Meshnetics is introducing a 2.4GHz 802.15.4/Zigbee Evaluation Kit for use with the Zigbit mesh-networking module

This is the age of the eco-engineer, the professional who cares as much about the environment as the consumer. Philip Morris explains

For applications which have to 'fail safe' on air failure or require valves to have a known position when air supplies are re-instated

RDP's Modular 600 microprocessor instrumentation system accepts 164 inputs and incorporates configurable analogue outputs

By 2050, the earth will carry some 9.3billion people – around 50percent more than today – many of whom will be living in megacities. By 2015, India’s Mumbai, for example, will be home to 22.6million people – a larger population than present-day Romania, while Karachi, in southern Pakistan, will have 16.2million inhabitants – more people than now live in the Netherlands.

There is a well know saying which states: “Buy cheap, pay dear”. An equally common expression is: “If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys”. The French say: “On a rien sans rien.” (You cannot get something for nothing) while the Spanish equivalent is “quien algo quiere, algo le cuesta”.

Today, for substation communications, there is a large variety of protocols, making it difficult for devices running on different protocols to communicate unless converters are used. This adds to costs and can create delays and errors in messages.

In a world where both business and personal life come to a halt when electricity supplies fail, a back-up system is vital to maintain profits and lifestyle

Many situations, ranging from unintentional short circuits and human errors to intentional hacking and terrorism, can paralyse large critical complex infrastructures (LCCIs) such as electricity networks.

Generating electricity is a fundamentally inefficient process. The efficiency of existing European generating capacity averages about 35percent. On a global scale, this drops to 30percent.

Within the power sector, ensuring the health and safety of workers has always been of great importance.

The new Vaisala Humidity Calculator is a web-based, easy-to-use tool for converting several humidity parameters from a known humidity value.

Plant managers are constantly searching for opportunities to improve process performance as they respond to pressure for increased output, reduced emissions, lower costs and adequate protection for personnel and equipment.

The Energy Institute (EI) together with Croner are launching Croner’s Energy Management, an independent practical guide to help manage resources effectively and save money.

Into this largely synthetic world comes synthetic gas, syngas – primarily of carbon monoxide and hydrogen – as the latest answer to clean power generation

The world will continue to make extensive use of fossil fuels, such as natural gas and coal, for power generation for the foreseeable future.

Labyrinth-piston compressors (Laby) manufactured by Burckhardt Compression AG are successfully employed for the recovery of boil-off gas, which occurs during transport and storage of liquefied natural gas.

Suzlon Energy is now fitting James Walker RotaBolts on all its 1.25 megawatt and 2.1 megawatt wind turbines. The tension monitoring fasteners have now become standard fit on the wind turbine blade connections.

With the cost of energy skyrocketing, the highly reliable ST75 Flow Meter from Fluid Components International is a solution for the measurement and monitoring of fuel gases.

Irish minister for communications, marine and natural resources Noel Dempsey has set a target to treble the contribution made by renewable energy from 5percent to 15percent of electricity produced by 2010.