Do you want to erect a wind turbine? Cover a storehouse roof with photovoltaic modules? Or perhaps you want to get the old village waterwheel turning again and generating electricity. What do you need to consider? Where do you start on a project like that? The National Renewable Energy Laboratory has published “A Framework for […]
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U.S. Offshore Wind Turbines Now a Near-Certainty
The installation of more than 100 wind turbines off the coast of the United States is now a near certainty. The first power is expected to flow from the turbines during 2013. Cape Wind Associates plan to build 130 wind turbines with a generation capacity of 420 MW near the island of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, […]

First Green Investment Bank wants to turn a profit
The UK government is recruiting staff for the world’s first green investment bank dedicated solely to investing in green projects. The Green Investment Bank will work towards a ‘double bottom line’ of significant green impact and financial returns. Meeting the need with the capital available will be a major challenge. A UK Parliamentary Committee concluded […]

Community Ownership Best for Renewable Energy Development
Community ownership may be the best way to achieve rapid renewable energy development. Early wind power projects were often small-scale and based on cooperative principles where the governance and the benefits were evenly shared. That was somewhat swept aside in the 1990s, Industrial-scale renewable energy needs industrial-scale, efficient, market-based investment, it was argued. As the […]

Two Cheers for the Energy Bill – And a Pat on the Back for Ed Milliband
Finally! It’s only taken two and a half years, but at last the coalition government have published their long awaited Energy Bill. It has been a tortuous process: dogged by interminable delay, protracted political infighting, behind the scenes wrangling and bovine interventions – most notably from David Cameron and Junior Energy Minister John Hayes. We […]
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Increasing Profitability through Flexible Energy Consumption June 17, 2015
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Can New York’s Electricity Market Rules Change the World? June 16, 2015
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Exploiting niches in hydro power June 1, 2015
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Zero-emissions refrigeration transport May 15, 2015
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Storing Power as Liquid Air May 1, 2015
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Reaching the Power of High Altitude Winds April 15, 2015
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Nuclear Power for the UK – Does it Make Sense? April 2, 2015
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Safe Electrification of Argentina’s Poorest Homes March 15, 2015
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Storing Energy on Rail Tracks March 1, 2015
- An Energy Wikipedia February 15, 2015
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Small Hydro Project to Deliver Major Benefits May 3, 2013
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How Hydro Project Management Team Navigated the Obstacles May 3, 2013
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German University Clusters of Excellence receive Funding June 22, 2012
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Two Cheers for the Energy Bill – And a Pat on the Back for Ed Milliband April 29, 2012
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Wind Power Sector in Turkey in Take-Off January 18, 2012
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Wind Power in Brazil is Cheaper than Gas January 18, 2012
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CEOs pay lip-service to Teamwork December 20, 2011
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Good Designers Understand Business Management Constraints November 22, 2011
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Increasing Profitability through Flexible Energy Consumption June 17, 2015
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Gossip in the Workplace and Management May 22, 2011
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