Jennifer Johnson
IN THIS ISSUE
EDITOR ’ S COMMENT
IN JUNE , I HAD the pleasure of travelling to the Isle of Man to speak with a number of engineers who had built electric motorcycles to enter into the Isle of Man TT ’ s electric motorbike race , the TT Zero . Prior to my trip to the island , I ’ d never have considered myself a motorsport aficionado . Little did I know that no-carbon technologies are making their way to starting lines across the world . In this month ’ s magazine , I wanted to showcase technologies in-process — be they battery-powered motorbikes or floating wind turbines . Carbon capture and storage has recently been making headlines in my native UK and , with the help of an expert from the Energy Technologies Institute , I discovered just how vital the technology is for meeting carbon reduction targets .
Innovation is not necessarily about plucking new knowledge from thin air , but creatively expanding on existing ideas . This is very much the case with floating wind farms , five of which are featured in this month ’ s issue . The industry has seen how efficient offshore turbines can be , and now groups of companies worldwide are coming together to find out how to best build a turbine that can be placed further offshore , thereby harvesting stronger winds .
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Jennifer Johnson
Editor jennifer . johnson @ bizclikmedia . com
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