Industry News
MO: Met Office experts presented new ways to maximise wind farm investment at 2 major international renewable energy conferences last week. Weather patterns and crucially wind speeds underpin the success for this type of renewable energy.
The first presentation ('Improved Wind Resource Site-Screening and Planning')demonstrated the key developments & improvements that have been made through modelling capability to increase the accuracy in outputs from the Met Office's long-term wind assessment solution; Virtual Met MastTM.
The second presentation was on how the accuracy of these archived wind data can be further improved using the Met Office's high-resolution dynamical downscaling technique to allow for local terrain and land use around the site.
BIS: The Government launched its first marine industries showcase at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) last week to highlight the industry’s multi-billion pound contribution to the UK economy.
Held in association with the UK Marine Industries Alliance, ‘Marine Manufacturing - Global excellence and innovation’ celebrates the role of the industry to UK manufacturing across 5 key themes including leisure, naval, marine energy, commercial and marine science.
BIS: The Government has launched a new Enterprise Capital Fund that will invest at least £40m in high-growth potential SMEs in the UK. The new fund – Notion Capital – will target investment into internet-based services, which covers a range of areas including cloud computing and Software as a Service (SaaS), as well as other business models which utilise the internet in their service offering.
WAG: Last October water & sewerage companies in England & Wales became responsible for private sewers that were previously the responsibility of property owners.
MD Infrastructure Support Services is one of a few companies that use hi-tech remote controlled surveying & robotic equipment that can inspect, clean & repair underground pipes without the need to excavate roads or pavements. .
MD Infrastructure Support Services is one of a few companies that use hi-tech remote controlled surveying & robotic equipment that can inspect, clean & repair underground pipes without the need to excavate roads or pavements. .
It is now expanding and investing £372,000 in state-of-the-art remote controlled robotic equipment to secure and retain a number of multi-million pound contracts. The investment in equipment is supported by £153,000 from the Welsh Government Economic Growth Fund and will see the workforce increase from 30 to 36.
Dstl: The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory has developed a new virtual training concept that will enable the Ministry of Defence (MOD) to train its armed forces to combat-ready proficiency. At the same time it will reduce the capability, cost & environmental impact of using valuable equipment, which would otherwise be deployed on military operations.
Over the last 12 years, a Dstl team has been developing a series of ground breaking war-gaming simulations for MOD training needs. This work has subsequently evolved into the Defence Operational Training Capability – Air (DOTC(A)) research programme, sponsored by Capability Theatre Airspace (CAP (TA)).
