Category Archives: Waste To Energy

Vattenfall switches from 15 MW wind turbines from Siemens Gamesa to Vestas for offshore wind projects in Norfolk

Vattenfall, the Swedish power company, has announced that it will switch from Siemens Gamesa to Vestas as the supplier of wind turbines for its planned offshore wind projects in Norfolk, United Kingdom. Vattenfall’s decision to opt for Vestas’ 15 MW … Continue reading

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Siemens Energy Considering New Turbine Design to Improve Wind Energy Business

Siemens Energy AG is exploring the possibility of developing a new turbine to replace a system that has caused significant financial losses for its wind energy business. The company is looking for ways to shore up its beleaguered wind energy … Continue reading

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Siemens Gamesa Planning New Onshore Wind Turbine Platform Following Technical Issues

Siemens Gamesa, a leading renewable energy company, is said to be contemplating the development of a fresh onshore wind turbine platform. This decision comes after the company experienced significant technical issues with its existing flagship models, the 4.X and 5.X … Continue reading

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The Nuclear Fallacy: Why Small Modular Reactors Can’t Compete With Renewable Energy

Will the small modular nuclear reactor community be able to find an optimized point on the physics vs modularity curve? I don’t think so, and discussed it with Bent Flyvbjerg, global megaproject expert. One of the topics in my recent … Continue reading

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Driving Down Coal Mine Methane Emissions A regulatory roadmap and toolkit

Executive SummaryAction to cut methane emissions from coal mines is needed in parallel with measures to reduce coal consumption. Yet global coal demand is set to rise in 2022 amid the upheaval of the energy crisis and this will have … Continue reading

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Emissions Measurementand Data Collection for a Net Zero Steel Industry

Executive summaryThe G7 can lead the way in defining a shared vision for the transition to a net zero steel industry. In May 2022, the G7 committed to accelerate the pace of decarbonisation in heavy industries, noting the “importance of … Continue reading

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Towards hydrogen definitions basedon their emissions intensity

Executive summary A clear understanding of the emissions associated with hydrogen production can help enable investment and boost scale-up Most large-scale projects for the production of low-emission hydrogen are facing important bottlenecks. Only 4% of projects that have been thus … Continue reading

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คาดปี 2565-2601 ไทยเผชิญ ‘ขยะโซลาร์เซลล์’ สะสมเกือบแปดแสนตัน

ความจริงด้านหนึ่งแม้ ‘โซลาร์เซลล์’ จะให้ ‘พลังงานสะอาด’ แต่ความจริงอีกด้านที่ไม่ค่อยพูดถึงก็คือ ‘สารพิษ’ มีเพียบตั้งแต่กระบวนการผลิตจนถึงรีไซเคิล คาดโซลาร์เซลล์ที่เริ่มติดตั้งในไทยตั้งแต่ปี 2545 จะทยอยหมดอายุการใช้งานเป็นขยะถึง 6.2-7.9 แสนตัน ระหว่างปี 2565-2601 ภายในปี 2588 เกิดขยะตะกั่ว 134.2-198 ตัน ขยะแคดเมียม 0.65-0.95 ตัน หากไม่มีการจัดการที่ถูกต้องจะก่อให้เกิดความเสียหายทั้งต่อสิ่งแวดล้อมและสุขภาพของคนไทยเป็นมูลค่ามหาศาล ที่มาภาพประกอบ: electricalconnection.com.au ยุคบูมของ ‘พลังงานแสงอาทิตย์’ ‘พลังงานแสงอาทิตย์’ (Solar Energy) นับว่าเป็นพลังงานทางเลือกหรือพลังงานสะอาดที่เป็นมิตรกับสิ่งแวดล้อมมากที่สุดอย่างหนึ่ง กลุ่มประเทศพัฒนาแล้วต่างนิยมใช้ไฟฟ้าจากพลังงานแสงอาทิตย์กันอย่างแพร่หลายทั้งในภาคธุรกิจและภาคครัวเรือนเพราะมีความต้องการลดภาระการนำเข้าพลังงานหลักและตระหนักถึงการลดภาวะโลกร้อนมากขึ้น ทำให้มีความต้องการใช้แผงโซลาร์เซลล์ (Solar Cells Modules) เพิ่มขึ้นอย่างต่อเนื่อง ส่วนในประเทศไทยกระแสการใช้พลังงานทดแทนเพื่อการผลิตไฟฟ้าเป็นที่พูดถึงในวงกว้างอีกครั้ง อันเนื่องมาจากความตระหนักรู้และตื่นตัวในเรื่องสิ่งแวดล้อมของคนไทย ส่งผลถึงการต่อต้านโรงไฟฟ้าถ่านหินเกือบทุกจุดทั่วประเทศ และไม่ต้องพูดถึงพลังงานนิวเคลียร์ที่ดูเหมือนจะเป็นไปไม่ได้ในประเทศไทยแล้ว โซลาร์เซลล์มีอายุการใช้งานที่คุ้มค่าอยู่ระหว่าง … Continue reading

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Korea 2020 Energy Policy Review

Executive summary Korea’s energy sector is characterised by the dominance of fossil fuels, which in 2018 accounted for 85% of total primary energy supply (TPES), a strong dependence on energy imports at 84% of TPES, and the dominance of industrial … Continue reading

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ELEEMENTS OF ELECTRIFICATION STRATEGY FOR INDIA

INTRODUCTIONImproving energy efficiency of sectors and sub-sectors through technology upgrade together with maximum fuel switching to electricity is being increasingly recognized as the main strategy for a clean energy transition, as an electrified demand side is necessary to absorb the … Continue reading

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EU Climate Diplomacy Weeks 2022

Introduction In September and October, EU Delegations and Embassies of EU Member States around the world are organising activities and host events to foster dialogue and cooperation on climate change, showcase success stories and inspire further action. In the running … Continue reading

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BIOJET FUELS

INTRODUCTION Tackling climate changeAlthough we have made progress in decarbonising many aspects of the world’s energy matrix, with solar, wind and hydro all adding to “green” electricity generation, longdistance transport has proven much more difficult to decarbonise. Increasing electrification of … Continue reading

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FOSTERING LIVELIHOODS WITH DECENTRALISED RENEWABLE ENERGY AN ECOSYSTEMS APPROACH

Access to modern energy is a pre-requisite for socio-economic development. Yet, over 750 million people continued to live without electricity access in 2019 and many more had to contend with unreliable supply. The consequent economic and social cost is significant … Continue reading

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Rebooting Renewable Energy Certificates for a Balanced Energy Transition in India

CEEW Centre for Energy Finance The CEEW Centre for Energy Finance (CEEW-CEF) is an initiative of the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW), one of Asia’s leading think tanks.CEEW-CEF acts as a non-partisan market observer and driver that monitors, … Continue reading

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ENERGY STATISTICS INDIA 2021

Introduction The history of human evolution rests on the availability and use of energy. From the transformation from the early use of fire and animal power that improved lives, to the present world with use of electricity and cleaner sustainable … Continue reading

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Renewable Energy Outlook: Thailand

ENERGY CONTEXT Thailand has explicitly set energy security as the top policy objective, followed by economic affordability and environmental sustainability, in the Thailand Integrated Energy Blueprint (TIEB) underpinned by five individual but interrelated energy plans covering natural gas, oil, energy … Continue reading

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Renewable Energy Toolkit

FOREWORD After the ratification of the Paris Climate Agreement, we have observed great global political will and momentum in dealing with challenges of climate change. India is taking global leadership by working to reduce the risk and impact of climate … Continue reading

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Renewables in Ukraine – July 2019

Renewables-in-Ukraine-Report-2019-en Ukraine’s Renewables Investment Boom The Ukrainian government has committed to increase renewables from around 4 per cent of the energy mix today, to 25 per cent by 2035. While hydropower dominates the country’s renewable capacity, averaging 4.6GWp over the … Continue reading

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Renewable Energy and Jobs Annual Review 2018 – IRENA

Global renewable energy employment reached 10.3 million jobs in 2017, an increase of 5.3% compared with the number reported in the previous year. An increasing number of countries derive socio-economic benefits from renewable energy, but employment remains highly concentrated in … Continue reading

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India diverts Rs 56,700 crore from the fight against climate change to Goods and Service Tax regime

India’s biggest domestic source of public funds to push renewable energy and protect the environment has become a victim of the Goods and Services Tax. In April, the government included the tax collected on production and import of coal to … Continue reading

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GST (Goods and Service Tax) rates from July 1

Description of goods Rate 1 Bullions. 1% 2 Gold and silver ornaments. 1% 3 Precious stones. 1% 4 Canteen Sales Department (CSD) 1% SCHEDULE – IV [See section 12(4)(c)] Goods Taxable at 4 per centum Description of goods Rate 1 … Continue reading

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How will GST impact Solar Projects in India

Implications-of-GST-on-delivered-cost-of-Renewable-Energy Executive summary Multiple Indirect taxes are currently levied on transactions in India. Some of the taxes are levied and collected by the Central Government, while other taxes are collected by the State Governments. Accordingly, the current Indirect tax regime … Continue reading

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The best and worst countries in the world when it comes to air pollution and electricity use

China steals an unsavory global spotlight for the thick, noxious smog that often chokes its mega-cities. Air pollution has become so bad in Beijing, for example, that Chinese officials aim to slash its local coal consumption by 30% in 2017. … Continue reading

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Graphene can now convert CO2 into liquid fuels using quantum dots

Not content with it being able to make futuristic sensors, researchers have now found a way to harness graphene to make it convert CO2 into liquid fuels. Just a few days ago (16 December), we were told that researchers at the University … Continue reading

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Draft of Indian Renewable Energy Act 2015

Request for comments/observations/feed-back on the Draft Renewable Energy Act 2015 In October 2014, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) had constituted an Expert Committee to provide a draft Renewable Energy Act. The Committee met on 7 November 2014, … Continue reading

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Sunrise sector steers ahead

It is the country’s biggest initiative to make the most of sunny days. Initiated as part of the National Action Plan on Climate Change, the Solar Mission has propelled the country to new heights as far as clean energy is … Continue reading

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Maharashtra govt clears new renewable energy policy

The Maharashtra state cabinet on Tuesday passed the New and Renewable Energy Policy 2015 and has set a target of generating 14,400 MW… The Maharashtra state cabinet on Tuesday passed the New and Renewable Energy Policy 2015 and has set … Continue reading

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Central Government notifies the Tariff policy in continuation of the National Electricity Policy (NEP)

Key highlights related to Renewables 1. No Inter-state transmission charges 2. Generating company proposing to establish a coal/lignite based thermal generating station after a specified date shall be required to establish a renewable energy generating station of at least 10% … Continue reading

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Dirty power: Sweden wants your garbage for energy

Trash is a fast-growing import in the Scandinavian country, which turns it into heat for people’s homes A garbage dump in Göteborg, Sweden.Martin Almqvist / Johnér Images / Corbis Every day, some 300 trucks arrive at a plant outside the … Continue reading

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