The Ocean Energy Report
Today, more than 25 countries are involved in developing relevant conversion technologies for harnessing ocean renewable resources for electricity generation and/or other purposes, such as desalination, heating for aquaculture and other uses. Over 300 wave and tidal devices have been suggested up to the present time, but very few of these are in an advanced […]
The Ocean Energy Report Ed 4 2009
Today, more than 25 countries are involved in developing relevant conversion technologies for harnessing ocean renewable resources for electricity generation and/or other purposes, such as desalination, heating for aquaculture and other uses. Over 300 wave and tidal devices have been suggested up to the present time, but very few of these are in an advanced […]
Biomass Report – Direct and Indirect Use Ed 1 2004 – NRG Expert Historical Series
Biomass energy or bio energy is the energy from organic matter. It has been used for thousands of years. Wood is still the world’s largest biomass energy resource but many other sources of biomass can now be used, including plants, residues from agriculture or forestry, animal waste and the organic component of municipal and industrial […]
Wind Turbine Manufacturing
A struggle of super powers The manufacturing industry involved in wind power is now coming full circle and has accumulated a formidable body of expertise. In the early days of the technology, the large energy companies skirmished with wind power but withdrew fairly soon, leaving the field open to small new companies specialising in wind […]
Electric Vehicle Battery Market Wide Open
The electric vehicle market is now wide open as Better Place, have declared bankruptcy after failing to pull off their ambitious ‘electric battery swapping station’ concept. Learning from Better Place’s mistakes, Battery Fueling are entering the electric vehicle battery market with their ‘US patent-pending Battery Fueling’ concept. Battery Fueling have designed a new concept for […]
MIT Develops New Way to Store Wind Energy
Researchers at MIT may have found a new way to address one of the primary challenges of integrating off-shore wind power into the grid – its intermittency. The idea involves large spheres of concrete on the sea floor that would both anchor the turbines and provide energy storage. When there is an abundance of energy, […]
NRG Expert Investigates How the Renewable Sector has Performed During the Global Recession
The renewable energy sector is uniquely positioned given the considerable government and public interest in its development. NRG Expert’s latest report investigates how, given this, it has fared during the global recession of 2008-2013. View the product page here.
White Paper: Wind Power Issues
This NRG Expert White Paper examines some of the issues facing the integration of wind power into the grid. This complimentary market research on wind power issues looks at: – wind energy terminology – issues for wind power – important wind power statistics – the operational experiences of wind power This market research report on […]
White Paper: Hydropower – A Technical Background
This NRG Expert White Paper provides a technical background of hydropower. Topics covered include: types of hydropower (including various hydropower technologies) and new innovations. Contents Introduction New innovations Types of hydropower Impoundment hydropower Run-of-river projects Micro hydropower Projects Diversion Hydropower Pumped storage Head Life expectancy Small Hydro Plants (SHP) Turbine technologies for hydro plants […]
White Paper: A History of Hydropower
This NRG Expert White Paper looks at the history of hydropower. Topics covered include: the big dam period in the USA and research on small hydropower development, particularly in Europe and China. Hydro power generation originated with the invention of the hydro turbine in France in the 1830s. Thereafter hydropower continued to play a major […]