August 2012
By PE, .
The voice of the engineering profession
Professional Engineering
Issue: 2012-08-01
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Birth of a green bank
By Holly Else, .
The Green Investment Bank is meant to kickstart the transition to a low-carbon economy. But will it be allowed to borrow enough?
Has Prism cracked the plutonium problem?
By Lee Hibbert, .
Waste from spent nuclear fuel could be reused in a new type of reactor to generate electricity
Cheerfully afloat
By Lee Hibbert, .
Funding arrangements for the Canal and River Trust bode well for the future, says the brand-new organisation’s engineering boss
8 Questions
By PE, .
With the height of the summer now upon us, our panel of 514 engineers consider issues of work/life balance
Army engineers rise to new challenges
By PE, .
Colonel Rod Williams FIMechE explains the challenges ahead in the wake of the government’s strategic defence review
Sheffield Forgemasters’ nuclear bid
By PE, .
Company hopes to expand into nuclear fabrication
Getting ready for the big dig
By PE, .
Colossal tunnel boring machine is being prepared to excavate an 8.3km Crossrail link under London
Tidal power subsidies double while wind energy faces cuts
By PE, .
Changes are the result of the Renewables Obligation banding review
Entangled in the web
By Ben Hargreaves, .
We live in an increasingly interconnected world. PE looks at what this might mean next through the ‘internet of things’