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Renewable Energy: Pitfalls to Avoid #4
This blog post is the final in our series of posts on Renewable Energy Pitfalls. We want to help readers to understand the different renewable energy choices and some of the mistakes we have seen made in the decision making process - so that you can make the best long-term investment for your organisation. Scenario #4: “Picking the most attractive proposition” Here’s how a ...
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EU wind industry skills shortage: over 5,000 more workers needed per year
The European wind industry faces a severe skills shortage of around 5,500 appropriately qualified staff per year. This shortfall could climb to 18,000 by 2030 - nearly 5% of the entire wind industry workforce - if numbers of suitable workers don’t increase. The warning comes in a report to be published by the EU’s Wind Energy Technology Platform (TPWind), based on research by ...
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Andrew Garrad new President of the European Wind Energy Association
The European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) has today elected Andrew Garrad as its new President. Garrad joined the wind energy industry in 1979 and was President and later Chairman of GL Garrad Hassan, the world's largest independent renewable energy consultancy, with 1,000 employees in 27 countries devoted to renewable energy. Andrew Garrad (L), newly elected EWEA President, with Thomas ...
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Renewable Energy: Pitfalls to Avoid #2
This blog post is the second in our series of posts on Renewable Energy Pitfalls. We want to help readers to understand the different renewable energy choices and some of the mistakes we have seen made in the decision making process - so that you can make the best long-term investment for your organisation. Scenario #2: “Not checking (& double checking) Government incentives” ...
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Renewable Energy: Pitfalls to Avoid #1
Solar Panels? Ground Source Heating? Wind Turbines? What’s really best for your organisation? As an independent consultant, energyTEAM have come across all types of organisations that would benefit from extra support with their renewable energy strategy. We want to help readers to understand the different renewable energy choices and some of the common pitfalls we have seen made in the ...
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CEO Sandra Sassow presenting at Biogas: generate energy from your waste seminar
Biogas: generate energy from your waste 17 October 2013 Campden BRI, Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire, GL55 6LD, UK SEaB Energy’s CEO, Sandra Sassow, will be presenting at Campden BRI’s energy from waste seminar on the 17th October. To see the presentation live, book your place at via the website link below. http://www.campdenbri.co.uk/training/events/biogas-seminar-overview.php ...
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Microsite promotes San Francisco office expansion
Black & Veatch is growing rapidly in the San Francisco Bay Area. To accommodate its increasing number of projects and consulting assignments, the company will expand its offices there with a new location in downtown San Francisco. Black & Veatch is spreading the word about the expansion through a new microsite, BV Bay Buzz. The live Web page provides background information on the office ...
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Scottish government launches `green jobs blueprint`
The Scottish Government plans to create thousands of green energy jobs by 2020 including energy-from-waste jobs as part of its economic recovery programme. There could be a total of 16,000 roles in energy-related opportunities in Scotland over the next decade. The Scottish Government will take action to support and accelerate the implementation of renewable energy through the Renewable Energy ...
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Round-the-clock renewable energy tenders worry developers
Developers say tender conditions do not require supplying power throughout the day, it could be called round-the-clock only in theory. "The RTC tender is not dispatchable. It doesn't state on a day to day basis how much power is needed, it only gives a monthly quota," a developer said. Bengaluru: Renewable energy developers are uneasy about the government’s recent focus on ...
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Methanogen collaborate with Base Structures on groundbreaking commercial Micro AD system
Leading lights in Anaerobic Digestion, Methanogen utilise over 30 years of experience to provide a one stop shop for the supply of AD technology, from the process design stage to on-site construction of installations. Formed by James Murcott, pioneering builder of AD plants since 1974 and Angie Bywater, renewable energy consultant and author of the influential RASE report on small-scale ...
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SgurrEnergy secures Race Bank construction and operations monitoring contract
SgurrEnergy, part of Wood Group’s clean energy business, has been awarded the construction monitoring contract of one of the UK’s largest offshore wind farms, which will be followed by a 15-year operations monitoring phase. Located almost 17 miles off the Norfolk coast, Race Bank Wind Farm’s offshore array will comprise of 91 state-of-the-art Siemens 6.3MW wind turbines and is ...
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ETA Florence Renewable Energies to support communications for the European Sustainable Phosphorus Platform
ETA Florence has just been selected, by the European Sustainable Phosphorus Platform, to support communications and to manage a network of nutrient-related R&D projects. More specifically, ETA's support aims at increasing knowledge exchange; creating networking opportunities; and catalysing higher level engagements for the sustainable management of phosphorus and other nutrients. ETA ...
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UK predicted to miss UK renewable energy targets
The UK will miss the European Union renewable energy target set for 2020 by almost 10%, according to consultancy Cambridge Econometrics. It predicts in its latest UK energy and the environment forecast that the UK will only be able to produce 6% of its energy through renewable sources by 2020. However, the legally binding EU target for the UK for 2020 stands at 15%, as part of the 20% target for ...
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SgurrEnergy appoints Claus Hjoerringgaard as director of clean energy
SgurrEnergy, part of Wood Group’s clean energy business, has appointed Claus Hjoerringgaard as its new director of clean energy. Based at SgurrEnergy’s Glasgow headquarters, Claus will be responsible for heading up the leading renewable energy and grid integration consultancy which provides engineering and technical advisory services in onshore and offshore wind, solar, wave and ...
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SgurrEnergy introduces UAVs to suite of services
SgurrEnergy, part of Wood Group’s clean energy business, has introduced unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to its existing inspection service offering after obtaining the Civil Aviation Authority‘s Permission for Aerial Work and following extensive testing in 2016. The renewable energy and grid integration consultancy’s UAVs, or drones as they’re more commonly known, are ...
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ERM APPOINTS LEAH BISSONETTE AS THE POWER SECTOR LEAD FOR NORTH AMERICA
Irvine, California - Leah Bissonette has joined ERM as the Managing Partner for the Power Sector in North America and will be based in our Irvine, California office. In this role she will enhance the expertise we offer to our clients on both program development and implementation for all sectors including renewable and non-renewable electricity generators and transmission. Combining ERM’s ...
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Advanced turbine control, yaw adjustments offer yield gains of up to 8%
A data-led performance optimization plan can boost average wind generation by between 3% and 8% and some sites can achieve further gains through forestry restructuring, Aaron Culver, Measurement & Analysis Team Leader at renewable energy consultancy SgurrEnergy, said. Yaw realignment can boost energy yield by as much as 3%. Growing expertise in windfarm performance and data analytics is ...
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NRG Systems Introduces iPackACCESS for Wind Farm Forecasting and Performance Monitoring
NRG Systems, manufacturer of measurement equipment and turbine optimization systems for the global wind and solar energy industries, has introduced the iPackACCESS, a communications module for the SymphoniePLUS3 data logger that enables wind farm operators to integrate real-time meteorological data into their Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems. Designed with both performance ...
By NRG Systems
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Carbon Trust calls for massive switch to biomass heating
Businesses and public sector organisations could benefit by switching from oil, gas and electric heating to biomass, according to Biomass Heating, A Practical Guide, published today by the Carbon Trust. Financial pressures and the coldest start to a winter in over 30 years make reducing heating bills a priority. However, by working with biomass heating projects across the UK, the Carbon Trust ...
By Carbon Trust
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ICF International Takes Best Carbon Advisory Firm Awards for Sixth Straight Year
For the sixth straight year, ICF International (NASDAQ:ICFI) has been honored by companies participating in the Environmental Finance and Carbon Finance survey for its outstanding work in carbon strategy, renewable energy, and greenhouse gas mitigation. With more than 1,000 companies casting votes in the survey, ICF was recognized as Best Advisory/Consultancy in five ...
By ICF
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