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Leeds’ famous Elland Road Stadium is undergoing a major redevelopment of its East Stand, including an upgrade and expansion of the existing fire alarm and emergency systems. Both are being installed with Prysmian’s 2 and 4 core FP200 Gold.
Kewtech Corporation has introduced two new portable appliance testers that offer significant benefits to the user. The KT76, is an easy to use 230v and 110v model offering a large screen that retains all of the results relevant to the appliance being tested making manual documentation extremely easy.
Ideal has slashed the price of its popular all-in-one installation tester, SureTest, just in time for Christmas. The tester is now available to end users at less than half-price at just £369.00 (excluding VAT) until 21 December 2011. SureTest provides electricians with all the features they need for testing domestic, commercial and industrial wiring installations in accordance with BS7671:2008 (the 17th edition) and EN61557 standards.
Network Rail’s Light Maintenance Depot at Bounds Green has been given a new lease of life thanks to Prismalume Superglass luminaires and Holos 2 Digital controls from Holophane Lighting. The refurbishment has provided Network Rail with significant savings in energy consumption, extended lamp life, a reduction in maintenance time and improved visual comfort for the workforce.
The Midlands office of independent multi-utility services provider, Energetics, has been appointed by Network Rail to provide a new high voltage energy supply to New Street Station as part of the £600m New Street Gateway project.
The Dearman Engine – a zero emission engine which runs on liquid air – took a step towards commercial reality as Ricardo, a consultancy for engineering, technology, project innovation and strategy, and a team of UK academics and research experts concluded they have found no challenges for which potential engineering solutions have not been identified. Critically, they believe a demonstration engine can be built inside two years.
ITM Power, the energy storage and clean fuel company, is pleased to announce that it has signed a pilot agreement with Marks and Spencer (M&S) to deliver the UK’s first hydrogen fuel cell, materials handling trial using on site hydrogen generation.
S&C Electric Company has been awarded the ISO accredited CEMARS (Certified Emissions Measurement And Reduction Scheme) certification for measuring its UK carbon footprint and committing to a 10% improvement in carbon performance over the next five years.
CG has been awarded the contract for the design, engineering, supply and installation of the onshore and offshore substations at the 219 MW Humber Gateway offshore wind farm in the UK.
A new ABB video produced with Energy Live News shows how a water treatment works in Ireland is saving over €500,000 a year on energy costs using variable-speed drives.
