All Power & Water

Multifuel power plant wins approval
Added: 28 Oct 2015
A second multifuel power station situated at Ferrybridge, West Yorkshire has been approved for cons…

UK poised for nuclear future
Added: 21 Oct 2015
Hinkley Point C will go ahead after EDF Energy and China General Nuclear Corporation (CGN) confirm …

Keadby power station to reopen
Added: 20 Oct 2015
Energy provider SSE has announced it will bring its 735MW gas-fired power station at Keadby, North …

UK water research gets £3.9m boost
Added: 20 Oct 2015
A new £3.9million research project has been established to help meet the UK’s future needs for a cl…

Algae-power under the microscope
Added: 16 Oct 2015
A new high-tech facility in Munich will investigate whether the cultivation of algae can provide a …

Winter blackout fears allayed
Added: 15 Oct 2015
National Grid has published its annual Winter Outlook report, which looks at the energy margins ava…

GE opens app store for industry
Added: 12 Oct 2015
GE said it aimed to create the world’s largest app marketplace for industry as it opened up its Pre…

Teesside bids to secure industrial future
Added: 6 Oct 2015
Process companies hand government detailed plans for industrial carbon capture and storage network …

Nuclear plants facing cyber threat
Added: 5 Oct 2015
Vulnerabilities within nuclear plants are putting the industry at risk of cyber attacks, a report p…

Electricity supply a 'waste' of energy
Added: 5 Oct 2015
More than half of the energy used to supply the UK’s electricity is wasted before it ever reaches c…

Severn Trent fined for sewage leak
Added: 29 Sep 2015
Severn Trent Water has been fined £480,000 after a series of incidents that caused raw sewage to le…

Drax abandons CCS project
Added: 25 Sep 2015
Energy firm Drax has announced it will end further investment in the 426MW White Rose carbon captur…

Utility counts cost of water bug
Added: 23 Sep 2015
United Utilities revealed today that water quality issues suffered in Lancashire last month would c…
Pharma firms go green
Added: 23 Sep 2015
A new renewable energy plant located in Cramlington, Northumberland will have an annual generating …
Hacked off?
Added: 22 Sep 2015
Microsoft’s new operating system (OS) Windows 10 was officially launched in July. But how has it af…

Osborne announces £2bn Hinkley deal
Added: 21 Sep 2015
Chancellor George Osborne has today announced a £2 billion guarantee with China for the development…
Utilities splash-out on upgrades
Added: 18 Sep 2015
Water supply and treatment utility Yorkshire Water has announced a £100 million mechanical contract…

Maintenance slump a 'critical risk'
Added: 17 Sep 2015
A new study has revealed a downward slide for maintenance budgets among UK manufacturers, putting t…

Wessex Water lifts boil notice
Added: 14 Sep 2015
Wessex Water has lifted a ’boil water’ notice affecting 250 of its customers in the Somerset area.

Scrap ineffective green taxes, says EEF
Added: 14 Sep 2015
A report published by manufacturers’ organisation EEF calls on the government to scrap the Carbon F…