Energy infrastructure Features for November 2012

Energy infrastructure Features Archive

UK Green Investment Bank: early success? UK Green Investment Bank: early success?

The UK has become the first nation with a state-backed investment bank aimed specifically at financing the clean-tech sector, with the official launch of the UK government’s flagship Green Investment Bank (GIB).

How to get the best offshore wind turbine reliability How to get the best offshore wind turbine reliability

Part 1. Offshore turbines need to be more reliable than their onshore counterparts. How is this creating divergence in approach as the offshore turbine industry evolves?

Renewable energy project monitor Renewable energy project monitor

July/August 2012: Our regular column, written by the Energy Industries Council, reports on project development in the renewable energy marketplace.

Comment: 2012 – the year the UK Government went grey Comment: 2012 – the year the UK Government went grey

Despite its claims to be the greenest Government the UK has ever seen, the sometimes unfathomable twists and turns that we have seen in 2012 have seen the ConDems turn an autumnal brown.

Options for energy storage Options for energy storage

Part 2: Energy storage doesn't just have to involve batteries, continues Joyce Laird.