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20 May |
Midi-Pyrénées powered with 100% renewable energy by 2020 |
Posts Tagged ‘renewable’
Although France wants to have 23% |
18 May |
United Kingdom powered with 100% renewable energy by 2020 |
The UN warned that the world is moving closer to several “tipping points” in global temperature, beyond which some ecosystems that play a part in natural processes such as climate or the food chain may be permanently damaged.
The solution exists as a combination of exploiting all the available Renewable energy resources together into the grid to provide more than enough energy to supply our daily needs and completely eradicate our dependence on oil & gas.
Duration : 0:5:10
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8 May |
DuPont Renewable Aircraft Deicing Fluid – “New Ice Age” | DuPont |
http://www.duponttateandlyle.com/
DuPont has partnered with Kilfrost, the market leader in deicing fluid, to produce DFsustain, an environmentally friendly deicer fluid. By providing Susterra®, DuPont Tate & Lyle Bio Products is helping to produce a deicing fluid that has less impact on the environment and reduces energy usage and carbon emissions during the manufacturing process.
Duration : 0:2:2
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4 April |
EU Renewables Strategy: How can policy and industry shape strategy for the decades ahead? |
The further expansion of Renewable Energies is key to achieving the EU climate targets set for 2050. Following the 2009 Renewables directive and the National Renewables Action Plans determining the growth path up to 2020, discussion has now started on the post-2020 Renewables policy.
Building on the EU Energy Roadmap 2050, the EU Commission has initiated the discussion with the recent renewables consultation followed by the Communication on Renewable Energy.
Are 2030 renewables targets needed ?
How can we balance the required investments with reducing the costs of renewables?
How can EU member states cooperate more closely on jointly fulfilling the renewables targets?
Interviewees:
Bendt BENDTSEN, MEP
Mike WINKEL, CEO E.ON Climate & Renewables
Konstantin ST ASCHUS, Secretary-General, ENTSO-E
Jason ANDERSON, Head, EU Climate & Energy Policy, WWF
Peter BRUN, Group Senior Vice President, Vestas Wind Systems
Duration : 0:3:41
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13 February |
Vermont Renewable Energy Press Conference 2/8/12 |
Gabrielle Stebbins, Executive Director of Vermont |
3 February |
Israel’s Negev great for Solar Energy: Arava Power’s Ketura Sun generates renewable electricity |
American Yossi Abramowitz, Kibbutz Ketura member Ed Hoflind, and their US-based partner David Rosenblatt have built Ketura Sun, Israel’s first commercial solar energy field. On these twenty acres of land in the Negev desert, 18,500 photo-voltaic plates convert the sun’s energy into electricity. Only 1% of Israel’s electricity currently comes from Renewable energy sources, but entrepreneurs like Abramowitz hope to change that.
With funding from Siemens, Ketura Sun began operating last June, and it now generates nearly five megawatts for the national grid at peak performance. Although it’s a fraction of Israeli’s daily peak usage of 11,000 megawatts, the Arava Power Company plans to build 50 more solar fields in the next five years. This is expected to greatly alleviate Eilat’s dependence on diesel.
Israel has a national goal to generate 10% of its electricity using renewable sources by 2020, which will be 2.76 gigawatts. There is also an interim goal of 1.6 gigawatts by 2014, and the government expects 460 megawatts from solar power. Arava has plans for 500 megawatts capacity, and competitors are expected to add a further 1000 megawatts. This puts the country largely on schedule for the 2014 and 2020 targets, although some say the government is not doing enough. However, solar energy is still more expensive than natural gas, and analysts say removing restrictions on solar energy fields could result in price increases for consumers.
SOT Arava Power Company President Yossi Abramowitz told us, “The dream is really to have Israel be the first major economy to transform from being carbon-based — burning dirty fossil fuels — to being solar-based. Sixty percent of this country is desert, and the sun is nice and strong… If the government would get out of the way, set goals and rational policy we could hit 30-40% by 2020… You cannot ask the world to get off of oil from non-democracies when we, a democratic state, are still dependent upon oil and natural gas. So we have to set an example if we want the rest of the world to end their addiction to oil.”
Arava Environmental Institute Director Tariq Abu Hamed had this to say, “The solar radiation can reach 1100 watts per square kilometer, this is a very high amount, and it’s one of the best places in the world to have solar voltaic panels to generate Green electricity.”
Duration : 0:4:54
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30 January |
Renewable energy from offshore wind farms – Infineon Technologies |
http://www.infineon.com/energy-efficiency – Energy means life: It heats houses, powers cars and lights megacities. The global appetite for energy is voracious, while resources are dwindling.
One third of the energy consumed worldwide is electricity and the trend is rising. The name of the key energy source of the future is energy efficiency. Optimal electricity use is achieved by harnessing smart semiconductor technology: Innovative chip solutions fine-tune cars, industrial plants, consumer and household electronics to use less energy. And smart meters permit evaluation of every kilowatt hour with to-the-minute accuracy, helping to save electricity.
The future of Wind Energy can be identified in offshore areas worldwide. Looking just at the North- and Baltic Sea, around 30 offshore wind farms are planned to come up in the next few years.
Tomorrow’s electricity grids will be smart
The electricity grids of the future will feed themselves locally from wind, sun and water. However peaks and troughs are inevitable. Smart grids will control the power supply and demand thus ensuring a reliable flow of current.
Employing Infineon’s innovative semiconductor solutions means that electricity comes from the socket with low losses. Our power electronics transmit energy from the power station to the consumer efficiently, over thousands of kilometers.
Duration : 0:7:33
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30 January |
Dynasphere Renewable Wind Power |
http://earthship.com/Electricity/Electricity-from-the-sun-and-the-wind
