Heat networks A heat network distributes heat to several users, just as an electricity grid distributes power. The heat energy produced and recycled by Combined Heat & Power plants during electricity generation can be sold and distributed to local homes and businesses via a heat network. Several thousand homes can be connected to a heat network. Heat networks […]
Combined Heat & Power Forms of power generation using combustion can generally be made more efficient if the surplus heat is captured and used too. This is called Combined Heat and Power (CHP). In conventional power generation the large amount of heat produced as a by-product is lost. Combined Heat and Power technology puts this […]
Solar heating Active solar heating systems convert solar radiation into heat which can be used directly. In the Albania uses are primarily domestic water heating and other low temperature heating applications. In hotter climates a wider range of applications is possible, including electricity generation. There are two types of solar water heating systems, Direct and […]
Heat pumps These are devices that can extract and amplify heat obtained from a source of thermal energy. There are several types of heat pump. All use the same basic principle of extracting heat from a source and concentrating it to obtain a higher temperature, usually then applied to water for domestic heating and hot […]
Woodfuel for heat What is Woodfuel? Woodfuel for heat is woody fuel that is burned to generate energy for space heating or hot water. Woodfuel includes logs, woodchip or pellets to be used in applications ranging from an open log fire or a woodburning stove to modern, sophisticated boiler systems. Modern woodchip or pellet boilers are highly efficient, […]
Geothermal heat Heat from the hot core of the earth can be extracted and used in various ways (including ground source heat pumps described separately) Hot dry rocks One form of geothermal energy is produced using hot rocks, a few kilometers beneath the earth’s surface. Water is pumped into this hot, crystalline rock using an […]
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At the end of 2005, an estimated 47,000 wind turbines were installed in Europe, generating 83 TWh of electricity, equal to about 2.8% of European electricity demand. The average size of turbines delivered to the European market in 2004 was about 1.3 MW onshore and 2.1 MW offshore. Under the assumption that by 2030, the […]
It is widely perceived that because the wind resource is intermittent, the wind technology is not ‘reliable’ enough to be a major power source. Watching a single wind turbine stop and start, it might seem logical to conclude that, as more of these machines are built, the result can only be an unreliable supply. The […]
The European wind resource There is enough wind energy resources to power all of Europe, whose current consumption is 2,900 TWh.
