POWER May 2011 - 92

Europe 2011
W
ith its diversity of economies, demographics
and natural resources, Europe
faces almost all of the power generation challenges
and opportunities to be found across
the world. Several European countries, for
example, rely heavily on nuclear power, while
many other nations reject it. Peat, lignite,
and oil shale feature alongside coal and
gas among Europe's native fuels. Northern
Europe is rich in wind and wave energy, while
Portugal's Alqueva dam (right) holds
back the largest artificial lake in Europe,
with an area of 250 km2). Since 2004 its
hydroelectric plant has been supplying
240 MW to the Portuguese grid, and plans
are under way to double this capacity
the south has abundant solar resources.
Hydro and district heating are widely used
in Scandinavia, while Italy is a pioneer of
geothermal.
The European Union's Sustainable Energy
Week (April 11-15; www.eusew.eu) has
thrown special attention on renewables,
whose contribution to the gross energy used
by the EU27 nations rose from 5% in 1999
to 9% in 2009. The background to this, of
course, is the EU's target of 20% of all energy
from renewables by 2020.
Europe's diversity of energy needs and
policies has produced equally wide-ranging
expertise in the supply of equipment and
services to the power industry, both domestic
and global. Pollution control, corrosion
protection, smart grids, hydrogen handling,
shale oil processing, solid fuel conveying,
and maintenance services all feature in this
special advertising section - which, however,
only scratches the surface of European knowhow
in the power sector. ■
Inside
Alcatel-Lucent
BEUMER
Fuel Tech
Hadek Protective Systems
Outotec
Schmidt & Clemens
sera ComPress
Sulzer Turbo Services
May 2011 | POWER
Hydrogen drives the future!
SpEcial
advErtiSing
SEction
A wealth of opportunities in Europe's power sector
Europe's diverse fuel resources and demand patterns have yielded a correspondingly
wide-ranging expertise in generating technology and supporting services
sera Metal Diaphragm Compressors
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