Engineering themes
Energy
A total of 90 items listed.
What Price Speed - Revisited
The Railway Research Group, Imperial College
The evolution of transport propulsion efficiency over the last 50 years
Concentrating solar power for sustainable electricity generation: Perspectives
Hans Müller-Steinhagen FREng and Franz Trieb
The second part of two articles discusses the resource potential of greater cooperation between countries to make more efficient use of common renewable energy resources
Electricity costs – start with a level playing field
Richard Ploszek
A report on the social and cost implications of generating electricity from different technologies and why these issues must be addressed in order to meet government targets
Distributed generation – harder than it looks
Malcolm Kennedy CBE FREng
A review of the virtues of distributed generation and the problems in effecting its implementation. How can the government help to overcome these barriers?
Concentrating solar power: A review of the technology
Hans Müller-Steinhagen FREng and Franz Trieb
This first of two articles on one of the most potent sources of renewable energy outlines the principles and potential of the latest advances in solar power technology
Power for the people
Professor Alan Williams CBE FREng, Professor M. Pourkashanian and Dr J.M. Jones, University of Leeds
Amid ever-diminishing fossil fuel resources and increasing environmental concern surrounding electricity generation, what needs to be done to ensure long-term security of our power supplies?
Going underground - A Cumbrian perspective
Phil Reddy
Sustainable and eco-friendly: are underground dwellings a viable option for the future?
Design for green – Jubilee campus, Nottingham
John Berry, Special Professor in Building Technology at University of Nottingham John Thornton, Visiting Professor in Structural Engineering Design at University of Newcastle
The new Jubilee campus was developed with the objective of keeping energy costs low and ensuring a good fit with the surroundings
Harvesting the waves – The emergence of waves as a useful source of energy
Tom Thorpe
Innovative ideas offer the possibility of overcoming the technical and economic challenges of extracting energy from waves
Photovoltaic cells cast new light on the world’s energy problems
Harry Shimp
A combination of technological innovations and larger-scale production is making photovoltaic solar energy increasingly affordable
A cloudy energy future
Ian Fells CBE FREng FRSE
If the UK is to move to a low-carbon economy, there are difficult decisions to be made now
Gas turbine technology: powering the future
Philip Ruffles CBE FREng FRS
The complex technology, environmental concerns and economic issues that are shaping the jet aircraft engines of today and tomorrow
