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EEF enlists Oracle for next ‘industrial revolution’

Added: 2 Aug 2016

EEF, the manufacturers’ organisation, has teamed with cloud application specialist Oracle, to help …

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Fresh delays hit Hinkley Point

Added: 29 Jul 2016

The government has announced plans to review the go-ahead of Hinkley Point nuclear plant just hours…

Funding carbon capture an ‘urgent priority’

Added: 28 Jul 2016

Carbon Capture & Storage (CCS) is essential to meeting the global warming limits established in the…

Severn Trent slugged with £426k fine for sewage leak

Added: 27 Jul 2016

Severn Trent Water has been fined £426,000 for a series of incidents where crude sewage leaked into…

Thirst for skills spurs action in water sector

Added: 26 Jul 2016

Senior water and environment industry figures have developed an action plan to address concerns ove…

United Utilities fined £600k for toxic spill

Added: 21 Jul 2016

United Utilities Water (UU) has been fined £600,000 after a highly corrosive bleach was released in…

Demise of DECC may spark investor ‘concern’

Added: 20 Jul 2016

Questions over energy and environmental commitments have flowed in the wake of the government’s dec…

Manufacturers fear ‘Brexit’ fallout as trading outlook weakens

Added: 19 Jul 2016

Business confidence among UK manufacturers has tumbled following the vote to exit the EU, according…

Water for reuse: how filtration is cleaning up

Added: 18 Jul 2016

For small-scale operations, filtration can offer an efficient way of handling process water for reu…

Graduate innovators given helping hand

Added: 13 Jul 2016

The Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) has awarded four enterprise fellowships to graduate entrep…

Viewpoint: all fired up for water waste debate

Added: 4 Jul 2016

Waste handlers must now plan for the impact of water they discharge to fight a major fire, writes H…

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Unions call for Hinkley Point decision

Added: 1 Jul 2016

Trade unions in the UK have urged EDF Energy to make a "timely" final investment decision over the …

UK and France sign nuclear agreement

UK and France sign nuclear agreement

Added: 30 Jun 2016

The Nuclear Industry Association (NIA) and the French Nuclear Society have committed to work togeth…

Discovery Park biomass plant

Biomass to power science park

Added: 27 Jun 2016

Construction of a new £140 million biomass plant has begun at science and technology innovation cen…

Compressor range extends to water utilities and biogas markets

Added: 15 Jun 2016

Vacuum pump and compressor manufacturer Gardner Denver has partnered with Northey Technologies to b…

Crystal clears up nuclear waste

Crystal ‘clears up’ nuclear waste

Added: 13 Jun 2016

Researchers from the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) and the US have discovered a n…

Solidified carbon dioxide

Experts transform CO2 ‘into stone’

Added: 9 Jun 2016

In a new study, researchers working at the Hellisheidi geothermal power plant in Iceland have shown…

SABIC joins Teesside carbon capture collective

Added: 9 Jun 2016

Teesside Collective has added another industrial heavyweight to its group of companies working to d…

Longannet power station

ScottishPower fined £1.75m for scalding injury

Added: 6 Jun 2016

Energy firm ScottishPower has been handed a £1.75 million fine after a worker was seriously scalded…

New IChemE president to redraw strategy

Added: 31 May 2016

The Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) will undergo a thorough review of governance and str…