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How to increase the global ranks of women engineers

Need for more role models, practical teaching, and career flexibility, says IEEE

Solar PV data management service unlocks Feed in Tariff revenue

Launch of a complete renewable data management service by UK metering and billing specialist ENER-G Switch2

Aviation biofuels: a big opportunity for Asian business

Approval for airlines to start flying on biofuels made using Hydrotreated Renewable Jet process
 
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Wind Technology

Order for 200 wind turbine structures

The deal will involve the design and manufacture of more than 200 bespoke monopoles over the next 12 months for 10Kw wind turbines

Software helps schedule offshore wind farms maintenance

Can also track status coating repairs, wall thickness, welds, bolt tensioning, mechanical integrity

Reliable rotors for the wind industry

Wind Turbine Blade Manufacture 2011 is scheduled for 6-8 December 2011, Dusseldorf, Germany

Power Supplies

UPS can be rack mounted, used in floor-standing or tower configuration

PROTECT D. series has a power factor of 0.9 for communications room, computer room and data centre applications

Opportunities in the European market for stationary fuel cells

Research from Frost and Sullivan's suggests that the European market for stationary fuel cells will see very rapid growth over the next eight years

40A, three-phase power supply is 'smallest on the market'

Puls UK's new super-compact QT 40 power supply delivers 960W at 95.3 per cent efficiency, meaning that cooling fans are not necessary

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Automation Systems

Meeting the 61850 challenge

Megger's Goose Message Interface converts GOOSE messages to binary inputs and outputs

Energy automation systems for reliable control and optimised energy import

Modern energy automation software systems support the users in their attempt to optimise engineering and production processes, to cut down energy consumption and wastage and, thus, to reduce costs. Jürgen Resch report

Take control when it comes to energy saving options

We are constantly being urged to fit inverter drives and save energy. But Jeff Whiting says we should not overlook their sister technology - controls

 

Renewable Energy

Hydrogen fuel cells

Studying dynamic behaviour of alkaline fuel cells being planned for the European Space Agency's Hermes spacecraft

Floating wind farms

The technology used in offshore oil and gas extraction is now making wind power installation in deeper waters possible

On-line monitoring of wind turbines

Remote monitoring systems deployed across three wind farms operated by Guohua Energy Investment Company in China

Waste-to-Energy

Air-air heat exchangers save costs

Rittal's new air-air heat exchangers offer multiple long-term benefits over alternative refrigerant-based air conditioners for electrical enclosures

Flowmeter for biomass fermentation and biogas processes

Biogas flow must be measured at several points in the system to provide operators with critical information for optimal gas production, control and reporting

Energy improvement: look at the big picture for real savings

Russell Page examines how a holistic approach to energy improvement can deliver real savings

Measurement & Control

Research highlights energy wasting habits in UK

Sixty-nine per cent of admit they use more energy than they need in the home; 97 per cent say they are trying to save more energy

Self-powered CO2 sensor

Gas Sending Solutions announces first commercially available wireless CO2 sensor for sustainable buildings

Power-monitoring technology fulfils solar needs

Carlo Gavazzi adds Eos-Array Lite option to configurable PV-controller technology

 
 
 

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