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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…

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…

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…

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…

Have a safe summer
Added: 3 Jun 2015
So summer is here, and there’s more than whiff of safety issues in the air.

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 loses momentum
Added: 1 Jun 2015
Figures released today suggest manufacturing is growing at a slower rate than expected, though CIPS…

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…

Compressing costs
Added: 20 May 2015
New energy-efficient technologies mean compressors needn’t cost the earth.

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…

Government crackdown on late payments
Added: 20 May 2015
Newly-appointed business secretary Sajid Javid yesterday used his first speech to promise the gover…

Biogas grid worries fuel consultation
Added: 19 May 2015
Distribution trade body Energy Networks Association (ENA) has issued a consultation to gather indus…

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 …

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…

Election skills
Added: 6 May 2015
Following tomorrow’s general election, key engineering issues such as skills shortages look set to …
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 …

Amec FW wins nuclear decommissioning role
Added: 16 Apr 2015
The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) has awarded Amec Foster Wheeler a contract to provide d…
Weltec builds on biogas success
Added: 8 Apr 2015
Weltec Biopower is building a 500-kW anaerobic digestion plant for vegetable producer Gilfresh Prod…

Funding for Grangemouth CCS
Added: 27 Mar 2015
The UK and Scottish governments today announced joint funding for a proposed Carbon Capture and Sto…

PM launches degree apprenticeships
Added: 12 Mar 2015
Prime Minister David Cameron has announced plans to rollout nine freely available degree apprentice…