Energy infrastructure Features for July 2015

Energy infrastructure Features Archive

Industrial symbiosis: Collaborating to harness waste energy and materials for mutual benefit Industrial symbiosis: Collaborating to harness waste energy and materials for mutual benefit

Networks of companies worldwide are improving efficiency, saving costs and cutting their environmental impacts by partnering to share excess energy and resources

Integrating solar into the diesel power supply Integrating solar into the diesel power supply

Industries in remote areas with weak or even no grid infrastructure typically use fossil fuel generators to ensure a reliable energy supply. Integrating solar power into diesel-powered systems creates a reliable, resource-friendly and efficient energy supply, as Volker Wachenfeld explains.

New system makes argon recovery in the production of solar ingots possible New system makes argon recovery in the production of solar ingots possible

Chemical looping combustive purification technology, developed in conjunction with Cambridge University, could have made point of use argon recovery possible.

Gospel Oak: A district heating success story Gospel Oak: A district heating success story

In the second part of his series looking at the potential benefits of district heating for the UK, Crispin Matson discusses the Gospel Oak project in Camden, one of the country's success stories.

District heating: A real alternative? District heating: A real alternative?

In the first of a two-part series, Crispin Matson looks at the potential advantages of district heating for the UK, where the technology is expected to meet 20% of the country's heat demand by 2030.

India’s renewable energy targets: How to overcome a $200 billion funding gap India’s renewable energy targets: How to overcome a $200 billion funding gap

Rohan Singh explores the main issues relating to financing renewable energy projects in India, offering up some solutions to help domestic and foreign companies alike meet the challenges head on.

Renewables market report on China: Eye of the tiger, Part II Renewables market report on China: Eye of the tiger, Part II

In Part II of her feature on China’s expanding renewables sector, Rachel Parkes discusses the Chinese drive to renewables, and the challenges it faces in trying to meet its growing demand for renewable power.

Renewables market report on China: Eye of the tiger, Part I Renewables market report on China: Eye of the tiger, Part I

Since adopting its low carbon strategy in 2007, China has surged ahead with its 680 GW renewable power programme. But with GDP growth slowing, can China’s renewables revolution live up to expectations? Rachel Parkes reports in Part I on China’s rise to the top of the renewables charts.

Challenges and opportunities in Middle East and North African (MENA) renewable energy Challenges and opportunities in Middle East and North African (MENA) renewable energy

For MENA countries to achieve their renewable power generation ambitions they will need to draw on international expertise, devise supportive renewable energy policies and enhance current grid infrastructure if they are to be achieved.