Contributor: Mitch Beedie

Mitch Beedie , Freelance Writer ,

Mitch Beedie has been writing for the trade press for over 25 years. He researched and wrote a Financial Times management report on cutting energy costs in business.

He has written on energy and environmental management for many international trade magazines including Financial Director, Accountancy Age, Professional Engineering, Process Engineering, Chemical Processing Technology and Hydrocarbon Processing.

He was European editor of Electronic Design (winning a Jesse Neal Editorial Award) and of Semiconductor Manufacturing Magazine (the semiconductor industry association SEMI's magazine).

Calculating carbon – you can't reduce what you can't measure
How do we know how much CO2 is actually being pumped into the air, and how confident are we that current data is good enough for climate modelling or indeed carbon trading? A new UK facility –...

Running power stations at peak performance
Automation is taking the power industry by storm as technologies emerge to increase efficiency and streamline resources. Mitch Beedie profiles several new technologies, including the...

Copenhagen's Hope for Change
Global accord is needed for the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen to be a success. Mitch Beedie reports on the challenges that lie in...

Towards an Integrated Grid
Increasing efficiency and ensuring supply from renewable sources are key priorities in promoting their uptake. Mitch Beedie looks at how virtual power stations could be the...

Bringing Biomass Advances to the Masses
Optimising processes is vital in making fuel efficient technologies economically viable. Mitch Beedie looks at the latest developments in the biomass...