Solar changes
As ease of PV installation is becoming increasingly important and the UK confirms its FIT review outcomes, BASF launches a new roof-integrated PV concept.
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Renewable energy’s insurance challenge
Jerry Douglas and Eldred Clark of the ACE European Group and exhibitors at Renewable Energy World Europe 2011 examine the challenges of insuring renewable energy projects and why robust and thorough risk management can substantially increase the chances of a successful outcome.
Offshore wind energy: a many faceted affair
Ian McInnes discusses the many issues surrounding the large-scale deployment of offshore wind turbines with a number of companies looking to solve the immense logistical and technical challenges ahead.
Geocogen: A new approach to renewable baseload power
Craig Hesser, CEO of Geocogen, discusses how his company’s approach to geothermal power could deliver baseload electricity on the same scale as today’s nuclear power plants.
Solar covered landfill: helping Africa solve two problems at the same time
Dr Ian Humphery-Smith and Yusef Hatira of African Renewable Energies Ltd (AREL) explain how solar covered land fill (SCL) can benefit Africa through boosting power output together with air and water quality.
Skymill: An innovative new approach to large-scale wind power
Grant Calverley of Sky Mill Energy explains why his company’s innovative concept has the potential to deliver massive amounts of clean, reliable power to the Middle East and Asia through harvesting the Asian jet-stream.
Managing wind fluctuations the Danish way
Peter Jørgensen, Vice President, International Relations, Energinet.dk, Denmark explores how best to manage power grids in the context of high penetration of wind in a country’s energy mix.
FIT for purpose?
The UK’s foray into the exciting, but expensive world of feed in tariffs for renewable energy has suddenly taken a dramatic turn, due to the Department for Energy and Climate Change’s decision to bring forward a review of the current system after concerns that households and small businesses might be squeezed out by large solar projects.
Sales from the sun
More and more US utilities are thinking seriously about solar PV. Giles Crosse investigates why.
Good Energy: Looking to a greener future
IFandP recently had the privilege of interviewing Juliet Davenport, the CEO of Good Energy, the UK’s only energy utility dedicated to producing 100% renewable energy, on the subject of recent developments in the UK power sector, the impact of Feed-in-tariffs and much more besides.
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