switzerland.
Further articles describe ‘biorefining’ of wastes in Scotland and the growing use of ground source heat pumps to decarbonise heat supplies. Switching to fossils, we continue with two articles on the position of natural gas – from exports of LNG from the US, to gas versus coal in Europe. We also look at Germany’s continued reliance on brown coal, or lignite; and how new government policies
Issue details
Journal title: Energy World
Publisher: Energy Institute
Organisation: Energy Institute
Content in this issue:-
Europe’s wind sector breaks generation record – again - News Item
EU’s largest onshore wind farm gets backing - News Item
CHP and 10-year energy purchase contract for UEA - News Item
Solar rooftop systems for German supermarket chain - News Item
World’s first floating wind farm arrives - News Item
Italy plans to phase out coal by 2025 - News Item
China is ‘overbuilding renewables capacity’ despite high curtailment rates - News Item
Third river hydro scheme opens in Yorkshire - News Item
New supplier to emerge from SSE, npower merger - News Item
Electricity imports ‘distort UK market’ - News Item
Deal reached to overhaul EU ETS - News Item
End-users (largely) in control of climate change - Article
Brexit negotiations: energy must be treated differently - Article
Continued gas use is ‘incompatible with Europe’s climate targets’ - News Item
Swiss pumped storage scheme doubles in size - Article
Subjects: Storage, Carbon capture, transportation and storage, Liquefied natural gas, Natural gas, Solid fossil fuels and derived products, Renewables, Energy policy, Climate change, Bioenergy
