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Community response to concentrating solar power in the San Luis Valley
1st June 2010
Topic(s): Public engagement, Renewables, Social research, Solar energy
This report is about the social acceptance of utility-scale renewable energy projects. In particular, it focuses on concentrating solar power (CSP) plants in the San Luis Valley (SLV or Valley), a large, sunny, high desert in south central Colorado, located within 200 miles of greater Denver. The research focused on social factors that may facilitate and impede the adoption and implementation of CSP—a technology that captures the sun's thermal energy using curved mirrors to focus sunlight onto a high temperature receiver.
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Powering the future: mapping our low-carbon path to 2050
1st December 2009
Topic(s): Carbon capture use and storage (CCUS), Domestic policy, Economics, Fuel switching, Policy law and regulation, Renewables
Powering the Future evaluates options for CO2 emissions reduction across all sectors of the UK economy. Incorporating government published statistics on the current energy consumption and CO2 emissions of each sector, it creates models that allow each improvement option to be analysed and evaluated. Scenario analysis is used to apply a consistent set of such options across all the sectors to evaluate overall CO2 emissions and to compare the value of the different options.
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Geothermal electricity and combined heat & power
1st November 2009
Topic(s): Geothermal energy, Renewables
Geothermal energy is the heat from the Earth, or, more precisely, that part of the Earth’s heat that can be recovered and exploited by man. This paper discusses a range of geothermal plants, a brief history of geothermal electricity and an overview of geothermal electricity in Europe.
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Economic impacts from the promotion of renewable energies: the German experience
1st October 2009
Topic(s): Domestic policy, Economics, Energy security, Renewables
This paper reviews Germany’s Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG), focusing on its costs and the associated implications for job creation and climate protection. The authors argue that German renewable energy policy, and in particular the adopted feed-in tariff scheme, has failed to harness the market incentives needed to ensure a viable and cost-effective introduction of renewable energies into the country’s energy portfolio.
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The UK low carbon transition plan: national strategy for climate and energy
15th July 2009
Topic(s): Carbon capture use and storage (CCUS), Economics, Nuclear energy, Policy law and regulation, Renewables
This White Paper sets out the United Kingdom's low carbon transition plan from 2009 to 2020. This plan aims to deliver emission cuts of 18% on 2008 levels by 2020 (and over a one third reduction on 1990 levels).
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The UK renewable energy strategy
1st July 2009
Topic(s): Domestic policy, Economics, Energy security, Policy law and regulation, Renewables
This strategy document explains how the UK Government will radically increase its use of renewable electricity, heat and transport to meet its legally-binding target to ensure 15% of its energy comes from renewable sources by 2020. The document describes how the United Kingdom will tackle climate change, reducing emissions of CO2 by over 750 million tonnes between 2009 and 2030. It will also promote the security of the UK’s energy supply, reducing overall fossil fuel demand by around 10% and gas imports by 20–30% against what they would have been in 2020. And it outlines opportunities for the UK economy with the potential to create up to half a million more jobs in the UK renewable energy sector resulting from around £100 billion of new investment. In parallel with energy saving, nuclear and carbon capture and storage, this is a key element of the nation’s overall transition plan for setting the UK on the path to achieve a low-carbon, sustainable future that helps address dangerous climate change.
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Algae-based biofuels: a review of challenges and opportunities for developing countries
1st May 2009
Topic(s): Biofuels / Bioenergy, Renewables
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations prepared this paper on algae-based biofuels in 2009 as a reference platform for possible future work of the Organization. The lead author of the paper was Sjors van Iersel from Ecofys.
Some of the main characteristics which set algae apart from other biomass sources are that algae (can) have a high biomass yield per unit of light and area, can have a high oil or starch content, do not require agricultural land, fresh water is not essential and nutrients can be supplied by wastewater and CO2 by combustion gas.
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Renewables global status report 2009 update
1st January 2009
Topic(s): Domestic policy, Economics, Global Status Report, Policy law and regulation, Renewables
This ‘Update’ edition of the Renewables Global Status Report is the fourth in a series launched in 2005. It provides an integrated picture of the global renewable energy situation, while coming in the midst of an historic and global economic crisis.
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Synthetic natural gas (SNG): technology, environmental implications, and economics
1st January 2009
Topic(s): Biofuels / Bioenergy, Fuel switching, Renewables
Natural gas that can be produced from coal or biomass is known as ’synthetic natural gas’ or ’substitute natural gas’ (SNG). This Duke University paper examines the different technologies for SNG generation, the cost, and the environmental impacts of SNG. The paper identifies the conditions under which SNG production could be economically viable.
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A discussion paper on a mechanism for sectoral emission reduction action: the case of China’s electricity sector
1st December 2008
Topic(s): Domestic policy, Economics, Renewables
The authors of this paper discuss mitigation and financing potentials of China’s electricity sector. It is a very large emitting sector, and there are many technologies available for improving emissions performance. They believe there are significant potential benefits both for sustainable development in developing countries and for the global atmosphere. However, they emphasise that theirs is a proposal for a voluntary mechanism, therefore countries must be convinced that it is in their best interests in order for it to proceed.
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This report assess the available technology for power generation from renewables and efficiency increases leads the author to conclude that a low-carbon future lies just round the corner.
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