This document summarises the key points raised by the presentations and the subsequent discussions, during the Enlargement and Integration Workshop on the Perspectives for Cleaner Fossil Fuel Energy Conversion Technologies in an Enlarging EU, held in Petten, on 10 - 11 November 2005....
The report summarises the present status of R&D activities in the area of nuclear power plant safety in EU member states. The report identifies the most relevant R&D organisations, their main research focus area, key research infrastructure, and possible national research programmes. The focus i...
This brief report assesses the impact on new power plant build and the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) of a CO2 emission performance standard (EPS) set to prevent new coal or lignite-fired power stations from coming online unless they are fitted with Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS). The analy...
The main objectives of the project were to characterise the corrosion environment in wet cleaning systems in waste incineration plants and to define application ranges of stainless steels in these environments. This was performed by coverage of service experiences of the systems, by corrosion te...
The CaO2 project has demonstrated in a large pilot (2-3 MWth) a process variant of the CO2 capture postcombustion calcium looping system for coal based power plants. This optimised process scheme is intended to minimize or even avoid the need of a CO2 recycle to the oxyfired circulating fluidize...
PESETA IV assesses the impacts of climate change on electricity production by hydro, wind, solar, nuclear and other thermal power plants, including biomass, coal, gas and oil. We assess these impacts in the present power system and in 2050 for a dynamic scenario in line with 2°C mitigation effor...
The BAT Reference Document (BREF) for Large Combustion Plants is part of a series of documents presenting the results of an exchange of information between the EU Member States, the industries concerned, non-governmental organisations promoting environmental protection, and the Commission, to dr...
The present study assesses the robustness of the financing plans for the Kozloduy, Ignalina and Bohunice decommissioning programmes, considering the economic-financial-budgetary situation in each concerned Member State, and the relevance and feasibility of the corresponding decommissioning plans...
The operation and economics of the power systems are constrained by the availability and temperature of water resources since thermal power plants need water for cooling and hydropower plants are fuelled by water to generate electricity. In Europe and North America water shortages or high river ...
Although most of the Earth is covered with water, the share of fresh water is only around 2%. Currently different sectors of the economy compete for the use of fresh water resources, and by 2030 increasing demands may lead to 40% global water supply shortage (European Commission, 2012). Total wa...
