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Cyber security and robotics “priorities”
Added: 27 Nov 2014
Action must be taken to support six fast-growth industries that could significantly boost the UK ec…

Amec Foster Wheeler merger finalised
Added: 13 Nov 2014
Amec has completed its £2 billion takeover of Foster Wheeler to create an oil & gas services compan…

Pure play
Added: 12 Nov 2014
As global water regulations tighten, filtration technologies are evolving to help process industrie…

Energy storage nanomaterial revealed
Added: 11 Nov 2014
A strong and flexible nanomaterial that could have applications in energy storage and water treatme…

CCS near widespread deployment
Added: 5 Nov 2014
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is now on the cusp of widespread global deployment, according to a…

Didcot back to 75% capacity after fire
Added: 29 Oct 2014
The Didcot B power station unit damaged by fire last week has returned to partial operation, plant …

Spare grid capacity down to 4%
Added: 29 Oct 2014
National Grid yesterday warned that the UK’s spare electricity generating capacity this winter will…

Fire halves Didcot capacity
Added: 20 Oct 2014
The 1.4GW Didcot B power station will run at half its generating capacity for the foreseeable futur…

Wood Group wins Shell CCS FEED
Added: 16 Oct 2014
Shell has hired Wood Group’s subsea engineering division to carry out the front end engineering des…

Sizewell B in maintenance shutdown
Added: 13 Oct 2014
EDF’s Sizewell B nuclear power station was yesterday shut down for a £60 million maintenance and re…

Yokogawa wins energy from waste deal
Added: 9 Oct 2014
Yokogawa yesterday confirmed it had been awarded a contract to supply control and safety systems fo…

Brussels approves Hinkley Point financing
Added: 8 Oct 2014
The European Commission today cleared the financing of EDF’s proposed Hinkley Point C nuclear plant…
Government "blows" renewables budget
Added: 3 Oct 2014
The government was today criticised for allocating 58% of its renewable energy budget to just eight…

Chemists boost biofuel production
Added: 3 Oct 2014
Chemical engineers in the US have modified yeast tolerance to enhance biofuel production capacity, …

World’s first CCS plant opens
Added: 2 Oct 2014
The world’s first commercial-scale Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) will begin operating in Canada …

Ineos buys Grangemouth power plant
Added: 2 Oct 2014
Ineos today announced it is buying the gas-fired combined heat and power (CHP) plant that provides …
Renewables budget increased
Added: 2 Oct 2014
The government today announced it was increasing financial support for renewable energy by £95 mill…

Tata Steel among Grid shutdown firms
Added: 24 Sep 2014
Tata Steel was yesterday confirmed as one of the hundreds of industrial firms to have signed up to …

AMEC to partner Chinese nuclear firm
Added: 12 Sep 2014
Engineering contractor AMEC today announced it had signed an agreement with China National Nuclear …
