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Air Source Heat Pump Installation in Neath, Port Talbot - Case Study

Aberdulais Falls in the Neath Valley, South Wales is an important industrial heritage site owned and run by the National Trust. For over 400 years these falls provided the energy to drive the wheels of industry, from the manufacture of copper in 1584 to the later tinplate works. A recent major refurbishment of the water wheel gave scope for implementing the latest hydraulic technology to improve ...

Pump It Up: How an Alpine Lake Became a Massive Battery Ready to Feed the Grid on a Moment’s Notice

Two crystal-clear blue lakes in the Swiss canton of Valais, Lac d’Emosson and Lac du Vieux Emosson, look at first glance like any number of local glacier-fed tarns, surrounded by mountains and ...

Counting on the Sun for Another 400+ Megawatts of Energy In Wisconsin

Alliant Energy recently announced plans to add another 414 megawatts of solar in Wisconsin. This rounds out the company's previously announced plan to accelerate its transition to clean energy by adding more than 1,000 MW of solar while helping ...

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High-Efficiency Generators for Small Hydro Plant

Potencia Industrial designs and manufactures hydroelectric generators up to 30 MW, vertical and horizontal, suitable for Kaplan, Pelton and Francis turbines, for high or low speeds, with overspeed capacity up to over 200% nominal with high axial thrust. In the last 5 years we supplied over 60 MW of hydroelectric generators, installed at various hydro sites around the globe. We know that high ...