Friday, May 20, 2011
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Monday, November 29, 2010
Building blocks: how can renewable energy reach its potential?
Date: 1 December 2010,
Duration: 1 hours
Register Now: http://www.renewableenergyfocus.com/webinar/199/building-blocks-how-can-renewable-energy-reach-its-potential/
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Time: 14:00 GMT, 9:00 EST, 18:00 UAE
Announcing the latest Renewable Energy Focus interactive webinar, in association with the World Future Energy Summit - Abu Dhabi, 2011.
Few would deny that the age of renewable energy is now here...
Annual investment in new renewable energy capacity has grown from US $20 billion in 2004 to US $150 bn in 2009 (in just 6 years); Total wind power installed capacity has increased from 20 GW in 2000 to 159 GW at the end of 2009; “grid-connected” solar PV has grown by an average of 60% every year for the past decade, increasing 100-fold since 2000.
But the industry can’t afford to rest on its laurels if it really wants to compete with cheaper, conventional forms of energy.
Especially in the current economic climate, funding is harder to come by and Governments are finding it increasingly difficult to justify subsidy programs. In this environment access to funding, and innovation - right along the value chain - becomes more and more important.
So how should the renewable energy industry approach the next 10 years of its development?
What will the webinar cover?
• What needs to be put in place to enable renewable energy technology companies to innovate more effectively?
• What role should Governments play in stimulating new markets?
• Which regions will be at the forefront of technology and manufacturing development?
• What are the best ways that government and industry can work together to advance a new energy economy?
Who should attend:
Anyone with an interest in renewable energy and its market development worldwide.
Remember - Registration is Free and only takes a few minutes of your time to fill in your details.
We hope you enjoy this Renewable Energy Focus webinar in assocation with the World Future Energy Summit. Look out for details of future webinars for 2010 on the Renewable Energy Focus website.
Yours sincerely,
The Renewable Energy Focus team
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Thursday, September 23, 2010
The world's biggest wind farm has opened off the coast of Kent and is now generating power
(c) Sky News 2010
The operators of Thanet believe that it heralds a new era in the UK's growing renewable energy sector.
It has cost £800m to build the 100 turbines which will be able to produce 300 megawatts of electricity - enough green energy a year to power the equivalent of more than 200,000 homes.
Energy Secretary Chris Huhne MP told Sky News: "What we are determined to do is by creating more of our own energy within the United Kingdom to make us safe from the shocks we have seen in the past in the oil markets and gas markets.
"That is good news for consumers and businesses."
The site, seven miles off the Kent coast, will boost the country's capacity to generate wind power by 30%, a big step towards reaching the tough targets in place.
But overall the UK is still lagging behind European neighbours in this emerging industry - the reason why the Thanet farm has had to use Danish turbines and is run by a Swedish company.
Environmental campaigners are urging the Government to invest more in renewables.
Friends of the Earth warned that the UK's record on renewable energy remained "dismal" and said more money in green power would deliver jobs and low-carbon industry.
Thanet is determined to support the local economy, as the 21 workers who will maintain the farm are almost entirely from Kent.
Trevor Arnold, 46, retrained after working in the struggling construction industry.
The engineer told Sky News of his pride that there was a new industry offering opportunities in his home town of Ramsgate.
He said: "It is about the future, obviously the youngsters are the future so are wind farms and they should go together as one."
But Thanet already has competition - other developers are already planning to eclipse the wind farm by building an even bigger neighbouring project.
When finished the London Array site in the outer Thames estuary will have 341 turbines with the potential to power 750,000 homes.
Monday, June 28, 2010
Centralised domestic gas piping and cold water piping for housing development in Sheffield, UK
Centralised gas piping and cold water piping
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Major Explosion At Texas Gas Pipeline
from yahoo news © Sky News 2010
A construction worker died and eight others were injured when a punctured natural gas pipeline exploded in Texas, officials have confirmed.
Gas pipeline explosion in Texas: 3 dead - 7 June 2010
Cleburne City Manager Chester Nolen initially said that the blast had killed three people and left 10 missing near Cleburne, some 50 miles (80 kilometers) southwest of Dallas, Texas.
A crew building power lines struck the pipeline, unleashing an explosion and a huge fireball that shot hundreds of feet into the sky, according to officials.
The fire raged for hours, fueling a massive plume of smoke and scorching the area before it was finally extinguished.
Johnson County Emergency Management Coordinator Jack Snow confirmed the final fatality and injury count.
"We do know it started when they were drilling a hole for a large electrical pole, one of the big metal ones, and they struck a natural gas pipeline and that triggered the explosion," Snow said.
Emergency crews found the body of a subcontractor who had been missing after the blast.
The explosion threw his body about 200 yards from the site, according to Snow.
The injured eight workers were transported to hospital, with most suffering from minor burns.
Footage from the scene showed a huge fireball and acres around the facility in Cleburne in Johnson County severly scorched
Traffic system - United Kingdom
Padestrian crossing
Traffic lighting + CCTV
Traffic Light
Traffic lighting
Traffic light - Tram crossing
CCTV + Traffic light + Street Light
CCTV
Road sign lighting - United Kingdom
This way sign c/w lighting pole
Give way sign c/w lighting
Two way sign c/w lighting pole
Road sign lighting pole
Monday, June 7, 2010
Meadowhall, Sheffield UK
Product detector
Assistant call button at fitting room
Escape chair located at staircase, beside entrance door and etc
Escape chair
Exit signage
Display lighting - spot light
Air conditioning ducting
Lift motor room signages
Fire extinguisher + breakglass point + signage
Sprinkler piping, valves & fittings
Access door (enter) - Keypad type
Access door (release door lock)
30m High mass pole + lighting
Car park Lighting
Car park lighting
Downlight - lighting
Downlight lighting
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