Plant Equipment Feature Library

Operations Engineer's library catalogues editorial features going back five years.

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19/01/2022 Profile: coming in to land

Kelly Cole started her engineering career as an apprentice technician at GE Aviation, eventually progressing to a field service director. Earlier this year, she took a role as general manager of electric power for Caterpillar’s UK dealer ... » Read More

30/09/2021 Could batteries replace generators?

The supply shortages caused by COVID have focused the mind on threat scenarios. Critical infrastructure which depends on electrical power, such as water treatment, hospitals and data centres, typically require backup power to enable ... » Read More

01/01/2010 Efficient energy

Combined heat and power plants are anything but new. However, evolving technologies are revolutionising their scope and HM government likes the sound of it. Brian Tinham reports » Read More

01/10/2008 Turning the tide

While wind farms, for most of us, are the iconic, if not entirely friendly, face of renewable energy, there's a quiet revolution readying itself for launch on an unsuspecting public. The new talking point will be marine turbines. Not only ... » Read More

01/04/2008 Transform efficiency

The good news is that transformers - both the plant used throughout the network operating companies' infrastructure and those at large energy users, such as factories and hospitals - are relatively efficient. In fact, modern power ... » Read More

01/02/2008 Atomic kitten

Ever wondered about nuclear submarines and the issues for plant engineers in operational and supporting roles, either onboard or dockside? Andrew Law, specialist in the operational plant support department at Rolls-Royce Nuclear Propulsion ... » Read More

01/10/2006 Maintain power

With the cost of unscheduled downtime for some engineering and manufacturing companies running into hundreds of thousands of pounds a day, plant engineers are under pressure to ensure continuous production. Yet with more pressure being put ... » Read More