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Image courtesy 123rf Austrian energy company VERBUND and research and educational institution TU Wien are partnering up to develop innovative oxygen ion batteries. The oxygen ion battery, which uses the movement of oxygen ions between two electrodes to store energy, are suitable for large-scale storage solutions and for smaller applications such as home storage. According…
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Listen to this article As part of the 200-year anniversary of the opening of the Stockton & Darlington on 27 September 1825, this article looks at the early developments in signalling. At first there was generally no need as trains were slow and infrequent. But five years after the Stockton and Darlington Railway opened, the…
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The Compleat Food Group has announced the appointment of Brian Byrne as its first chief operating officer, effective 1st May 2025. The appointment marks a significant milestone as the group continues to strengthen its leadership team and operational capabilities to support its ambitious growth strategy. Brian joined The Compleat Food Group in 2023 as chief…
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Listen to this article Telecoms has always been an important engineering discipline for railways. Both telecoms and railways evolved at the same time in the 1800s and railways pioneered telegraph communication. The Liverpool and Manchester Railway opened on the 15 September 1830. There was a steep incline outside the station and, because the gradient was…
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Listen to this article Rail Engineer reported extensively on the Vehicle/Track Systems Interface Committee (V/TSIC) and Adhesion Research (ADHERE) seminar in 2024. The 2025 event, held in York in early March, provided the opportunity for over 100 delegates to hear presentations on a mix of original research, updates, and practical experience of applying learning. This…
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Listen to this article The collision between two trains at Talerddig, Powys, Wales on 21 October 2024 once again highlighted the issue of poor wheel rail adhesion, particularly in the autumn with ‘leaves on the line’. This continues to be a risk that can be realised despite the industry spending significant sums on mitigation and…
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Listen to this article Just over a year ago in March 2024, Siemens Mobility announced to the press it would develop a brand-new premises in Chippenham and release the old site just to the north of the railway station. Siemens and its forbears (principally Westinghouse) had been on that site since 1897. With modern day…
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Listen to this article In 1896, Swedish scientist Svante Arrhenius predicted that changes in atmospheric carbon dioxide levels will create a greenhouse effect that increases average global temperatures. In 1967, a computer model confirmed this conclusion which, over the next two decades, became established scientific truth. The increasing acceptance of the threat of climate change led…
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Image: 123RF ENTSO-E and the DSO Entity have prepared and submitted to ACER a joint methodology on flexibility needs assessment in Europe. The document, which was prepared with various stakeholder input, defines the type and format of data and the methodology for the analysis of flexibility needs at the national level by TSOs and DSOs.…
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In the food and beverage industry, Digital Drag: The Growing Gap Between Tech Priorities and Implementation found that although nearly two-thirds (62%) expressed concern about economic uncertainty, 60% of respondents are still stuck in the implementation stage of modernisation, with 69% still using antiquated manual processes and citing complexity (40%) as the reason for the…
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