CONTENTS


Cool running


RENEWABLE ENERGY Where next for wind?


Blue energy


Technology to keep turbines running


Tidal turbine technology Solar power in the Antarctic


Photovoltaic harness cuts solar cabling costs


Heat storage in solar plants


Sulzer cooling water turnkey system for EDF’s most advanced CCGT power plant


22 24


Respected scientist John Olav Tande explores what’s in the pipeline for the offshore wind sector


How nanomaterials can trigger off a new source of energy


Ultrasonic tools help keep wind turbines fully operational and reduce the risk of fires


30 28


The next big wave in tidal turbine braking systems


A fully functioning photovoltaic system has been installed in the Antarctic


32 35


34 38


Optimal thermal management for the use of molten salt in solar thermal power plants


SAFETY On the edge


38 36


Everything you need to know about working in leading edge applications


30 36


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safer wind energy working


41 40


Biofertiliser use key to fulfilling biogas potential


42 44


based on a novel concept 46


Two industry experts team up to introduce a new power system


48 49


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Outage completed ahead of schedule


New type of nuclear reactor


EVENT PREVIEW Meeting place for power electronics


experts Following a successful virtual 2020 edition, PCIM Europe is set to head back to the ‘real world’ for its next edition, which will take place from 4-6 May, 2021 in Nuremberg


NUCLEAR POWER A step towards advanced nuclear


Biogas upgrading success Biomethane upgrading technology


Better boiler cleaning A sophisticated tool for boiler cleaning


Ørsted launches immersive safety programme Safer bolting at height


WASTE TO ENERGY Making biogas sustainable


No barrier to safer working Specialist technology partnership for


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