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- Renewable Energy Industry
- The UK has some of the world's best renewable energy resources, especially from wind both onshore and offshore, and other marine sources - tidal and wave. The Obligation requires a growing proportion of electricity in the UK to come from renewable sources: 10.4 per cent by 2010. Wind energy is...
- White papers 2004-02-25
- The Low-Carbon Economy's Contribution Towards a Safe, Secure and Prosperous United Kingdom
- The Energy Conservation and Solar Centre develop programmes to create socially responsible sustainable energy futures through energy efficiency and the use of renewable energy. So many renewable energy projects the majority now fail to achieve planning permission that the expectations of how much electricity the technology can supply have been...
- White papers 2002-09-01
- Community and Household Renewable Energy Grants Scheme: Briefing Document
- DTI is considering the design of a new capital grants programme for community and household renewable energy schemes. The PIU recommended that eligibility should be restricted to renewables deployed at the level of households, or buildings/land owned by non-profit making organizations. Individual household schemes are defined as those where an...
- White papers 2002-07-01
- Scoping Study Into Community Based Renewable Energy Projects
- This scoping paper has been carried out by the Centre for Sustainable Energy CSE, a charity which promotes energy efficiency and renewable energy. This paper is the first phase of a long term project to set up two small scale renewable energy schemes to demonstrate the benefits of a community...
- White papers 2001-10-15
- BIPV Design Study for Renewable Energy Centre and Eco-Energy House
- The aim of this project was to monitor performance of PV systems on the Renewable Energy Centre and the Eco-Energy House at the School of Built Environment. This paper summarizes the design process for Building Integrated Photovoltaic BIPV systems on the two buildings. The buildings are significantly different in both...
- White papers 2000-09-14
- Monitoring of PV Systems at the Centre for Renewable Energy and Eco-Energy House
- This paper covers the work undertaken over the course of the project 'Monitoring of PV systems at the Centre for Renewable Energy and the Eco-Energy House'. The work undertaken during this project has identified a number of problems at different stages of he design, installation, commissioning and operation of the...
- White papers 2002-01-08
- A Summary of the Experience of Wind Energy Support Through the NFFO: Wind Energy Fact Sheet 6
- This paper provides details of the development of the wind energy market in the UK and the success of schemes supported under the Non-Fossil Fuel Obligation. The incentive for the UK Government to provide support for renewable energy technologies lies in their potential contribution to secure, diverse and sustainable energy...
- White papers 2002-02-26
- Assessment of the Effects of Noise and Vibration From Offshore Wind Farms on Marine Wildlife
- The UK Government is committed to new and renewable energy and is introducing a new Renewables Obligation that will succeed the Non-Fossil Fuel Obligation NFFO. This will be introduced in the Utilities Bill currently progressing through Parliament and will require power suppliers to source a specified amount of the electricity...
- White papers 2001-10-16
- A Review of Overseas Financing Mechanisms and Incentives for Commercial Renewable Energy Projects
- The key objectives of this paper were to examine how commercial (non-research and development) renewable energy projects have been financed in European EC and others and North American countries, highlighting likely future trends; determine the level and type of any financial, contractual or market incentives available in each country for...
- White papers 2001-11-29
- Concept Study: Western Offshore Transmission Grid
- The primary aim of this paper is to perform a high level investigation of the feasibility of developing an offshore high voltage direct current HVDC network for the connection of renewable energy sources sited along the western coast of Scotland, Northern Ireland, England, Wales and South-West England which would feed...
- White papers 2002-02-21
- Commercialization of Small Hydro Through Community Participation
- This paper aimed to provide a model for the development of a community owned, grid connected renewable energy business, which can be applied to other RE initiatives. These aims were met in part, but due to the short timescale, were found to be very ambitious. A number of salient lessons...
- White papers 2000-04-11
- Exploring the Capital Markets and Securitization for Renewable Energy Projects
- This paper looks at the opportunities for renewable energy projects to access the bond market to finance projects or refinance existing projects, and what, if anything is required to facilitate this. In addition, the paper looks at the possible use of securitization to group projects together as a means of...
- White papers 2001-12-06
Additional Resources
- Showcase energy-efficient housing. (Department of Energy energy-efficient housing research programs)
- Two of the crown jewels of America's national park system, the Grand Canyon in Arizona and Yosemite in California, are set to become showcases for environmentally friendly, energy-wise housing of the future. The US Department of Energy, through its National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, and...
- Research articles 1993-04-01
- Manitoba Could Triple Power Generation Capacity With Renewable Energy Sources, an Industrial Info News Alert
- Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) -- Power generation in Manitoba has been tightly held by Manitoba Hydro, a Crown Corporation, and currently there are about 4,200 megawatts MW of operational generation in Manitoba of which more than 80% is from renewable sources. There is a possibility for...
- Research articles 2007-11-14
- Ten clean technology predictions for 2010
- For several years now, as each year comes to a close, we've been issuing predictions for the coming one. While we certainly acknowledge we've not necessarily gotten each one right in years past, a great number of our predictions have proved prescient (see Eight cleantech developments to watch for in...
- News items 2009-11-30
- Osmotic power plant opens, with commercial scale ambitions
- The world's first osmotic power plant opened today at Tofte, outside of Oslo. And it included a royal kickoff from the Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway, who pushed the button that set the turbines in motion. The plant has been developed over the past year by Norwegian state-owned electricity company...
- News items 2009-11-24
- PepsiCo takes top spot in global warming battle
- Guess what corporate global warming fighter the Environmental Protection Agency will crown its national "green power" kingpin today. Whole Foods? No. Starbucks? Nope. Give up? It's PepsiCo. When the EPA's quarterly list of the 25 greenest energy users is released today, the...
- Research articles 2007-04-30
- Centrica sells stake in wind farms to finance £725m Lincs project
- Thursday 29 October 2009 Construction on the 270MW Lincs wind farm off the coast of Lincolnshire is set to begin next year after developer Centrica sold off 50% of three other wind farms, it emerged yesterday (October 29). The Lincs scheme, which will be situated eight kilometres off the coast...
- News items 2009-10-29
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