Photo source Thomas Edison electricity and the prolific inventor’s vision of how Distributed Power would rule the world, is more relevant today than ever. Harvesting your own power is already happening and with Distributed Generation considered by pundits a $100 billion opportunity – is a world without a grid the future for some [...]
Big news last week was the Moroccan 160MW Solar Thermal plant coming on line in the Sahara desert with potential to produce power for a million homes but what next for UK tidal? With an array of parabolic mirrors tracking the sun and focusing the rays on to a heat exchanger, steam turbine to generate [...]
As the big renewable race ramps up, is the tide turning for wave and tidal energy to finally make it into the Grid? According to industry experts, the UK is currently the undisputed global leader in marine energy, with around 10MW of wave and tidal stream devices being tested in UK waters – that is [...]
Will the low oil price cause a blow out in the UK Oil and Gas hydraulics sector? Deciding whether the fall in oil and gas prices will have business implications for hydraulics manufacturers. The Oil and Gas hydraulics sector has undoubtedly been a strong growth area for some years. Some businesses have done very [...]
When I read a few years ago that the Tesla sports car used 17000 laptop batteries, I was quite incredulous. Jog forward five years and we might be seeing a significant event in the move to get the cost of battery storage down to a magic figure. Having announced plans to build a battery Gigafactory, [...]
“Make it all in 316 stainless”. Unfortunately that is not practical in the majority of marine installations. If you are using commercial hydraulic components and are not immersed or in a splash zone, you will use a strategy of protecting parts. Anything static can have various finishes applied, with incredible results. Where you start to [...]
