Around the Industry

A student team from Aberdeen University was supported by RS Components as it achieved Best Newcomer in the hydrogen prototype category of the Shell Eco-marathon programme this month, for an ultra-energy-efficient car.

E.ON’s move to supply its residential customers with 100% renewable electricity can potentially influence the Big Six to move towards renewable energy and signals a changing trend in the UK power market, according to GlobalData. 

The overall renewable power capacity, excluding hydropower, in Sweden is projected to more than double from 14.8 gigawatt (GW) in 2019 to 30.4 GW in 2030, according to GlobalData’s latest report: ‘Sweden Power Market Outlook to 2030, Update 2019 - Market Trends, Regulations, and Competitive Landscape’.

Abloy UK recently hosted a roundtable event, gathering together influential figures from the energy sector to discuss the security challenges faced by the industry in protecting critical physical assets. From speaking with key stakeholders, a number of common concerns were raised, as well as shared requirements for any potential future access control upgrades.

The technology group, Wärtsilä will supply a 200MW flexible baseload power plant to Cambodia that will help meet the country’s rapidly growing energy demand. Because of the urgent need to increase electricity supply, Wärtsilä is delivering the plant on a fast track basis. The order with Wärtsilä was placed in June 2019 by CGGC-UN Power Co, the Chinese state-owned main EPC contractor for the power plant project.

UK Power Networks Services and London City Airport have plans to install renewable and sustainable energy technologies to ensure the long term resilience and operational excellence of the airport. London City Airport is undergoing a £500m development programme that will transform the airport and the customer experience, accommodating for a huge increase in demand to use London’s most central airport.

Leti has announced a new European Commission smart-farming project that will deliver real-time data on soil conditions. Deployed via small, private Internet of Things networks, the SARMENTI sensor node will provide farmers with the next generation of a reagent-free sensor platform to monitor in real-time soil nutrient concentration and measure local environmental conditions, especially emission of ammonia and greenhouse gases.

  With a continuing focus on energy efficiency, Legrand UK has launched a new guide that outlines the key efficiency drivers and the range of products and solutions on offer, to help specifiers to select from the options available to them, relative to their budget.

As the 50th anniversary of the moon landing approaches, new research has found children are looking to space just as much as their grandparents were 50 years ago, but for very different reasons. Nearly two thirds (61%) of children are worried about environmental damage to the planet, with 49% believing we will have to look to Space for somewhere to live in the future.

The technology group Wärtsilä has commissioned its 6MW / 6MWh energy management and storage system project for its customer ContourGlobal Bonaire on the Caribbean island of Bonaire. With Phase One complete, the island no longer has to curtail wind resources.