Operating a UK wide carbon capture project: can it be done?
Carbon capture and storage has long been mooted as a promising method of making coal-fired plants environmentally acceptable in…
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Grohnde: the world’s most productive nuclear power plant
Grohnde nuclear power station in Lower Saxony, Germany, is the most productive power plants of its size anywhere in…
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Silent flight: suppressing noise from wind turbine blades with owl-inspired coating
The silent flight of owls is the inspiration behind a research project that aims to reduce the noise of…
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Power surge: preventing exploding pavements in London
Over the past five years, there have been 80 incidents of pavements blowing up or catching fire as a…
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An uncertain path: Pakistan’s push for nuclear power
Pakistan is eager to expand its use of nuclear power with a fleet of new plants by 2050, backed…
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A robotic future for nuclear fusion
In May, it was announced that Amec Foster Wheeler will develop a remote handling system for the ITER fusion…
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London’s electric vehicle revolution – ready at last?
Is London on the cusp of an electric vehicle revolution? The announcement of a new car sharing scheme, to…
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Sinfonia: energising the European smart city
The EU-funded Sinfonia smart cities project aims to retrofit more than 100,000m2 of living space in two pioneer districts,…
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