Features for December 2008
It's been another busy period for GWEC's Steve Sawyer, who has attended an eye-watering number of international events on the circuit. Here, he brings us up to date with a view from the front line of the climate change debate…
31 December, 2008
96 entities have set their sights on the UK's latest round of offshore wind project development.
31 December, 2008
Where next for renewable energies in the fast-developing world of carbon trading?
31 December, 2008
During the months of August and September 2008, the WilderHill New Energy Global Innovation Index – which tracks 88 of the top clean energy companies – fell 26.8. This represented the biggest two-monthly fall in the index's history, and took it to a level 50% below its peak in November 2007. So what does the future hold?
31 December, 2008
Energy from Waste (EfW) is increasingly being seen as something of a silver bullet solution to enable less organic waste to be sent to landfill, as well as deliver cleaner energy. George Marsh looks at a technology that is revolutionising the possibilities for organic waste – Anaerobic Digestion
31 December, 2008
Compared to wind and solar, tidal power is still regarded as a renewable energy technology that remains unviable on a large scale. But throw together climate change, political will in the UK and the US, entrepreneurial enthusiasm and academic research - with some significant investment - and a new mood of optimism is starting to pervade the sector.
31 December, 2008
Better known internationally for its mountain parks and vast tracts of oil sands, Alberta may also soon emerge as the most progressive province for solar development in Canada – a country lagging in development of this technology.
04 December, 2008
For centuries civilisations have taken advantage of the power of water. Once used by the Greeks for grinding wheat into flour, the water wheels of the past have been transformed into highly-efficient turbines that generate electricity. Renewable Energy Focus takes an in-depth look at the current renaissance in Small Hydropower in the EU.
03 December, 2008
Will the USA be able to count on large amounts of biomass energy in the next few decades? Some reports and organizations are more bullish than others, discovers Lyn Corum.
01 December, 2008
Farmers around the world are showing increased interest in Anaerobic Digesters, as a result of higher energy and fertiliser prices, the growing costs of complying with waste disposal legislation in many countries and the continuing need to diversify in order to maintain farm incomes. One dairy farm in the USA is using the technology to produce electricity, heat and bedding for animals.
01 December, 2008
With rising demand for wind power, wind turbine manufacturers are searching for solutions to make their turbines more efficient, at the same time increasing reliability and reducing maintenance. Renewable Energy Focus' Kari Larsen investigates two routes for achieving this: integrated drivetrains and direct drive technology.
01 December, 2008
In this review of concentrating solar power (CSP) developments, Robert Palgrave looks at how technology is being developed to provide a more complete lower cost offering to the electricity market, and how the future for CSP includes not just power generation, but also the production of gas and liquid fuels.
01 December, 2008
For those that missed the photovoltaic (PV) industry's biggest event of the year in Valencia, Spain, Paula Mints offers a review of the event's major talking points…
01 December, 2008