Nano particles and energised plasma: Creating the 4th state of matter in your microwave. A thread.

(No, really don't do this at home. It's properly dangerous!)

When is a compressor disc not a disc? When it's a blisk: A bladed disc.

A basic thread on what they are and why they're slowly taking over aerospace gas turbine internals...

The expansion of the Synchronous Condenser market is one of underreported stories in energy, primarily because it's about spinning bits of metal hidden in sheds with no exciting planning battles involved. /1

As Ireland links more wind turbines and shuts down thermal powerplants, it needs to synchronise all that variable power and add back inertia to the grid lost from decommissioned plants.

So: The world's largest flywheel, 130 tons, & synchronous condensor installed in Moneypoint.