Energy: influencing the debate

The energy requirement of a growing world population, which has rising quality-of-life expectations, continues to deplete our natural resources.

At Mouchel we understand the role that science, engineering and technology can play in the pursuit of environmental sustainability and we’re working to introduce ideas and products that can influence the debate on sustainability and carbon-management issues.

In Britain, renewable energy is an integral part of the Government's commitment to a 60% reduction in CO2 emissions by 2050, though in 2005 only 4% of the UK's electricity supply was produced by eligible sources of renewable energy*.

Mouchel is helping to address this shortfall.

On mainland Shetland a multi-disciplinary team of Mouchel scientists and engineers is undertaking a complex environmental assessment to explore the potential impact of the proposed Viking wind farm, which would be the largest of its kind in the world.

In the water sector Rentricity Ltd is a joint venture company between Mouchel and Rentricity Inc (US), Rentricity’s principal product – which we are launching in the UK water-supply industry – is the provision of pressure-reducing turbines that can be used in lieu of conventional pressure reduction values in water supply networks.

Rentricity turbines will capture a previously-untapped source of power to supply energy back into the national grid.

*DTI Publication: UK Energy in Brief, July 2006.