Power Industries News


Welcome to Powerline

The Power Industries Division distributes the Powerline e-newsletter every quarter. The newsletter contains a mixture of articles on government, company news, events, from the archives, and more, all relevant to the power industry.

The latest articles along with archived issues can be viewed below.

If you would like to subscribe/unsubscribe to Powerline e-newsletter please email power@imeche.org.uk with your request. A sample edition of Powerline can be downloaded here [PDF 56 KB].

April 2008

Message from Franz Barillaro, Immediate Past Chairman, Power Industries Division
Note From Acting Chairman
Generator End Ring Inspection
Blade Roots and Fixings
E.ON UK and EPSRC Launch Research Programme
Aberthaw Steam Turbine Retrofit
Bridge across the Bay
Rotor Bore Inspections

June 2007

Chairman's Report
Calling All Young Nuclear Engineers
Recommissioned 500MW Unit for RWE nPower
Power in China
The NuGas Concept – Combining Nuclear and Gas Power Generation
£1bn Clean Coal Power Station in Essex
Maintaining the Clampload
Sustainable Development in the English Dales
Marine Renewables 

February 2007

Siemens Wind Power Secures Order for Largest European Wind Farm
Centrica Acquires Option in UK's First Complete Clean Coal Project
The Economic Case for Nuclear Power
Providing Methods for Blade Flutter Prediction
Eroded Last Stage Blades Refurbished using Laser Herdened Tip Sections

September 2006

The Future of the UK Coal Industry
First US Clean Coal Contract for Mitsui Babcock
Power Industries Division Survey - You Tell Us
British Team Develops Innovative New Engine

May 2006

IMechE Response to Government's Energy Review
Clean Coal Technology and the Energy Review
Expand your Mind - Pebble Bed Modular Reactor
Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle - The Time is Right
A Tectonic Shift in Solar Energy Economics
Public Consultation on NII's New Nuclear Safety Assessment Principles
From the Archives - Description of the Compound Steam Turbine and Turbo Electric Generator by Charles A Parsons [PDF: 2 MB]

February 2006

Power Industries Division and the Looming Energy Crisis
Siemens PGI wins Wilton 10 Steam Turbine
Renewables - A Challenge or an Obligation?
E.ON UK Drives Low Carbon Technologies Research and Development
Carbon Abatement Technology: A Very Economic Route for Reducing the UK's Carbon Emissions?

December 2005

Will Liquid Natural Gas Become the New Oil?
Wave Hub Powers Up in Cornwall
British Energy Performance Improvement Programme
Siemens Builds Europe's Largest Forest Biomass Fired Plant
From the Archives: Development of the Siemens Gas Turbine and Technology [PDF: 6660 KB]


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