All Power & Water


Bilfinger streamlines UK businesses to target new markets

Added: 6 Feb 2018

Global engineering company Bilfinger has merged two of its core UK businesses, saying it would make…

Waste water treatment plant

Cost of nationalising water industry would be £90 billion, warns think tank

Added: 5 Feb 2018

Plans to nationalise the UK water industry would result in a buyout that would leave the taxpayer w…

Hidrostal helps transform a 'worst performing asset' into an efficient pumping station

Added: 25 Jan 2018

Braintree Marks Farm Terminal Pumping Station in Essex, was a frequent bugbear for Anglian Water’s …

Severn Trent engineer beats off hundreds to win Apprentice of the Year

Added: 19 Jan 2018

Trainee engineer Heeran Basi is celebrating after defeating hundreds of other entrants to win one o…

Court win as water company cracks down on ‘fatberg’ culprits

Added: 18 Jan 2018

Tougher responses from water companies to businesses responsible for blocking sewers with fat, oil …

UKOOG's Cronin criticises ‘flawed’ Manchester shale claims

Added: 16 Jan 2018

UK Onshore Oil and Gas chief executive Ken Cronin has taken issue with a University of Manchester r…

Nuclear

NIA gives thumbs up to government's Euratom pledges

Added: 11 Jan 2018

The Nuclear Industry Association has welcomed the government’s statement on Euratom delivered by mi…

Offshore wind farm at dusk

UK to lose lead role in offshore wind energy to China

Added: 9 Jan 2018

The UK’s dominant role in offshore wind energy production will be overtaken by China within four ye…

Pump saves village sewage station from being priced out of existence

Added: 4 Jan 2018

The environmental horrors created by blockages accumulating in the sewage systems of major cities a…

Aquabio's Dutch deal extends AD services

Added: 2 Jan 2018

Water recycling pioneer Aquabio has signed an agreement with Dutch firm Econvert Water and Energy B…

Torness nuclear power station

Nuclear and renewable provide most of Scottish electricity supply

Added: 2 Jan 2018

Almost 90% of Scotland’s electricity was produced in the last 12 months by a combination of nuclear…

glove box

Cavendish Nuclear wins £95m clean up contract with Sellafield

Added: 19 Dec 2017

Cavendish Nuclear has been awarded a contract worth £95 million to support clean up at Sellafield n…

Fusion research

Government invests £86m in nuclear fusion research

Added: 11 Dec 2017

The government has invested £86 million in the UK Atomic Energy Authority’s (UKAEA) nuclear fusion …

EDF Hinkley Point C nuclear power wide

Wood wins £12 million Hinkley Point C contract

Added: 7 Dec 2017

Wood has won an £11.9 million contract to be sole supplier of inspection qualification services to …

GE announces more than 1,000 UK power jobs to go

Added: 7 Dec 2017

General Electric is to shed more than 1,000 UK jobs from its power division, as part of swingeing c…

Nuclear industry makes ‘key contribution to Britain’s GDP’

Added: 4 Dec 2017

Britain’s civil nuclear industry contributed some £6.4 billion to the UK economy last year, claims …

Xylem chief takes over as BPMA head

Added: 4 Dec 2017

Xylem Water Solutions managing director Duncan Lewis has officially taken over as the president of …

NEBOSH and HSE qualification improves process safety management

Added: 23 Nov 2017

Improving process safety culture is one of the key benefits that can be realised through appropriat…

Environmental prize for water facility

Added: 15 Nov 2017

Marks & Spencer’s Plan A Award for Environmental Leadership has gone to a water treatment facility …

EEF issues pre-Budget challenge to Hammond

Added: 7 Nov 2017

EEF chief executive Terry Scuoler has called on Chancellor Philip Hammond to agree a fiscal package…