Energy and Environment Feature Library
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03/09/2024
Hot stuff
As innovation in the solar energy sector continues apace, Louise Davis asks an expert in molten salt pumps to shine a light on how this technology is proving to be an enabling solution at a first of its kind project
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08/08/2024
Production efficiency gains
Tom Austin-Morgan reports on some of the innovative decarbonisation and energy efficiency measures companies are making to their production facilities
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31/08/2023
Rooftop solar power opportunity
There is now national attention on an unusual area of industrial real estate. High out of the way of trees and other blocking buildings, rooftops are said to be an ideal place to mount solar panels for renewable energy generation, reports ...
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08/08/2023
Solar panel potential
With more plants becoming interested in adopting renewable energy, how easy or complex is the task of integrating solar panels to reduce mains supply dependency?
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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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01/12/2006
Turning on the sun offers bright future
Increasing demand for photovoltaic solar cells has taken production at Sharp's factory in Wrexham from producing just 200 working modules in the first month of production in March 2004 to 2,400 panels per 24 hours on three production lines ...
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01/10/2005
The self generation society
There is a growing movement towards generating electricity from wind and water locally, with rooftop wind turbines, small hydroelectric plants and solar photovoltaic cells.
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