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Siemens Energy has received an order from the Norwegian energy utilities Statoil and Statkraft for the Dudgeon offshore wind farm in the UK. Siemens will manufacture, deliver, install and commission 67 Siemens direct-drive wind turbines rated at 6 megawatts (MW) each and equipped with a 154-meter rotor. Installation will start in early 2017.
The Electrical Contractors' Association (ECA) has appointed Carolyn Mason as its new head of education and training.
This summer has been buzzing with excitement and partying from the World Cup in Brazil to the Commonwealth Games i
An investigation which concluded rats caused a collision between two trains which left 40 people injured highlights the constant battle between animal pests and man’s vital infrastructure says Dr Jeremy Hodge, chief executive of the British Approvals Service for Cables (Basec). At the beginning of July a high-speed TGV was struck from behind by a regional train in south west France. The regional train had passed a signal wrongly set on green and the potentially catastrophic malfunction was caused by rodents gnawing through trackside signal cables, an SNCF inquiry found.
Magnomatics has become part of a consortium developing new actuators for primary aircraft control systems, based upon its Pseudo Direct Drive (PDD) electric machine. The consortium is led by Triumph Actuation Systems –UK & IOM and also includes Romax Technology and the University of Sheffield.
New research from the Electrical Contractors’ Association (ECA) suggests businesses in the electrical contracting sector posted an improved performance for the first quarter of 2014.
Cibse’s Building Performance Awards 2015, now calling for entries, features a new category – the Building Control System Award. This Award recognises the importance of integrated and automated control systems in managing and maintaining optimum building performance.
