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Achieving the sustainable targets


OPLC's vision for providing sustainable development of the Olympic Park after 2012


E&T magazine news

Shell to buy Cove Energy for $1.6 billion Shell to buy Cove Energy for $1.6 billion

Shell has made an agreed £992.4 million ($1.6 billion) bid for Cove Energy, offering a full price to open up a new gas frontier for the Anglo-Dutch oil major in East Africa.

IAEA team arrives in Iran for nuclear talks IAEA team arrives in Iran for nuclear talks

International Atomic Energy Agency members are in Iran to push for transparency about its disputed nuclear programme.

Latest events

8 Mar
Western HV DC Link Project

Inglewood Manor Hotel

8 Mar
Solar PV Supply Chain Lecture and Visit

OpTIC Glyndwr, St Asaph Business Park

Journals

Power Electronics journal cover

IET Electric Power Applications

Publishing papers of a high technical standard with a suitable balance of practice and theory. Its scope covers a wide range of applications and apparatus in the power field.

UK Energy Policy 1980-2010

UK Energy Policy 1980-2010

Factfiles

Published jointly by The IET and the Parliamentary Group for Energy Studies. The aim of this review is to take a longer term perspective on UK energy policies since 1980.

Energy articles

The Isle of Wight to set up EcoIsland

20 February 2012

The Isle of Wight is pioneering the development of the UK's first truly sustainable region. The ambitious project promises islanders a 'utopia' of lower living costs, better quality of life, and a lighter carbon footprint. 

Despite climate change coal remains king

20 February 2012

Coal has traditionally been lambasted as an environmental evil, but its use within the power generation sectors looks set to grow over the next decade.

UK nuclear forges ahead

23 January 2012

Britain's nuclear new build programme grinds on, unworried by last year's accident at the Fukushima nuclear plant.

Books

Energy storage for Power Systems book

Covers all existing energy storage techniques and at the same time deals with power system considerations for energy storage and storage applications.

Protection of Electricity Distribution Networks book cover

Protection of Electricity Distribution Networks

This book refers to most aspects of electrical protections, with emphasis in Distribution Systems.

Distributed Generation book cover

Distributed Generation

This book discusses the connection of generation to distribution networks and then moves on to consider how sustainable generation can be fully integrated into the operation of the power system.

Policy

Ofgem Draft Forward Work Programme
This consultation is awaiting approval
Data access and privacy - Smart Metering Implementation Programme
Submitted on 17 October 2011 to Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC)

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