The process of European integration aims to bring peace and economic prosperity to Europe through the integration of markets and the presence of a safety net for citizens. Within the EU and its member-states, energy and environment are two of the most pressing issues of today. The prospect of sharply rising energy prices and increasing […]
Provides a unique overview of energy management for the process industries Provides an overall approach to energy management and places the technical issues that drive energy efficiency in context Combines the perspectives of freewheeling consultants and corporate insiders In two sections, the book provides the organizational framework (Section 1) within which the technical aspects of […]
Features Describes state-of-the-art energy efficiency techniques, providing chapter-end abstracts and summaries Includes simplified calculation methods for evaluating effectiveness of various efficiency measures Takes a systematic approach to energy analysis of building energy performance Covers fundamental principles and concepts of heat transfer, HVAC, engineering economics, energy simulation, and electrical systems for buildings Addresses other building considerations, […]
Michael Klaas, Stefan Pischinger, Wolfgang Schröder – Fuels From Biomass: An Interdisciplinary Approach The book reports on the results of the BrenaRo Winterschool 2011, held on November 21-22 in Aachen, Germany. The different chapters cover a number of aspects of the topic of energy generation, with a particular focus on energy generation from biomass. They […]
The near collapse of Greece’s economy has raised pressing questions for energy power Azerbaijan, which had viewed the country as a potential turbo boost for its energy ambitions in the European Union. Now, as Athens cleans house financially and talks deeper energy ties with Russia, Azerbaijan, which has an agreement to purchase a majority share in […]
TIRANA, July 23 – The Albanian ministry of energy and industry and the Italian government represented by the Italian ambassador to Tirana Massimo Gaiani signed on Thursday a 16.5 million euro (about 18.2 million U.S. dollars) agreement on behalf of a “Memorandum of Cooperation” for the energy sector. The grant comes as the last part […]
A venture between Royal Dutch Shell and Canada’s Petromanas has applied to drill two onshore blocks in central Albania close to another promising well they are drilling further south, an official said on Thursday. The official said three bids had been submitted for the blocks – from Shell Upstream Albania B.V with Petromanas Albania GmbH, Israel’s Delek […]
Global Summits organiser, IRN is delighted to announce that the 4th Balkans Oil & Gas Summit will be held in Dubrovnik, Croatia. This year’s event, originally to be held in Athens, Greece, will now be hosted in Dubrovnik, Croatia with the full support of the Croatian Ministry of Economy and the Croatian Hydrocarbon Agency to […]
Norway’s Statoil is to sell its 20-percent stake in the Trans Adriatic Gas Pipeline (TAP) project that will carry gas from Azerbaijan to Europe, the president of Azeri state energy firm SOCAR said. “Statoil has decided to leave the TAP project completely, and there is a company which is ready to buy its stake,” Rovnag […]
A 20-percent interest in the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) project would cost around 400 million euros, Natural Gas Europe reported with the reference to Italian Snam’s CEO Carlo Malacarne. The price has also to do with the current market conditions. Malacarne also confirmed that there are TAP’s stakeholders willing to sell their shares to the […]