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Training on PV Systems - Design, construction, operation and maintenance

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Fernando Nuno
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Tue, 07/27/2010 - 12:25

A free series of six webinars were delivered to provide the required knowledge to design a high performance photovoltaic (PV) installation, entering into economic evaluation and project cash-flow. Additionally, very practical aspects such as the construction, start-up, quality management and testing is reviewed. Plant operation is described in detail, with special attention paid to control systems, monitoring and information management.

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Canada’s Patchwork Approach to Renewables

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Aedan Kernan
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Wed, 05/16/2012 - 04:50

“Canada is a confederation and not a federation. And that distinction is really important for understanding how energy flows – it doesn’t matter whether that is electricity, gas or oil,” says Professor Michal Moore from the Institute for Sustainable Energy, Environment and Economy at the University of Calgary.

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Generation from biomass to grow in Ghana

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Aedan Kernan
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Tue, 05/15/2012 - 16:30

The parliament in Ghana recently passed a Renewable Energy Law that is intended to improve the country’s energy security as well as to promote renewable energy generation. The law establishes a feed-in tariff scheme to guarantee the sale of electricity generated from renewable energy at a tariff that will ensure cost recovery (the actual tariff rates have not yet been set).

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Course on Regulation and Sustainable Energy in Developing Countries - Session 10

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Fernando Nuno
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Sun, 04/15/2012 - 15:03

 

This is the 10th session of the Course on Regulation and Sustainable Energy in Developing Countries. 

Register here for the whole Course. You are invited to register regardless the number of sessions you plan to join. You only need to do it once, it will be valid for all the sessions.

 

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High primary energy factor jeapordizes renewable development

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Hans De Keulenaer
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Wed, 03/21/2012 - 03:00

Within the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive the Primary Energy Factor (PEF) is used when calculating the energy performance. The PEF accounts for the energy losses of electricity generation and transport when comparing electricity use with other types of energy use in the building.

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Course on Regulation and Sustainable Energy in Developing Countries - Session 9

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Fernando Nuno
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Tue, 02/28/2012 - 14:10

This is the 9th session of the Course on Regulation and Sustainable Energy in Developing Countries. 

Register here for the whole Course. You are invited to register regardless the number of sessions you plan to join. You only need to do it once, it will be valid for all the sessions.

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