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over 5 years to develop a design. The U.K. Atomic right incentives and regulatory frameworks in place,
Energy Authority (UKAEA), the government IRENA foresees the potential growth of ocean energy
agency overseeing the effort, says construction up to 10 GW of installed capacity by 2030 globally.
could begin as soon as 2032, with operations by (Source: IRENA)
2040. The spherical STEP would look more like a
cored apple than a doughnut. This confers more
stability in the plasma so operators can achieve
higher temperatures in a smaller device. Spherical
tokamaks have been pioneered at UKAEA’s Culham
Centre for Fusion Energy (CCFE), with a device
called the Mega Amp Spherical Tokamak (MAST)
Upgrade, and in the United States at the Princeton
Plasma Physics Laboratory with its National
Spherical Torus Experiment Upgrade device.
The United Kingdom now hopes to capitalize
on that experience with STEP, which would aim
to generate 50 megawatts of electrical power.
CCFE Director Ian Chapman says the small size of
spherical tokamaks is a key advantage because the
greatest cost in the $25 billion ITER is its gigantic
magnets. (Source: Science)
OEE and IRENA sign MoU
The CEO of Ocean Energy Europe (OEE), Rémi
Gruet and the director-general of the International
Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), Francesco
La Camera, have signed a Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) at the annual Ocean Energy
Europe Conference & Exhibition. The partnership
will deepen existing cooperation to accelerate the
commercialization of ocean energy technologies, by
promoting the right policy incentives and innovative
business models in Europe and globally. Oceans
have abundant, largely untapped, renewable energy
resources that could fuel a robust global blue
economy, as shown by two new studies released
by IRENA. ‘Fostering a blue economy: Offshore
renewable energy’ and the Agency’s ‘Innovation
Outlook: Ocean Energy Technologies’ find that in
addition to supplying conventional power generation,
a blue economy powered by offshore renewables
would offer significant benefits to Small Island
Developing States (SIDS) and coastal communities.
Today, ocean energy accounts for approximately 530
megawatts of installed generation capacity globally.
Tidal stream and wave projects currently under
construction may add another 3 gigawatts (GW) of
installed capacity short-term within the next 5 years,
most of it in Europe (55%) , Asia-Pacific (28%) and
the Middle East and Africa (13%). However, with the
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Northern German states cooperate
on “Hy-5” hydrogen buildup
Five northern German states work together
to promote the development of hydrogen 19
from renewable electricity and aim to install
at least 500 megawatts (MW) of electrolysis
capacity by 2025. Capacity should increase
rapidly to reach at least 5 gigawatts (GW)
by 2030, the group said, which has named
the initiative Hy-5. It consists of the states
of Bremen, Hamburg, Mecklenburg-
Vorpommern, Lower Saxony and Schleswig-
Holstein. The northern region has ample
onshore and offshore wind capacity, seaports
with import facilities, demand for green
energy from its industrial companies, and
a head-start in hydrogen-related research.
The region also has gas storage caverns and
a natural gas transport pipeline network that
could be used for hydrogen.
Alstom's Coradia iLint, the world's first
hydrogen fuel cell train, has just completed
three months of successful test operation on
ÖBB’s (Austrian Federal Railways) regional
lines. This comes just after it received official
approval from the highest railway authority
in the country, the Austrian Federal Ministry
for Climate Protection, Environment, Energy,
Mobility, Innovation and Technology (BMK).
(Source: Reuters, Alstom)
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