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Today's Power Engineering News

Novel energy storage system

Highview Power Storage uses liquid air as the storage medium

Nuclear site land delicensed

Site is being decommissioned and restored by Babcock-owned site licence company RSRL

European cogeneration market to pick up steam by 2018

Germany, Italy and Spain have made considerable strides in building a policy framework to support cogeneration
 
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Engines & Turbines

POWER-GEN Europe 2012: Integrating the power sector

Michael Suess, CEO of Siemens Energy Sector confirmed as keynote speaker

Energy and the economy: quest for growth

International group of industry, policy and financial leaders to convene 31st annual IHS CERA energy conference

Two 9B units to be upgraded to 9E gas turbines to enhance operational performance

Trapani Power Plant plays key role in stabilising power grid between Sicily and mainland Italy

Maintenance

VIDEO: Improving power station longevity

Wear protection: ceramic, metallic and polymer linings on hoppers, transfer chutes, bunkers, feeders and trifurcator sections

The energy complaints carol

Crying out for energy companies to hear his message, the UK's Energy Ombudsman has joined a choir of ombuds-angels to sing for change

Overcoming market challenges with revolutionary technologies

Phil Burge explores the ways in which plant and maintenance engineers can reduce operating costs, while improving machine reliability and plant productivity, through the use of a new generation of dedicated component technologies.

IT & Automation

COP17: Reactions from the carbon and climate change industry

Global leaders have until 2017 to devise a legally binding agreement to limit climate change warming to 2degC

Updated noise mapping software

Improved data handling system, an intuitive Windows-based graphical user interface - and integrated project organisation options

Getting the best value smart meter for your money

Utilities and governments must think ahead when planning a smart meter rollout - early obsolescence is an expensive error. Customise and build in future-proofing to stay ahead of the game, advises Mark England

 

Transmission

Electricity access still insufficient in developing countries

Lack of access to electricity results in health, environmental, and livelihood challenges, says Worldwatch Institute

Natural gas will play key role in lower carbon energy future

It is economically attractive and emits substantially less C02, says Shell’s Stuart Bradford

The Smart Grid Market 2011-2021

Examines this pivotal area of the energy industry with in-depth analysis of global and regional smart grid investment

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

Lack of skills and labour for plant management restrains market growth

A number of new and emerging technologies are able to produce energy from waste, which could be broadly classified as based on the nature of conversion

High performance fillers 'eco' fillers

RockTron and Eurostar Engineering Plastics announced grade of polypropylene containing RockTron's 100 per cent recycled Eco-Mineral Fillers

Wake up and smell the willow

Many UK power stations are now burning plant matter, or biomass, as well as coal in a bid to cut their carbon footprint

 
 
 

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