Anna Tobin

Overview
Mines often rely on hundreds of kilometres of pipeline to transport their assets. These long-distance pipelines are highly susceptible to abrasion due to the nature of the slurry, tailings and other rock material they carry. Left untreated, abrasion can cause cracks and leaks that are costly to repair and can cause human health risks and environmental damage.
Typically, expensive Non-Destructive Testing inspections are carried out by contractors or trained staff who manually measure ...

Reporting on a session at an energy conference

From melting clocks to a lobster telephone and elephants with stilt legs, Spanish surrealist artist Salvador Dalí painted and sculpted dreamlike works with such an intense photographic realism that it begged one universal question among admirers: what on Earth is going on?

Inspired by the psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud, Dalí explored the relationship between our subconscious and our conscious minds to create an altered view of the world, blurring the lines between the actual and the imaginary (s...

Overview
Oil and gas companies must safely and significantly reduce their CO₂ emissions to assist governments globally in achieving their net-zero targets – this directional change has to be balanced with the desire and requirement to satisfy global energy demands and production safety.
This innovative machine-learning software platform uses operational data, plant configurations, installed capacity, current production performance and operating model data to dynamically present contextualised...

Powering buses and trucks
Hydrogen fuel cells and electric batteries are the two main contenders to take the place of petrol and diesel in powering trucks and buses in the future, so how does each stack up?
The race is on to find the most efficient and also the most sustainable method of powering networks of passenger buses and the road haulage industry.
Our virtual Energy Innovation conference was a three-day virtual conference where more than 50 entrepreneurs, academics and experts from dif...

What is a smart meter?
A smart meter tracks your energy usage and automatically transmits your meter readings to your energy supplier. It means that you no longer have to read your meters and log your usage yourself or rely on estimated readings.
The smart meter programme is an essential national upgrade to replacing old gas and electricity meters. Having a smart meter helps to create a smarter national grid which in turn allows energy suppliers (like us) to better balance supply and demand f...

Britt Ide reveals why she was so excited to join her first international Advisory Board and how she is helping other women in the energy industry to follow in her footsteps.

An interview-led feature that I wrote for Homes & Antiques magazine

Taking the first steps
There’s no denying that becoming more sustainable is a hot topic right now, and rightly so. But where to start?
If we all take steps to reduce our impact on the environment, the world would be a much healthier place. So, here are 10 simple steps to help you go greener.
1. Shop at food refill shops
There are a growing number of food refill shops across the UK – you can find one near you by searching online. To cut down on waste packaging, take your own reusable container...

Ott Vatter, managing director of the Republic of Estonia’s e-Residency programme, which enables business people to establish and manage an EU-based company paperlessly from anywhere in the world, explains how UK businesses can benefit from the service after Brexit
Can you explain how e-Residency works?
e-Residency is an Estonian Government programme. It’s a transnational identity that is issued by the Estonian police and border guard. Estonia has had a digital identity programme for fifteen o...

Once U.S.-based chip maker NVIDIA completes its $6.9 billion acquisition of Israeli tech company Mellanox in the next few months, Palestinian engineers contracted to work for Mellanox as reported by Reuters are set to share a $3.5 million payout.
With a shortage of engineers in Israel, the growing pool of talented Palestinian engineers is well placed to fill any gaps in Israel's burgeoning tech sector and Israeli firms are offering stock options to demonstrate to potential Palestinian contrac...