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SSE Renewables and FuturEnergy Ireland submit planning application for Glenora wind farm

SSE Renewables and FuturEnergy Ireland have jointly submitted a planning application for Glenora wind farm to An Bord Pleanála. The proposed site is located in North Mayo, approximately 7 km southwest of Ballycastle and 6km southeast of Belderrig. The two … Continue reading

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Decarbonisation Pathways for Southeast Asia

Executive summaryThe International Energy Agency (IEA) and the Institute of Energy Economic, Japan (IEEJ) have developed and published long-term decarbonisation pathways for Southeast Asia and Indonesia. This paper provides a comparison of modelling approaches, quantitative drivers, and results from the … Continue reading

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Financing Clean Energy in Africa

Foreword Energy is central to Africa’s future development, and Africa in turn will play an increasingly important role in shaping global energy trends. How these roles play out in practice will depend in large part on investment, particularly in affordable, … Continue reading

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Global Hydrogen Review2022

Hydrogen demand is growing, with positive signals in key applications Hydrogen demand reached 94 million tonnes (Mt) in 2021, recovering to above pre-pandemic levels (91 Mt in 2019), and containing energy equal to about 2.5% of global final energy consumption. … Continue reading

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บ.จีนแห่ลงทุน‘แผงโซลาร์เซลล์’ในไทย หวังเป็นฐานผลิตหลังยุโรปโต้ทุ่มตลาด

พลังงานไฟฟ้าจากแสงอาทิตย์’ (Solar power) ที่ใช้แผง ‘โซลาร์เซลล์’ (Solar cell) ในการผลิตกระแสไฟฟ้านั้น ได้รับความนิยมอย่างแพร่หลาย ไม่ว่าจะเป็นการผลิตแบบติดตั้งบนพื้นดินที่ใช้พื้นที่จำนวนมาก บางประเทศเริ่มมีการพัฒนาบนพื้นน้ำและในทะเลแล้ว ที่เรียกว่า ‘โซลาร์ฟาร์ม’ (Solar farm) หรือการติดตั้งบนหลังคาอาคารสถานที่ต่าง ๆ ที่เรียกว่า ‘โซลาร์รูฟท็อป’ (Solar rooftop) ซึ่งพลังงานไฟฟ้าจากแสงอาทิตย์นี้ได้รับการคาดหวังว่าจะเป็น ‘พลังงานแห่งอนาคต’   หลายประเทศได้ส่งเสริมให้มีการใช้ ทั้งในภาคครัวเรือนและภาคอุตสาหกรรม โดยประเทศไทยก็เป็นหนึ่งในประเทศที่มีนโยบายส่งเสริมให้มีการใช้พลังงานไฟฟ้าจากแสงอาทิตย์นี้ด้วยเช่นกัน แต่กลับพบว่า อุตสาหกรรมต้นน้ำอย่างการผลิตและการประกอบแผงโซลาร์เซลล์ของไทยยังต้องพึ่งพิงประเทศอื่นอยู่มาก โดยเฉพาะประเทศจีนอันเป็นมหาอำนาจของโลกในอุตสาหกรรมนี้ ศักยภาพพลังงานแสงอาทิตย์ของไทย สำหรับประเทศไทยมีศักยภาพพลังงานแสงอาทิตย์ค่อนข้างสูง มีค่าเฉลี่ยความเข้มรังสีของแสงอาทิตย์ทั่วประเทศทุกพื้นที่ เป็นค่ารายวันเฉลี่ยต่อปีเท่ากับ 18.0 เมกะจูลต่อตารางเมตร/วัน ( MJ / m2 – … Continue reading

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100% Renewable Europe How To Make Europe’s Energy System Climate-Neutral Before 2050

On 4 March 2020, the European Commission made a fundamental move by submitting a proposal for the “Climate Law”, pledging to become the first climate-neutral continent. This vision is much needed at a point in time where our traditional vision … Continue reading

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ปั้มสูบน้ำบาดาลระบบโซล่าเซลล์ OFF-GRID SOLAR PUMPING SYSTEM

อุปกรณ์ในระบบประกอบไปด้วย The equipment in the system consists of1.ระบบผลิตไฟฟ้า ซึ่งก็คือ แผงโซล่าเซลล์ การเลือกซื้อแผงโซล่าเซลล์ มีหน้าที่เปลี่ยนแสงอาทิตย์ไปเป็นไฟฟ้า2.ระบบจ่ายไฟและอุปกรณ์ป้องกัน ซึ่งก็คือกล่องควบคุม อินเวอร์เตอร์ และเบรกเกอร์ อุปกรณ์กันฟ้าต่างๆ3.ระบบสูบน้ำ คือ ปั้มหอยโข่ง ปั้มชัก ปั้มน้ำซัมเมอร์ส การเลือกประเภทของปั้มน้ำ ที่ใช้กับระบบโซล่าเซลล์ Water Pump Solarcell ในบทความนี้จะใช้ ปั้มน้ำซัมเมอร์ส เพราะจะส่งน้ำได้สูงกว่าปั้มน้ำชนิดอื่นๆ ครับ การเลือกประเภทของปั้มน้ำ ที่ใช้กับระบบโซล่าเซลล์  การออกแบบระบบสูบน้ำบาดาลโซล่าเซลล์ระบบออฟกริด แบบบ้านๆ (Design of groundwater pumping systems, solar cells, off-grid systems, home … Continue reading

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Renewble Readlness Assessment Paraguay

Introduction Country profileThe Republic of Paraguay is located in central South America and bordered by Argentina, Bolivia and Brazil. The country has a landlocked area of 406 752 square kilometres, divided into two natural regionsby the Paraguay River. The eastern … Continue reading

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Renewable Energy Policies in a Time of Transition

ABOUT IRENAThe International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) is an intergovernmental or ganisation that supports countries in their transition to a sustainable energy future, and serves as the principal platform for international co-operation, a centre of excellence, and a repository of … Continue reading

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Electricity Storage Valuation Framework March 2020 ISBN : 978-92-9260-161-4 Download Assessing system value and ensuring project viability – IRENA Feb 2020

Electricity storage could be a crucial factor in the world’s transition to sustainable energy systems based on renewable sources. Yet electricity markets frequently fail to account properly for the system value of storage. This report from the International Renewable Energy … Continue reading

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Cheap fuel cell no larger than a stack of CDs can power a home

Depending on where you live in the world, you may have electricity, gas, or both fed into your home. The bill for each depends on how much you use and fluctuates throughout the year. But what if you could replace … Continue reading

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Renewable Energy Vs Conventional Power – The Debate Resolved by Ritesh Pothan

This decade has re-defined the energy paradigm with renewables surging to all time high installations. Globally renewables contribute a significant amount to the energy mix in developed countries. Continents like the America’s, Europe and Asia have installed more renewables in … Continue reading

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Why gas based electrics are the cars for this decade! by Ritesh Pothan

This article was published in the April edition of Energy Next Magazine Vehicles are now the most polluting segment of any urban society and a lot of thought needs to go behind their detrimental effect to Indian society as a … Continue reading

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Chinese car makers turn to hybrids, entering a niche ‘green’ market

Natgrp: Range anxiety is a common phenomenon due to which all electric cars have an inherent disadvantage as mentioned in my article on vehicles of the future in Energy Next Magazine. This article further makes that very same point. Throwing … Continue reading

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The Chevy Volt Gets a Second Life as a Cadillac

Photograph by Scott Olson/Getty Images Cadillac shows off its ELR luxury hybrid at the North American International Auto Show on Jan. 15 in Detroit When General Motors (GM) decided to make a plug-in hybrid several years ago, there was a lively … Continue reading

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REC validity extended to 730 days only, the issue only gets worse

Going against the requirements and needs of the market, CERC has only extended the validity by just 1 year or 365 days. CERC has also expressed inability to enforce RECs. This will only create an antagonistic situation where the glut … Continue reading

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Doubling the Global Share of Renewable Energy: A Roadmap to 2030

IRENA’s working paper, Doubling the Global Share of Renewable Energy: A Roadmap to 2030, outlines the proposed process, and progress to date, of REMAP 2030 – IRENA’s global roadmap for policies and actions to double the share of renewable energy … Continue reading

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Costs of not using Renewable Energy in excess of $ 3.2 Trillion Annually, says Study

It is often claimed that renewables are still too costly and not yet competitive with conventional energy sources. But what costs are incurred when renewable energies are not used? Every day during which potential renewable energy sources are not utilised … Continue reading

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Fuel cell park for 2013; necessary for the future for PV if it has to provide mainstream power

Enlarge (Phys.org)—North America’s biggest fuel cell power plant is coming to Connecticut, and construction is to begin immediately. Dominion Resources, an energy company based in Virginia, and FuelCell Energy, a Connecticut manufacturer of fuel cell power plants, have announced the … Continue reading

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Thermocline System looking to provide Cheap, Efficient Solar Energy Storage at $0.78 US per kWh

Researchers at the University of Arkansas in the US set out to invent an efficient and economical energy storage system that would improve the overall efficiency of solar thermal plants. The team has developed a thermocline solar energy storage system that stores … Continue reading

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FutureShip Designs Zero-Emission Fuel Cell Ferry for Scandlines

Further to Scandlines’ expression of interest in fuel cell ferries for the Fehmarn Belt crossing between Denmark and Germany, a shipping efficiency consultancy has produced a design for the proposed ferries. Germanischer Lloyd subsidiary FutureShip has developed a zero-emission propulsion concept for Scandlines, which could … Continue reading

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Lessons to be learnt from one of the world’s worst energy blackouts of the decade

  India just had the mother of all blackouts in the last week of July, causing the most populated northern half of the nation to come to a halt, without a viable recourse to an alternate source of energy for … Continue reading

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Pacific Northwest National Laboratory – New small solid oxide fuel cell reaches record efficiency

Public release date: 31-May-2012 Contact: Franny White franny.white@pnnl.gov 509-375-6904 DOE System designed for household and neighborhood power generation RICHLAND, Wash. — Individual homes and entire neighborhoods could be powered with a new, small-scale solid oxide fuel cell system that achieves … Continue reading

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