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Denmark's Wind Power Evolution

Aedan Kernan — Wed, 22 May 2013 13:55:08 +0000

Denmark is seen as the great wind power success story. But the number of ordinary Danes participating in the wind power sector actually decreased for many years.

In 2004, 100,000 Danish households owned shares in community wind power projects. 3,000 MW of wind turbines was installed by 2003 – double the target set by the Danish government for 2005.

Efficiency and Loss Evaluation of Large Power Transformers

Bruno De Wachter — Mon, 20 May 2013 21:00:00 +0000

All power transformers have very high energy efficiency—the largest are probably the most efficient machines ever devised. However, there is still scope for improvement. Any improvement in the performance of large transformers offers the potential of genuine economic benefits because their throughput and their continuous duty mean that the energy they waste is likewise enormous.

Webinar - Nearly Zero-Energy Buildings and Offsite Renewables

Andreas Hermelink — Tue, 14 May 2013 08:59:19 +0000

Date : 29th May 2013 - 15h00 Central European Time (check your local time here)

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21st Century Power Partnership

webmaster — Fri, 10 May 2013 11:30:23 +0000

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The 21st Century Power Partnership focuses on four key activities:

Supporting country-level policy and regulatory implementation
Developing and share knowledge
Strengthening and disseminating tools
Bolstering expert capacity.

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Energy Efficiency Self-Assessment in Industry

Didier Wijnants — Tue, 07 May 2013 15:15:18 +0000

Industrial companies seeking ways to reduce energy consumption often call upon external advisors to assess the energy efficiency of a plant. While this is generally a good idea, it is unwise to leave this task entirely up to the external advisor. Identification of promising opportunities for saving energy requires thorough insight into the plant’s processes and a profound knowledge of the process design. Plant engineers and operators generally have a much greater insight into their plant than external advisors.

International Energy Agency - Photovoltaic Power Systems 2012 Annual Report

Fernando Nuno — Mon, 06 May 2013 20:09:26 +0000

As a leading international network of expertise, IEA PVPS has the mission to cooperate on a global level in this rapidly evolving technology area. Working on both technical and non-technical issues, IEA PVPS undertakes key collaborative projects related to technology and performance assessment, cost reduction, best practice in various applications, rapid deployment of photovoltaics and key issues such as grid integration and environmental aspects.

Panorama of the European non-residential construction sector

Sven Schimschar — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 14:38:12 +0000

The present study provides background information about the European non-residential building stock, to be used for the assessment of the market potential of building energy technologies.

Case Study: Dynamic modeling of the performance of safety electrical circuits during a fire

Diedert Debusscher — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 11:54:54 +0000

The conductivity of copper is a factor of 5 less during fire. However, this is not taken into account in the current fire safety standards for cables. Consequently, a simulation case study was carried out on safety cables during a fire based on the design data of an actual large building—the GaleriaTarnovia shopping mall in Tarnow, Poland—in order to investigate cables’ properties in this situation and ensure future cable effectiveness.

A Snapshot of Global PV 1992 / 2012 - IEA PVPS Programme

Fernando Nuno — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 17:48:43 +0000

After several years of the PV market’s rapid growth, 2012 has been a year of market consolidation. In total, about 28.4 GW of PV capacity were installed in the IEA PVPS countries and the major other markets during 2012 (2011: 28.9 GW; 2010: 16.7 GW). This raised the total installed capacity in IEA PVPS countries close to 89.5 GW with another estimated 7 GW of capacity installed in other major countries.

IEA - Photovoltaic Power Systems Program

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The IEA Photovoltaic Power Systems Programme (PVPS) is one of the collaborative R&D Agreements established within the IEA and, since its establishment in 1993, the PVPS participants have been conducting a variety of joint projects in the application of photovoltaic conversion of solar energy into electricity.

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