Europe Articles
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Project 4Biomass - Case Study
Fostering the Sustainable Usage of Renewable Energy Sources in Central Europe – Putting Biomass into Action! – The Project 4Biomass, funded by the CENTRAL EUROPE Programme, will foster the sustainable use of bioenergy throughout Central ...
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US LNG: A new era in the European economy
Recent news from the gas market make it clear that the US starts its new energy policy with LNG. In April, the US Cheniere Energy for the first time delivered nearly 100,000 tons of LNG on a tanker to Portugal. It’s clear that the first cargo serves to test the route to Europe, but it’s obvious that this is already the beginning of a new era in the European economy of oil and gas, ...
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Prospects for nuclear energy in Europe
This paper adds to the debate about the role of nuclear power in sustainable development by providing an overview of its current status and future prospects in Europe. The main economic and environmental concerns that nuclear energy could mitigate – energy dependency, air pollution and climate change – are analysed over three time frames. Particularly important are five problematic features of ...
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Let's Meet At Enlit Europe!
We are glad to inform you that YTL will attend Enlit 2022 during 29th Nov.- 01st Dec. 2022 In Frankfurt ,Germany With Booth No.12.1F70. Sincerely hope you will come to visit our booth at your convenience, and we will share our latest technology and product with you. Pls keep us informed if you will go there. Looking forward to hearing from ...
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Why European policymakers shouldn’t be concerned about security of gas supply
Gastech News: What are the key issues affecting gas companies today? Mark Simons: The biggest issue affecting gas companies within the European gas industry is low prices, because low prices mean less revenue and less profit. To add to that, in Europe, the competition for gas from coal and renewables means that demand is down and that’s shrinking the industry which of course is worrying ...
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Why do EV charging stations need to be ready for IEC 61851-1 Edition 3?
The new edition of the international standard for Electric Vehicle Charging Equipment (EVCE), IEC 61851-1, has finally arrived in Europe. Starting from February 3rd, 2022, all the EV chargers sold in Europe (28 EU countries, plus Iceland, Norway, Switzerland, Macedonia, Serbia, Turkey) must be compliant with this standard. So, the answer to the question on the title of this blog is simple: it is ...
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Code Project - Case Study
CODE and CODE 2 are EU co-funded projects examining and encouraging the rapid and effective implementation the CHP Directive. CODE is an EU wide independent assessment of the progress of the CHP Directive. The project partners and the COGEN Europe members will encourage the rapid and effective implementation of the Directive and independently review the Member States’ progress and the ...
By COGEN Europe
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Lack of funding: main barrier for energy efficiency improvements
New Energy Efficiency Indicator survey for Europe shows companies place increasing priority on energy management, but they struggle with funding. In a context of rising energy costs and expected government mandates on energy efficiency, executives in Europe are placing a high priority on energy management in buildings, but struggling with funding, according to a survey. This is the ...
By Vital Energi
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How developing your energy management skills can help develop your career
Late April saw Ireland host the very first and highly successful “ISO 50001 Ireland” conference. Over 100 delegates from industries such as telecoms, energy, pharmaceutical, food & drink and even construction grouped together to discuss their experiences with ISO 50001 certification in the Aviva stadium on the 24th of April. Many of the engineers from these business sectors were ...
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Ene.Field Project - Case Study
The ene.field project is the largest European demonstration of the latest smart energy solution for private homes, Fuel Cell micro-Cogeneration. The EU co-funded project ene.field has deployed more than 1,000 residential fuel cell Combined Heat and Power (micro-CHP) installations, across 11 key European countries. It represents a step change in the volume of fuel cell micro-CHP (micro FC-CHP) ...
By COGEN Europe
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Pace Project - Case Study
PACE stands for Pathway to a Competitive European Fuel Cell micro-Cogeneration Market. It is a €90 million public-private project co-funded by the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen 2 Joint Undertaking (FCH JU). PACE is a major EU project unlocking the large scale European deployment of the latest smart energy solution for private homes, Fuel Cell micro-Cogeneration. PACE will see over 2,500 ...
By COGEN Europe
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Energetic and exergetic assessment of solar and wind potentials in Europe
This paper deals with a physics–based assessment of renewable energy potential in Europe, particularly solar and wind energy sources, using two literature models. A sensibility analysis with the weather data is first done. Actual temperature, pressure, relative humidity, global radiation and wind speed data are employed to develop energy and exergy maps for Europe, based on iso–areas of land–use. ...
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CHP Goes Green Project - Case Study
The driving forces seen behind the project “CHP goes Green” are on the one hand the limited energy resources in general, as well as the limitation of biomass resources, and on the other hand the need to increase the use of renewable energy resources in the conventional heat supply as well as to increase the share of heat supplied by cogeneration. The advantage of the use of biomass in ...
By COGEN Europe
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Europe’s Largest Mine Gas Plant
GE Jenbacher has supplied 14 cogeneration systems to Europe’s largest coal mine gas plant, Fenne, which is owned by SaarEnergie and located in the district of Fenne near Saarbrücken, Germany, GE Energy announced at Hannover Messe 2004. The JMS 620 GS cogeneration systems produce more than 40 megawatts of electricity and nearly 41 megawatts of thermal energy. This coal mine gas plant ...
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Solar Thermal Action Plan for Europe
Ten years ago, the European Commission published its White Paper on Renewables, proposing a Community Strategy and Action Plan. Since then, European Directives to promote renewables in the electricity sector and in the transport sector have been successful in kicking off substantial growth in these two sectors. However, the renewable heating and cooling (RES-H) sector has been neglected at EU ...
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Why Europe needs a Strategic Energy Technology Plan
On 22 November, the European Commission will present the European Strategic Energy Technology Plan (SET-Plan), which was identified as part of the Energy Package proposed by the Commission in January 2007. This background document describes the current situation regarding energy technology in Europe, and introduces the two mapping exercises carried out by the Commission's Joint Research Centre to ...
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Project - Solar Storage Portfolios in Europe
The European largest operational solar farm is Mula Photovoltaic Power Plant in Spain, with a total installed capacity of 494MW, built by ACS, a subsidiary of Cobra, in 2019. However, the title will not last for long as another Spanish solar power plant, the Francisco Pizarro Plant, is under construction with a total installed capacity of 590MW and 1.7 million solar modules, announced by ...
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Client - Oil Refinery, Eastern Europe
Project - Heavy Oil Pre-Heater As part of an overall facility upgrade this major oil refinery decided to seek ways of reducing its heavy oil pre-heating costs. A proposal was submitted that would enable waste heat from the refinery to be used as the source to safely pre-heat the stored heavy oil. The solution proposed the use of a gas to water recovery unit coupled to two heat pipe based oil ...
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With the Right Policies, Wind Could Provide 30% of Europe’s Power by 2030
Wind energy has the potential to provide up to 30% of Europe’s power by 2030 according to figures released today by WindEurope in its Outlook to 2020 and Scenarios for 2030 reports. According to WindEurope’s projections, Europe could be on course for an average installation rate of 12.6 GW per year in the years up to 2020. This would take Europe to a total of 204 GW by 2020. By this ...
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Renewables overtake coal in Europe for the first time ever
Wind, solar and biomass overtook coal in supplying electricity across Europe for the first time last year, according to analysis by think tanks Sandbag and Agora Energiewende. This marks significant progress considering coal generation was more than twice that of wind, solar and biomass just five years ago, with these three energy sources providing 12% more electricity in 2017 than in ...
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