UK: HAMISH BRYCE LEAVES THORN LIGHTING

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In the wake of Thorn Lighting's takeover by UK-based Wassall and Thorn's group chief executive now reporting to Wassall's chief executive, the executive chairman' post at Thorn Lighting has become redundant and so Hamish Bryce has left this post. He stays on as director and non-exeuctive chairman of the Norcros group, posts he assumed in July 198 Thorn's new commercial director for the UK and Ireland will be Nick Farraway, who most recently worked with lighting company SLI but before that worked at Thorn for sixteen years.

Executive changes & profiles, Electric Lighting & Wiring Equip, Electric Lighting Equipment Manufacturing, Electric equipment, Thorn Lighting

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COgeneration left behind in the UK's "dash for gas"

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CHP capacity in the UK is currently 3,000MW, twice as much as it was in 1988 and accounting now for around 3.7% of the UK's generating capacity. The UK government hopes to raise this to 15% by the year 2010. 40 more schemes are being added to the 1,300 CHP schemes already up and running in the UK. Uptake of CHP is far higher in Europe, especially in Finland, Denmark and the Netherlands where around 30% of energy comes from CHP plants. The overall EU average is about 10%, with the aim of 18% by the year 2010.

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UK: CHP capacity is currently 3,000 mw, twice as much as in 1988 and accounting now for around 3.7% of generating capacity

Fossil Fuel Electric Power Generation, Capacity, Cogenerated Electric Power, Cogeneration power plants

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Senstiive drive tackles motor burnout problem

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Rockwell Automation has devised a variable speed drive which can prevent motor burnout. It works by using special software that reacts to reflected wave conditions and drops a switching pulse which limits voltage to safe levels. Rockwell's UK drives business is already worth around GB 20mn and the company is put at number two in the global market around 1% behind Mitsubishi which has taken over the leading position from ABB.

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Devises variable speed drive which can prevent motor burnout

Product development, Gasoline Engine and Engine Parts Manufacturing, Auto Fan Drives, Rockwell Automation Inc., Fan drives

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