With the average age of power stations in the UK approaching 45 years old, there is an increasing need for stations to modernise. Maintaining and refurbishing generator excitation systems in power plants is critical for reliability and availability.
For the past decade, big data has been one of the most talked about subjects in tech, and with good reason. Today, data isn’t just a resource – it’s one of the most prolific and valuable commodities available, along with the tools to capture, store, analyse, and protect it.
According to Toyota Material Handling (UK), as fossil fuels are phased out and the electrification of road transport and materials handling fleets gathers pace, energy storage will become one of the biggest challenges facing companies in the supply chain sector.
A well-known company was bidding to supply the control systems for the upgrade of a major biomass power plant, and it needed a way of mitigating harmonic noise as part of the tender.
As Advanced Engineering approaches, excitement is building with fresh announcements of cutting-edge green energy-based technologies and products to be showcased at the upcoming event at the NEC in Birmingham on 30 and 31 October 2024.
When businesses are looking for energy-saving technologies, there are many different options to invest in. Not all of these technologies are equally visible, or receive significant governmental backing. Here, Josh Connolly, Marketing Manager at Powerdown220, argues that voltage optimisation has been wrongly overlooked.