Clean Energy & Power Generation

As the industrialised nations endeavour to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, an increasing focus is being placed upon the development of clean energy technologies and improving the efficiency of power generation systems. New and innovative technical solutions are required but must also be optimized, robust, reliable and cost-effective over their complete product life-cycles. With its in-depth sector knowledge and access to state-of-the-art design and engineering processes, Ricardo is ideally placed to assist clean energy and power generation customers.

Providing rigorous and validated processes from the automotive field to deliver improved clean energy and power generation systems:

• Market analysis and due diligence
• Research, development and innovation, including “blue-skies” thinking
• Concept engineering
• Detailed design
• Production engineering
• Test programme and test rig design
• Production set-up support and quality control
• Operational support and product optimization

Key benefits of using Ricardo as a development partner:

• Acceleration of technology development, cost reduction and delivery programmes
• Product innovation and system integration – particularly for early-stage technologies
• “Through-life” component performance improvement, analysis and testing
• Support to improve production processes, including design for manufacture and quality control
• Fast identification of engineering solutions, including “blue-skies” thinking and innovation
• R&D collaboration on company and industry wide basis
• Detailed understanding of the market challenges, policy drivers and opportunities