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New Massachusetts Guv, Charlie Baker, typical closet Tea Bagger and Koch Sock Puppet, opposed Cape Wind....well...before he was for it.
And the rest of the world marches on.....
PLEASE NOTE: There are limitations to WAVE ENERGY, yet it shows great economic promise. Coupled with WIND TURBINES? This bears watching!
Denmark Sets New Wind Power World Record
Carbon capture and the UN Economic Commission for Europe
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WAVE ENERGY LOOKS VERY FAVORABLE FROM A COST STANDPOINT
From: Leon Kaye, Triple Pundit, More from this Affiliate
Published January 9, 2015 08:47 AM
DENMARK SETS NEW WIND POWER WORLD RECORD
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Denmark has long been one of the world's leaders in wind power. The country of 5.6 million has set a goal of generating 50 percent of its power from clean energy sources by 2020 and aims to be entirely fossil fuel-free by 2050. Those goals, especially the one for 2020, are well achievable: Denmark has announced it scored 39.1 percent of its energy from wind in 2014.
That statistic is quite a jump from 2013, when Denmark generated 33.2 percent of its electricity from wind, and it has more than doubled its wind power capacity from a decade ago (18.8 percent). The result is a country that has understandably dubbed itself the world's "Wind Power Hub." Considering the Danish wind industry's claim that it has built over 90 percent of the world's offshore wind turbines, Denmark's continued surge in wind power development, while stunning, has its origins in long-term planning.
Denmark's wind energy policy dates back to the 1970s, when the oil shocks resulting from the Middle East crises sent the energy import-dependent nation scrambling for new sources of power. At first nuclear energy was the preferred choice, with up to 16 locations across the country identified for future power plants. But an anti-nuclear energy campaign launched, eventually nudging the Danish parliament to abandon that option by the mid-1980s - even before the Chernobyl disaster spooked many countries into abandoning their more ambitious nuclear power plans. Meanwhile a nascent wind power sector began to take shape, eventually leading to today's giants such as Vestas and DONG Energy. Long before feed-in tariffs became commonplace in Europe, the Danish government launched such programs in 1990 to help scale wind power throughout the country.
Now Denmark has over 5,200 wind turbines in operation, with about 25 percent of those offshore. The Danish government is offering strong support for its wind power sector, with approximately EUR135 million (200 million) earmarked for wind power research and development and other energy technologies annually. Meanwhile coal, long the backbone of Denmark's energy infrastructure, is slowly being phased out. Denmark estimates less than 30 percent of its energy needs will come from coal by 2020.
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From: Ted Brekken, Oregon State University
Published January 8, 2015 06:59 AM
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A new analysis suggests that large-scale wave energy systems developed in the Pacific Northwest should be comparatively steady, dependable and able to be integrated into the overall energy grid at lower costs than some other forms of alternative energy, including wind power.
The findings, published in the journal Renewable Energy, confirm what scientists have expected - that wave energy will have fewer problems with variability than some energy sources and that by balancing wave energy production over a larger geographic area, the variability can be even further reduced.
The variability of alternative energy sources is one factor that holds back their wider use - if wind or solar energy decreases and varies widely, then some other energy production has to back it up, and that adds to the overall cost of energy supply.
"Whenever any new form of energy is added, a challenge is to integrate it into the system along with the other sources," said Ted Brekken, an associate professor and renewable energy expert in the College of Engineering at Oregon State University.
"By producing wave energy from a range of different sites, possibly with different types of technology, and taking advantage of the comparative consistency of the wave resource itself, it appears that wave energy integration should be easier than that of wind energy," he said. "The reserve, or backup generation, necessary for wave energy integration should be minimal."
Photo shows the Ocean Sentinel which has been deployed off the Oregon Coast, one of the nation's first wave energy testing devices. (Photo by Pat Kight, Oregon Sea Grant)
Read more at Oregon State University.
Renewable energy investment across the European Union almost ground to a standstill last year, with less than 1% growth, despite a strong global rebound in financing led by China and the United States, according to figures published on Tuesday (31 March).
Global investment in renewable energies jumped by 17% to EUR290 billion, the first funding increase for three years, according to the United Nations Environment Programme's (UNEP) annual Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment report.
The hike reflected a EUR80.5 billion boom in solar installations in China and Japan and a record EUR20 billion of final investment decisions on offshore wind projects in Europe.
The total figure, which excludes large hydro, is just 3% below the all-time record of EUR299.6 billion set in 2011, according to research published today (31 March).
China was by far the biggest investor. It pumped a record EUR89.5 billion into projects, up 39% from last year.
The US was second at EUR41.2 billion, up 7%, but well below its all-time high reached in 2011. Japan was third, at EUR38.4 billion, 10% higher than in 2013 and its biggest total ever, according to the influential report, by Frankfurt School-UNEP Collaborating Centre for Climate & Sustainable Energy Finance and an Bloomberg New Energy Finance.
Solar and wind accounted for 92% of all investment in renewable and fuels worldwide. Biomass and waste-to-energy made up 3% of total. Solar jumped 25% to EUR161 billion, its second highest total ever. Wind rose 11% to a record EUR107 billion.
OFFSHORE BOOM
There were seven billion dollar worth of financing for offshore wind projects in the North Sea, funded from the Netherlands, the UK and Germany.
It included the 600MW Gemini project in Dutch waters, which at EUR4.1 billion was the largest non-hydro renewable energy plant to get the go-ahead anywhere in the world. Gemini's financing was agreed by 12 banks, three export credit agencies, the European Investment Bank and a Danish pension fund.
EU policymakers are pushing for better interconnections across the North Sea as part of the Energy Union project, which aims to strengthen the bloc's resilience to shortages.
>> READ: NORTH SEA GRID WILL PROVE EU IS SERIOUS ABOUT ENERGY UNION
Even accounting for a booming offshore sector, investments in Europe had hardly changed from 2013, growing by less than 1%, the report said.
Total renewables investment in developed economies rose by only 3% to EUR149 billion. Renewable investments in developing countries jumped by more than a third (36%) to EUR141 billion.
Europe's share of global renewables had shrunk, the report said. The country contributing the most to the European total for renewable investment was the United Kingdom. Its investment increased by just 1%.
INVESTORS LOSING CONFIDENCE IN EUROPE
Experts said that investors did not have confidence in European policymakers' support systems for renewables. Spain and Italy changed public support schemes for wind and solar after the financial crisis, sparking legal battles.
"Southern Europe is still almost a no-go area for investors because of retroactive policy changes, most recently those affecting solar farms in Italy," said Michael Liebreich, chairman of the advisory board for Bloomberg New Energy Finance.
"Europe was the first mover in clean energy, but it is still in a process of restructuring those early support mechanisms," said Liebreich.
"In the UK and Germany we are seeing a move away from feed-in tariffs and green certificates, towards reverse auctions and subsidy caps, aimed at capping the cost of the transition to consumers."
The collapse in the oil price, of more than 50%, in the second half of last year, should not hit renewables investment in the future. Udo Steffens, president of the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management, said the loss of investor confidence due to inconsistent policy was of greater concern.
"Oil and renewables do not directly compete for power investment dollars," said Steffens. "Wind and solar sectors should be able to carry on flourishing, particularly if they continue to cut costs per MWh. Their long-term story is just more convincing."
MORE CAPACITY
Declining technology costs in both wind and dollar meant the money invested was buying significantly more capacity.The 103Gw of generating capacity added around the world made 2014 the best year ever for newly installed capacity, the report said. In 2013 the capacity was 86Gw.
"Once again in 2014, renewables made up nearly half of the net power capacity added worldwide" said Achim Steiner, UN under-secretary-general and executive director of UNEP.
"These climate-friendly energy technologies are now an indispensable component of the global energy mix and their importance will only increase as markets mature, technology prices continue to fall and the need to rein in carbon emissions becomes ever more urgent."
World leaders will meet in Paris in November to try and agree a legally binding target to keep global warming below two degrees.
The Commission will likely legislate after Paris to translate that agreement into EU law. EU leaders agreed to an EU-wide 27% renewables target by 2030, but it is not binding at national level.
>> READ: EU LEADERS AGREE 'FLEXIBLE' CLIMATE AND ENERGY TARGETS
ELECTRICITY REFORM
Governments have often struggled to produce policy measures that keep up with the advance of renewable power and its knock-on effect on the rest of the electricity system, the report authors said. Grids and utilities in many countries struggle to cope with the increasing penetration of wind and solar in the generation mix.
Major electricity market reforms such as Germany's "Energiewende "energy transition was needed, according to the report authors.
The European Commission has said it wants to overhaul the EU electricity market, to ensure better interconnection between member states and integration of renewables, as part of Energy Union.
EU leaders recently backed the executive's blueprint at their summit in Brussels.
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George Osborne's first budget tomorrow will say that the Green Investment Bank will not be allowed to raise its own finance for some time.
And the levy on electricity bills which had been proposed to raise finance for carbon capture and storage (CCS) plants is to be dropped.
The levy was touted in last autumn's Spending Review as a means of raising billions of pounds for flagship CCS projects. In the review, Osborne said lb1 billion was set aside for at least one CCS pilot, with a further three projects to be financed either by the levy or by public money.
But the levy is no longer on the cards following lobbying from industry. This argued that effectively there will already be four carbon taxes, which is complicated enough, and the levy would be a fifth - just too much. The four taxes are:
* the Climate Change Levy (CCL) - since 2001, taxing fossil fuel energy supply to those businesses without a climate change agreement (CCA) with DECC (which gives 80% - reducing to 65% from next month - reduction on this tax)
* the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme - beginning in 2012, which will raise lb1 billion a year by 2014-15 from businesses who consumed over 6,000 MWh in 2008
* the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (affecting generators and the metals, mineral, and pulp and paper industries) - now, most permits are given away free, but the proportion will reduce significantly in 2013
* the new carbon price support mechanism (CPSM), designed to tax fossil fuels used in electricity generation (by removing CCL exemptions from 2013) to make generators' investment in CCS, renewable and nuclear generation more favourable.
The carbon price support mechanism, currently the subject of a consultation, is also to be further described in tomorrow's budget.
City accountancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers was amongst those arguing against the CCS levy. Its partner Mark Schofield has written: "The introduction of a floor price would be a significant change for many companies with high emissions, particularly if the Government decides to set this higher than the EU ETS traded permit price. It is likely that the Government will set a lower price initially, rising over time, but they can't be too generous.
"One of the main criticisms from the industry is that the carbon floor price will add another layer of policy complexity to an already overcrowded energy supply chain policy mix. It may be difficult for potential investors in low carbon generation to distil from these overlapping policy measures a reliable carbon price signal to guide investment decisions, and for users of energy to understand the overall policy objective."
This raises questions over how or whether the three further CCS projects will be built. Scottish and Southern Energy, Powerfuel Power Limited, Alstom UK and Ayrshire Power are amongst the companies competing to build them.
The prospect of being able to capture carbon from fossil fuel burning power stations has become key to many policies about tackling climate change while keeping business as usual. This is despite the fact that there is no large-scale commercial demonstration that the technology works anywhere in the world.
The EU will be part subsidising the projects. CCS supporters are hoping that the floor price for carbon will be set high enough to raise sufficient funding for CCS. But then so will renewable energy generators and nuclear newbuild supporters.
The Treasury itself says (in the CPSM consultation document) that around lb110 billion in new generation and grid connections alone is required by 2020. The same amount again will be required for further upgrades.
THE GREEN INVESTMENT BANK
Where will this investment come from? Great hopes have been pinned on the Green Investment Bank.
Osborne is expected to pledge tomorrow that lb3 billion will be given to kickstart the Bank. He will say that he believes this will be enough to raise lb18 billion of investment into green projects by 2014-15, with the rest coming from the private sector.
This is still a fraction of what is required, which has raised criticism of the Treasury for blocking Energy Secretary Chris Huhne's demand that the new Bank be able to borrow money itself.
Osborne will say tomorrow that the Bank will be able to issue bonds once the nation's debt is falling as a poor portion of grass domestic product-anticipated after April 2015. But for many this will not be soon enough.
Huhne has been locking horns with the Treasury, demanding that it be created as a fully fledged bank. The Treasury's line has been that allowing small investors to take part in the bank's investments would be too complicated, and any borrowing liabilities would be on the government balance sheet, thereby making the deficit appear worse.
"This throws into doubt Britain's chances of building a low carbon economy and means we will now lose jobs and industries to places like China, Germany and Silicon Valley in California," said John Sauven, Greenpeace executive director.
The bank is expected to be funded by sales of assets, such as the government one third share in Urenco, the company which enriches uranium for nuclear power stations.
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