1) World Energy Outlook 2006 was released in London
2) COMTES700: Focal Point of E.ON’s Group-wide Technology Initiative
3) European Limits of Persistant Organic Pollutants (POP) under-run
4) Firings, Steam generators, and Steam turbines - VGB PowerTech Journal 11/2006
Claude Mandil, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA) presented on November 7, 2006 in London the latest edition of the "World Energy Outlook" (WEO).
In a Reference Scenario, which provides a baseline vision of how energy markets are likely to evolve without new government measures to alter underlying energy trends, global primary energy demand increases by 53 percent between now and 2030. Over 70 percent of this increase comes from developing countries, led by China and India. Imports of oil and gas in the OECD and developing Asia grow even faster than demand. World oil demand reaches 116 millions barrels per day in 2030, up from 84 millions barrels per day in 2005. Most of the increase in oil supply is met by a small number of major OPEC producers; non-OPEC conventional crude oil output peaks by the middle of the next decade. Global carbon-dioxide (CO2) emissions reach 40 Gt in 2030, a 55 percent increase over today’s level. China overtakes the United States as the world’s biggest emitter of CO2 before 2010.
These trends would accentuate consuming countries’ vulnerability to a severe supply disruption and resulting price shock. They would also amplify the magnitude of global climate change. Strong policy action is needed to move the world onto a more sustainable energy path.
http://www.iea.org/Textbase/press/pressdetail.asp?PRESS_REL_ID=187
In press information launched in October 2006, E.ON announced to "build the world's most modern coal-fired power station" with efficiencies of more than 50 percent starting already in 2010 "as things stand today". The project is focal point of a group-wide technology initiative covering CCS and renewable energy plans as well. The outstanding efficiency of the planned coal-fired power station is expected from the use of new materials currently tested by E.ON and further European companies within the framework of COMTES700.
Christian Stolzenberger, who is co-ordinating COMTES700 at VGB, stressed that "any of the (COMTES700) partners could decide to build, on their own or in a consortium, but first we need the operational test results and the results of an economic viability study currently underway" (McCloskey’s Coal Report, Issue 147, November 3, 2006).
E.ON press information:
http://www.eon.com/en/presse/news-show.do?id=7607
Read more about COMTES700:
http://www.vgb.org/research_project261.html
Council Regulation No. 1195/2006 (in force since August 28, 2006) completes Annex IV of the Regulation No. 850/2004 on persistant organic pollutants (in Force since May 20, 2004) among others with limit values for PCB (50 mg/kg) and PCDD/PCDF (15 ug TEq/kg) in waste material. These limits are under-run by residues from coal-fired power plants and waste incineration plants. The objective of the regulation is to protect human health and the environment from POPs.
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/site/en/oj/2006/l_217/l_21720060808en00010003.pdf
Main topics of the November issue are: Firings, Steam generators and Steam turbines: Switching Unit 6 of Grosskraftwerk Mannheim AG from Natural Gas to Hard Coal Firing, Modernisation of Steam Turbines at the Farge and Heyden Power Plants, Plasma Coatings against Corrosion and Abrasion on Pipes and Panels at Coal-fired Power Plants, Biomass and Waste Incinerating Plants.
Abstracts of all articles are available here:
http://www.vgb.org/current_issue.html