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The future of flight – Three energy futures (electric, hydrogen or just less?)
In my blog on the future of energy I made a very bold statement about he future of flight being cut by 50% by 2030. A lot of comments on the article informed me I was probably wrong – and this got me…
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Utilize all the available energy — Heat recovery
Today, global industry consumes a vast amount of energy. The biggest challenge is that as much as half of it is wasted due to the inefficient and complicated recovery of low-grade energy. Heat in the…
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Depleting stupidity
First published here . I was glad to see that Amory Lovins returned to the subject of the size of the energy efficiency resource in a recent paper in Environmental Research Letters . Amory mentions…
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Revolutionizing Urban Living: Insights from the STARDUST Project
Harnessing Innovation for Sustainable Cities The STARDUST project, a pioneering initiative under the European Commission's Smart Cities Marketplace, has been at the forefront of transforming cities…
Read Full articleORC Technology in Oil and Gas industry
While including refrence cases, this paper describes the know-how from Turboden in design, development and maintenance of turbogenerators based on the ORC technology for Oil and Gas sector. Used in processes which include gas turbines exhaust gas, hot water from exhausted oil wells, associated petroleum gas an refinery hot streams.
Read Full Business PracticeORC Technology for Geothermal Energy Source
ORC technology is particularly suitable for the exploitation of medium to low enthalpy sources. Thus, with 100°C-200°C hot water resource and high cycle efficiency, this is an example how Turboden provides tailor-made solution allowing to generate power up to 40 MW electric per single generator.
Read Full Business PracticeBehind-the-Meter Energy Storage Systems
This paper explores renewables-linked behind-the-meter energy storage systems. It explores applications which can be performed with such systems, including the business model behind such applications and the duty cycle requirements of such applications. It also explores siting and technology choices, including battery types, inverter classifications and other purchasing and installation…
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In an easy-to-read paper, German company DeVeTec describes the ORC technology including various application areas based on different heat sources, e.g. exhaust gas, hot air or flue gas. A typical issue is covered as well - fluctuating heat volumes and temperatures.
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Energy Efficiency Award - deadline 25 June
The Energy Efficiency Award: an international competition Visionary entrepreneurs and pragmatic technicians are the focus of the Energy Efficiency Award. Since 2007, the German Energy Agency (dena)…
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Escaping the horns of a dilemma
“Phaedrus, however, because of his training in logic, was aware that every dilemma affords not two but three classic refutations, and he also knew of a few that weren’t so classic, so he smiled back.”…
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