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Five smart grid demonstration projects

Twenty six partners of the Smart Energy Collective have signed a renewed cooperation agreement for the approval of the second phase of its smart grid initiative, which involves the development of five large-scale smart grid demonstration projects in the Netherlands.

 

 

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<em>Peter Davidson, <br />Chartered Chemical <br />Engineer, IChemE</em>
Peter Davidson,
Chartered Chemical
Engineer, IChemE
New geoengineering concept for a climate change insurance policy

Dispersing fine (sub-micron) light-scattering particles into the upper atmosphere could help to combat climate change, suggests a former UK government advisor and chemical engineer.

 
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Kenya pursuing nuclear energy

Kenya’s Business Daily reports that Kenya Power has begun recruiting staff to manage its planned nuclear energy project.

 
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IEA says clean energy not being deployed rapidly enough

The International Energy Agency (IEA) says that while progress is being made on renewable energy, most clean energy technologies are not being deployed quickly enough.

 

 
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Former IPCC reviewer does about turn on climate change

Professor Fritz Vahrenholt, former environment senator and CEO of RWE Innogy, told Welt Online his thesis that global warming will be significantly less substantial than previously thought.

 

 
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AFRICAN UTILITY WEEK - THOUGHT LEADERS INTERVIEW SERIES
'It is only by extending the value chain that SA companies will be able to compete with cheaper imports from China and India'

AUW business face new 2

Exclusive interview with Eileen Leopold, Chief Executive Officer, South African Electrotechnical Export Council

 
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Call for clarification on local wind content target

DCD-Dorbyl subsidiary Isivunguvungu Wind Energy Converter (I-WEC), a manufacturer of multi-megawatt class wind turbines, has called for clarification on the South African Department of Energy’s threshold for local content for onshore wind renewable technologies, saying it is “unexpectedly low”. ... more


Opinion Piece
Can SA’s power sector be a winner again?
<em>Antonio Ruffini,<br /> Editor, ESI Africa</em>
Antonio Ruffini,
Editor, ESI Africa

A great deal of humanity’s increased prosperity over the past two hundred years has been due to its ability to exploit fossil fuels for abundant cheap power. What remains, for now, Africa’s largest economy has done the same.

 
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21 - 24 May 2012, Johannesburg, South Africa
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