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- News 25 January 2021 Innovative Data-Centre Cooling Technologies in China – Liquid Cooling Solution The data centre industry is facing significant challenges in terms of energy use and sustainability, as demand for data is escalating worldwide, while the severity of climate change and urgency of climate action is increasing. A large part of the energy used in a data centre is consumed when elaborate cooling systems remove heat to keep temperatures stable. Over 40% of the total energy in data centres is consumed for cooling the IT equipment. Currently, the world’s data centres consumes about 3…
- News 12 January 2021 Susanne Pedersen appointed new director for the UNEP DTU Partnership The new director of the UNEP DTU Partnership comes from a position at the Global Green Growth Institute in Seoul. Effective from 1 April 2021, DTU Management has appointed Susanne Pedersen as new director for UNEP DTU Partnership. Susanne comes from a position as Assistant Director-General at the Global Green Growth Institute in Seoul. Mette Wier, Head of Department at DTU Management, is looking forward to welcoming the new director. “I am looking very much forward to Susanne joining the…
- News 21 December 2020 New research and project funding for UDP UNEP DTU Partnership ends the year on a positive note, winning several large projects in the last quarter of 2020. One of these projects is funded by the European Commission's prestigious and highly competitive H2020 programme. The 4-year EUR research project entitled "Innovative Tools for Cyber-Physical Energy Systems (InnoCyPES)" will see UDP work with DTU Elektro, as part of consortium focusing on the transformation towards fully digitalized energy systems and enabling changes in policy,…
- Webinar & E-Learning 2 December 2020 Enhancing Energy Efficiency (EE) in Mozambique - eTraining Session 8 (Webinar) Module 4 - Business models and finance 4.1 Business models Types of models adopted worldwide and their examples. Selection of types that could be suitable for Mozambique. 4.2 Finance How to assess the cost-effectiveness of the measures and types of financing instruments to fund energy efficiency projects in Mozambique. Module 5 - Monitoring reporting and verification (MRV) 5.1 Measurement, Reporting and Verification (MRV) systems MRV principles, methodology and how it could be implemented in…
- Project 1 October 2020 CONNECT4GREENTECH – a collaborative research and innovation project of the Nordic Green Growth Research and Innovation Program CONNECT4GREENTECH focuses on supporting conditions for upscaling green technologies and on moving further the innovation frontier of extracting high‐value chemicals from lignin forward. Lignin is an abundant side stream in pulp production, nowadays mostly burnt for energy. Yet, it has a broad application potential from biofuels to chemicals, medicine and food additives. A lot of R&D concerning different options has been conducted, but the roads ahead, possible value chains, actor networks…
- News 17 September 2020 Trinidad and Tobago: an integrated approach to NDCs and TNA Trinidad and Tobago has chosen an integrated approach to their Technology Needs Assessment (TNA), linking it strongly to international climate action commitments and the national development process. UNEP DTU Partnership recently asked the National TNA Coordinator for Trinidad and Tobago, Kishan Kumarsingh, about his country's approach to TNA. Mr Kumarsingh is Head of the Multilateral Environmental Agreements Unit at the Ministry of Planning and Development. A strong foundation As a fossil fuel…
- Event 16 September 2020 Workshop on Strengthening Support for Domestic Firms in the Solar PV Industry in Kenya Domestic Energy SMEs face several challenges that hinders them from upscaling and grow their businesses. This workshop brings together representatives from solar PV firms, government as well as the energy regulator and the renewable energy association to discuss the challenges of domestic firms and to formulate potential solutions to remove bottlenecks and lower specific barriers for Kenyan solar PV SMEs. Download concept note Download workshop report …
- News 16 September 2020 Assisting Kenya develop a national energy efficiency strategy Experts from UNEP DTU Partnership together with Kenyan and international stakeholders have developed the Kenya National Energy Efficiency & Conservation Strategy (NEECS), launched today by the Ministry of Energy of Kenya. Improvements in energy efficiency from the new strategy will help reduce the demand for fossil fuels while enhancing the potential of renewable energy to meet a larger portion of the country’s energy needs. Furthermore, the strategy will contribute towards the achievement…