Industry News
DATA-OVER-SOUND PROJECT
Chirp and EDF Energy have secured £100k Innovate UK funding to trial data-over-sound solutions in nuclear power plants. A ground-breaking project will take place at the company’s Heysham 1 power station. EDF Energy is working with
Chirp, using its data-over-sound technology to create solutions for use in radio-frequency restricted environments. The new system will see sound carry signals from remote and inaccessible check-points on the power station to computer networks and allow station staff to monitor instruments from offices, alleviating engineers from having to make continual hands-on inspections. Achieving connectivity in otherwise restricted areas has a variety of beneficial outcomes.
London’s new energy superhighway
National Grid has recently flicked the switch to energise over 200km of high- voltage electricity cables carried inside a network of 32km of tunnels as part of a seven-year project to rewire the capital. The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall visited the flagship project The £1 billion London Power
Tunnels project has been delivered on time and under budget; and is the
most significant addition to London’s electricity system since the 1960s. The tunnels, running from Hackney in the east to Willesden in the west, and from Kensal Green to Wimbledon in the south also house some of the local electricity network company’s cables too. This is a first, and has saved both money and disruption for the capital’s motorists.
World’s biggest windfarm being built
Offshore construction has now begun at what will become the world’s biggest windfarm, Hornsea Project One. The first of 174 monopiles have been installed at the site, located 120km off the Yorkshire coast. When fully operational, expected in 2020, the windfarm, which is being developed by Ørsted, will produce enough power
for well over one million homes. The installation is being carried
out by GeoSea’s installation vessel, Innovation. It will carry up to four monopiles at a time, each one is 65m long, weighs around 800t and has a diameter of 8.1m. Innovation was recently joined by A2Sea’s vessel Sea Installer, which will share the task of transition piece installation.
Duncan Clark,
programme director, says: “After years of planning and preparation it is fantastic to see the initial stages of offshore construction begin.”
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ENHANCING FUEL GAS METERING
Orbital Gas Systems has been awarded four contracts totalling approximately £3.3 million by a Tier 1 Engineering, Procurement and Construction firm in the UK. The overall scope-of-works is for eight off-skids, including filtration, flow control, fiscal metering, supervisory PLC metering, gas quality measurement, electric heat exchangers-control and specialist lube oil to fuel gas heat exchangers providing pre-heated natural gas to the solar gas turbines driving combustion efficiency. Solutions will use the firm’s VE Technology Thermowells together with its GasPT Integrated Calorific Value Determination analysers.
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