The European Investment Bank (EIB) revises energy lending criteria
The European Investment Bank (EIB) will phase out support to energy projects reliant on fossil fuels: oil & gas production, infrastructure primarily dedicated to natural gas, power generation or heat…
Read Full articleWaste Heat Recovery - first European industry project certified by the Investor Confidence Project
VIENNA/LONDON, January 2019. The Investor Confidence Project's innovative Investor Ready Energy Efficiency™ Certification has been awarded to a waste heat utilisation project at GMS GOURMET GmbH. The…
Read Full articleInnovative financial solutions to fight energy poverty
Social housing associations and EU projects are countering energy poverty with innovative financial schemes and “solidarity mechanisms”: “Buildings refurbishment benefits both the people and the…
Read Full articleSalzgitter - pumps for district heating
Short description of how Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH saved 53% of energy costs in their district heating operations. This has been achieved by a replacement of pumps with a new demand based pump control system.
Read Full Business PracticeSmart Metering : Is it really interesting for Industry?
What is Smart Metering ? About the issue of rational use of energy, smart metering turns out to be a real solution to consider. But, what is actually smart metering? The smart metering is literally…
Read Full articleORC Technology in Solar Thermal Power Plant
Turboden describes units allowing to convert heat collected by solar collectors into electricity through an efficient thermodynamic cycle. Concentrating Solar Power systems with Turboden ORC can be cost-effective in the range between 200 kW and 20 MW electric.
Read Full Business PracticeClean Power when ORC System recovers Waste Heat
Generating clean power in Japanese incineration plant: When the Japanese-based company Daiichi Jitsugy got a request from Ertec to install an ORC system in their new waste incineration plant, the company’s engineers knew that they would need a heat exchanger out of the ordinary.
Read Full Business PracticeORC Plants for Industrial Heat Recovery
ORC (organic ranking cycle) technology can be used to produce electricity by recovering heat from industrial processes, reciprocating engines and gas turbines. In this example, turbogenerators from Turboden are described, being able to generate power in ranges between 200 kW and 20 MW electric.
Read Full Business PracticeHeat Recuperator in Air Transport
How to increase the environmental performances of airplanes and air transport? A 1pg paper illustrating a project by ACTE about designing and manufacturing an air-to-air heat exchanger directly installed in a gas turbine exhaust nozzle. The challenge: combine lightweight compactness and high effectiveness.
Read Full Business PracticeEnergy efficiency in the spotlight at HM17
More growth for less energy consumption? Energy efficiency can make it happen. This year, the Energy show at HANNOVER MESSE will again feature a large number of companies demonstrating precisely this…
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