13 Aug 2024

Battery Storage to Boost Grid Stability at Zeewolde Wind Farm

August 13, 2024
Energy

Battery Storage to Boost Grid Stability at Zeewolde Wind Farm

Battery storage is set to play a pivotal role in the sustainable energy landscape of the Netherlands. Rolls-Royce has received an order from Battery Park Zeewolde (BPZ) to supply a large-scale battery storage system. This system, featuring an output of 32.6 Megawatts and a storage capacity of 65.2 Megawatt hours, is scheduled to be operational by summer 2025. This initiative highlights the incredible strides being made towards sustainable energy storage and grid stability.

25 Nov 2021

Limitless Clean Energy: We Are One Step Closer

November 25, 2021
Energy

Limitless clean energy has been a concept in development for what seems to be an eternity with little success. In recent weeks, we looked at portable nuclear micro-reactors and the UK’s plans to build nuclear fusion plants. Now, we are even closer to limitless clean energy as the Korea Institute of Fusion Energy has set an astonishing new record using the tokamak reactor.

26 Oct 2021

Portable Nuclear Microreactors For Cleaner Energy

October 26, 2021
Energy

Last week we wrote about potential nuclear fusion plants for the UK and what a positive impact they could have on the economy and environment. Staying on the topic of cleaner energy, former SpaceX engineers are developing the first-ever portable nuclear microreactors. These devices could deliver power to remote areas while the quick installation process makes them ideal for populated areas as well.

18 Oct 2021

Building Nuclear Fusion Plants In The UK

October 18, 2021
Energy

Scientists first demonstrated the incredible power of nuclear energy around 70 years ago, but nuclear fusion remained out of reach. As promising as it proves to be, the necessary technology to develop and build viable nuclear fusion power plants haven’t quite reached us, or has it?

11 Dec 2019

How Do Nuclear Power Plants Work?

December 11, 2019
Energy, Engineering Education

24 Apr 2019

Energy Innovations For A Brighter Tomorrow

April 24, 2019
Energy, New Technology, Renewable Energy

Over the next few decades, the world’s energy landscape as we know it will change dramatically. One decisive change is the ever-growing demand for power which brings about the need for new and better energy innovations.

Wherever there is an increase in access to reliable and affordable energy, people want to enjoy a higher standard of living. While that is certainly a good thing, at the same time, many of the world’s population lack access to even the most basic energy services.

19 Jan 2018

Renewable Energy: Could Blockchain Be The Smoking Gun?

January 19, 2018
Energy, Investing, Manufacturing, New Technology, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy

Our existing energy market has been in development for over a century and changing it to renewable energy is no easy feat. Among other factors, it requires incredibly large capital investments and thus far, renewable energy has reached 21.6%. It was further explained during the One Planet Summit in December 2017, when U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said: “Finance is the key to successful climate action.”

Even so, why is the adoption of renewable energy lacking on a global scale? It’s certainly not for a lack of wanting a cleaner life or to improve the world for future generations. Instead, market conditions slowing the development of

29 Dec 2017

Major Engineering Trends For 2018

December 29, 2017
CAD Systems, Defence, Energy, Engineering, Manufacturing, Renewable Energy, Robotics, Supply Chain

Reflecting back on 2017 we saw a number of engineering trends making their mark in a big way. Some include advanced robotics, additive manufacturing, IIoT, quantum computing and big data. Even though it’s possible to identify hundreds of minor developments, what are the major engineering trends to follow in 2018? Take a look at these top trends we put together to end the year on a positive note.

22 Sep 2017

Harvesting More Solar Energy with Nano Electronics

September 22, 2017
Energy, New Technology, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy

There are a number energy sources available in nature but solar energy is by far the most abundant. Our sun provides more solar energy in one hour than the entire world consumes in a year. The question is how do we collect and store this abundance of energy more effectively?

How Nano Electronics Improve Solar Energy

5 May 2017

Solar power – our endless fuel pump

May 5, 2017
Aerospace, Auto Industry, Automotive, Energy, New Technology, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy

In recent times there has been an even bigger drive for renewable energy than ever before. This has also given rise once again to the solar power car. It could be due to the global warming phenomena or maybe we finally realised that the sun is in fact our biggest energy source and it’s free. At least in theory it is but putting in place the technology to store sufficient amounts of energy is the challenging part.

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