Energy and Environment Feature Library
Operations Engineer's library catalogues editorial features going back five years.
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16/05/2023
Tips for reducing energy use
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Within the water treatment industry, aeration processes consume the most energy. However, costs for electricity are continuing to rise. Reviewing current processes and taking advantage of some modern technology are just two ways to ...
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04/03/2020
Comment: Uncharted waters
The headline figure from the recently released Subsea UK Business Activity Review for the fiscal year 2018/19 was that the UK underwater engineering industry is set to recruit nearly 9,000 people in the next three years, suggesting ...
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01/11/2019
Show business
Energy efficiency and sustainability movers and shakers meet at The Energy Management Exhibition (EMEX) – a free to attend annual event – from 27-28 November at ExCeL in London
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06/09/2019
Solar powering industry
High-temperature solar power has been used in a demonstration project to produce liquid hydrocarbons from CO2 and water. This breakthrough is expected to lead to new renewable solutions from energy-intensive industries
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07/03/2019
Pressure cooker
A move towards renewables is vital if we want to stop burning fossil fuels. But the intermittent nature of solar and wind energy has been a stumbling block. Promoters of two fluid-compressor plant technologies claim to have the solution
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30/04/2018
Minimising yaw brake noise
Maintenance of wind turbine generators (WTGs) aims to sustain efficiency levels and ensure continued reliability, while also dealing with any other concerns that may be raised, as Mark Venables discovers
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07/08/2015
Power trip
Energy is moving rapidly up the agenda as fuel prices and environmental concerns become areas of increasing concern to factory managers. The Energy Event will offer an opportunity to discover how these issues will impact on your business ...
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27/09/2014
Opportunity knocks?
While the temptation is understandably to tackle energy-saving projects piecemeal on the shopfloor, taking a holistic approach will reap far bigger rewards. Brian Tinham reports
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01/08/2012
Energy efficiency
With energy-related issues topping most plant engineers' agendas, Laura Cork looks ahead to the forthcoming Energy Event, which promises a packed educational programme
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06/02/2012
Power play
Combined heat and power, and energy storage plants are the biggest games in town. Brian Tinham looks at latest developments
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10/08/2010
Making sustainability pay
Following last year's launch of sustainability guidelines by the Engineering Council, Steed Webzell takes a look at today's key issues and responsibilities
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01/08/2006
Sustaining the future - making it happen
Ever a practically-minded body of men and women, the SOE's annual conference in Birmingham was particularly well worth attending, because it was not so much about the threats to the world environment and the nation's energy supply as it ...
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06/12/2004
Renewable Energy - Out of the shadows
Green energy is high on the UK agenda. Announcements are spawned on a seemingly daily basis about the government's commitment to renewable energy - and the Prime Minister has said that he will try to use Britain's forthcoming pole ...
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