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National Grid control centre

Energy associations plan merger

Added: 1 Jul 2015

The Association for Decentralised Energy (ADE) and the UK Demand Response Association (UKDRA) have …

EDF Hinkley Point C site preparation

Nuclear supply scheme launched

Added: 30 Jun 2015

Leaders of the nuclear industry will gather in London today to launch an initiative to broaden the …

Sewer drain cover

Sewerage deaths show toxic gas threat

Added: 24 Jun 2015

Multiple deaths in sewer networks this month show why it is vital for workers to pay attention to s…

Flexion

Air leaks ‘costing’ UK industry

Added: 16 Jun 2015

Compressed air leaks are costing UK industry thousands of pounds every year, according to fluid pow…

North Sea offshore oil and gas

Report backs CCS tax break for oil industry

Added: 16 Jun 2015

The government must introduce tax breaks and other fiscal incentives to encourage the use of Carbon…

National Grid control centre

Industry meets to expand plant shutdowns

Added: 15 Jun 2015

Representatives from the process industries will meet in London this week to discuss how to grow th…

Wastewater treatment plant

Innovative process starts at sewage plant

Added: 10 Jun 2015

Nottingham’s Stoke Bardolph wastewater treatment works is close to completing a three-stage biologi…

The Chase nature reserve

Thames Water pollution fine upheld

Added: 5 Jun 2015

The Court of Appeal yesterday upheld a £250,000 fine imposed on Thames Water for polluting a nature…

Gas detection

Have a safe summer

Added: 3 Jun 2015

So summer is here, and there’s more than whiff of safety issues in the air.

Dust explosion short course at the Wolfson Centre

New hazards: COMAH 2015

Added: 3 Jun 2015

The introduction of new COMAH regulations will see many smaller firms affected by the rules for the…

Manufacturing Barometer

Manufacturing loses momentum

Added: 1 Jun 2015

Figures released today suggest manufacturing is growing at a slower rate than expected, though CIPS…

David Cameron 10 Downing Street

Manufacturers want EU referendum

Added: 26 May 2015

UK manufacturers have called for a referendum on European Union (EU) membership to take place by au…

Atlas Copco Z compressor

Compressing costs

Added: 20 May 2015

New energy-efficient technologies mean compressors needn’t cost the earth.

SSE Ferrybridge coal power station

Ferrybridge power station to close

Added: 20 May 2015

SSE has announced it will shut its Ferrybridge coal-fired power station in West Yorkshire next year…

Business secretary Sajid Javid

Government crackdown on late payments

Added: 20 May 2015

Newly-appointed business secretary Sajid Javid yesterday used his first speech to promise the gover…

Cory biogas facility

Biogas grid worries fuel consultation

Added: 19 May 2015

Distribution trade body Energy Networks Association (ENA) has issued a consultation to gather indus…

EI

Energy Institute awards competition

Added: 19 May 2015

The EI Awards competition is calling for entries from all sectors of the global energy sector. Any …

David Cameron 10 Downing Street

Key industry ministers appointed to cabinet

Added: 12 May 2015

The government’s new-look all-Conservative cabinet will meet at Downing Street later today, with Pr…

Ed Miliband

Election skills

Added: 6 May 2015

Following tomorrow’s general election, key engineering issues such as skills shortages look set to …

Dungeness B nuclear power station

Dungeness in £30m maintenance shutdown

Added: 30 Apr 2015

EDF Energy will tomorrow take one of the two nuclear reactors at Dungeness B power station in Kent …