Selected highlights from the October 2024 edition of The Energy Industry Times

• 2 months ago (2024-10-01)
• Junior Isles

Africa 323 Asia 901 Australasia 57 Biomass 8 Climate change 21 Coal 301 Cogeneration 1 Concentrating solar 6 Cyber security 8 Decarbonisation 1 Decentralised energy 6 Demand side management 3 Demand side response 2 Digitalisation 10 Distributed energy 10 Distribution 125 Electric vehicles EVs 4 Emissions 65 Energy management 2 Equipment 2 Europe 1094 Gas 396 Gas engine plant 67 Gas fuel 3 Horizon 2 Hydroelectric 17 Hydrogen 63 Hydropower 134 Latin America 81 Maintenance 3 Marine 1 Metering 2 microgrid 5 Middle East 328 North America 1028 Nuclear 665 Offshore wind 121 Oil 19 Operations 4 Policy 9 Regulations 3 Renewables 780 smart grid 2 Solar 279 Storage 45 substation 8 Tepco 2 Tidal 2 Toshiba 4 Transmission 196 US Senate Washington 4 Wind 261

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Fuel Watch: Europe gas market uncertainty, as role of Ukraine and LNG in question

Those European Union countries that continue to use Russian gas may see a supply cut-off this winter if Ukraine cancels a transit contract with Moscow. Furthermore, LNG supplies may become an expensive issue for the EU if winter is harsh, despite huge stores of gas now and talk that LNG demand may be in decline.

Energy Outlook: Facing the cost headwinds in floating offshore wind

Offshore wind is a vast, untapped resource for clean energy that humanity has hardly scratched the surface of in trying to capture and utilise. Part of the complication has been getting massive wind turbines out to sea cost-effectively. Floating platform technology that would support the largest turbines is part of a larger puzzle that includes making sure that wind farms can be developed at a similar cost to offshore wind farms with fixed-bottom foundations. Gazelle Wind Power’s Alvaro Ortega explains.

Energy Transition Investment Series: Italy: understated clean energy potential

Despite challenges like bureaucracy and policy uncertainty, Italy’s clean energy sector attracts diverse investors. This is the latest in a series of country analyses where
TEI Times looks at the country’s generation and consumption profiles, policy, emissions targets and ability to attract the investment needed to meet government targets.

Technology Focus: Fischells Salt Dome: harnessing the future

As the renewable energy landscape rapidly evolves, innovative solutions for storing and utilising excess energy have become essential. Julie Lemieux explains how Triple Point Resources Ltd. is playing an important role in the hydrogen value chain through its flagship project, the Fischells Salt Dome – described as “a geological marvel” with significant potential for energy storage and conversion.

Final Word: An old dog in need of new tricks

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Junior Isles, Editor-in-Chief

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