Clean Grid Technology, Renewables
Harvesting Solar Energy in Chernobyl’s Radioactive Wasteland
Chernobyl’s Atomic Wasteland May Be Reborn With Solar Energy Bloomberg, July 26, 2016 Ukraine’s looking toward the sun to put a radioactive wasteland back into business. Thirty years after atomic fallout from the Chernobyl meltdown rendered an area the size of Luxembourg uninhabitable for centuries, Ukraine is seeking investors to develop solar power near the […]
Chernobyl, Chernobyl solar complex, European Commission, solar energy, Ukraine
Building Technology, Whole Building
European Industrial Plants Identify Savings Opportunities
Commission warmly welcomes benefits of industrial insulation Euractiv, May 12, 2016. Image credit: MichaelGaida Energy audits at 180 industrial plants revealed that they were missing out on savings of more than 750,000 MWH/year. The audits found that insulation could bring reductions of 500,000 tonnes of global warming CO2 to the plants. That is roughly equivalent to […]
EIIF, energy audits, European Commission, industrial insulation, insulation
Building Technology, Intelligent Efficiency
Building Blocks for Net Zero Cities
Smart digital platform to boost energy efficiency in cities CORDIS, February 17, 2016. Image credit: karanja The platform, designed for city planners, industry and energy stakeholders, assesses and maps buildings’ energy behaviour, and can also remotely control public street lighting. The platform has already succeeded in cutting energy use in several cities across Europe where it […]
European Commission, net zero cities, smart cities, SUNSHINE digital platform