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Welcome
The November issue of International Power Engineer is, as usual, heavily focused on renewables. The cover article, Pioneering Cables (page 12), looks at the expansion of leading cable company Nexans as well as the work it is doing to help oil and gas clients switch to renewables. The new UK government is working hard in this space too, with a renewables energy budget increase of 50% year- on-year, and a renewables auction round promising to deliver 131 clean energy projects powering the equivalent of 11 million homes. These projects include the
Hornsea 3 project off the Yorkshire coast and Green Volt, the largest floating offshore wind project in the world, This push ties in with the government’s ambitious plan to achieve 100% clean power by 2030. Readers with a particular interest in wind energy should consider attending the upcoming show Offshore Wind North East, a regional event that will feature many industry leading speakers and exhibitors – see page 53 for more details. On the other side of the world,
China's solar energy sector is currently delivering more usable energy per annum than the top seven oil and gas companies worldwide, according to a recent report from Bloomberg. Some rare good news for the environmental lobbyists. The production of hydrogen also
features strongly in this magazine with an interesting article from MIT on how to create cost effective green hydrogen (page 46). We also provide details of a liquid air Long Duration Energy Storage (LDES) system for storing renewables, such as hydrogen, on page 34.
Nicola Brittain Editor
www.engineerlive.com 12 – NOVEMBER 2024 – COVER 12 6 8 10
Pioneering cables A leader in sub-sea cables expands its capacity
INDUSTRY NEWS
Global industry insights Our take on the most important power engineer related news
TRANSMISSION & DISTRIBUTION
Maintaining integrity The role of cables in ensuring the integrity of wind turbines
Precision power analysis How a loss-measuring system will help energy companies deliver accurate billing
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OPERATIONS & MAINTENANCE 14
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Measuring hydrogen purity Reliable, long-term stable instrumentation for real-time H2 fraction determination
A complete overhaul How one lubricant specialist helped transform a large UK power facility
Microgrid update A new project explores the potential for geothermal energy from wells
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