All articles for "Energy and sustainability management"

Engineering Competence

Racing with the sun

A lens invented in 1822 helped propel a Dutch solar-powered car across the Australian outback in the World Solar Challenge held in October 2009. The [...]
Bearings,Energy and sustainability management,Racing,
Engineering Competence

Cooperation to develop future automotive energy-efficient solutions

  SKF and Ricardo have signed an agreement to develop energy-efficient solutions to better meet the increasing customer demands from the automotive [...]
Cars,Energy and sustainability management,Power Generation,Transmission,
Industry

Two new energy-efficient bearing types

In November 2008, SKF President and CEO Tom Johnstone announced the launch of spherical and cylindrical roller bearings that meet the stringent SKF [...]
Bearings,Energy and sustainability management,
Industry

A pearl of power

Sweden’s biggest hydroelectric power plant is still going strong after 56 years. Hydroelectric power plantshave been used in Sweden to generate [...]
Condition monitoring,Electrical,Energy and sustainability management,Reliability,Sustainability,
Archive

Ernest Moniz – Focused on efficiency

Is there a solution to the world’s conflicting interests of growing energy demands and the need for reduced carbon emissions? According to Ernest [...]
Energy and sustainability management,Research and development,
Engineering Competence

The clean skies of the future

Increasingly, the aviation industry is being pressured to reduce its impact on the environment, and with the European Union contemplating a drastic [...]
Aerospace,Energy and sustainability management,Sustainability,
Manufacturing

Less energy is more money

  Soaring petroleum prices and a rising concern for the global environment have led companies and industries to look at energy efficiency as a means [...]
Energy and sustainability management,