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Renewable Power for Low Carbon Business

This group is dedicated to the generation of zero or low-carbon heat and power by businesses, communities and individuals, to meet some or all of their needs.

Low or zero-carbon technologies can be used to describe both embedded power generation (larger installations for industry or commerce) as well as small scale generation (typically below 50kW devices). All these technologies are seen as critical to achieving significant reduction targets.

The aim of the group is to understand experience of, and barriers and opportunities for these technologies. This network may address issues such as:

- What are the impacts of changes in policy frameworks ?
- How are these technologies best managed?
- How can they be financed?
- How do you evaluate and compare data from different manufacturers?


       
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What are the opportunities and implications of anaerobic digestion?

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03:00 p.m. 30 Sept. 2010 (BST) / 10:00 a.m. 30 Sept. 2010 (EDT)

What are the opportunities and implications of anaerobic digestion?

This webinar will explain the opportunities and implications of anaerobic digestion. The speakers will present case studies of AD plants developed and operated by Lower Reule Bioenergy in Staffordshire, and ...


       
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Group Members Include:

  • Eli Konvitz

    Planner
    Arup - most recently!

  • joseph kwasnik

    head of climate change
    national grid

  • Tom Weirich

    Director of Corporate Relations
    American Council On Renewable Energy (ACORE)

  • stephen crosher

    project design director
    quietrevolution


       
       

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16 July 2010
Geothermal International: Response to the Renewable Heat Incentive Consultation

This document outlines Geothermal International’s response to the government’s Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) consultation. It summarises concerns relating to the government’s proposals on the level of the tariff and breakpoint between medium and large scale installations, and suggests improvements to ensure the RHI successfully fulfils its objective of stimulating the market.  

16 July 2010
Renewables 2010: Global Status Report

Renewable energy markets, investments, industry dynamics and policies have evolved at a considerable pace in recent years and perceptions of the status of the industry often lag behind the reality of the situation. This report by the Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century provides an overview of the condition of the global renewable energy market in 2010; the full report is accessible here.

Trends identified in the report reflect the increasing significance of renewable energy relative to conventional energy sources. In 2009, for the second year in a row, global investments in renewable sources such as wind and solar were greater than traditional energy sources with renewables accounting for 60 per cent of newly installed capacity in Europe and more than 50 per cent in the USA.

Whilst economic sectors declined around the world, renewable capacity continued to grow at rates close to those in previous years. This report provides an insightful synopsis of the global green energy sector, including which sources attracted the greatest attention from investors and governments across world regions.

14 July 2010
CASE STUDIES: GSHP installations at multiple sites across the UK

This document provides a useful insight into projects undertaken by Geothermal International that utilise GSHP. It provides a comparison of installations at sites including Gloucester Police HQ; Chelsea Building Society HQ; Embassy Court – London; Mansfield Hospital; De Monfort University.

14 July 2010
CASE STUDY: Largest Geothermal project in the UK using Energy Piles, One New Change, London

This excellent case study provides a detailed insight into a project incorporating Energy Pile foundations for a landmark 220,000 sq ft retail and 340,000 sq ft office development in London. Geothermal International and Cementation Skanska have recently completed the first phase of the £13.5m contract at One New Change for client Land Securities and construction manager Bovis Lease Lend. 

1 July 2010
UK Renewable Energy Feed in Tariffs - All you need to know

Isabel Boira-Segarra, Renewable Services Director, WSP Environment and Energy

This webinar presentation will provide you with all the information you need to decide whether you have an opportunity to take advantage of the FITs, including summary of the legisation, project case-studies, initial implementation pointers and a Q&A session.

The slides from the webinar is available here.

1 July 2010
Slides from webinar: UK Renewable Energy Feed in Tariffs - all you need to know

These are the slides used in the webinar UK Renewable Energy Feed in Tariffs - all you need to know

28 June 2010
Joined at the hip: the US-China clean energy relationship

A white paper from Bloombergon the clean-teach relationship between US and China.

8 June 2010
Solar report June 2010 - PWC

Between January and April 2010, PwC conducted research into and analysis of the solar markets across Europe with a focus on the UK.

Source: PWC

4 June 2010
How to Kick the Fossil Fuel Habit: 10 Clean Technologies to Save Our World

Hear reasons for how kicking the fossil fuel habit is still a real possibility.  Tom Rand, Author and Venture Capitalist outlined lessons learnt from Feed-in Tariffs from Canada. Solar, wind, enhanced geothermal, grid-scale storage and the emerging energy internet were discussed, as were new financial tools like government-backed Green Bonds.

14 May 2010
Slides from webinar: CHP as a carbon reduction tool

These are the slides from the webinar: CHP as a carbon reduction tool