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Pluto LNG

LNG valves win for Bestobell

Added: 23 Oct 2014

Bestobell Marine has secured a major order to supply its cryogenic globe, check and FLIV valves for…

Energy efficient technologies aren't always implemented

Mandatory energy audits in force

Added: 23 Oct 2014

Large businesses are now legally obliged to carry out energy audits following legislation that came…

Pump

Growth drives pump uptake

Added: 23 Oct 2014

The food & beverage and pharmaceutical sectors are helping sustain the positive displacement pump m…

oil gas plant facility chemicals

Process sectors lead productivity growth

Added: 22 Oct 2014

The pharmaceutical and chemical sectors were today named by the government as the two sectors most …

Didcot B power station

Fire halves Didcot capacity

Added: 20 Oct 2014

The 1.4GW Didcot B power station will run at half its generating capacity for the foreseeable futur…

Peterhad CCGT plant, Aberdeenshire

Wood Group wins Shell CCS FEED

Added: 16 Oct 2014

Shell has hired Wood Group’s subsea engineering division to carry out the front end engineering des…

fracking

Ineos buys second Scottish shale licence

Added: 13 Oct 2014

Chemical company Ineos today acquired a majority interest in a shale gas development licence in Sco…

EDF Sizewell B nuclear power station

Sizewell B in maintenance shutdown

Added: 13 Oct 2014

EDF’s Sizewell B nuclear power station was yesterday shut down for a £60 million maintenance and re…

Cornwall Energy Recovery Centre - Energy from Waste

Yokogawa wins energy from waste deal

Added: 9 Oct 2014

Yokogawa yesterday confirmed it had been awarded a contract to supply control and safety systems fo…

EDF Hinkley Point C nuclear power

Brussels approves Hinkley Point financing

Added: 8 Oct 2014

The European Commission today cleared the financing of EDF’s proposed Hinkley Point C nuclear plant…

Drax biomass storage domes

Government "blows" renewables budget

Added: 3 Oct 2014

The government was today criticised for allocating 58% of its renewable energy budget to just eight…

Corn field

Chemists boost biofuel production

Added: 3 Oct 2014

Chemical engineers in the US have modified yeast tolerance to enhance biofuel production capacity, …

Peterhad CCGT plant, Aberdeenshire FULL

World’s first CCS plant opens

Added: 2 Oct 2014

The world’s first commercial-scale Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) will begin operating in Canada …

Ineos Grangemouth

Ineos buys Grangemouth power plant

Added: 2 Oct 2014

Ineos today announced it is buying the gas-fired combined heat and power (CHP) plant that provides …

Drax biomass conversion

Renewables budget increased

Added: 2 Oct 2014

The government today announced it was increasing financial support for renewable energy by £95 mill…

Cuadrilla shale site

UK shale far more complex than US

Added: 1 Oct 2014

Geologists yesterday warned that extraction of UK shale gas would require far more engineering expe…

Shale gas

Ineos warned over shale offer

Added: 30 Sep 2014

Ineos’ plan to offer 6% of its UK shale revenues to local communities has been accused of being pot…

Nestle apprenctice at work Jordan Phillips

Food efficiency fund launched

Added: 25 Sep 2014

An £11 million fund to encourage engineering innovation and improve resource efficiency in the food…

National Grid

Tata Steel among Grid shutdown firms

Added: 24 Sep 2014

Tata Steel was yesterday confirmed as one of the hundreds of industrial firms to have signed up to …

Oil & gas facility showing pipework

Siemens buys Dresser-Rand for $7.6bn

Added: 22 Sep 2014

Siemens today announced it was acquiring Dresser-Rand for $7.6 billion (£4.6bn) and aimed to become…