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From paper based work orders to archaic interfaces, the processes and infrastructure around monitoring and maintaining assets appear out of touch. At the European leg of Ventyx World in Barcelona, the companies research and development team explain why Google Glass and an influx of youthful, tech savvy workers will usher in a new era of mobile maintenance.
DanTysk offshore wind farm is a 288MW power project located in the North Sea, at about 70km west of the island of Sylt in northern Germany. It is a collaborative implementation by Vattenfall and Stadtwerke München (SWM) through a joint venture called DanTysk Offshore Wind GmbH.
From concentrated solar power to floating wind turbines and from printable organic solar cells to biomass gasification, power-technology.com picks six of the most promising new green power technologies. Concentrating solar power technology Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) technology involving the use of mirrors to focus sunlight onto a receiver that captures and converts the solar energy into heat for electricity generation has been in use since 1980s.
In line with their ambitious Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission, the Indian government has recently announced plans for what could become the world's most powerful solar plant.
The San Gabriel combined-cycle power (CCP) plant, under construction in Santa Rita, Batangas City, Philippines, will have an installed capacity of 414MW.
Biomass power is poised to occupy a significant share in the global renewable energy mix, as new technologies reach commercial deployment and some coal- fired plants, such as Drax power station in the UK, are converted.
Gina Krog (formerly Dagny) oil and gas field is located in Blocks 15/5 and 15/6 of production licenses (PL) 303, PL 048, PL 029C and PL 029B of the North Sea, Norway. It lies in water depth of 120m about 10km away from the Sleipner West field.PL...
Britain's ability to generate green electricity is growing, but with utility-scale solar farms typically covering up to 100 acres of land or more - usually in rural areas - is it good news for wildlife?