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Nextgen Energy Week WELCOME...
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It is vital for renewables to have a unified voice. I recently sent an open letter to REA members, saying that it never helos to stand by (or worse still pitch in), if there is criticism that can’t be levelled at their own project or technology. Members should stick together, as there may be trouble ahead..... In the Autumn there will be amendments to the RO, to tighten sustainability criteria. We want the NGOs to be working constructively with us to ensure the fuels our industry uses are sustainable. However, on the evidence of NGO activity earlier this month, there is a grave risk that they will campaign to try to get the bioenergy technologies stopped in their tracks. One campaigner was recently quoted in the Independent saying “Biomass is the last refuge of the scoundrel”.
Where the Renewables sector meets for business, the biggest event for the Bioenergy market in the UK.
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For further information see the floorplan (p4 & 5), or our article on page 8 or visit our website www.nextgenexpo.co.uk
Gaynor Hartnell, Chief Executive. REA 25 Eccleston Place, London SW1W 9NF
Now in its 7th year, once again the largest free to attend conference will run alongside the exhibition addressing key issues as well as economic drivers across the renewables market.
UK wind power breaks 5GW milestone mark for the Government now underlining the increasingly central the firstWith time role that renewables will play in delivering the UK’s energy supply
through the autumn statement and Energy Bill, there has never distributed Trade association RenewableUK is been a better time to befrom at the forefrontwind. of a market that is celebrating the fact thatdominating for the firstthe time, UK’s energy agenda. Maria McCaffery Chief Executive of wind energy in theaUK generated over 5 opportunity to meet RenewableUK said “What this shows is that gigawatts electricity consistently Over 60% ofover thisayear’s exhibition already forsource October 0 in 2012) of of existing wind is aisstable andbooked reliable of power hour period, with the9th period andstarting 10th on when thegeneration show returns Stoneleigh rs plus 24 a diverse range on thetoscale we need,Park, when we Thursday 21st at 21:30Warwickshire. and continuingDon’t for miss need the opportunity allers and supply chain it most. to showcase product and brands alongside them. the rest of Friday, 22nd your March. “This then counters the idea that wind does This means that for this 24 hour period not generate power during cold snaps and wind was generating enough to power the comes at the same time as reports that equivalent nearly out possible of every 10to UKmeet the the UK has only 36 hours of gas supplies in t bio-energy it of will not4be UK’s homes and consistently over 10% of GB’s reserve, and on the day that the wholesale ally binding carbon reduction targets for 2050… overall electricity needs. price of gas in the UK reached a seven Charles December 2012 year high. In addition,Hendry, a record for one-off generation in a half hour period was created at 15:30 “It also serves as a timely reminder of the when 5.296GW of wind was present on the vulnerability of supply and the price volatility of imported fossil fuels. grid, alongside another anticipated 2GW
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“This power production coupled with Ofgem’s own figures, announced on Thursday, which showed the real cost of wind to households is less than 20p a week is a double triumph of fact over fiction”.
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The world’s first pilot project to showcase a bioreactive wall on a building has been unveiled. With 200m² of integrated photo-bioreactors, the passive-energy house generates biomass and heat. At the same time, the system integrates additional functionalities such as dynamic shading, thermal insulation and noise abatement.
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The microalgae used in the facades is cultivated in flat panel glass bioreactors. In total, 129 bioreactors have been installed on the South West and South East facing walls of the four-storey residential building in Hamburg, Germany.
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World’s First first Algae-Powered algae-powered House house launched this week
centre, where With solar thermal heat and algae are harvested in a closed the Government now underlining the increasingly central role that renewables in delivering thehot UK’s energy supply loop to be stored and usedwilltoplaygenerate water. through the autumn statement and Energy Bill, there has never been a better time to be at the forefront of a market that is
UK’s energyis agenda. The innovativedominating façadethesystem the result of three years of research
the opportunity to meet a Over 60% this year’s exhibition is already booked October on a bio-reactor 3,000 in 2012) existing and ofdevelopment by ofColt International and is for based 9th and 10th when the show returns to Stoneleigh Park, omers plus a diverse range Warwickshire. Don’t miss theThe opportunity to showcase installers and supply chain concept developed by SSC Ltd. design work is led by the your product and brands alongside them.
international design consultant and engineering firm, Arup. Funding support came from the German Government’s “ZukunftBau” research thout bio-energy it will not be possible to meet the UK’s initiative. legally binding carbon reduction targets for 2050… Charles Hendry, December 2012
Arup’s Europe Research Leader, Jan Wurm, said: “Using bio-chemical processes in the façade of a building to create shade and energy is a For the latest floorplan and conference agenda please visit really innovative www.nextgenexpo.co.uk concept. or alternatively email Amel Sanders at the future of energy
“It might well become a sustainable solution for energy production in urban areas, so it is great to see it being tested in a real-life scenario.” And Martin Kerner, Managing Director of SSC, added: “With the BIQ a building facade of photobioreactors is implemented for the first time in the world. This will lead to new paths of energy generation and to an aesthetic design of architecture in the urban development sector.” Lukas Verlage, Managing Director of Colt International, said: “A first and important step in the use of renewable raw materials to integrate into buildings. This kind of technological leap is not very different to that which the aerospace industry once took. Without these kinds of steps we would perhaps, for example, still have no calculators.” The pioneering bioenergy system went into operation on April 25.
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from a turnover in the year to July 2012 of £36.8m as demand for its services has grown from companies keen to tackle burgeoning utilities costs.
The deal, agreed for an undisclosed sum with Canadian private equity house Calisto Capital, creates a new £55m turnover business with 400 employees and 10 offices nationwide.
The group is now looking to target £100m in annual revenues within the next three years and is considering further acquisitions to achieve this goal.
Under the agreement, Evolve’s three operations - building energy management systems (BEMS) specialist businesses Nobbs & Jones and Ashdown Controls, and energy services firm Evolve Energy – will now trade as separate brands within the ESG group.
The business is also looking to further develop its advisory offering under its ESG brand so that it can provide a full suite of services from board-level energy management strategy, to operationally focused advice and systems implementation.
International private equity group, Bridgepoint Development Capital, created ESG after it backed the management buyout of Building Automation Solutions (BAS) in 2010.
In addition, ESG can now provide a finance package to its customers – known as ‘ecoEnergy Plus’ – which funds their projects using the long-term energy savings achieved.
ESG will now offer additional added-value services, including energy procurement, monitoring and remote management from its Glasgow-based ecoCENTRE which is manned 24-hours by specialist engineers that can quickly identify and pinpoint any faults in customer equipment, often avoiding the cost of an engineer site visit.
Through the acquisition, ESG has also significantly expanded its presence within the food retail sector – a key strategic market - adding Aldi and The Co-operative to a client portfolio which already includes ASDA.
The deal also strengthens the breadth and geographic reach of its BEMS offering currently provided by both BAS and Marsh Systems – a firm it acquired in 2011.
The group is looking to unlock new growth opportunities in universities and the public sector where long-term commitments to energy reduction is driving increased demand for strategic energy management services.
ESG has grown rapidly in the past 12 months
Brin Sheridan, Chief Operating Officer
“Evolve is a truly progressive business offering cutting edge services to a quality client portfolio, underlined by a strong reputation for delivery. “Within the UK energy management industry there are few firms who can provide the full spectrum of services – from hardware installation to long-term strategic advice – that we now can.
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“We’re continuing to explore opportunities for further strategic acquisitions which can add depth and scope to our existing services and that complement our values and culture.”
Fuel cell project gets green light for first housing association scheme
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Energy management company the Energy Solutions Group (ESG) has acquired the Evolve group of companies to significantly boost the reach and scale of its services.
at ESG, said: “This is a transformative acquisition which has significantly enhanced the breadth of our capabilities and our presence in key markets.
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Ceramic Fuel Cells, a leading developer of generators which use fuel cell technology to convert natural gas into electricity and heat for homes and other buildings, has announced it has been given the go ahead for the first housing association project following a link-up with Energy Services Company (ESCo) iPower Energy Limited (iPower). This is the first project following the distribution agreement signed between the two companies at the end of January 2013.
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The project will involve participating tenants of Housing Solutions, a housing association located in Maidenhead, England. In the initial phase 10 BlueGen units will be deployed with each unit serving, on average, five flats. The tenants will benefit from cheaper, lower carbon electricity and will be guaranteed a minimum discount of 10% against the best locally available standard electricity tariff.
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2G Energy Ltd J59 4Eco Ltd G1 A Consult Ltd K21 Advantage Austria H20/J20 Aerocover Ltd H4 AgriKomp UK F35 Alpha Financials Ltd F5 Alvan Blanch K10 Ashwell Biomass Ltd D10 Aston University/European Bioenergy Research Institute L25 Agraferm Technologies AG L40 Barden Energy Ltd A18 BAXI Commercial Division C30 Bentley Fire Shop G55 Binowa GmbH F40 Biogas Optimisation J1 Biomass Heating Solutions Ltd J15
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BIONORDIC D30/E30 Biowatt Group C25 BMS - Bulk Meter Services Ltd M16 BPS Equipment C39 brites D29 Broag Remeha Ltd A10 Calor Gas Ltd J30 Clarke Energy K25 Clearfleau J40A Clearpower E65 DMS Ltd E1 Dreyer and Bosse L29 Eccostoves H2 Eco Angus Ltd B29 Econergy B26 Edina H30 Essco Controls C51 ESGT B20
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Euroheat E40 Evergreen Gas Ltd H45 Farm Renewables Ltd M2 Fike UK J10 FLI Energy J50 FM BioEnergy H10 Future Biogast Ltd H40 Gas Data Ltd H55 Glosfume Ltd F30 Good Energy Ltd H31 Green Switch Solutions C44 Greencrop Irrigation K20 GUTTRIDGE LTD G59 HAIGH F35 Hallmark Power C38 I.C. Electrical Ltd D20 Imperative Energy C21 International Energy Crops Ltd K60
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Itron F20 JSC Transrental/KB E&I Co. Ltd C10 Kamstrup Instrumentation A15 Kirk Group Ltd G40 KMH SYSTEMS Ltd F10 Kobold Instruments Ltd J56 KWS UK Ltd K50 Landia Ltd H35 Lycetts J39 Marches Biogas Ltd L39 Marshall D52 MIBEC LTD B10 Molinari E66 Monostore K40 Morrison Utility Connections J35 NFU K35 NORTHERN IRELAND G11 Nuergy Biomass E20
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Orbital H56 Pegasus Group E31 Perry of Oakley E5 PIPE2000 C42 PlanET Biogastechnik GmbH J36 Poujoulat Ltd B11 PowerSystems UK Ltd G37 Purac Puregas H50 RDS Technology L41 REHAU D25 Reliant Installations Ltd H65 Rural Energy E15 Saxlund International C35 SEVA Energie AG L30 Sustainable Energy LTD C40 Tramspread M8 Treco Ltd B30 TURBODEN C45
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TWINHEAT UK K1 UAB Kalvis F4 UK Metering B28 Uniflare Ltd K10B UTS Biogas Ltd J40b The Wolfson Centre for Bulk Solids Handling Technology D5 Vergas K45 Viessmann G20 Vogelsang Ltd E35 Waste & Resource Action Programme H59 Watts Industries UK Ltd D2 Wehrle Environmental K30 Weiss A/S K29 Weltec Biopower UK Ltd M40 Wood Energy E10 Xergi Ltd G35 * floorplan correct as of 7th May 2013
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MARSHALL AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING necessitated through legislative compliance, but increasingly farmers are adopting Aerocover to enhance planning applications or to simply maintain cordial relationships with their neighbours. Whichever the case, this British-born technology ticks a lot of boxes and looks likely to prevent unwanted twitching of even the most sensitive of noses for many years to come!
It’s hard to deny that the whiff from a poorly managed slurry lagoon can take the joy out of a stroll through the countryside! Aerocover is a technologically advanced solution to managing odours and emissions from slurry tanks and lagoons. In independently conducted tests, Aerocover was found to reduce Ammonia and Hydrogen Sulphide emissions by up to 100% and significantly reduce carbon dioxide. Accepted by the Environment Agency and compliant with IPPC regulations, Aerocover Odour reduction measures are often
Marshall Agricultural Engineering have been specialist forestry equipment distributors for over 30 years and offer advanced timber harvesting, handling and processing equipment for estate, farm and domestic customers. KRPan offer a range of winches with pulls from 3-10 tonnes. Options include radio remote control, hydraulic butt plates and snatch blocks. For transporting timber, estates and farms generally use trailers with timber cranes for loading and unloading. On small or sensitive sites, Vahva Jussi trailers can be towed by ATV’s or compact tractors and carry 1.5 tonnes of logs. For more general use with larger tractors, Marshalls offer Binderberger trailers (5-18 tonne capacity) and cranes (4 – 9 m reach) for added versatility interchangeable bodies (tipping chip container, machinery/bale platform) are available for the trailer. A common attachment for the trailers is the Westtech Woodcracker log splitter which is used to break down oversized logs to speed up seasoning and makes further processing easier. Binderberger produce circular saws, log splitters (6-40 tonnes) and professional automatic firewood processors capable of sawing and splitting
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Barden Energy is a renewable energy company bordering Cumbria, Lancashire and North Yorkshire. We are committed to reducing energy bills and fuel costs without it costing the earth. Heat Now in its Renewable 7th year, once again theIncentives largest free to fuel attendcosts ndustry Through Government conference will run alongside the exhibition addressing key issues can be sliced, with for yearsmarket. to come. as wellsavings as economiccontinuing drivers across the renewables ing It has never been easier, or more cost effective, for With the Government now underlining the increasingly central rolegreen. that renewables will play in delivering the UK’s energy supply businesses to go through the autumn statement and Energy Bill, there has never With extensive been experience, a better time Barden to be at theEnergy forefront ofoffers a market that is e dominating the UK’s energy agenda. comprehensive services in forestry management, design and the opportunity to meet a
3,000 in 2012) of existing omers plus a diverse range installers and supply chain
feasibility studies, installation and biomass fuels. We provide carbon neutral energy solutions in biomass boilers, wood pellet boilers and woodchip boiler systems along with the most innovative renewable energy technology. Take the heat out of moving from gas, LPG, electricity, coal or oil by letting Barden Energy manage all your biomass needs. From the start of a project to supplying industry standard wood chip and wood pellets, our aim is unparalleled service.
SONTEX SUPERSTATIC HEATING & COOLING METER - RHI COMPLIANT & GLYCOL TOLERANT
oscillator works without restriction in all mounting positions horizontal, riser or downward flows. The Superstatic 440 can easily be integrated into For the latest floorplan and conference agenda please visit existing or new heating or cooling installations thanks to the comprehensive www.nextgenexpo.co.uk or alternatively email Amel Sanders at amel.sanders@closerstillmedia.com or call 0207 348 5264 communication and expansion possibilities that the device offers, and the complete data package like set day values, monthly values, average values, maximum values of flow, power, temperature and tariff functions. The Superstatic 440 also offers communication modules of M-Bus, Radio, RS232, GSM and LON. The Sontex meter is suitable for industrial, commercial and domestic applications. The Sontex meter was selected for use on the following projects: • One New Change – London the future of energy
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GOOD ENERGY Good Energy is a 100% renewable electricity supplier and an experienced provider of Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs). We provide PPAs for all types of independent renewable generators, linking up our 30,000 electricity customers with renewable electricity from generators across the UK. We work with over 150 generators under 20MW across all renewable technologies including biogas and biomass – so that’s about 10% of the country’s greenest generators below 20MW in size. We offer an expert management service, and our dedicated
UK sales of our biomass handling and storage equipment have been going from strength to strength. Installations have been taking place at a wide variety of sites from schools, accommodation blocks, estates and sports centres. All of our product is UK designed and manufactured and if necessary we can design bespoke solutions to your needs. Our most popular product, the BIOINTAKE accepts a delivery of forestry chip from most delivery truck types and conveys the chip at 60 cubic M per hour into the customers own
Feel free to drop by stand H31 to meet the team. www.goodenergy.co.uk Telephone 0845 4561640
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storage bunker or into one of our own BIOBINS. Both of these products are fully galvanised for outdoor use and the BIOBIN is available with cladding rails to suit timber of box profile cladding. For further details call our sales office on 01404 890300 or visit our website www.perrybiomassengineering.co.uk
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WEISS A/S of Denmark and Haarslev UK Ltd are pleased to be chosen as suppliers of new Biomass Steam Boilers for the NHS Highland, Raigmore Hospital in Inverness. The order will be comprised of two 1.7MW steam boilers using wood pellets as the fuel source. The supply will also include the fuel store and feeding system and be tied into the hospital’s existing steam supply system. The new boilers will provide the base load of the hospital’s steam requirements backed up by the existing oil fired boilers for peak loads. As well as providing steam for the hospital, the boilers will greatly improve the carbon footprint and green credentials of NHS Highland and more importantly reduce fuel costs.
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and experienced team will be on hand to support you every step of the way. Our PPAs are offered to renewable generators over 100kW in size and are designed to be flexible and tailored to the individual generator’s needs. PPA pricing is determined on a site-by-site basis taking into account the specific technology, location, size and level of export.
UK Metering are a market leading UK stockist of a wide range of metering solutions for all types of applications. Proudly associating ourselves with Kamstrup Instrumentation, themselves a market leader in the manufacturing of Heat Metering technology, we are a team of experienced and knowledgeable individuals who consider the care and satisfaction of our customers and suppliers to be our main priority. UK Metering boast an impressive stockholding, ensuring that all heat meters are available ‘off the shelf’ and with the appropriate calibration certificates for RHI applications! We are able to deliver all orders placed before 4pm the very next working day which represents our flexibility in the approach we have to our customers. With UK Metering you will experience first class service, together with a wide range of readily available high quality metering products at competitive prices! Our new website is now live – please visit us at www.uk-metering.net
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‘Officina Molinari’ is an Italian company who specialise in the construction and installation of shredding and granulating equipments to process different materials. Established over 25 years ago, it is directly responsible for the design, construction and installation of machines for recycling. We make granulators for a variety of different materials including plastic, rubber, wood, Teflon, food and industrial waste. Our first blade mixer that we produced, can process 24 ton/h of silage with only 80 kW average consumption. Over the last two years we have reinvested all of our profits
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plant, why not pay us a visit on stand biomass biogas number K40 Or visit our website at www.monostore.com to let us show youenergy from waste nextgen gives exhibitors the opportunity to meet a how we can work side by side to bring your project to life. you require powerful audience (overIf3,000 in 2012) a of existing bioenergy and customers diverse range quotation or any other information but have notusers managed to seeplus us,aplease of prospects - investors, installers and supply chain influencers. don’t hesitate to contact us at enquiries@monostore.com.
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Monostore the poured in situ concrete tank specialists have just completed their latest biogas tank installation in Shrewsbury, this 3 tank 380 K/w plant in Upton Magna was completed on time, on budget and is a welcome addition to Monostore’s already impressive list of completed Uk projects. Having been building bespoke and specialist tanks since 1985 Monostore’s in house designers and engineers have finely tuned their design methods to ensure that the end user is getting both quality and value for money. Working closely with the client and suppliers Monostore can adapt their designs to offer solutions to cover all aspects of digester, storage and balance tanks. Whether you simply need advice or a large multi tank
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Over 60% of this year’s exhibition is already booked for October 9th and 10th when the show returns to Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire. Don’t miss the opportunity to showcase your product and brands alongside them.
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logs which have a diameter of up to up to 52cm. Marshalls distribute Dalen firewood processors, log decks and timber handling grapples. Demand for wood chip is growing rapidly and Marshalls represent Eschlböck of Austria in the U.K. and Ireland. Eschlböck produce a full line of chippers from small tractor mounted PTO machines to large PTO and lorry mounted drum chippers with interchangeable screens including the new Biber 9Z which has an in-feed opening of 75 cm x 122 cm. For rapid harvesting of small diameter biomass, Marshalls offer the range of Westtech tree shears for excavator mounting or the Gierkink grapple saw for tractor, truck or forwarder crane mounting.
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Research highlights benefits of wind and solar link-up Solar and wind power plants complement each other much better than previously thought, according to a new study conducted by the Reiner Lemoine Institut and Solarpraxis AG.
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As an additional benefit, the construction of hybrid power plants does not require grid expansion because these plants generate wind and solar power at different times, meaning that the level of energy fed into Nowsteady in its 7th than year, once again largestor free to attend that ofthewind photovoltaic power plants ndustry the grid is more conference will run alongside the exhibition addressing key issues as well as economic drivers across the renewables market. alone. ing
Various scenarios were simulated for the study and detailed shading “Initial requests to create yield reports as well as technical and economic system planning have given us cause to hope that the more For the latest floorplan and conference agenda please visit efficient utilization of space and infrastructure created by hybrid power www.nextgenexpo.co.uk or alternatively email Amel Sanders at amel.sanders@closerstillmedia.com or call 0207 348 5264 plants has excellent prospects for the future.” the future of energy
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“We also calculated what effects combining photovoltaic and wind power plants will have on power grids on both a global and regional level,” states Dr. Christian Breyer, Managing Director of the Reiner Lemoine Institut. “The fact that wind and photovoltaic power supply the 11/02/2013 17:18
9.00 am – 12.30 pm Morning Presentations grid with much more stable levels of energy when working together has a positive effect on grid stability.” While wind turbines produce a lot more electricity during the colder parts of the year due to greater levels of wind over the winter months, solar power plants generate more solar power in the summer, compensating for the lower wind power production at this time of the year. Next year, an existing photovoltaic system near Templin in Brandenburg is set to be retrofitted with wind turbines as part of the German government’s “Zwanzig20” research initiative. The data from the pilot plant will be analyzed by Solarpraxis, the Reiner Lemoine Institut and additional project partners
Now in its eighth year and featuring over 200 exhibitors, Nextgen is the biggest event for the bioenergy and renewable energy generation market in the UK, attracting over 3,200 visitors in 2012. Farmers, landowners, consultants, specifiers, local authorities and project managers from the rural community and building sector come to source and procure equipment to build and maintain biomass and AD plants, wind turbine and solar power farms, heat recovery systems along with the equipment that enables energy storage and connection to the grid.
Visitor survey statistics from ebec 2012 • 33% of the visitors are landowners and farmers - they have the budget and the power to purchase and are looking for individual pieces of equipment or companies that supply complete solutions. • 36% of visitors are from the supply chain - consultants, architects, project managers, energy managers and specifiers. They represent multiple clients and, importantly, their budgets. • 21% are exisiting plant owners, operators and developers actively looking to repair or improve equipment.
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Date: 16th May 2013 VENUE: Four Pillars Hotel, Witney, Oxford OX28 4EX sites: SITE 1: Agrivert SITE 2: JJ Power
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Nextgen undertake a series of mini conferences and site tours to renewable energy generating facilities. These are aimed at those interested in learning more about the renewable energy technology being showcased. Learn first hand from those who have built and run a site as they share with you their experiences of conceiving, planning, financing, building and running a renewable energy plant.
Combining wind turbines and photovoltaic systems results in up to twice the amount of electricity being generated across the same surface area, while shading losses caused by wind turbines amount to a mere 1 to 2 per cent.
role that renewablesthat will playthe in delivering the UK’s energy “Until now, it was thought shadows castsupply on solar plants by wind through the autumn statement and Energy Bill, there has never a better to be at the forefront of a shows, market that however, is turbines led tobeen high yieldtimelosses. The study that these e dominating the UK’s energy agenda. the opportunity to meet a shading losses are much lower than expected, provided the hybrid Over 60% of this year’s exhibition is already booked for October 3,000 in 2012) of existing anddesigned,” 10th when the explains show returnsAlexander to Stoneleigh Park, omers plus power a diverse plant range is 9th well Woitas, head of the Warwickshire. Don’t miss the opportunity to showcase installers and supply chain your product and brands alongside them. AG. engineering department at Solarpraxis
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A host of new initiatives have been put in place that will ensure that Nextgen continues to attract budget holders of planned and active projects. In short, Nextgen is such an important business platform for the bioenergy and renewable energy generation industry. It’s where deals are secured, contracts made and products and services worth hundreds of millions of pounds are sold. Nextgen 2013 I Newsletter I
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Date: 21st May 2013 VENUE: Craigellachie Hotel, Craigellachie, Speyside, AB38 9SR for Seminar site: Dailuaine Distillery near Aberlour Agenda for the day 10.00 am: Coffee and Registration 10.15 am: IntroductionRichard Gueterbock, Director, Clearfleau 10.30 am: Distillery Sector Julie Hesketh Laird, Scottish Whisky Association (SWA) 11.00am: The Regulatory Framework Alison McKinnie, Zero Waste Scotland (ZWS) 11.30am: R enewables in the Distillery Sector Alan Wolstenholme 12:00pm: Case Study - Richard Gueterbock, Director, Clearfleau 12.30pm: Discussion 1.00pm: Lunch and Networking 1.30pm: Group 1 tour depart x30 visitors
This group will start with a 1 hour site visit of the Dailuaine bio-plant site. Arrive 14.00 – depart (for Cardhu Distillery) 14.15 2.00pm: Group 2 coach depart x 30 visitors This group will go to the Cardhu biomass distillery for a short Whisky tour biogas(lasting approx. 45 mins). After this group will then go to visit the energythefrom waste Dailuaine site nextgen gives exhibitors opportunity to meet a 5.00pm: C onclusion of Tour andthe overview from powerful Chairman. audienceBoth (over 3,000 2012) of existing parties will be in returned bioenergytousers and customers the Craigellachie Hotel afterplus the 2 a diverse range of prospects visits. - investors, installers and supply chain influencers. 17.30: Whisky tasting 18:00 Dinner for guests and team at Mash Tun
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Essex based design agency Zero Above has been helping forwardthinking institutions to tap into the green revolution – including The Church of England, which recently launched its ‘Shrinking the Footprint’ App. Zero Above initially created the carbon monitoring App as an innovative means of promoting their services and, most importantly, their sustainable ethos.
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“Our first creation was a free Carbon Monitoring App,” says Zero Above’s Simon Isaac, “it measured everything from paper consumption to energy usage and travel, at home and at work. Our vision was, and still is that businesses, charities and individuals alike could use it to Now in its 7th year, again the and, largest vitally, free to attend saveoncemoney, get ahead of the game ndustry improve their efficiency, conference will run alongside the exhibition addressing key issues as well as economic drivers across the renewables market. when it came to environmental awareness.” ing
With the Government now underlining the increasingly central As their skills as socially-conscious developers gained repute, Zero role that renewables will play in delivering the UK’s energy supply through the autumn statement and Energy Bill, there has never Above were invited to create a carbon monitoring App specifically for been a better time to be at the forefront of a market that is e the UK’s energy agenda. The Church ofdominating England. the opportunity to meet a
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“Our work for The Church of England has been really exciting,” said Simon. “Previously, Zero Above has built Apps and websites for organisations like Chelmsford Cathedral, Cancer Research UK, Mind, the Renewal Programme, and Enable East, but this was something different; creating a tool for the Church community and beyond that simplifies the process of carbon monitoring.” The new Church of England App, a specially formulated blend of monitoring for individuals and the buildings they work in, is aimed at helping congregations as well as Clergy and Church staff to monitor and improve their environmental footprint. The free App also includes a unique ‘Thought for the day’ function which delivers Christian messages and prayers to users. This means improved monitoring and reporting, and for Zero Above, it acts as yet another means of spreading their sustainable philosophy. “As a sustainable company, Zero Above, has very strong ethics for both success and performance,” adds Simon. “We measure our achievements not just on profitability, but on people and the planet as well. It’s really important for us to work with organisations like the Church of England to spread this ethos across the country, to help encourage sustainable living and working together to reduce carbon emissions”. The Church of England Carbon Monitoring App is available to download free from the Apple App Store or Android Marketplace, search for ‘Shrinking the Footprint’.
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The UK’s largest ‘smart grid’ project has completed the first stage of its research into electricity consumption after establishing a series of ongoing trials with 12,000 customers.
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The £54m Customer-Led Network Revolution (CLNR) project is testing a number of innovative solutions to ensure Britain’s electricity networks are fit for the future and ready for the mass uptake of low carbon technologies, such as solar PV, heat pumps and electric vehicles. Government targets to cut carbon emissions by 34% by 2020 and 80% by 2050 will help the UK reduce its carbon footprint and establish a low carbon economy, but achieving these targets will largely depend on low carbon technologies being adopted on a nationwide scale. As many of these are electricity-dependent, the additional demand created will mean that electricity networks across the UK need to become “smarter” to accommodate Britain’s changing energy requirements and help accelerate the development of a low carbon energy sector. Dr Liz Sidebotham, Communications Manager for the CLNR project, said: “Through the CLNR project, we are already preparing for the widespread uptake of low carbon technologies by carrying out ground-breaking trials with thousands of
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customers and testing innovative new technology on the electricity network. “Within the first stage of the project we’ve been actively studying thousands of residential, commercial and industrial electricity customers to better understand how much electricity people use, when they use it and for what purpose, and whether financial or other incentives can encourage them to shift their usage away from periods of peak demand. “Our findings at this stage are preliminary, but we have seen a huge appetite from domestic customers for our Time of Use (TOU) tariffs and this particular programme was actually oversubscribed, showing that customers are willing to take ownership of their electricity consumption in return for lower bills. “Through these trials we’ve seen early signs that customers are happy to change their usual daily routines - putting their dishwasher on overnight instead of during the day for example - to benefit from a cheaper tariff. “This is hugely important because achieving a degree of customer flexibility in significant numbers is a win-win situation; offering customers a way to save money and network operators a means of costeffectively reducing network demand at peak times.”
Led by Northern Powergrid and its partners British Gas, EA Technology and Durham University, the CLNR project will continue to study electricity consumption patterns, customer flexibility and trial pioneering new smart grid technology across electricity networks in the North East and Yorkshire regions throughout 2013. Liz added: “Later this year we will be publishing more results that provide further insight into customer flexibility and the effect of various interventions such as demand side response, where customers are incentivised to reduce their electricity usage or increase their generation in response to a signal from the electricity network operator. “The current debate around the capacity margin needed to meet the UK’s future energy needs has largely overlooked the role of smart grids and demand side measures, but if customers are willing to be flexible with how and when they use electricity, it would offer a cost-effective solution in the drive to create a sustainable, low carbon energy sector.” The findings from all CLNR trials are being shared with other electricity distribution network operators across the UK and on the project’s website to help the energy industry prepare for the low carbon future.
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UK Green Investment Bank provides funding of £18m for one of the UK’s largest NHS energy centres at Cambridge University Hospitals The UK Green Investment Bank (GIB) will provide £18m of funding towards a new energy innovation centre for Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in what will be its first investment in the NHS. GIB’s participation mobilises a further £18m of private capital into the project. The funds provided for the energy centre are part of a commitment of £50m to the Aviva Investors REaLM Energy Centres Fund, a fund specialising in investment in non-domestic UK energy centres. This fund forms part of GIB’s allocation of funding into one of its priority sectors, non- domestic energy efficiency. The investment in the Trust will finance one of the largest projects of this type in the UK and is designed to deliver substantial financial and carbon emissions savings for the Trust. The total investment required for the project is approximately £36m and is being made in partnership with the Aviva Investors REaLM Infrastructure Fund, which is providing the balance of the investment. The new energy innovation centre will house a combined heat and power unit, biomass boiler, efficient dual fuel boilers and heat recovery from medical incineration. It will provide heat and power to the Trust including the Addenbrooke’s and Rosie Hospitals. As an alternative to sourcing power from the National Grid, the Trust will benefit from the energy centre’s materially lower energy costs and carbon emissions, with savings of over
Investors, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and MITIE on this project.” Business Secretary, Vince Cable said: “The UK Green Investment Bank’s £50 million commitment to the new Aviva Investors REaLM Energy Centres Fund will help to deliver much needed energy and financial savings for Now Over 200 key industry conf NHS hospitals. as w exhibitors covering “The non domestic energy sector has been With biomass role identified as abiogas strategic priority for the GIB. thro been energy from waste dom The size of the NHS estate means there will nextgen gives exhibitors the opportunity to meet a Over powerful audience (over 3,000 in 2012) of existing be huge opportunities to invest further in 9th bioenergy users and customers plus a diverse range War of prospects investors, installers and supply chain building energy centres like the one planned your influencers. for Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.” without bio-energy it will not be po legally binding carbon reductio Ian Berry, Fund Manager, Infrastructure & Charles Hendry, Dece Renewable Energy at Aviva Investors, said: “The development of UK energy centres lead new generation is a very exciting area for for long-term w energy generation investors such as pension funds. They can achieve stable, diversified and relatively low risk income streams, while also helping to fund important infrastructure projects that deliver long term savings and sustainability benefits to their clients. “We are delighted to be involved in this development, working with Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, the UK Green Investment Bank and MITIE to fund, build and operate what is expected to be one of the largest NHS energy centre projects of its kind.”
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£20 million in energy costs over the 25 year operational term of the project and expected CO2 savings in excess of 25,000 tonnes per annum. The project is subject to final planning approval. MITIE, the FTSE 250 strategic outsourcing company, has today been awarded the contract to develop the energy centre and then operate it throughout the 25 year term. UK Green Investment Bank Chairman, Lord Smith of Kelvin said “Non-domestic energy efficiency is a priority sector for the Green Investment Bank and this deal is an early demonstration of our strategy to partner with co-investors and deliver a commercial return to the bank, whilst reducing carbon emissions in the UK. “We are delighted to be working with Aviva
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Sustainable Energy scoops NHS biomass contract Renewable energy consultancy Sustainable Energy has been chosen as ‘client engineer’ by NHS Highlands in its plan to build a £2.2m biomass plant. Sustainable Energy says it will independently advise the healthcare organisation throughout the project cycle, from feasibility to operation, to deliver an optimised system at Raigmore and Caitness Hospitals. The plant design, created by Sustainable Energy and approved by the Highland Health Board, uses steam biomass technology to slash
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