the future of energy
european bioenergy expo and conference
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Fuel cell project gets green light page 3
Nextgen show exhibitors page 4
Trade news - NHS goes green page 11
Nextgen Energy Week WELCOME...
Nextgen Expo 2013
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.
HE UK’S LARGEST ATED BIOENERGY EVENT
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Smart grid project reveals results page 10
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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”.