“Disrupting legacy equipment”: the role of drones in power line inspections
We ask how drones could be used in the monitoring of power lines, and whether unmanned flight could be the future of power inspections.
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JP Casey
JP Casey is the editor of Future Power Technology, Offshore Technology Focus and MINE Magazine. Their topics of interest include covering human rights violations in energy, considering the balance of people and profits across the industry, and writing lists in threes.
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Could assisted reality glasses help improve collaboration and inspection in the nuclear industry? We speak to Christoph Gatzen and…
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“Not a single energy revolution, but many:” the World Energy Council on its Energy Issues Monitor
We speak to World Energy Council secretary general Dr Angela Wilkinson about its 13th World Energy Issues Monitor report.
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Welcome to the big leagues: the new issue of Future Power Technology is out now
In this issue: small modular reactors on the big stage, turning coal plants to biomass, and a hydrogen-powered boat.
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High-power potential: the future of concentrated solar power
We speak to Hyperlight Energy to learn how concentrated solar power’s efficient and flexible characteristics could aid in the…
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Extreme green: the new issue of Future Power Technology is out now
In this issue: green power in the Arctic, the power of concentrated solar, and the US's stormy century.
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Emerging technologies, efficient processes: inside energy storage methods
As renewables make up an increasingly large share of the world’s energy mix, efficient storage solutions will be needed…
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Building real change: the new issue of Future Power Technology is out now
In this issue: delivering tangible climate change regulation, the role of cryptocurrency in power, and the Ukrainian debt dispute.
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Big data and modelling data: Encoord on data in energy
As data takes centre stage in the energy industry, new means of tracking and modelling will be required to…
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