Variable Wind Energy Problems Due To Poor Planning By European Nations
Researchers say Europeans should make their plans for renewable energy on a regional basis instead of a national basis in order to improve reliability.
Researchers say Europeans should make their plans for renewable energy on a regional basis instead of a national basis in order to improve reliability.
A new study published this month has concluded that wind turbines appear to work extra hard on the coldest-of-cold days, providing much-needed electricity during some of the highest demand periods, while offshore wind energy serves as an even more secure source of electricity generation during cold weather.
Originally published on Solar Love. Electrical grids are inefficient and outdated. A partnership between Imperial College London and 10:10, a climate change organization, is exploring the possibility of installing solar panels along side railway lines and using them to power electric trains directly. Rather than feeding electricity from the panels … [continued]
Originally published on Imperial College London. Researchers have created an interactive web tool to estimate the amount of energy that could be generated by wind or solar farms at any location. The tool, called Renewables.ninja, aims to make the task of predicting renewable output easier for both academics and industry. … [continued]
Danish wind energy giant DONG Energy, in tandem with ESG, have completed the most thorough testing of offshore wind turbine piles ever. DONG Energy and ESG — the UK’s leading provider of testing, inspection, and compliance services — completed testing on 28 piles (foundational supports for offshore wind turbines, amongst … [continued]
Originally published on Energy Post. The integration of approximately 60% of renewables into the European electricity system will be feasible by 2030, but will come with an extensive expansion of infrastructure, including transmission and distribution networks as well as conventional backup generation. The challenges of grid integration of renewables can … [continued]
The exact mechanics of how ‘plastic’ solar cells actually work has remained somewhat of a mystery since their creation, despite their use to date. That all appears to finally be changing though, as new multi-university research has begun to shed light on the processes involved — the means by which … [continued]
While wind energy has become an increasingly common development choice in recent years, there has been some criticism of the technology — of particular interest in that regard was a study released relatively recently that suggested that electricity output from wind turbines declines by a third after only ten years … [continued]
Originally published on Solar Love. Cost-efficient plastic solar cells are now one step closer to the market thanks to new research from Imperial College London — a new means of exerting control over the arrangement of polymer molecules within a thin layer of a plastic solar cell has been developed, … [continued]