All forms of marine energies (like tidal and wave power, marine current power, OTEC and osmotic power) are still in its infancy and need further development in order to gain competitivity and efficiency. Their potential in terms of amount of…
UN has declared unanimously the decade 2014 – 2024 as the “Decade for the Sustainable Energy for all” highlighting in this way the aspect of the sustainable energetic development for all the people of the world. UN reaffirms, with this…
Renewable energy sources are those obtained from inexhaustible natural resources on a human scale. This can be caused either because the sources are limitless (the Sun, wind, etc.) or because the natural resource has the capacity to regenerate itself naturally…
There are hundreds of sustainable energy cooperative corporations in Europe, which produce, distribute and sell sustainable and renewable energy such as solar, thermal, geothermal and biomass energies as well as water, wind and tide powers among others. The corporations exist…
Tidal power is a form of marine power. The power of the rise and fall of the sea level can be harnessed to generate electricity. There are only a few commercial tidal power plants operating in the world. The oldest one is located in La…
DESERTEC is a foundation, established in January 2009, aimed to use the renewable and sustainable energy generated in deserts and arid regions worldwide in order to supply as many people and businesses as possible with renewable, clean energy. The deserts of the world offer…
According to a report performed by UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme), called ¨Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment 2014¨ the share of sustainable energies in the energy mix is increasing every year despite of the reduction of investments, -14% in 2013 and -11%…
European Union have founded a project that developes a energy storage system that will help reduce reliance on fossil fuels and will encourage and promote the use of renewable energy sources in any type of building or district. The project is called…
United Nations (UN) has declared unanimously the decade 2014-2024 as the Decade for the Sustainable Energy for All, underlying the importance of the renewable energy for a sustainable development of all the people of the world. This resolution reaffirms the…
A Smart Grid is an efficient way of managing the electricity. The term appeared first in 1998 but started to be more commonly used in 2003. A Smart Grid uses information and communications technologies applied to the electrical grid to collect data…