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Enel Green Power

Enel boosts geothermal plant with biomass

Added: 6 Aug 2015

Enel Green Power has built the world’s first biomass plant tasked with boosting efficiency of geoth…

Drax

Energy data reveals renewables surge

Added: 4 Aug 2015

The Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC) published its annual Digest of UK Energy Statistic…

EDF Hinkley Point C nuclear power wide

Hinkley Point C takes "step forward"

Added: 3 Aug 2015

EDF Energy has announced a number of new preferred bidders for its proposed nuclear power station, …

Shell's Ormen Lange gas field in Norway

Jobs cuts sweep through energy sector

Added: 30 Jul 2015

Royal Dutch Shell and Centrica have both revealed plans to cut thousands of jobs in response to cha…

Elster smart meter

Honeywell buys into 'smart' technology

Added: 28 Jul 2015

Honeywell has announced plans to buy Elster, a supplier of advanced utility metering technologies, …

Water Industry

Payback time for the water industry

Added: 22 Jul 2015

Water utilities in Europe are tackling the problem of aging infrastructure by focusing on innovatio…

Drax Power Plant

Blackout fears amid plant closures

Added: 17 Jul 2015

Winter blackouts are increasingly likely as the UK’s energy capacity margin falls to 1.2% - its low…

Biogen AD plant

Budget to impact renewables

Added: 13 Jul 2015

Figures published by the Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association (ADBA) suggest the anaero…

National Grid control centre

In demand

Added: 9 Jul 2015

With plant closures outstripping the supply of new electricity generating capacity, last month saw …

Food machine

Food industry cuts water use

Added: 7 Jul 2015

Major food and drink manufacturers have cut their water usage by almost a quarter, according to fin…

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…