By UIE webmaster / Published on Mon, 02/22/2010 - 10:54
This report contributes to the energy efficiency objectives by bringing some light and economic analysis on the right regulatory signals to be implemented for efficient investments and energy loss reduction.The structure of the remainder of this report is set out as follows: Chapter 2: Overview of Regulatory Models This chapter takes a closer look at the regulatory models in Europe and describes their main characteristics. This chapter serves as an initial step in preparing the discussion on incentives for efficient investments.
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By UIE webmaster / Published on Thu, 02/18/2010 - 11:38
Switching to energy efficient motor driven systems can save Europe up to 202 billion kWh in electricity consumption, equivalent to a reduction of €10 billion per year in operating costs for industry.
It would also create the following additional benefits:
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By UIE webmaster / Published on Thu, 02/18/2010 - 11:34
Since the end of the 1990s the European Copper Institute [ECI] has been concerned about the impact experienced by commerce and industry of the changing nature of the energy demands organisations face as a result of equipment technological advances, the increasing need o build in resilience into their electrical power installations and the presumed mounting costs of not taking either adequate preventative or reactive action to accommodate the changes.
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By UIE webmaster / Published on Wed, 02/17/2010 - 10:30
On the January 23, 2008 the European Commission agreed on a far-reaching package of proposals that will deliver the European Council's commitments to fight climate change and promote RE. With the publication of this Climate Action Plan and its several targets, the EU wants to show global leadership in this area.
This report provides an overview of the Kyoto-targets and the objectives of energy from RES in final energy consumption in 2020.
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By UIE webmaster / Published on Wed, 02/17/2010 - 10:27
The worldwide electricity savings potential of switching to high efficiency transformers is estimated to be 200 TWh. This savings potential is not only technically advantageous, but also brings economic and environmental benefits. Taking the full life cycle cost into account, selecting high efficiency transformers is often an economically sound investment decision despite their higher purchase price.
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By UIE webmaster / Published on Tue, 02/16/2010 - 12:49
The aim of this book is to give the readers an overview on how load management can be best implemented by industrial electricity users, where necessary with the help of the consultancy services and expertise provided by the electricity utility.
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By UIE webmaster / Published on Thu, 02/11/2010 - 17:31
The Transmission System Operator (TSO) is responsible for a stable and secure exploitation of the electricity grid in its control zone. This is mainly achieved by contracting power generators delivering ancillary services in addition to their main commercial product, active power. Electricity from Renewable Energy Sources (RES-e) is today generally exempted from the participation in ancillary services. However, the increasing share integration of variable RES-e with a limited predictability has an impact on the demand and supply structure of these services.
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By UIE webmaster / Published on Tue, 02/09/2010 - 12:40
In Europe, a common framework for renewable energy sources (RES) is aspired. Tradable green certificates (TGCs) are a marketbased cost-efficient means to stimulate electricity production from RES. Since TGCs are the most widespread support scheme in Europe together with feed-in tariffs, chances are that a common European framework could well be based on TGCs. However, while integrating currently existing different national TGC systems, any remaining differences should be carefully considered.
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By UIE webmaster / Published on Mon, 02/08/2010 - 17:07
The students enrolled in the Energy Master’s program at the K.U.Leuven are expected to study and develop a series hybrid electric go-kart during their first Master year. Their main goal is to develop control algorithms in Matlab/Simulink for the different power electronic modules present on the kart. This allows students to work in small sub-groups, each group focusing on their own specific problem. At the end of the project, the solutions found by the separate groups are combined, and integrated on the kart’s single board computer which governs the power electronic modules.
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By UIE webmaster / Published on Fri, 02/05/2010 - 15:03
In Europe, market coupling stands for a further integration of wholesale trading arrangements across country borders. More specifically, it refers to the implicit auctioning of cross-border physical transmission rights via the hourly auctions for electric energy organized by power exchanges (PEXs) one day ahead of delivery. It therefore implies that the PEXs can optimize the clearing of their day-ahead auctions. Due to verticals in the aggregated order curves, the optimal solution can be settled at different prices.
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