Background The Electricity Pool of England and Wales has received constant criticism by the media, from the regulatory body, Offer, and from the House of Commons Trade and Industry Committee since its launch in 1990. The Committee’s report of February 1992 presents many of the criticisms which continued to be levelled at the Pool, and reveals the difficulty the Committee had in deciding whether...

The AGO, REEEP and REIL wish to acknowledge that this report includes findings from the Integration of Renewables into Electricity Grids Experts Workshop hosted by the IEA in November 2006. This report does not however necessarily reflect the position of the IEA. *The opinions and views offered by Commissioner Kelly are her own and not necessarily those of the United States, the Federal Energy ...

Growing concern about climate change is heightening the need for power systems to be able to operate cost-effectively with high levels of wind energy penetration. In a restructured electricity industry such as in Australia, commercial, regulatory and technical challenges must be solved in an integrated and compatible manner. The Australian National Electricity Market has a number of features th...

A refurbishment project at the University of Northumbria in Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, provided the opportunity to install one of the largest building-integrated photovoltaic systems in Northern Europe. Photovoltaic panels have been incorporated into w Integrated into conventional rain-screen overcladding w Installed using normal building industry practices w High system reliability H...

While the main thrust of the Discussion Meeting Issue on 'Material efficiency: providing material services with less material production' was to explore ways in which society's net demand for materials could be reduced, this review examines the possibility of converting industrial energy demand to electricity, and switching to clean electricity sources. This review quantifies the scale of infra...

The electricity systems have a central role to play in the transition towards a low carbon economy and integration of renewable energy sources in the European Union. However, the European electricity networks face a diverse set of existing and new risks that can hamper the energy security of member countries. This paper aims to qualitatively and quantitatively assess these risks given the chang...