Alstom's trial full-scale tidal device has now reached full nominal power of 1MW, following a series of gradual increases in power since its immersion in January 2013.
Wave/Tidal Energy
Robinson Brothers is reporting success with a revised safety-critical level sensor, based on a magnetostrictive transmitter, which is now monitoring carbon disulphide (CS2) storage at its Midlands...
Level Measurement
Anglesey Aquaculture, the UK's only producer of fresh, sustainably farmed sea bass, has contracted Wrexham based electrical engineering firm Quartzelec to deliver all its high-voltage maintenance over...
Electrical Distribution
Should we have been surprised that the inaugural Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering went to the founders of the world-wide web? Yes, their innovations rank right up there among the giants, changing...
Apprenticeships
How to drive change in the workplace is the subject of a new energy efficiency white paper, published by MRO (maintenance, repair and overhaul) specialist Eriks.
Energy Saving
So many managers and administrators still don't get the health and safety message, says Judith Hackitt, chief executive of the HSE (Health and Safety Executive) in her latest blog.
Machine Safety/Protection
A newly extended pier in Orkney is hosting more tidal energy technologies than any other site in the world, with four devices currently on the quayside.
Wave/Tidal Energy
The world's largest platform installation, decommissioning and pipelaying ship, due to start operations late in 2014, will be equipped with 32 high-power gearboxes from Brevini Power Transmission.
Gearboxes
FLTA (the Fork Lift Truck Association) is encouraging 1,000,000 Britons to confirm their safety awareness this September in a bid to break the 'accident plateau'.
Forklift Trucks
Edinburgh's Gogar depot, which serves the new tram network, is using a double-girder 6.3 tonne travelling crane, installed by Street Crane Company, to maintain its fleet of 27 trams, and support the...
Lifting Equipment
A new Terex Finlay 684 inclined screen is helping to ramp up production at Earthline's Hatford quarry, in Oxfordshire.
Separators
Grading should be introduced for apprenticeships, the Industry Apprentice Council (IAC) has told government's apprenticeships team at DBIS (the Department for Business Innovation and Skills).
Apprenticeships