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Monthly Archives: June 2012
Civil engineering our future
I was up early to attend a breakfast meeting in Kegworth today. This meant cycling into town to catch the Skylink bus which dropped me a couple of hundred yards from the venue at IGEM House. I don’t know whether this meeting was … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Energy, Engineering, Environment, News, Sustainability, Transport
Tagged climate change, Derby, engineering, fossil fuels, Institution of Civil Engineers, Lucy Care, River Derwent, turbine
494 Comments
Investment in Nuclear Technology for shipping…
There’s been excellent news for Derby and Rolls-Royce today, with major investment announced by the government in the Raynesway site which produces the propulsion units for nuclear submarines. This can be a difficult subject. People tend to equate ‘nuclear submarine’ with ‘nuclear weapons’. … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Energy, Engineering, Environment, Liberal Democrats, Transport
Tagged Derby, engineering, liberal democrats, Lucy Care, nuclear, propulsion, Raynesway, Rolls-Royce, technology
1,513 Comments