By Fernando Nuno / Published on Sat, 2010-04-10 18:20
Joint Euroheat & Power and COGEN Europe Annual Conference.
The new Parliament and Commission face many challenges in energy policy and climate change abatement and the two associations will seize the opportunity in 2010 to emphasize the proven capability and still untapped potential for cogeneration and district heating in the more efficient use of energy in Europe.
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By Hans De Keulenaer / Published on Wed, 2009-09-09 11:54
This document is an overall report of the seminar “Electricity in the next decade”, the first in an annual series of events regarding “Low carbon electricity systems”. KEMA, ECI and Leonardo ENERGY are jointly organising these events.
Next to the topics presented during the first event, a few additional topics have been added in order to create a white paper and a more complete picture on the theme “Electricity in the next decade”.
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By Hans De Keulenaer / Published on Mon, 2009-03-02 10:42
Europe currently faces various energy challenges and cogeneration can contribute in reaching strategic EU energy objectives, such as security of supply, CO2 emission reductions and energy efficiency. The 15th COGEN Europe Annual Conference therefore puts the theme ‘Cogeneration: a strategic energy choice for Europe’ squarely on the EU agenda.
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By Angelo Baggini / Published on Mon, 2008-09-15 09:00
Year: 2008
Policy Status: Planned
On 21st March 2007 the Ministry of Economy proposed a Bill on the "Promotion of high efficiency cogeneration (CHP) production based on the heat demand on the internal energy market". The Bill is intended to define the conditions for supporting high efficiency CHP production, the rules for issuing certificates of origin for electricity produced by high efficiency CHP, and obligations for state administration bodies and CHP producers.
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By Angelo Baggini / Published on Wed, 2008-08-13 09:00
Year: 2006
Policy Status: In force
The Environment Protection and Infrastructure Operative Programme of Hungary's National Development Plan specifies measures to promote energy efficiency and renewable energy sources.
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By Angelo Baggini / Published on Sun, 2008-06-29 09:00
Year: 2006
Policy Status: In force
Austria's bilateral partnership programme sponsors cooperation between Austrian firms and firms in Bulgaria and Romania engaged in energy production, building renovation and energy efficiency.
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By Angelo Baggini / Published on Fri, 2008-06-27 11:47
At the "Cogen Europe Annual Meeting", which took place in Brussels, Belgium on 22 May 2008, Mr. Nobuo Tanaka, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency intervened with a presentation titled Today’s Energy Challenges: The Role of Combined Heat and Power (CHP).
Mr Tanaka highlighted that improved efficiency and decarbonising the power sector could bring emissions back to current levels by 2050.
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By Angelo Baggini / Published on Fri, 2008-06-06 14:00
Year: 2006
Policy Status: In force
As of 2006, the Walloon government awarded grants for the installation of micro-cogeneration systems and high-efficiency wood-burning furnaces and heating boilers.
Households, entreprises, self-employed workers and private entities were all eligible to receive grants.
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By David Chapman / Published on Tue, 2008-05-13 15:50
DG falls into two broad categories; that which uses renewable energy sources (RES) and that which increases the exploitation of traditional fuels by making proper use of the heat by-product.
DG from renewable energy sources includes the solar, wind, hydro and marine (wave and tidal) energy as well as sustainable fuels such as biomass.
Application Notes:
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By Hans De Keulenaer / Published on Fri, 2008-04-11 21:52
A method of using the heat that is produced as a by-product of electrical generation and that would otherwise be wasted. The heat can be used for space heating of buildings (usually in district or community heating schemes) or for industrial purposes. Utilising the heat in this way means that 70-85% of the energy converted from fuelstuffs can be put to use, rather than the 30-50% that is typical for electrical generation alone. Co-generation schemes can be relatively small scale, for use at the level of a factory or hospital, or can be major power stations.
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By Fernando Nuno / Published on Tue, 2008-04-08 20:54
In the context of Directive on energy end-use efficiency and energy services, cogeneration and advanced technologies on energy conversion take a relevant role in the energy landscape.
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By Bruno De Wachter / Published on Mon, 2007-08-13 07:30
Desalination by either evaporation (EV) or reverse osmosis (RO) is very energy intensive. However certain methods have been developed for reducing energy usage and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, as well as for powering installations where it is not feasible or is impractical to connect to the electricity grid.
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By Bruno De Wachter / Published on Thu, 2007-08-09 12:26
Closely linked to energy issues
Accessible fresh water resources around the world are severely limited. In fact they represent only 1 per cent of all water on earth. Desalination of abundantly available seawater is one solution for producing fresh water for drinking, cooking, sanitation, agricultural irrigation, and industrial applications. However, desalination is a very energy intensive process and its potential is therefore limited by the availability of cheap energy. Consequently, the global fresh water problem is directly coupled to global energy issues.
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By Bruno De Wachter / Published on Thu, 2007-07-26 07:30
A Combined Heat and Power (CHP) unit burning a renewable gas is a perfect example of integrating green energy with energy efficiency. In Model City in the state of New York, the Innovative Energy Corporation uses landfill gas to power a CHP unit. By capturing the greenhouse gases and other potentially hazardous landfill emissions, they are prevented from escaping into the atmosphere.
Combining electricity generation with a tomato greenhouse
Collecting and burning landfill gas is a widely commercialized, cost-competitive technology. The Model City Energy project is a best practice case because it also makes optimally use of the heat from the CHP unit. Along with the generation plant, a ten-acre tomato-growing company H2Gro was founded and is now producing 5,000 kg of tomatoes each day.
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By Bruno De Wachter / Published on Mon, 2007-06-18 07:30
Even that a cogeneration unit on natural gas can compete with nuclear energy in terms of CO2 emissions
It is often difficult to see the wood for the trees on the present day energy landscape. There are probably as many contradictory studies being carried out on how to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as there are on how to lose weight. If a study is published today 'proving' that a diet without potatoes is the most effective, you can be sure that tomorrow someone will launch the Potato Diet, 'losing weight by eating as many potatoes as you want!'
How green is biomass? How green are photovoltaic cells? What amount of CO2 emissions is attributable to nuclear energy? What is the cost of nuclear energy? Is carbon capture and storage a sustainable technology? Is cogeneration green? How big are the earth’s oil reserves? You can find studies that prove any position you want take on those subjects.
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By Hans De Keulenaer / Published on Thu, 2007-04-12 11:26
EnergyTech is an initiative of the Federal Ministry of Traffic, Innovation and Technology (Department for Energy and Environmental Technologies) and the Austrian Energy Agency.
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