Could solid oxide fuel cells cut emissions from shipping by 45%?

Fuel cell firm Bloom Energy and shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries have teamed up to further develop the technology, which converts gas into power through an electrochemical reaction

Samsung to test wind turbine prototype at new UK facility

Electronics giant Samsung will be the first manufacturer to test a prototype of its new 7MW offshore wind turbine at a newly constructed test facility in the UK. Specially built to test next generation offshore wind turbines, the £48 million National Renewable Energy Centre (Narec) in Blyth, Northumerland was completed last month. Samsung Heavy Industries’ […]

Yorkshire gear manufacturing company wins £1.2 million Government grant

A UK gear engineering and manufacturing company has won a Government scheme bid to support manufacturers developing next generation offshore wind technology. David Brown Gear Systems has been granted £1.2 million to help develop its 7MW wind turbine gearbox in Yorkshire. The low weight and compact gearbox is expected to improve cost of ownership and […]