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Wylfa nuclear reaches milestone
Added: 6 Jan 2014
Wylfa Newydd proposed nuclear facility receives boost as assessment of its nuclear reactor progress…

Vitrification plant to open at Sellafield
Added: 6 Jan 2014
The UK National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) today said it will develop a waste disposal test facility …
Westinghouse enters Sellafield
Added: 24 Dec 2013
US nuclear reactor firm Westinghouse joins up with GDF Suez to build 3.6GW plant at Sellafield.

Ofgem approves demand response scheme
Added: 23 Dec 2013
The energy regulator Ofgem has approved National Grid’s plans to introduce a demand side scheme to …

Energy Bill gains Royal Assent
Added: 19 Dec 2013
The government’s Energy Bill containing its long-running electricity market reforms yesterday becam…

Energy & the global game
Added: 18 Dec 2013
At this time of Christmas Carols, there is a growing chorus of chemicals company bosses crying out …
Shale drilling considered for bulk of UK
Added: 18 Dec 2013
The government is considering over half of the land across the UK as potential areas for shale gas …

Tees Valley process funding agreed
Added: 16 Dec 2013
Prime Minister David Cameron announced on Friday a deal to boost the process industries on Teesside.

Ineos considers UK shale production
Added: 16 Dec 2013
Chemicals firm Ineos is considering plans to begin shale production in the UK.

Drax CCS wins FEED funding
Added: 9 Dec 2013
The firms behind a planned £2.2bn coal-fired plant fully equipped with Carbon Capture and Storage (…

£190bn of process projects in national plan
Added: 4 Dec 2013
Over £190 billion of projects featuring process technologies have been identified in the latest ver…

£1.4bn deal for 34MW waste plant
Added: 3 Dec 2013
Hitachi Zosen Inova is to build a 34MW energy from waste (EfW) plant after its client SITA signed a…

Shale impact set to be "minimised"
Added: 27 Nov 2013
Water UK and the UK Onshore Operators Group (UKOOG) will work together to help minimise the impact …

Cory opens first AD plant
Added: 26 Nov 2013
Cory Environmental has opened its first anaerobic digestion (AD) plant capable of generating 500kw …

UK to limit overseas coal-fired plant financing
Added: 25 Nov 2013
Secretary of State Edward Davey announced last week that the UK is to severely restrict its support…
Complacent companies at highest risk of cyber attack
Added: 19 Nov 2013
Companies that employ outdated technologies and inefficient risk management tactics are at a higher…

Coal industry calls for technology backing
Added: 18 Nov 2013
Leading figures in the global coal industry gathered in Warsaw today to call for governments to bac…

Avoiding blackouts…at any cost?
Added: 13 Nov 2013
Yesterday I was speaking to Dr John Roberts, who chaired the Royal Academy of Engineering group tha…

Cost concerns limit energy efficiency investment
Added: 12 Nov 2013
Financial concerns trump environmental ones when it comes to considering investment in energy effic…
Technique to cut nuclear waste "by 95%"
Added: 11 Nov 2013
Engineers from the University of Sheffield have developed a technique to reduce the volume of highe…