Industrial Factory Automation

DNV and the energy industry, with contributions from government agencies, have developed a comprehensive guideline for safe and sustainable geological storage of carbon dioxide (CO2). The unified procedural framework is intended for global use, supporting both industry and regulators, and should speed up the large-scale deployment of carbon capture and storage (CCS). Deployment of CCS has been hampered by a lack of tailored regulatory frameworks and established industry practices. This was the key motivation for developing the CO2Qualstore guideline for selection, characterisation and qualification of sites and projects for geological storage of CO2. The guideline provides a comprehensive and systematic process that covers the full lifecycle of a CO2 storage project, from screening and site selection to closure and transfer of responsibility from the operator back to the national state, taking into account the unique characteristics of each potential site. The aim is to accelerate...

Vaisala has received a formal approval certificate from Det Norske Veritas (DNV) to guarantee that the company's measurement instruments will withstand harsh marine conditions. The certificate applies to a complete line of Vaisala's humidity, dewpoint, moisture in oil and barometric pressure transmitters serving measurement needs in applications from ship machinery rooms to bridges. Improving a ship's onboard machinery performance is an ongoing challenge for ship builders and shipping companies. Precise, detailed and continuous online information can help solve the challenge by minimising maintenance costs and machinery downtime - while maximising system performance and energy efficiency. 'Vaisala offers high precision and stable measurement instruments to help optimise demanding industrial processes,' said Pekka Ravila, director of Vaisala's Targeted Industrial Applications segment. 'With the DNV certificate, we can now offer our shipping industry customer...