Ricardo-AEA webinar will share market survey report findings including the views of key UK stakeholders from the oil and gas industry, energy intensive industries, central and local government, not-for-profit organisations and professional service providers.
Advances in drilling technology have meant that energy companies can now access reserves of oil and natural gas found in shale and other tight rock formations. However, the potential use of the process of hydraulic fracturing, and the possibility of widespread onshore oil and gas exploration and production, is creating a great deal of controversy.
Ricardo-AEA’s recent shale gas market survey has sought the views of key UK ...
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WEBINAR, DEC 2: Shale gas and oil – perceptions and reality of environmental impacts
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A new voice for UK manufacturing
17 November 2014
The Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) has contracted the corporate publishing partner of MediaTechnical, TwoTone Media Ltd, to produce its brand-new quarterly magazine, qM.
Each issue of qM will offer a regular review of the latest thinking across the entire advanced manufacturing sector, but with a particular focus on the projects and research programmes of the MTC and its members. The magazine will combine news and views with in-depth, incisively-written feature articles, all written and presented in an accessible and interesting format. We hope that it will be ... -
Ricardo announces energy sector acquisition
13 November 2014Ricardo has today announced the acquisition of UK consultancy PPA Energy, providing a valuable extension to the group’s energy sector capability, ranging from conventional small scale and distributed power systems, to renewable power and smart grid technologies.
With a particular emphasis on innovation within the power industry, PPA Energy specialises in techno-economic and management consultancy services for the energy sector. The company has an extremely strong international customer base covering over 90 countries, with particular expertise in economic and financial analysis, pricing, market regulation and technology for electricity networks. Its services are in significant demand both in the UK and across ... -
Ricardo-AEA helps Jordan towards market-based reduction of emissions
11 November 2014Ricardo-AEA has started work on preparing a World Bank Market Readiness Proposal for the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, as part of the Bank’s Partnership for Market Readiness (PMR) programme – the project will pave the way for a multimillion dollar investment from the World Bank in order to design and implement a market-based mechanism for tackling greenhouse gas emissions in Jordan.
Ricardo-AEA’s leading climate finance experts travelled to Jordan this week to kick-off meetings with government officials, including from the Ministry of Energy, Ministry of Water and Irrigation and the Ministry of Environment. These meetings mark the start of the process ... -
Acquisition to power growth for a new global Ricardo Motorcycles business
29 October 2014Ricardo’s ambition to become the international partner of choice for the world’s motorcycle industries – from concept design to full product development, and embracing all aspects of vehicle and powertrain engineering support – was underscored today with the announcement that the company has acquired UK consultancy Vepro Ltd, and is forming a new global motorcycle-focused business.
The formation of the new Ricardo Motorcycles business of Ricardo plc combines the strengths of the company’s extensive existing in-house motorcycle engineering team, based at the company’s Schwäbisch Gmünd Technical Centre in southern Germany, together with UK based independent motorcycle, powersport and niche vehicle consultancy ...