Press coverage

28 January - 3 February 2012

Every Friday the Press Office produces a round up of the week's coverage of the Institution's news. You'll find more information on what the Institution is up to in our press releases. Please note that links to all of the articles mentioned are not always available.

Liquid Air Energy Storage Lecture

• 02/02/12 Dr Tim Fox interview – BBC South East
  Tim Fox is interviewed as part of a piece investigating Liquid Air Energy Storage technology, which was presented to the public for the first time at the Institution this week. The Chief Executive of Highview, the company behind the technology, was also interviewed for the Today programme (2hr46mins in) following the Institution lecture.
• 02/02/12 “Experts hail ‘liquid air’ technology” – Aberdeen Press and Journal, p24; Press Association; Reuters
• 02/02/12 “Is liquid air storage the answer to unreliable wind?” – Energy Live News
• 02/02/12 “Liquid air the solution to wind power’s unreliability?” – Eureka
  Liquid air technology was also covered by regional, engineering and energy press.

Other Institution News

• 27/01/12 “Engineering a way to energy security” – New Statesman
  Stephen Tetlow, in an opinion piece for the New Statesman, discusses practical solutions to energy supply variability
• 31/01/12 “IMechE Chief slams government plans to downgrade engineering diplomas” – Works Management, Eureka, plantengineer.com
  Stephen Tetlow argues that the government’s plan to reduce the value of engineering diplomas from five GCSEs to one will block young talent entering the sector.
• 31/01/12 “Scheme to help small firms win offshore turbine work” – The Scotsman
  Prof Stuart Cameron, Institution Vice-President, welcomes plans by the Scottish Government to help SMEs enter the wind energy market through a free consultancy service.
• 02/02/12 “Engineers seek more recognition in Rio+20 goals” – SciDev.net
  Dr Colin Brown joins the WFEO in calling for the UN to include engineering in the outcome document for the Rio+20 summit, arguing that sustainable development would be impossible without it.