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Futureproofing tidal power

The UK Government estimates that tidal energy could meet around 20 per cent of the country’s electricity demands. Considering the UK is an island and entirely surrounded by water, this comes as no surprise.

A transcontinental renewable network?

The SuperSmart Grid (SSG) is a theoretical concept that involves the creation of a transcontinental electricity network connecting Europe, the Middle East and North Africa to deliver low cost, high capacity, low loss electricity. But could the SSG become a reality?

Beyond the factory floor

While power resistors may seem to belong in large, industrial operations. Without this important piece of electrical equipment, many of our services simply wouldn’t be safe and usable.

Variable speed drives: the dark side

VSDs are rightly hailed as effective energy savers and help industrial applications to reduce their power outputs, but their impact on power quality is less often discussed.