Development of wind energy all over the globe continues at a steady pace and, according to the forecast of World Wind Energy Association, in 2015 total installed capacities will exceed 400 GW. China remains absolute leader in this process, with the USA and Germany coming after. However, markets are rapidly developing in other countries as well, particularly in India, United Kingdom and Brazil. The present review evaluates the latest...
Wind energy is the most intensively developing sector of renewable energy industry. The total amount of electrical power generated by wind turbines, according to multiple estimations, already exceeds 3% of the aggregate global power production. This process involves dozens of countries; hundreds of manufacturers of wind turbines and components; several thousands of wind park developers and operators. Amongst other things, such...
In recent years cellulosic ethanol production rates have tended to demonstrate moderate growth. This technology makes it possible to avoid using food crops for the production of energy carrier that can be used as an additive for conventional types of fuel. During the last decade ethanol production technologies have become widely used in the USA, Brazil and the European Union, while total volumes of ethanol produced in 2015 exceeded 25...
The world´s largest oilfield services company, Schlumberger, recorded a fall down in revenue of 34% (excluding the Cameron Group ), and for the first time in the last 14 years suffered a loss of $1,69 billion comparing to the income of $2,07 billion reached in 2015 and $5,64 billion reached in 2014. According to the Company´s Annual Report in 2016, Schlumberger’s $27,8 billion revenue in 2016 represented a decrease of 22% from 2015...
Production of cellulosic ethanol is steadily increasing, but still can't compete with conventional bioethanol technologies. However, inventors' patenting activity in this sector remains high. The present review includes analysis of patent applications on cellulosic ethanol production that were published in 2015 in the major patent offices of the world. For the current year we have found 341 patent applications related to one or other...
Since 2006 Yale University and Columbia University in collaboration with the World Economic Forum have biennially produced The Environmental Performance Index (EPI), which ranks how countries perform on achieving environmental policy goals in two main areas: Environmental Health and Ecosystem Vitality. The tenth 2016 EPI report covers 99 percent of the world’s population and 97 percent of global land area and is the most comprehensive...
