All Power & Water


tank water

CMA upholds £2.6m water tank cartel fine

Added: 21 Dec 2016

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has imposed fines of more than £2.6 million on three bu…

SSE Ferrybridge coal power station

ABB handed Ferrybridge demolition contract

Added: 15 Dec 2016

Energy firm SSE has appointed ABB’s engineering and consultancy division to handle decommissioning …

Wylfa Newydd

Regulators to assess deployment of new nuclear reactors in the UK

Added: 12 Dec 2016

The Office for Nuclear Regulation, the Environment Agency and Natural Resources Wales have launched…

Battery

Bristol uni develops nuclear battery ‘powered by waste’

Added: 30 Nov 2016

Researchers at the University of Bristol have created a nuclear-powered battery that uses nuclear w…

Glenmuckloch open cast coal mine

Scotland moves to transform coal mine into energy park

Added: 29 Nov 2016

Plans to create an energy park at the former Glenmuckloch open cast coal mine were given a boost th…

Water sector innovations from VEGA MCERTS radar

Added: 28 Nov 2016

VEGA has announced that its radar-based system has gained MCERTS approval for open channel flow mea…

Hinkley Point C

EDF calls in Assystem to deliver Hinkley’s nuclear reactors

Added: 22 Nov 2016

French energy major EDF has called in engineering firm Assystem to help build two European Pressuri…

Xylem provides municipal water site with upgraded aeration system

Xylem Water Solutions | Added: 8 Nov 2016

Xylem brand WTW’s specialist knowledge of manufacturing measurement technology for water analysis h…

Spirax Sarco issues steam pipework advice in run-up to heating season

Spirax Sarco | Added: 19 Oct 2016

Steam specialist Spirax Sarco has advised boiler house operators that failure to follow the correct…

Show preview: Water, Wastewater & Environmental Monitoring

Added: 17 Oct 2016

The Water, Wastewater & Environmental Monitoring exhibition opens in Telford next month.

Light bulb

‘Action needed’ on carbon targets and energy security

Added: 14 Oct 2016

According to a report by the Committee on Climate Change (CCC), the UK must take concrete action to…

Hinkley Point C

Hinkley contract ‘marks new era for nuclear power’

Added: 3 Oct 2016

The government, EDF and CGN have signed the final agreement allowing for the construction of Hinkle…

Nuclear power SMRs

Small modular reactors ‘by 2030’

Rob Smith | Added: 29 Sep 2016

A report by the Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) says small modular reactors (SMRs) could come o…

Amec Foster Wheeler lab

Amec opens energy research lab

Added: 23 Sep 2016

Amec Foster Wheeler has opened a new laboratory to conduct research on different types of energy sy…

Hinkley Point C

Government approves Hinkley Point deal

Added: 15 Sep 2016

The UK government has today given approval for Hinkley Point C nuclear plant, but has introduced a …

Hinkley Point C

Nuclear industry fuelling jobs growth

Added: 13 Sep 2016

A report by the Nuclear Industry Association (NIA) reveals high skilled jobs in the sector have inc…

Wylfa Newydd

Editor’s comment: the nuclear energy agenda

Rob Smith | Added: 5 Sep 2016

Despite Hinkley Point C taking centre stage, it isn’t the only major new nuclear project the UK has…

New nuclear: a blueprint for low-carbon energy?

Rob Smith | Added: 5 Sep 2016

The development of new nuclear plants will play a major role in the UK’s future energy mix as low-c…

Light bulb

Smart energy revolution ‘fanciful nonsense’

Added: 5 Sep 2016

Energy workers’ union GMB has dismissed claims by National Grid that winter blackouts could be avoi…

Xylem pumps and mixers aid biogas production

Xylem Water Solutions | Added: 1 Sep 2016

The Xylem range of mixers and pumps are designed for substrate mixing and pumping during biogas pro…