New York State energy storage roadmap: A brief overviewJuly 24, 2018
New York State revealed its Energy Storage Roadmap in June 2018, which sets the ambitious goal of deploying 1,500 MW of storage capacity throughout the...
Powering the Nation Part 2: Building the Shannon Scheme through technical drawingsMay 1, 2018
Photographs taken by workers were discussed in Part 1, and here we focus on the large number of technical drawings that have survived from the architect...
The Nant de Drance Hydropower Scheme – brief overview of the civil worksMarch 20, 2018
Located in the Valais region of Switzerland, the €1.6bn Nant de Drance project involves adding a 900 MW pumped-storage power plant to an existing hydr...
An Irish engineer’s experiences in Saddam Hussein’s IraqJuly 17, 2014
Dan Coakley, former technical manager of Iraq's electricity sector, recalls the challenges he faced while helping to rebuild Iraqi infrastructure...
Harnessing the tides for energy generation in the Alderney RaceJune 5, 2014
OpenHydro and Alderney Renewable Energy intend to harness energy in the waters around Alderney to generate enough electricity to power 150,000 homes...