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The future role of fossil power generation (1/2)
Fossil power plants with a highly versatile operating response are the key to integrating renewables into the power grid and are an essential prerequisite if the intended rapid growth of these energy resources is to be accommodated. Andreas Pickard, Siemens AG Energy and winner of POWER-GEN Europe 2012 Best Paper Awards examines what the integration of renewable energy into the European power generation market means for the design and construct... [more]
The future role of fossil power generation (2/2)
Start-up reliability In the context of stabilisation of the grid, the aim is to respond to changes in demand as quickly as possible. Power plants with short start-up times can feed extra power into the grid at short notice. It is already apparent in some power generation markets that load dispatchers are giving preference to power plants with short start-up times. Playing the spot market (tertiary reserve) is particularly attractive for power pl... [more]
Biomass Commodities Corporation and Trumbull-Nelson Construction Company completing wood pellet heating system at Lebanon middle school
School Administrative Unit (SAU) #88 designed the new Lebanon Middle School to include the two wood pellet fired boilers to heat the entire 100,000 square foot building. The two wood pellet boilers provide all of the heat for the new building. A solar array will produce hot water during shoulder and summer seasons. Due to this innovative design and the inclusion of renewable energy systems, the new building will burn zero fossil fuels. A Northe... [more]
New report warns fuel poverty increases in London
Fuel poverty affects almost a fifth of London households and contributed to 2,500 excess winter deaths last year - and the problem is getting worse, a London Assembly report warns. ‘In from the cold’ by the Assembly’s Health and Public Services Committee says despite efforts by the government, the Mayor and a range of targeted initiatives and incentives, the number of households affected by fuel poverty increased by more than 19 per cent in ... [more]
HENDRIX/KERITE CABLE OFFERS 34.5 kV TRXLP INSULATED UNDERGROUND CABLE WITH FLEXIBLE DELIVERY SCHEDULES
34.5 kV Cable is Ideal for Wind Power Applications Milford, NH- Hendrix/Kerite Cable (Marmon Utility, LLC.), a premier provider of high-quality underground power distribution products, announces its offering of 34.5 kV TRXLP-insulated medium voltage cable for applications in the wind power industry. Hendrix manufactures all cable in the USA, which is made and tested to ICEA/AEIC Standards and is dry-cure, triple-extruded. The 34.5 kV cable... [more]
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The European Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH-JU) is providing €2.3 million funding towards the development of new solid-state hydrogen storage materials based on boron hydrides.
Ceramic Fuel Cells - 1m hours of operation
Thursday 10 May 2012 Ceramic Fuel Cells' products achieve 1 million hours of operation Ceramic Fuel Cells Limited (AIM / ASX: CFU) - a leading developer of high efficiency and low emission electricity ...
Ceramic Fuel Cells - 3rd Quarter Results
Monday 23 April 2012 Cashflow Report and Trading Update for the March Quarter Ceramic Fuel Cells Limited (AIM / ASX: CFU) a leading developer of high efficiency and low emission power products for homes ...
South Africa: Country Tests Fuel Cell Powered Train
[SA Info] South Africa's Anglo American Platinum (Angloplat) has launched the prototype of the first fuel cell powered underground locomotive, in a bid to demonstrate the viability of platinum-based fuel cells as an alternative energy source while helping the country meet its energy and job creation challenges.
PhillyDeals: New Delaware plant would build fuel cells
Delaware gets it, says KR Sridhar, space-engineering professor-turned-Silicon Valley energy missionary, and boss of Bloom Energy (formerly Ion America), which plans to build what he says are efficient electricity-generating fuel cells — a Holy Grail of energy engineering — in Newark, Del., on the rubble of an old Chrysler plant. With state support, of course: $16 million in grants, a new state ...
Ceramic Fuel Cells - German market update
? Tuesday 8 May 2012 Continued Progress in Germany · Subsidy for early BlueGen units in the State of Saarland · BlueGen Unit in German Virtual Power Plant project · BlueGen features at Hannover Fair Ceramic ...
Project could lead to more efficient hydrogen fuel cells
A UK-led European project is attempting to improve the properties of biofuel cells and microbial fuel cells by creating hybrid inorganic-organic electrodes.
Pocket fuel cell can charge cellphones
WILMINGTON, Mass., May 8 (UPI) -- A U.S. company says its portable, pocket-size fuel cells can charge a smartphone a dozen times before they need refilling with butane.
Has the fuel cell era finally begun, with a ‘lil Intel inside?
Practical, affordable and long life fuel cells have been hyped up every now and then over the years, but have never been delivered – until now, with a new power system able to recharge an iPhone 4 up to 14 times before its inexpensive fuel cell needs replacing. A new fuel cell has arrived in town, after more than a decade and $100m+ of development, and promises to give smartphone and gadget ...
Trash-powered cloud: Apple taps landfill biogas for data center
Apple discloses that the fuel cells at its North Carolina data center will run on biogas captured from landfills, part of its plan to operate using 60 percent on-site renewable energy. Originally posted at News - Cutting Edge
