Posted on April 1st, 2009 by Rebecca
Connections are being made in the world of electrical and electronic engineering after ABB has been awarded a $550 million (£382.3 million) order to connect the UK and Irish power grids.The move should ignite Ireland’s attempt to expand its wind power capacity and will strengthen the security and reliability of electricity suppliers, the company claims.If [...]
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Posted on April 1st, 2009 by Rebecca
The credit crunch appears to be taking its toll on a variety of sectors, including that of manufacturing, a concern you may already have if you are worried about the stability of your engineering career.Indeed, the recent Monthly Industrial Trends survey from the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) shows that UK manufacturers believe their output [...]
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Posted on April 1st, 2009 by Rebecca
If you are a firm believer in the police being given the best automotive engineering advancements to help them with their fight against crime then you may be interested to hear the latest development.The Association of Police Chief Officers (APCO) has revealed that the 155 mph Audi RS 6 Avant is their latest weapon in [...]
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Posted on March 31st, 2009 by Rebecca
Telecommunications engineering company Plessey has been appointed by Neotel and MTN to co-build the planned South African long-distance fibre optic network and has already got to work with the first leg of the project.You may have heard on the telecommunications engineering development grapevine that when completed, the fibre network will cover 5,000 km and connect [...]
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Posted on March 31st, 2009 by Rebecca
Achieving 100,000 hours of faultless operation is a mean feat in the mechanical engineering sector. But that is exactly what Rolls-Royce’s Avon 200 industrial gas turbine has done.The upgraded turbine, which delivers increased component life, power and efficiency, has "established an unparalleled record for reliability and availability in the oil and gas and power generation [...]
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Posted on March 30th, 2009 by Rebecca
A computer science lab is providing a welcome boost to the chemical engineering industry after a new centre to deliver growth and innovation has been opened by John Denham, secretary of state for Innovation, Universities and Skills, a report says.The computer science expertise of STFC Daresbury Laboratory reveals that the Knowledge Centre for Materials [...]
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Posted on March 30th, 2009 by Rebecca
The world land speed record for wind-powered vehicles has been broken by a British engineer, you may be impressed to hear if you work in automotive engineering and are interested in such feats.Over 126 mph was reached by Richard Jenkins in his Ecotricity Greenbird, but you may be surprised to hear how he did this. [...]
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Posted on March 23rd, 2009 by Rebecca
You could be keen to hear about the installation of a new IBM supercomputer at the Met Office which aims to make predicting rain or shine a little easier.
Understandably, it takes a lot of processing power to predict what the chaotic weather system might do next, which can present something of a challenge for engineers [...]
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Posted on March 19th, 2009 by Rebecca
The value of the UK electronics industry and its output would "double overnight" if the government paid the first two years’ cost of employing IEEE and IET qualified engineers in the country, one sector commentator has claimed, a sentiment which you may think is the way to progress careers in the electrical engineering sector.
According to [...]
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