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RENEWABLE
ENERGY 2006
Edited by David Flin
Consultant Editor - Richard Knox C.Eng; MIEE; FRAS |
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CONTENTS
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Foreword
- Energy Matters Cynic or swim?
By David Flin, Editor
- Meeting the Energy Challenge
Shell Renewables, Hydrogen and CO2
Awards
- World Renewable Energy Trophy Awarded
for the First Time
Congress Report
- WREC IX - Final Report
World Renewable Energy Congress Florence, Italy 19-25 August 2006
Final Congress Report
Prof Ali Sayigh - Chairman of WREC
Policy
- Why Has There Been a Relative Failure of
Renewable Energy Systems in the USA?
Benjamin Sovacool, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University.
- Did you also panic before
April Fool’s day 2006?
SGS Société Générale de Surveillance SA
- Renewables in the Electricity Economy
With rapidly escalating energy costs being felt across all sectors of
the
economy, the role of renewables in the energy economy is receiving
increased interest.
By Graham Sinden (Oxford University) and David Milborrow (consultant).
- Planned Maintenance
The importance of machinery maintenance and the option of outsourcing.
Claire Willis, Sales & MarketingManager, Wyndham UK Limited
Finance
- Support for Renewable Energy Will Level the
Playing Field
Energy prices do not tell the whole truth, but considerations of
sustainability are also part of the equation.
By Rainer Hinrichs-Rahlwes, German Renewable Energy
Federation (BEE).
- May Day for Emissions
How well has the first year of operation of the EU Emissions
Trading Scheme worked?
By Jeremy Wilcox, Infascan.
- Renewable Energy - A New Impetus
Fortis Bank
- Funding Renewable Projects
What mechanisms exist for funding renewable energy projects?
By the UK Department of Trade and Industry.
- Renewable Energy - Sustainable Economy?
PB Power has produced a report reviewing the differing costs of
generating electricity by different sources.
By Dominic Cook, PB Power
Wind Power
- Wind Energy Research Progress in the USA
Most of the easiest improvements in wind turbine technology have been
implemented. What does the future hold for wind energy research and
development?
By Robert Thresher, Alan Laxson, and Robert Noun, National
Renewable Energy Laboratory, USA.
- The Solution to Industry’s Rising Electricity Costs
Wind Direct
- Introduction of the Project Z and the Airdolphin Wind
Turbine
Zephyr Corporation
- Deep-sea Oil Rigs Inspire Wind Turbine Design
How do you site large numbers of offshore wind turbines
cost-effectively and without involving aesthetic problems to people
living
on the coast? By Professor
Sclavounos, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
- Shifting to the Age of Renewables
By Paul B. Manson, President and CEO, Sea Breeze Power Corporation
- Wind Energy On a Human Scale
Fortis Wind Energy
Marine Power
- Developments in Wave and Tidal systems
L J Duckers, Coventry University, UK.
- The History of Wave Energy Utilisation
António F. de O. Falcão, Instituto Superior Técnico.
Solar Power
- WACOM, A Specialist of Light Source and Lighting
Device
A leading Solar Simulator Manufacturer
- CDM Potential of Solar Energy Technologies in India
The Clean Development Mechanism of the Kyoto Protocol provides
industrialised countries with an incentive to invest in emission
reduction projects in developing countries to achieve a reduction in CO2
emissions at lowest cost that also promotes
sustainable development in the host country. This study assesses the
maximum theoretical as well as the realistically achievable CDM
potential of these selected solar energy technologies in India.
By Pallav Purohit and Axel Michaelowa, Hamburg
Institute of International Economics
- Still a long way to the sunny side - so let’s go!
Q-Cells AG
- The Case for Central Station Solar Power in
Southwestern USA
This article is a summary of a recent report by the Western Governors’
Association (WGA) Solar Task Force.
By Frederick H. Morse, Morse Associates.
- Experts in Solar Radiation Measurement
Kipp & Zonen B.V.
- EPC Contractor of Renewable Power Plants
Iberdrola Ingeniería y Construcción (Iberinco)
Biogas
- A Breakthrough Alternative to Landfilll
By Catherine Frys, ENER•G
Low Energy Architecture
- House of the Rising Sun
University of Colorado
- A Global Player With German Roots
AXITEC GmbH
Mini Hydropower
- Back To The Future
Water power was one of the earliest sources of energy harnessed by
humanity in a controlled manner, being used to drive mills. Water
power is still used to power mills, and the techniques and
technologies have been brought into the 21st century.
New Technology
- Ideas From Outside the Boxx
What new renewable energy technologies are on the horizon?
- Breakthrough in Photovoltaics
Oerlikon Solar
- Solar Power Innovations
SOLARC Innovative Solarprodukte GmbH
Transport
- Biofuels for Transport - Not Quite so Easy
What are the Prospects for Biofuel Use in the Transport Sector?
By Ralph Sims, Professor of Sustainable Energy, Massey
University, New Zealand
National Review
- Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency R&D in
the United States
Energy has taken greater prominence as a national issue in the USA.
By Stanley Bull, National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
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