WHAT IS DISTRICT HEATING CONSUMER THERMAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION FORECASTING? Thermal energy forecasting is a process where depending on the weather conditions and information about the consumers, operators forecast thermal energy consumption. WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO FORECAST THERMAL ENERGY? Precise hourly forecasts allow to manage the district heating network in the most efficient way: ...
The University of Liverpool has owned and operated a combined heat and power (CHP) plant since 1986. The campus originally generated its required power utilising gas turbines. The energy management team at the campus planned to carry out a major feasibility study, with a view of updating the old turbines. Following an in depth study, the decision was made to move the plants location, build a new ...
The EBRD is increasing its support for E-Energija with a €15 million loan to the private Lithuanian energy company. The funds will be used to finance E-Energija’s expansion to Ukraine and to support energy efficiency investments in Lithuania and Latvia. The EBRD expects to become a shareholder in the company with a €5 million equity investment in the next several weeks. E-Energija is ...
Tensar Manufacturing, part of the worldwide Tensar Group, is a leading global provider of soil reinforcement and ground stabilisation solutions. They are reaping the rewards afforded by the recent installation of a magnetic fuel treatment system from Maxsys to one of their gas fired, steam raising boilers. The high profile project has not only cut gas consumption by 5.78%, offering considerable ...
2007 Air Pollution Control (APC) Round Table includes a 70+ booth exhibition and two days of O&M panels and technical workshops given by coal-fired power generation industry experts. Inspec’s Florin Popovici and Mark Aitken participated in both, the exhibit and the technical workshop. Popovici presentation was based on “Filtration Materials for PJFFs”. The workshop focused on filter ...
Woodruff, SC - Jeffrey Rader Corporation, a leading equipment supplier of material handling equipment to the energy and forest products industries, has been awarded a significant contract to supply an alternative fuel material handling and boiler feed system in Jeonju, South Korea. The system will be part of a 100MW cogeneration plant that will supply power and process steam for the Korean ...
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust has become, with the help of Clarke Energy, one of the first healthcare trusts in London to produce its own electricity and heat through cogeneration – saving the equivalent carbon dioxide of around 17,000 passengers flying to New York and enough energy to power the city of Newcastle-upon-Tyne for a week. For a hospital, using a combined ...
Clarke Energy has been awarded the contract to design and construct a turnkey cogeneration plant at Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia. University to achieve 25% reduction in energy consumption through self-generation of electricity and heat Clarke Energy to engineer, install and maintain cogeneration plant utilising one of GE Power & Water’s ...
An advanced gasification facility planned for Dagenham Dock will provide heat and power from East London’s waste – diverting it from landfill sites, according to plans revealed by eco-waste management company, Cyclamax. The facility is one of four Cyclamax is planning across the country, which will use advanced conversion technology on commercial and non-recyclable waste from businesses in the ...
Renewa Oy, an expert in local bioenergy, has signed an agreement with Katrinefors Kraftvärme Ab (KKAB) on delivering a 28 MW bioenergy boiler plant to Mariestad in Sweden. Renewa will deliver a bioenergy boiler plant for combined heat and power production to Metsä Tissue paper mill in Mariestad, Sweden. The boiler plant will produce process steam for Metsä Tissue paper mill, steam ...
nternational Technology Group ANDRITZ has received an order from Nine Dragons Paper (Holdings) Ltd. to supply a total of five circulating fluidized bed boilers (Powerfluid) for utilization of in-house residual materials. The boilers will be installed at the company‘s locations in Taicang, Quanzhou, Yongxin, Chongqing, and Dongguan. Start-up is scheduled for the second half of 2018. Only ...
Maxsys Limited, developer of the widely adopted Maxsys Fuel System, and one of the West Midland’s most successful ‘green tech’ firms has relocated to Telford as part of its business expansion plans. Originally based in Walsall, Maxsys is the developer and supplier of the magnetic fuel treatment system which is enabling some of the UK and Europe’s biggest companies, such ...
The 2012 Annual Report on Fuel Poverty Statistics is published today, 17 May 2012. The publication covers new data for England for 2010, and an estimated level of fuel poverty in the UK for 2010. The main points are: The number of fuel poor households in England fell to 3.5m in 2010, from 4.0m in 2009. In the UK, fuel poverty fell from 5.5m households in 2009 to 4.75m in 2010. The ...
The Department of Environmental Protection has awarded $239,809 in grants to help 32 small businesses across Pennsylvania invest in energy-efficiency or pollution-prevention projects. "Becoming energy-efficient can involve an initial up-front investment that will be proportionally higher for small businesses," DEP Secretary Mike Krancer said. "The investment will pay for itself and more over ...
A million home improvement measures will keep Britain’s homes warmer for less this Christmas thanks to the Government’s energy efficiency schemes. In under two years the Energy Company Obligation (ECO) and Green Deal package has delivered new boilers, windows and insulation to around 830,000 extra houses, bringing tidings of toastier homes and lower bills in time for Christmas. Many ...
"We're delighted with the recent domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) announcement, which should provide a certain boost in business for biomass installers. "Firstly, the cash back rates for biomass are 50% higher than we anticipated, making it an excellent proposition for homeowners looking to save and even make money. As an example, our Compact 35 kW boiler will earn £4,867 a year, ...
The major challenge of cleaning up gas guzzling homes will be discussed by heat network specialist Switch2 Energy at two London Climate Action Week events this July.Sustainable heat networks are seen as a key solution to decarbonising UK housing, which accounts for 14% of total UK emissions. The government is considering proposals by the Committee on Climate Change to disconnect new homes from ...
Thank you very much to Wolseley and The Plumb Centre for hosting such a fantastic event. It is a privilege to be addressing you this afternoon. The question we all need to ask ourselves is how to we do more to make ourselves energy efficient? What role do we play as consumers and also as industry to ensure that it happens? On Government’s part, we are committed to helping people to heat ...
The Spanish have gone from consuming 100,000 tonnes of pellets in 2010 to 380,000 tonnes in 2013. And forecasts published by various organisations are saying that by 2020 the 1.1 million tonne mark will have been passed The Spanish Association for the Energy Valuation of Biomass – AVEBIOM – has used these data and others to analyse how the pellet market is behaving and what evolution ...
As part of President Obama’s Better Buildings Challenge, the Energy Department recognized the University of Utah today for its leadership in energy efficiency and for reducing energy use by 40 percent in a historic campus building, saving the University $57,000 a year. Through the Better Buildings Challenge, the university upgraded the 42-year-old Dumke Health Professions Education ...