None of these challenges can be solved in isolation but rather require solutions like clean
energy supergrids and microgrids that address energy poverty and reduce climate change pollution at the same time.
Not exact matches
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) makes the warning as the
Energy and Climate Change Select Committee today publishes it report A European
Supergrid.
«The idea of the interconnected E.U.
supergrid is not without challenges,» said Nick Jenkins, a professor of renewable
energy at Cardiff University.
The Desertec Foundation and the Japan Renewable
Energy Foundation (JREF) have entered a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to promote an Asian supergrid necessary for the expansion of renewable energy in
Energy Foundation (JREF) have entered a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to promote an Asian
supergrid necessary for the expansion of renewable
energy in
energy in Asia.
A Memorandum of Understanding on the EU
supergrid was signed recently by ten European ministers from countries bordering the North Sea, covering the plan to develop an offshore electricity grid enabling interconnection between continental, offshore and British
energy resources.
Looking further ahead, the Japan Renewable
Energy Foundation (JREF) and the German based Desertec Foundation have teamed up to promote an Asia
Supergrid to connect the national grids of Japan, Korea, China, Mongolia and Russia.
One of the most exciting projects to enhance European
energy security and reduce the effects of climate change is the
Supergrid.
We define the
supergrid as «a pan-European transmission network facilitating the integration of large - scale renewable
energy and the balancing and transportation of electricity, with the aim of improving the European market».
Sometimes called the Saudi Arabia of solar
energy, the Sahara could soon be home to dozens of huge solar farms under a new EU
supergrid initiative to supply the continent's electricity needs with renewable
energy.
Solar thermal generators could provide electricity and freshwater This EU
supergrid proposal is reminiscent of Desertec, a solar scheme to provide up to one sixth of the EU's
energy needs which was unveiled late last year by Jordan's Prince Hassan bin Talal.