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Developing economic well-being and preserving a healthy environment are not opposed forces but do, on the contrary, have a primary relationship and require a similar way of thinking: maximising the efficiency of a product over its life cycle will minimise its total financial cost as well as the total environmental impact over its life cycle.
The case studies below were developed to substantiate this Life-Cycle-Thinking by delivering high-level messages supporting decision making on the sustainable energy arena.
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Following the training course on electricity markets regulation, a set of support papers is being delivered to complete the didactic set.
This paper explains the various concepts about the regulationof the power quality: quality regulation, commercial quality, reliability, performance publication, standards and quality incentives schemes.
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Following the training course on electricity markets regulation, a set of support papers is being delivered to complete the didactic set.
This paper explains the various price regulation methods: Rate of Return Regulation, Cap Regulation, Yardstick Competition, Sliding Scale and Profit Sharing Regulation.
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Istanbul is a city with many names (Byzantium, Constantinople) but also many satellite dishes. How many do you count on this picture?
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This analysis builds on the previously released Qualitative Analysis of Power Distribution Configurations For Data Centres. It takes a quantitative look at one aspect of the previous paper: efficiency.
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This paper is courtesy of The Green Grid - Get connected to Efficient IT.
Many different power distribution configurations exist today that can be used to power a data centre. Each of these configurations has its own advantages and disadvantages, which can have a major impact on all aspects of the facility.
This paper discusses the qualitative differences between seven possible configurations that can either be found in the United States or Canada today, or could be used in the future.
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Following the training course on electricity markets regulation, a set of support papers is being delivered to complete the didactic set.
This paper explains the various market design possibilities: Single Buyer or Electricity Markets with Wholesale Competition. Additionally, it provides a view about Pool versus Bilateral Trading, ntra-day Trading and Balancing Mechanisms and Supplementary Capacity Schemes.
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Home Tagcloud Sitemap Contact us Login The Global Community for Sustainable Energy Professionals Leonardo ENERGY About us Blogs Community E-learning Library Service Home Electricity as leverage for the low carbon economy Electricity as leverage for the low carbon economy By Bruno De Wachter Published on Tue , 2010-02-16 14:58 Further reading What are the energy sources of the next generation 2342 IEP report : Roadmap for a Low-Carbon Power Sector by 2050 56 IFG : Searching for a Miracle 145 The IEP roadmap to 2050 In December 2009, the International Electricity Partnership IEP published its Roadmap for a Low-Carbon Power Sector by 2050 The IEP was created in October 2008 at an international summit of electricity chief executives held in Atlanta , USA . Its roadmap focuses on Australia , Canada , the European Union , Japan , and the United . States The IEP industry leaders see a crucial role for the electrical power sector . Historically , electrical power has been the largest source of CO2 emissions , the main contributor to climate change . But in the upcoming decades electricity can become a key lever in evolving towards a low carbon economy , states the IEP . The key
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Binu ParthanBinu Parthan, Deputy Director General of our partner The Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP) declared that “REEEP believes that the project-by-project determination of additionality in the current CDM procedures for clean energy technologies does not have the intended effect. REEEP calls on those responsible to categorise all renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies as additional, i.e. to pre-determine additionality at the technology level.
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Over the next few weeks, we will conclude the prediction group on low carbon electricity systems. There are 25 questions on the group which await your input.
As an appreciation of your effort, we'll award the top three participants a $100 Amazon gift card (view the current list of top traders).
You can participate in two easy steps:
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The second course in the comprehensive programme on power quality covers the subject of harmonics and interharmonics.
The knowledge acquired during the course should be sufficient for:
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In order to combat global warming, a detailed knowledge of the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with different energy conversion technologies is important. For nuclear energy, GHG emissions result from different process stages of the whole fuel cycle. A life-cycle assessment offers the opportunity to properly calculate these emissions. In the past, both indirect energy use and GHG emissions were studied by many researchers. Most of the studies result in low indirect emissions comparable to windturbines.
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At a distance of about 30 m from a fluorescent lighting tube with magnetic ballast and electronic starter, which is normally regarded as fairly electromagnetically compatible, this mains independent, battery powered thermometer was operated. It displayed the temperature flawlessly until – oops – somebody switched off the light at the wrong moment. It’ all no use – the battery has to be taken out and put back in: the only way to get the thermometer functioning again.
